Mine detail: El Sherana Mine

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Location:	Northern Territory*, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long:	-13.50972, 132.5185
dep_id:	10009859
mrds_id:	D003101
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Uranium, Gold
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Pitchblende
alteration:	Kaolinization, Bleaching Of The Wallrock
conc_proc:	Dodson And Others, 1974 , Believe That The Following Sequence Of Events Have Been Responsible For The Formation Of The Uranium Deposits Of The Rum Jungle-Alligator Rivers Province: (1) Syngenetic Enrichment Of Uranium In Carbonaceous (Algal?) Sediments During The Lower Proterozoic; (2) Concentration Of Ore-Grade Deposits Of Uranium Minerals In Favourable Places From Mineralized Solutions Mobilized During A Major Igneous/Tectonic Event; And (3) Relocation Of Uranium By Circulating Solutions Through Leaching And Redeposition Not Far Away.
ore_ctrl:	Fault Zone; Pronounced Stratigraphical Or Lithologic Control
Reporter:	Byers, Virginia P.
tectonic:	Pine Creek Geosyncline, An Intracratonic Basin, Shallow, And With Lack Of Severe Regional Metamorphism.
References:	Deposit:: DODSON, R. G., NEEDHAM, R. S., WILKES, P. G., PAGE, R. W., SMART, P. G., AND WATCHMAN, A. L., 1974 , URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE RUM JUNGLE - ALLIGATOR RIVERS PROVINCE, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA, IN SYMPOSIUM ON FORMATION OF URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, ATHENS 1974 , PROC., P. 551 - 568 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:: MC LEOD, I. R., ED., 1965 , AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 72 , 690 P. ( WALPOLE, 1958 ) Deposit:: HEINRICH, E. W., 1958 , MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF RADIOACTIVE RAW MATERIALS: NEW YORK, MC GRAW - HILL BOOK COMPANY, 654 P. Deposit:: 5) FERRIS, 1973 , WRITTEN COMM. Deposit:: 6) PRICHARD, C. E., 1965 , URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH ALLIGATOR RIVER, IN GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS, 2D ED.: MC ANDREW, J., ED., MELBOURNE CONGRESS AND AUSTRALIAN IMM, 1965 , P. 207 - 209 . PUBLICATIONS 8TH COMMONWEALTH MIN. METALL. CONGR. AUSTRALIA N.Z., 1965 , V. 1. Deposit:: 7) WARREN, R. G., 1972 , A COMMENTARY ON THE METALLOGENIC MAP OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 145 , 85 P. Deposit:: 8) LIDDY, J. C., 1972 , URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUST. MINING 64 NO. 5 , P. 24 - 33 Production:: ITEM 1 FROM WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1968 ; ITEM 3 , LIDDY, 1972 Reserve-Resource:: ITEM 1 FROM ( WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1958 ) MC LEOD, I. R., EDITOR, 1965 . ITEM E1C FROM HEINRICH, E. W., 1958