Mine detail: Rockhole Mine

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Location: Northern Territory*, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -13.47222, 132.46017
dep_id: 10009880
mrds_id: D003141
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Pitchblende
gangue: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
ore_ctrl: Pronounced Stratigraphical Or Lithologic Control
Reporter: Byers, Virginia P.
arock_type: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
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
  • Production:: ITEM 1 , WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1968 ; ITEM 2 , LIDDY, 1972
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