| Location: | Northern Territory*, Australia, Oceania |
| Lat / long: | -13.99719, 136.49898 |
| dep_id: | 10079685 |
| mrds_id: | W029767 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Manganese |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Lithiophorite, Psilomelane, Pyrolusite, Todorokite |
| gangue: | Goethite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | BLANKET, SML-BASINS |
| model: | 242: Sedimentary Mn |
| ore_ctrl: | Precretaceous Landsurface, Transgression Zones |
| Reporter: | Krauss, Ulrich H. |
| hrock_unit: | Sandstone, Quartzite (Groote Eylandt-Beds);Sands And Argillites Containing Mn-Ores (Mullaman Beds);Lateritic Conglomerates |
| hrock_type: | Argillite |
| Year first produced: | 1966 |
| disc_yr: | 1962 |
| discr: | Broken Hill Pty-Geologists |
| References: |
- 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
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