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Pandanus Creek Mine

Producer in Northern Territory*, Australia with commodities Uranium, Copper, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009878
MRDS ID D003135
Record type Site
Current site name Pandanus Creek Mine
Alternate or previous names Eva Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 137.83226, -17.74693 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 160 KILOMETERS WEST OF BURKETOWN; ABOUT 16 KILOMETERS WEST OF QUEENSLAND BORDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northern Territory*(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Northern Territory*

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE FROM LIDDY, 1972 IS 17 DEG 14'S BUT ACCORDING TO OTHER REF. IS INCORRECT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Boltwoodite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 137.83226, -17.74693
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Nicholson Black Consists Of Metamorphosed Geosynclinal Pelitio And Quartz-Feldspathic Sediments And Volcanics, Isoclinally Folded About An East - West Axis And Intruded By Granite.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Dip 50 N
    Length 54.86M
    Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Norris

Mining district

District name Pandanus Creek

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner South Alligator Uranium N.L.

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Period 1960 - 1962
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 2 , AMOUNT BY SELECTIVE MINING; ITEM 3 , ORE AT GRASS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

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

  • Deposit

    MORGAN, D. D., 1965 , URANIUM ORE DEPOSIT OF PANDANUS CREEK: GEOL. AUST. ORE DEPOSITS, 2D, 210 - 211

  • Deposit

    NEWTON, H. J., AND MC GRATH, M. G., 1958 , THE OCCURRENCE OF URANIUM IN THE MILESTONE AUTHORITY TO PROSPECT, WOLLOGORANG DISTRICT, NORTHERN TERRITORY: AUSTRALASIAN INST. MINING AND METALLURGY, STILLWELL ANN. VOL., P. 177 - 188 .

  • Deposit

    5) 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

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

  • Deposit

    7) DODSON, R. C., 1972 , SOME ENVIRONMENTS OF FORMATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS, IN URANIUM PROSPECTING HANDBOOK: PROCEEDINGS OF A NATO-SPONSORED ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE ON METHODS OF PROSPECTING FOR URANIUM MINERALS, LONDON 1971 , EDITED BY S. H. U. BOWIE, MICHAEL DAVIS, AND DENNIS OSTLE, LONDON: INST. MINING AND METALLURGY TRANS., P. 33 - 46 .

  • Deposit

    8) MINING MAGAZINE, 1974 , V. 131 , NO. 1

  • Production

    MC LEOD, 1965 , ITEM 1 ; ITEMS 2 & 3 LIDDY, 1972

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS SIMILAR TO THE LARGER DEPOSIT AT WESTMORELAND, IN THE QUEENSLAND PART OF THE NICHOLSON BLOCK.

Reporter information

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

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