Several commodities are currently mined on Eyre Peninsula including iron ore, dolomite, graphite, lime sand, gypsum, silica, granite, nephrite jade, talc and salt. Historically, copper, lead, silver and gold have also been mined and there are known occurrences of uranium, zinc, coal, oil shale, kaolin, heavy mineral sands, scheelite, nickel and chrome. Potential is high for the discovery of economic Balmat-Edwards or Broken Hill style mineralisation associated with Palaeoproterozoic metasediments (eg at Menninnie Dam), and potential also exists for Olympic Dam style Cu-U-Au mineralisation and gold associated with Archaean and Mesoproterozoic granitoids. The Eyre Peninsula has not only a long history in Australias mining heritage, but also a potentially bright future in the mineral industry.