Mine detail: Redtree Nos., 1 , 2 , 3

Previously called 'Westmoreland'

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Location

Lat / long: -17.51362, 138.08643

Resource(M)

Primary: Uranium, Gold, Copper
Ore: Carnotite, Pitchblende
Discovery year: 1956

Production

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

Geology

Host type:Conglomerate,Basalt,Granite
Associated type:Basalt,Granite
Structure:Namalang; North-Easterly Trending Joint Zone
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal

References

MRDSD003139
DEP10090755
Reference{Deposit:: WARREN, R. G., 1972 , A COMMENTARY ON THE METALLOGENIC MAP OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 145 , 85 P.}{Deposit:: BROOKS, J. H., 1971 , URANIUM EXPLORATION IN QUEENSLAND, 1967 - 71 : QUEENSLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPT. 69 , 22 P.}{Deposit:: MORGAN, D. D., 1965 , URANIUM ORE DEPOSIT OF PANDANUS CREEK: GEOL. AUST. ORE DEPOSITS, 2D, 210 - 211}{Deposit:: WOODMANSEE, W. C., 1970 , URANIUM, IN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1970 , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 23 P.}{Deposit:: 5) MINING MAGAZINE, 1974 , V. 131 , NO. 1 , P. 21}
ReporterByers, Virginia P.