Queensland
Producer

Mary Kathleen

Queensland, Australia
UraniumREECopperPhosphorus-PhosphatesFluorine-Fluorite
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Description

Walton - Mc Conachy Syndicate

Commodities
PrimaryUranium
SecondaryREE
TertiaryCopper, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formMUSHROOM
Ore controlMineralization, Interpreted As A Skarn In Carbonaceous Sediments, Largely Metasomatized To Garnet And Scapolite, Is In The Strongly Folded, But Only Moderately Metamorphosed (As Compared To The Musgrave Block), Mount Isa Belt Of The Central Australian Orogenic Province.
Materials
Ore mineralsUraninite, Uranophane
GangueChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockMetasedimentary Rock
Associated rockGranite
StructureMount Isa Geosyncline, See Comments
Tectonic settingMount Isa Belt Of The Central Australian Orogenic Province
AlterationDolerite Dykes And Sills Are Metamorphosed And Altered.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1954
Identification
Deposit ID10009870
MRDS IDD003121
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-20.83007, 139.91554
References
BROOKS, J. H., 1971 , URANIUM EXPLORATION IN QUEENSLAND, 1967 - 71 : QUEENSLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPT. 69 , 22 P.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.CORBETT, D. W. P., AND MC LEOD, I. R., 1965 , URANIUM IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY, AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 72 , P. 651 - 658HUGHES, F. E., AND MUNRO, D. L., 1965 , URANIUM ORE DEPOSIT AT MARY KATHLEEN: GEOL. AUST. ORE DEPT. 2D, P. 256 - 263 .5) MATHESON, R. S., AND SEARL, R. A., 1956 , MARY KATHLEEN URANIUM DEPOSIT, MOUNT ISA--CLONCURY DISTRICT, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 51 , NO. 6 , P. 528 - 540 .6) 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.7) WOODMANSEE, W. C., 1970 , URANIUM, IN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1970 , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 23 P.8) LIDDY, J. C., 1972 , URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUST. MINING 64 NO. 5 , P. 24 - 33 .9) AUSTRALIAN MINING, MAY 1972 , V. 64 , NO. 5 , P. 40 - 4410) MINING MAGAZINE, 1974 , V. 131 , NO. 1 , P. 11 - 23ITEMS 1 , 2 , BROOKS, 1972KING, H. F., 1976 , STRATIFORM AND STRATA-BOUND METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN AUSTRALIA - SUMMARY, IN CIRCUM - PACIFIC ENERGY AND RECIEVED RESOURCES: AAPG MEMOI. 25 , P. 426 - 429