Mine detail: South Alligator River Field

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Location: Northern Territory*, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -13.49722, 132.49906
dep_id: 10009888
mrds_id: D003152
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Uranophane
alteration: Kaolinization, Bleaching Of Wallrock
ore_ctrl: The Archaean Basement Ridge Running Northwesterly Along The Valley Is Associated With A Zone Of Major Faulting Which Has Controlled The Mineralization, The Localization Being Determined By Tension Fractures Associated With The Faulting.
Reporter: Byers, Virginia P.
hrock_type: Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Shale
Structure: The Stratigraphy In The Area Is Controlled By A Basement Ridge Running Northwesterly Along The Valley, Which Separates The Eastern Trough Of The Pine Creek Geosyncline From Its Central Basin.
disc_yr: 1953
discr: Bureau Of Mineral Resources
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.
  • Deposit:: LIDDY, J. C., 1972 , URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUST. MINING 64 NO. 5 , P. 24 - 33
  • Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, 1974 , V. 131 , NO. 1 , P. 11 - 23
  • Production:: ITEMS 1 , 2 , LIDDY, 1972 ; ITEM 3 , MINING MAGAZINE, 1974
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