Mine detail: Rum Jungle Field

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Location: Northern Territory*, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -12.99724, 130.9991
dep_id: 10009881
mrds_id: D003142
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Copper, Lead, Cobalt, Silver, Nickel, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Pitchblende, Torbernite, Uraninite
gangue: Chalcopyrite, Lead, Pyrite
alteration: Chloritization
conc_proc: Dodson And Others, 1974 , Believe That The Following Sequence Of Events Has Been Responsible For The Formation Of The Uranium Deposits Of The Rum Jungle-Alligator Rivers Province: (1) Syngenetic Enrichment Of Uranium In Carbonaceous (Algal?) Sediments During The Lower Proterozoic; (2) Concentration Of Ore-Grade Deposits Of Uranium Minerals In Favourable Places From Mineralized Solutions Mobilized During A Major Igneous/Tectonic Event; And (3) Relocation Of Uranium By Circulating Solutions Through Leaching And Redeposition Not Far Away.
ore_ctrl: Spatial Distribution Of Uranium Deposits And Prospects Around The Nanambu, Nimbuwah, And Rum Jungle Complexes Suggests A Relation Between The Mineralization And A Major Igneous Phase ( 1700 - 1800 M.Y. ) ( Dodson And Others, 1974 ). Rum Jungle Creek South Deposit Is Contained In A Fold.
Reporter: Byers, Virginia P.
Structure: Deposits Are Spatially Located Close To Or Along The Unconformity With The Overlying Middle Proterozoic Rocks, Gian* Reef Fault Cuts The Rum Jungle Complex
tectonic: Geosynclinal Basin
disc_yr: 1949
prod_yrs: TO END OF 1960 WHEN WORKED OUT MINING OF RUM JUNGLE CREEK SOUTH OREBODY BEGAN IN 1961 AND FINISHED EARLY, IN 1963 . MINING AT WHIT* AND DYSO* FINISHED BY 1960
References:
  • Deposit:: DODSON, R. G., NEEDHAM, R. S., WILKES, P. G., PAGE, R. W., SMART, P. G., AND WATCHMAN, A. L., 1974 , URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE RUM JUNGLE-ALLIGATOR RIVERS PROVINCE, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA, IN SYMPOSIUM ON FORMATION OF URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, ATHENS 1974 , PROC., P. 551 - 568
  • 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.
  • Deposit:: DODSON, R. C., 1972 , SOME ENVIRONMENTS OF FORMATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS, IN URANIUM PROSPECTING HANDBOOK: PROCEEDINGS OF A NATO-SPONSORED ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE ON METHODS OF PROSPECTING FOR URANIUM MINERALS, LONDON 1971 , EDITED BY S. H. U. BOWIE, MICHAEL DAVIS, AND DENNIS OSTLE, LONDON: INST. MINING AND METALLURGY TRANS., P. 33 - 46
  • Deposit:: BERKMAN, D. A., 1968 , THE GEOLOGY OF THE RUM JUNGLE URANIUM DEPOSITS, IN URANIUM IN AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALASIAN INST. MINING AND METALLURGY PROC., RUM JUNGLE BR., P. 12 - 31 .
  • Deposit:: 5) LIDDY, J. C., 1972 , URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUST. MINING 64 NO. 5 , P. 24 - 33 .
  • Deposit:: 6) SULLIVAN, C. J., AND MATHESON, R. S., 1952 , URANIUM-COPPER DEPOSITS, RUM JUNGLE, AUSTRALIA: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 47 , NO. 7 , P. 751 - 758 .
  • Deposit:: 7) HEINRICH, E. W., 1958 , MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF RADIOACTIVE RAW MATERIALS: NEW YORK, MC GRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, 654 P.
  • Deposit:: 8) CONDON, M. A., AND WALPOLE, B. P., 1955 , SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT AS A CONTROL OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE KATHERINE-DARWIN REGION, NORTHERN TERRITORY: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 24 .
  • Deposit:: 9) 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:: 10) ROBERTS, W. M. B., 1960 , MINERALOGY AND GENESIS OF WHIT* OREBODY, RUM JUNGLE URANIUM FIELD, AUSTRALIA: NEUES JAHRB. MINERALOGIE MONATSH., V. 94 , P. 868 - 899 .
  • Deposit:: 11) SMITH, E. E. N., 1974 , REVIEW OF CURRENT CONCEPTS REGAR
  • Production:: ITEMS 1 , 2 , 3 WALPOLE, B. P., 1958 . ITEM 4 FROM LIDDY, J. C., 1972 . ITEM 5 (FROM WHIT* OREBODY) FROM WALPOLE, CROHN, DUNN, AND RANDAL, 1968
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