Northern Territory*
Producer

El Sherana Mine

Northern Territory*, Australia
UraniumGold
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlFault Zone; Pronounced Stratigraphical Or Lithologic Control
Materials
Ore mineralsPitchblende
Geology
Tectonic settingPine Creek Geosyncline, An Intracratonic Basin, Shallow, And With Lack Of Severe Regional Metamorphism.
AlterationKaolinization, Bleaching Of The Wallrock
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10009859
MRDS IDD003101
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-13.50972, 132.5185
References
DODSON, R. G., NEEDHAM, R. S., WILKES, P. G., PAGE, R. W., SMART, P. G., AND WATCHMAN, A. L., 1974 , URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE RUM JUNGLE - ALLIGATOR RIVERS PROVINCE, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA, IN SYMPOSIUM ON FORMATION OF URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, ATHENS 1974 , PROC., P. 551 - 568WALPOLE, B. P., CROHN, P. W., DUNN, P. R., AND RANDALL, M. A., 1968 , GEOLOGY OF THE KATHERINE - DARWIN REGION, NORTHERN TERRITORY: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 82 , V. 1 , 304 P.; V. 2 , 5 MAPS.MC LEOD, I. R., ED., 1965 , AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 72 , 690 P. ( WALPOLE, 1958 )HEINRICH, E. W., 1958 , MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF RADIOACTIVE RAW MATERIALS: NEW YORK, MC GRAW - HILL BOOK COMPANY, 654 P.5) FERRIS, 1973 , WRITTEN COMM.6) PRICHARD, C. E., 1965 , URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH ALLIGATOR RIVER, IN GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS, 2D ED.: MC ANDREW, J., ED., MELBOURNE CONGRESS AND AUSTRALIAN IMM, 1965 , P. 207 - 209 . PUBLICATIONS 8TH COMMONWEALTH MIN. METALL. CONGR. AUSTRALIA N.Z., 1965 , V. 1.7) WARREN, R. G., 1972 , A COMMENTARY ON THE METALLOGENIC MAP OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 145 , 85 P.8) LIDDY, J. C., 1972 , URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUST. MINING 64 NO. 5 , P. 24 - 33ITEM 1 FROM WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1968 ; ITEM 3 , LIDDY, 1972ITEM 1 FROM ( WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1958 ) MC LEOD, I. R., EDITOR, 1965 . ITEM E1C FROM HEINRICH, E. W., 1958