Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnotite, Pitchblende
Geology
Host rockConglomerate
Tectonic settingMount Isa Belt Of Central Australian Orogenic Province.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10009868
MRDS IDD003119
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-17.46638, 137.21978
References
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.BROOKS, J. H., 1971 , URANIUM EXPLORATION IN QUEENSLAND, 1967 - 71 : QUEENSLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPT. 69 , 22 P.MORGAN, D. D., 1965 , URANIUM ORE DEPOSIT OF PANDANUS CREEK: GEOL. AUST. ORE DEPOSITS, 2D , 210 - 211WOODMANSEE, W. C., 1970 , URANIUM, IN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1970 , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 23 P.5) CARTER, E. K., BROOKS, J. H., AND WALKER, K. R., 1961 , THE PRECAMBRIAN MINERAL BELT OF NORTHWESTERN QUEENSLAND: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 51 , 344 P.1971 DIREXPL QUEENSLAND MINES, LTD., FOUND THAT EXTENSIVE NEAR-SURFACE SECONDARY MINERALIZATION DID NOT PERSIST AT DEPTH, ALTHOUGH SOME PRIMARY MINERALIZATION WAS FOUND