Mine detail: Mary Kathleen

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: -20.83007, 139.91554

Resource(B)

Primary: Uranium
Secondary: REE
Tertiary: Copper, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore: Uraninite, Uranophane
Gangue: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Orebody form: MUSHROOM
Discovery year: 1954

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host type:Metasedimentary Rock
Associated type:Granite
Structure:See Comments, Mount Isa Geosyncline
Tectonic:Mount Isa Belt Of The Central Australian Orogenic Province
Alteration processes:Dolerite Dykes And Sills Are Metamorphosed And Altered.

References

MRDSD003121
DEP10009870
Reference{Deposit:: BROOKS, J. H., 1971 , URANIUM EXPLORATION IN QUEENSLAND, 1967 - 71 : QUEENSLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPT. 69 , 22 P.}{Deposit:: CARTER, E. K., BROOKS, J. H., AND WALKER, K. R., 1961 , THE PRECAMBRIAN MINERAL BELT OF NORTHWESTERN QUEENSLAND: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 51 , 344 P.}{Deposit:: CORBETT, D. W. P., AND MC LEOD, I. R., 1965 , URANIUM IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY, AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 72 , P. 651 - 658}{Deposit:: HUGHES, F. E., AND MUNRO, D. L., 1965 , URANIUM ORE DEPOSIT AT MARY KATHLEEN: GEOL. AUST. ORE DEPT. 2D, P. 256 - 263 .}{Deposit:: 5) MATHESON, R. S., AND SEARL, R. A., 1956 , MARY KATHLEEN URANIUM DEPOSIT, MOUNT ISA--CLONCURY DISTRICT, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 51 , NO. 6 , P. 528 - 540 .}{Deposit:: 6) 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:: 7) WOODMANSEE, W. C., 1970 , URANIUM, IN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1970 , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 23 P.}{Deposit:: 8) LIDDY, J. C., 1972 , URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUST. MINING 64 NO. 5 , P. 24 - 33 .}{Deposit:: 9) AUSTRALIAN MINING, MAY 1972 , V. 64 , NO. 5 , P. 40 - 44}{Deposit:: 10) MINING MAGAZINE, 1974 , V. 131 , NO. 1 , P. 11 - 23}{Production:: ITEMS 1 , 2 , BROOKS, 1972}{Reserve-Resource:: KING, H. F., 1976 , STRATIFORM AND STRATA-BOUND METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN AUSTRALIA - SUMMARY, IN CIRCUM - PACIFIC ENERGY AND RECIEVED RESOURCES: AAPG MEMOI. 25 , P. 426 - 429}
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