Mine detail: Edith River Prospects

Previously called 'YMCA'

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Location

Lat / long: -14.19716, 132.04906

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium
Ore: Apatite, Fluorite, Torbernite
Gangue: Copper, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Slate
Alteration processes:Mylonitization

References

MRDSD003098
DEP10009857
Reference{Deposit:: HEINRICH, E. W., 1958 , MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF RADIOACTIVE RAW MATERIALS: NEW YORK, MC GRAW - HILL BOOK COMPANY, 654 P.}{Deposit:: RADE, J., ( 1956 ) NOTES ON THE GEOTECTONICS AND URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA. ECON. GEOL. 51:354-361 . & ( 1957 ) SHEARING ALONG ANTICLINES AS AN IMPORTANT STRUCTURAL FEATURE IN URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA. ECON. GEOL. 52:282-288 .}{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.}
ReporterByers, Virginia P.