Northern Territory*
Producer

Mount Burton Mine

Northern Territory*, Australia
UraniumCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsPitchblende, Torbernite
GangueChalcopyrite, Pyrite
Other materialsChalcocite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Dolomite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10107878
MRDS IDD003125
RegionOC
Data scoreC
Coordinates-12.97782, 130.96298
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.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 - 46ITEMS 1 , 2 , WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1968 . ITEM 3 , DODSON, 1972