Mine detail: Mount Burton Mine

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Location: Northern Territory*, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -12.97782, 130.96298
dep_id: 10107878
mrds_id: D003125
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Production occurred
Development status: Producer
ore: Pitchblende, Torbernite
gangue: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
other_matl: Chalcocite, Malachite
orebody_fm: LENTICULAR
Reporter: Byers, Virginia P.
hrock_type: Quartzite,Dolomite
References:
  • 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:: DODSON, R. C., 1972 , SOME ENVIRONMENTS OF FORMATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS, IN URANIUM PROSPECTING HANDBOOK: PROCEEDINGS OF A NATO-SPONSORED ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE ON METHODS OF PROSPECTING FOR URANIUM MINERALS, LONDON 1971 , EDITED BY S. H. U. BOWIE, MICHAEL DAVIS, AND DENNIS OSTLE, LONDON: INST. MINING AND METALLURGY TRANS., P. 33 - 46
  • Production:: ITEMS 1 , 2 , WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1968 . ITEM 3 , DODSON, 1972
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