Mine detail: El Sherana West Mine

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Location: Northern Territory*, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -13.50833, 132.51712
dep_id: 10009860
mrds_id: D003102
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Pitchblende
gangue: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
alteration: Kaolinization, Bleaching Of The Wallrock
ore_ctrl: Ore Generally Within 150 Feet Of Contact With The Unconformably Overlying Carpentarian Sandstones; A Little Ore Was Also Found In The Carpentarian Beds Close To The Unconformity. Pronounced Stratigraphic Or Lithologic Control.
Reporter: Byers, Virginia P.
hrock_type: Shale
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 64 NO. 5 , P. 24 - 33
  • Production:: ITEM 1 & 2 , WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1968 ; ITEM 3 , LIDDY, 1972
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