Mine detail: Julia Creek

Previously called 'Julia Creek Oil Shale Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long: -20.46344, 141.8155

Resource(M)

Primary: Vanadium
Discovery year: 1966

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Toolebuc Limestone;Arrolla Siltstone
Host type:Siltstone,Limestone
Structure:Shallow Estuarine Mudflat With Deeper Channels.
Tectonic:Marine Basin

References

MRDSISM0606
DEP10024854
Reference{Deposit:: PACMINEX (PTY) LTD STAFF, 1976, OIL SHALE DEPOSITS OF THE NORTH EROMANGA BASIN IN: LESLIE, K.B., EVANS, H.J. AND KNIGHT, C.L. (EDITORS), ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NIEU, GUINEA MONOGRAPH, V.3: PETROLEUM: AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, AUSTRALIA.}{Deposit:: RILEY, K.W., 1983, VANADIUM IN THE TOOLEBUC OIL SHALE AND POSSIBILITIES FOR RECOVERY FROM SPENT SHALE, PROCEEDING OF THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN WORKSHOP ON OIL SHALE.}{Deposit:: CSR (LTD), 1982, JULIA CREEK SHALE OIL - PAMPHLET.}
ReporterPratt, Roger C.