Mine detail: Groote Eylandt

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

-13.99719, 136.49898

Resource(M)

Primary:	Manganese
Ore:	Lithiophorite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Todorokite
Gangue:	Goethite, Quartz
Orebody form:	BLANKET, SML-BASINS
Discovery year:	1962

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1966

Geology

Host rock:	Sandstone, Quartzite (Groote Eylandt-Beds);Sands And Argillites Containing Mn-Ores (Mullaman Beds);Lateritic Conglomerates
Host type:	Argillite

References

MRDS	W029767
DEP	10079685
Reference	{Deposit:: RYAN, G.R. (EDITOR) 1976: EXCURSION GUIDE NO.49 AC, MINING CENTRES OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. 25TH INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS.}{Deposit:: WEISS, S.A. 1977: MANGANESE THE OTHER USES. METAL. BULL. BOOKS LTD. LONDON}{Deposit:: ANONYM, 1976: MINING AND TREATMENT OF MANGANESE ORES AT GROOTE EYLANDT. AUSTRALIAN MINING DECEMBER 1976}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.}{Production:: AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1970 TO 1975 REVIEW;}{Reserve-Resource:: MINING JOURNAL 1974 NO.7261 PAGE 336}
Reporter	Krauss, Ulrich H.