Description
Broken Hill Pty-Geologists
Commodities
PrimaryManganese
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model242: Sedimentary Mn
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formBLANKET, SML-BASINS
Ore controlPrecretaceous Landsurface, Transgression Zones
Materials
Ore mineralsLithiophorite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Todorokite
GangueGoethite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Sandstone, Quartzite (Groote Eylandt-Beds);Sands And Argillites Containing Mn-Ores (Mullaman Beds);Lateritic Conglomerates
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1966
Discovery year1962
Identification
Deposit ID10079685
MRDS IDW029767
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-13.99719, 136.49898
References
RYAN, G.R. (EDITOR) 1976: EXCURSION GUIDE NO.49 AC, MINING CENTRES OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. 25TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS.WEISS, S.A. 1977: MANGANESE THE OTHER USES. METAL. BULL. BOOKS LTD. LONDONANONYM, 1976: MINING AND TREATMENT OF MANGANESE ORES AT GROOTE EYLANDT. AUSTRALIAN MINING DECEMBER 1976MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1970 TO 1975 REVIEW;MINING JOURNAL 1974 NO.7261 PAGE 336