Mine detail: Northern Deposits

Previously called 'Queens Land-Northern DepositsMt. JenniferHighland PlainsRiversleighPhantom HillsBabbling Brook HillMt. *onnor'

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Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -18.66357, 138.33222
dep_id: 10305146
mas_id: 6020350047
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect
other_matl: Collophane
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Fantel, Richard J.
disc_yr: 1966
References:
  • Deposit:: AUSTRALIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1977/78
  • Deposit:: COOK, PETER, AUSTRALIAN PHOSPHATE ROCK DEPOSITS AND
  • Deposit:: OCCURRENCES: FERTILIZER MINERAL POTENTIAL IN ASIA AND THE
  • Deposit:: PACIFIC, FERTILIZER RAW MATERIALS RESOURCES WORKSHOP
  • Deposit:: AUG. 20-24, HONOLULU, HAWAII, 1979.
  • Deposit:: HOWARD, P. F., EXPLORATION FOR PHOSPHORITE IN AUSTRALIA--
  • Deposit:: A CASE HISTORY: ECON. GEOL. VOL. 67, 1972, P. 1180-1192.
  • Deposit:: REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1980.
  • Deposit:: THOMSON, L. D. AND RUSSELL, R. T., DISCOVER, EXPLORATION, &
  • Deposit:: INVESTIGATIONS OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN QUEENSLAND; PROC.
  • Deposit:: AUST. INST. MIN. MET., NO. 240, DEC. 1971.
  • Reserve-Resource:: ROGERS, J. K. AND R. E. KEEVERS. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUST.
  • Reserve-Resource:: AND PAPUA, NEW GUINEA, 4. IND. MINES AND ROCKS, AUST. MIN.
  • Reserve-Resource:: METALL. MONOGRAPH, SEC. 8., PP. 251-265.
  • Reserve-Resource:: REGISTER OF AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1988/89, PP. 374-375.
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