Mine detail: South Alligator River Field

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-13.49722, 132.49905

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Uranophane
Discovery year:	1953

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer

Geology

Host 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.
Alteration processes:	Kaolinization, Bleaching Of Wallrock

References

MRDS	D003152
DEP	10009888
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Byers, Virginia P.