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Crockers Well Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009852
MRDS ID D003092
Record type Site
Current site name Crockers Well Deposit
Alternate or previous names Includes Eastern Prospect, South-Western Prospect, Central Prospect Plus 3 Other Main Deposits.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 139.94876, -31.82954 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 95 KILOMETERS NORTHWEST OF RADIUM HILL MINE; ABOUT 60 KILOMETERS NORTHWEST OF OLARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia South Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Ore
Xenotime Ore
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 139.94876, -31.82954
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 1730 M.Y. FOR DAVIDITE (ARCHEAN ? OR ADELAIDEAN ?) CAMPANA AND KING, 1958 : PRINCIPAL ORE DEPOSITS ARE DUE TO A LATE - STAGE INTRODUCTION OF VOLATILES UNUSUALLY RICH IN TITANIUM AND URANIUM IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE EMPLACEMENT, COOLING, AND FRACTURING OF THE PARENT MASS OF ADAMELLITE ... ABSITE MINERALIZATION DATES BACK APPROXIMATELY 580 MILLION YEARS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1951

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 , EASTERN PROSPECT; ITEM 2 , SOUTHWESTERN PROSPECT; ITEM 3 , CENTRAL PROSPECT. ITEM 4 IS ORIGINAL PROSPECT. ITEM 5 IS CROCKER'S WELL EAST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MC LEOD, I. R., ED., 1965 , AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 72 , 690 P.

  • Deposit

    LIDDY, J. C., 1972 , URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUST. MINING 64 NO. 5 , P. 24 - 33

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E. W., 1958 , MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF RADIOACTIVE RAW MATERIALS: NEW YORK, MC GRAW - HILL BOOK COMPANY, 654 P.

  • 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) CAMPANA, B., AND KING, D., 1958 , REGIONAL GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE OLARY PROVINCE (SOUTH AUSTRALIA): SOUTH AUSTRALIA DEPT. MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 34 , 133 P.

  • Deposit

    6) 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

    7) KING, D. 1954 , GEOLOGY OF THE CROCKER WELL URANIUM DEPOSIT (AUSTRALIA): SOUTH AUSTRALIA DEPT. MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30 , P. 70 - 78.

Reporter information

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

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