Description
Bureau Of Mineral Resources
Commodities
PrimaryGold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Ore controlThe Archaean Basement Ridge Running Northwesterly Along The Valley Is Associated With A Zone Of Major Faulting Which Has Controlled The Mineralization, The Localization Being Determined By Tension Fractures Associated With The Faulting.
Geology
Host rockClastic Sedimentary Rock,Shale
StructureThe Stratigraphy In The Area Is Controlled By A Basement Ridge Running Northwesterly Along The Valley, Which Separates The Eastern Trough Of The Pine Creek Geosyncline From Its Central Basin.
AlterationKaolinization, Bleaching Of Wallrock
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1953
Identification
Deposit ID10009888
MRDS IDD003152
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-13.49722, 132.49906
References
WALPOLE, 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.LIDDY, J. C., 1972 , URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUST. MINING 64 NO. 5 , P. 24 - 33MINING MAGAZINE, 1974 , V. 131 , NO. 1 , P. 11 - 23ITEMS 1 , 2 , LIDDY, 1972 ; ITEM 3 , MINING MAGAZINE, 1974