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Rum Jungle Creek South Mine

Producer in Northern Territory*, Australia with commodity Uranium
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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. 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 10009882
MRDS ID D003143
Record type Site
Current site name Rum Jungle Creek South Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 130.99353, -13.03892 (WGS84)
Relative position 6.4 KM SOUTH OF WHITE'S MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northern Territory*(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Northern Territory*

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 130.99353, -13.03892
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATED PARALLEL TO FOLD AXIS
    Thickness 39.62M
    Length 228.6M
    Width 45.72M
    Depth to top 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Mining district

District name Rum Jungle Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner South Alligator Uranium N.L.

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Period To End 1965
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • U3O8 CONTENTS OF MINED ORE, INCLUDING STOCKPILED ORE AWAITING TREATMENT, IS ESTIMATED AT 2600 TONS. ( WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1968 ).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WALPOLE, B. P., CROHN, P. W., DUNN, P. R., AND RANDALL, M. A., 1968 , GEOLOGY OF THE KATHERINE-DARWIN REGION, NORTHERN TERRITORY: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 82 , V. 1 , 304 P.; V. 2 , 5 MAPS

  • Production

    ITEM 1 , WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1968 ; ITEMS 2 AND 3 FROM MINING MAGAZINE, 1974 , V. 131 , NO. 1 , P. 17

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION NEEDED TO FURTHER CLASSIFY THE DEPOSIT IS LACKING.

Reporter information

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

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