Commodities
PrimaryRadium, Thorium, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formSMALL POCKETS IN FRACTURE ZONES
Ore controlSynclinal Axis, And A Fault Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsFergusonite, Uraninite, Uranophane
Geology
Host rockMafic Intrusive Rock,Gneiss,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Granite
Associated rockGranite
StructureArchaean Basement Outcrops Are Bounded By Major Fault And Shear Systems
Tectonic settingAdelaide Miogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1910
Identification
Deposit ID10009873
MRDS IDD003127
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-30.16294, 139.41546
References
DICKINSON, S. B., SPRIGG, R. C., KING, D., WADE, M. L., WEBB, B. P., WHITTLE, A. W. G., STILLWELL, F. L., AND EDWARDS, A. B., 1954 , URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA: SOUTH AUSTRALIA DEPT. MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30MC LEOD, I. R., ED., 1965 , AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 72 , 690 P.COATS, R. P., AND BLISSETT, A. H., 1971 , REGIONAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT PAINTER PROVINCE: SOUTH AUSTRALIA DEPT. MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 43 , P.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.5) WOODMANSEE, W. C., 1970 , URANIUM, IN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1970 , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 23 P.6) LIDDY, J. C., 1972 , URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUST. MINING 64 NO. 5 , P. 24 - 33