Mine detail: Duchess Deposit

Previously called 'Phosphate HillMount MurrayRimmer HillWestern Zones'

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Location: Queensland, Australia, Oceania
Lat / long: -21.89667, 139.96556
dep_id: 60000708
mrds_id: ISM0474
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Uranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: CHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
Structure: CHERT-SILTSTONE-LIMESTONE LITHOSOME
Year first produced: 1975
disc_yr: 1966
References:
  • Deposit:: RUSSELL, R. T. AND TRUEMAN, N. A., 1971: THE GEOLOGY OF THE DUCHESS PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, NORTHWESTERN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL.66, NO.8, P.1186-1214
  • Deposit:: ROGERS, J.K. AND KEEVERS, R.E., 1975: LADY ANNIE-LADY JANE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, GEORGINA BASIN, QUEENSLAND, IN: KNIGHT, C.L., (EDITOR), ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, NO.4, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS, AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH SERIES 8, MELBOURNE, P.251
  • Deposit:: DUCHESS, I: 253 440 GEOLOGICAL MAP
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