Mine detail: Coronation Hill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -13.5861, 132.58932

Resource(B)

Primary: Uranium, Gold
Secondary: Silver, Platinum, Palladium
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pitchblende, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Diorite,Siltstone,Conglomerate
Associated rock:Edith River Volcanics
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:Pine Creek Geosyncline
Alteration processes:Kaolinization, Bleaching Of Wall Rock, Hydrothermal, Hematite Alteration

References

MRDSD003089
DEP10009849
Reference{Deposit:: 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.}{Deposit:: LIDDY, J.C., 1972, URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUST. MINING, V. 64, NO. 5, P. 24 - 33.}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, JUNE, 1987, P. 9-10.}{Deposit:: CARVILLE, D.P., LECKIE, J.F., MOORHEAD, C.F., RAYNER, J.G., AND DURBIN, A.A., 1990, CORONATION HILL GOLD-PLATINUM-PALLADIUM DEPOSIT, IN HUGHES, F.E., ED., GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, VOLUME 1: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY MONOGRAPH 14, P. 759762.}{Production:: CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION ITEMS 1 & 2-- WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1968; ITEM 3-- LIDDY, 1972; CARVILLE AND OTHERS, 1990.}{Reserve-Resource:: CARBILLE AND OTHERS, 1990.}
ReporterByers, Virginia P., Orris, Greta J.