Mine detail: Mount Painter

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Location:	South Australia, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long:	-30.16294, 139.41546
dep_id:	10009873
mrds_id:	D003127
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Radium, Thorium, Uranium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Production occurred
Development status:	Producer
ore:	Fergusonite, Uraninite, Uranophane
orebody_fm:	SMALL POCKETS IN FRACTURE ZONES
ore_ctrl:	Synclinal Axis, And A Fault Zone
Reporter:	Byers, Virginia P.
hrock_type:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Gneiss,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Granite
arock_type:	Granite
Structure:	Archaean Basement Outcrops Are Bounded By Major Fault And Shear Systems
tectonic:	Adelaide Miogeosyncline
disc_yr:	1910
References:	Deposit:: DICKINSON, S. B., SPRIGG, R. C., KING, D., WADE, M. L., WEBB, B. P., WHITTLE, A. W. G., STILLWELL, F. L., AND EDWARDS, A. B., 1954 , URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA: SOUTH AUSTRALIA DEPT. MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30 Deposit:: MC LEOD, I. R., ED., 1965 , AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 72 , 690 P. Deposit:: COATS, R. P., AND BLISSETT, A. H., 1971 , REGIONAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT PAINTER PROVINCE: SOUTH AUSTRALIA DEPT. MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 43 , P. Deposit:: 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:: 5) WOODMANSEE, W. C., 1970 , URANIUM, IN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1970 , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 23 P. Deposit:: 6) LIDDY, J. C., 1972 , URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUST. MINING 64 NO. 5 , P. 24 - 33