Mine detail: Fergusson River Prospect

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Location: Northern Territory*, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -14.06384, 131.97406
dep_id: 10009861
mrds_id: D003103
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Torbernite, Uraninite
gangue: Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Pyrite, Tennantite
Reporter: Byers, Virginia P.
hrock_type: Gneiss,Granite
arock_type: Granite
References:
  • Deposit:: STILLWELL, F. L. ( 1952 ) URANINITE FROM RUM JUNGLE AND FERGUSSON RIVER, NORTHERN TERRITORY. UNIV. ADELAIDE, SIR DOUGLAS MAWSON ANN. VOL., P. 161 - 166
  • 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.
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