Mine detail: Mary Kathleen

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Location:	Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long:	-20.83007, 139.91554
dep_id:	10009870
mrds_id:	D003121
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Uranium
Minor mineral:	REE
Trace mineral:	Copper, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Uraninite, Uranophane
gangue:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
orebody_fm:	MUSHROOM
alteration:	Dolerite Dykes And Sills Are Metamorphosed And Altered.
ore_ctrl:	Mineralization, Interpreted As A Skarn In Carbonaceous Sediments, Largely Metasomatized To Garnet And Scapolite, Is In The Strongly Folded, But Only Moderately Metamorphosed (As Compared To The Musgrave Block), Mount Isa Belt Of The Central Australian Orogenic Province.
Reporter:	Byers, Virginia P.
hrock_type:	Metasedimentary Rock
arock_type:	Granite
Structure:	See Comments, Mount Isa Geosyncline
tectonic:	Mount Isa Belt Of The Central Australian Orogenic Province
disc_yr:	1954
discr:	Walton - Mc Conachy Syndicate
References:	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