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Anderson's Lode

Occurrence in Queensland, Australia with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009836
MRDS ID D003075
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson's Lode
Alternate or previous names Counter

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 139.60721, -20.66342 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 15 KILOMETERS NORTHEAST OF MOUNT ISA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Meta-Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 139.60721, -20.66342
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gorge Creek

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Queensland Mines, Ltd.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 , REFRACTORY ORE, DEVELOPMENT IS UNLIKELY UNLESS THE PRICE FOR URANIUM OXIDE RISES SUBSTANTIALLY

Comments on development

  • DRILLED TO DEPTH OF 304.8 METERS IN 1958 - 1960 , NO FURTHER DRILLING HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT ( BROOKS, 1972 ).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, J. H., 1971 , URANIUM EXPLORATION IN QUEENSLAND, 1967 - 71 : QUEENSLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPT. 69 , 22 P.

  • Deposit

    CARTER, E. K., BROOKS, J. H., AND WALKER, K. R., 1961 , THE PRECAMBRIAN MINERAL BELT OF NORTHWESTERN QUEENSLAND: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES BULL. 51 , 344 P.

  • Deposit

    CORBETT, D. W. P., AND MC LEOD, I. R., 1965 , URANIUM IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY, AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 72 , P. 651 - 658

  • 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

    5) MINING MAGAZINE, 1974 , V. 131 , NO. 1 , P. 21

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Byers, Virginia P. U.S. Geological Survey

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