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Mount Painter

Producer in South Australia, Australia with commodities Uranium, Radium, Thorium
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009873
MRDS ID D003127
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Painter

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 139.41546, -30.16294 (WGS84)
Relative position 70 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LEIGH CREEK; ABOUT 300 MILES NORTH OF ADELAIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia South Australia

Comments on the location information

  • IN FLINDERS RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Radium Primary
Thorium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WORKED FOR RADIUM INTERMITTENTLY FROM 1910 TO 1934

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fergusonite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 139.41546, -30.16294
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Archaean Basement Outcrops Are Bounded By Major Fault And Shear Systems

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL POCKETS IN FRACTURE ZONES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Synclinal Axis, And A Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1910

Mining district

District name Flinders Range

Comments on the production information

  • RADIUM PRODUCTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL MILLION TONS OF URANIFEROUS MATERIAL TOO LOW GRADE TO BE WORKED AT PRESENT ( 1972 )

Comments on development

  • OLDEST RECOGNIZED URANIUM DEPOSIT IN AUSTRALIA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DICKINSON, S. B., SPRIGG, R. C., KING, D., WADE, M. L., WEBB, B. P., WHITTLE, A. W. G., STILLWELL, F. L., AND EDWARDS, A. B., 1954 , URANIUM DEPOSITS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA: SOUTH AUSTRALIA DEPT. MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 30

  • 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

    COATS, R. P., AND BLISSETT, A. H., 1971 , REGIONAL AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT PAINTER PROVINCE: SOUTH AUSTRALIA DEPT. MINES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 43 , 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) WOODMANSEE, W. C., 1970 , URANIUM, IN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1970 , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 23 P.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OLDEST RECOGNIZED URANIUM DEPOSIT IN AUSTRALIA. SECONDARY MINERALS IN THE BRECCIA ARE OFTEN SPECTACULAR

Reporter information

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

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