Mine detail: Coronation Hill Mine

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Location:	Northern Territory*, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long:	-13.5861, 132.58933
dep_id:	10009849
mrds_id:	D003089
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Uranium, Gold
Minor mineral:	Silver, Platinum, Palladium
Trace mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pitchblende, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
alteration:	Kaolinization, Bleaching Of Wall Rock, Hydrothermal, Hematite Alteration
Reporter:	Byers, Virginia P., Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type:	Diorite,Siltstone,Conglomerate
arock_unit:	Edith River Volcanics
arock_type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Structure:	Pine Creek Geosyncline
References:	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.