Rum Jungle Field

Northern Territory*, Australia

UraniumCopperLeadCobaltSilverNickelPhosphorus-Phosphates

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Commodities

PrimaryUranium

TertiaryCopper, Lead, Cobalt, Silver, Nickel, Phosphorus-Phosphates

Commodity typeB

Deposit

Deposit sizeM

Ore controlSpatial Distribution Of Uranium Deposits And Prospects Around The Nanambu, Nimbuwah, And Rum Jungle Complexes Suggests A Relation Between The Mineralization And A Major Igneous Phase ( 1700 - 1800 M.Y. ) ( Dodson And Others, 1974 ). Rum Jungle Creek South Deposit Is Contained In A Fold.

Materials

Ore mineralsPitchblende, Torbernite, Uraninite

GangueChalcopyrite, Lead, Pyrite

Geology

StructureDeposits Are Spatially Located Close To Or Along The Unconformity With The Overlying Middle Proterozoic Rocks, Giant'S Reef Fault Cuts The Rum Jungle Complex

Tectonic settingGeosynclinal Basin

AlterationChloritization

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

Production yearsTO END OF 1960 WHEN WORKED OUT MINING OF RUM JUNGLE CREEK SOUTH OREBODY BEGAN IN 1961 AND FINISHED EARLY, IN 1963 . MINING AT WHITE'S AND DYSON'S FINISHED BY 1960

Discovery year1949

Identification

Deposit ID10009881

MRDS IDD003142

RegionOC

Data scoreB

Coordinates-12.99724, 130.9991

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.DODSON, R. C., 1972 , SOME ENVIRONMENTS OF FORMATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS, IN URANIUM PROSPECTING HANDBOOK: PROCEEDINGS OF A NATO-SPONSORED ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE ON METHODS OF PROSPECTING FOR URANIUM MINERALS, LONDON 1971 , EDITED BY S. H. U. BOWIE, MICHAEL DAVIS, AND DENNIS OSTLE, LONDON: INST. MINING AND METALLURGY TRANS., P. 33 - 46BERKMAN, D. A., 1968 , THE GEOLOGY OF THE RUM JUNGLE URANIUM DEPOSITS, IN URANIUM IN AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALASIAN INST. MINING AND METALLURGY PROC., RUM JUNGLE BR., P. 12 - 31 .5) LIDDY, J. C., 1972 , URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUST. MINING 64 NO. 5 , P. 24 - 33 .6) SULLIVAN, C. J., AND MATHESON, R. S., 1952 , URANIUM-COPPER DEPOSITS, RUM JUNGLE, AUSTRALIA: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 47 , NO. 7 , P. 751 - 758 .7) HEINRICH, E. W., 1958 , MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF RADIOACTIVE RAW MATERIALS: NEW YORK, MC GRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, 654 P.8) CONDON, M. A., AND WALPOLE, B. P., 1955 , SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT AS A CONTROL OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE KATHERINE-DARWIN REGION, NORTHERN TERRITORY: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 24 .9) 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 - 658 .10) ROBERTS, W. M. B., 1960 , MINERALOGY AND GENESIS OF WHITE'S OREBODY, RUM JUNGLE URANIUM FIELD, AUSTRALIA: NEUES JAHRB. MINERALOGIE MONATSH., V. 94 , P. 868 - 899 .11) SMITH, E. E. N., 1974 , REVIEW OF CURRENT CONCEPTS REGARITEMS 1 , 2 , 3 WALPOLE, B. P., 1958 . ITEM 4 FROM LIDDY, J. C., 1972 . ITEM 5 (FROM WHITE'S OREBODY) FROM WALPOLE, CROHN, DUNN, AND RANDAL, 1968