Six Kangaroos

Occurrence in Queensland, Australia with commodity Uranium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10009885
MRDS ID	D003148
Record type	Site
Current site name	Six Kangaroos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	140.99886, -20.99673 (WGS84)
Relative position	ON THE MOUNT ISA - CLONCURRY ROAD 43 KM WEST-NORTHWEST OF CLONCURRY.

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

Nearby scientific data

(1)	140.99886, -20.99673	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Mount Isa Area

Comments on the reserve resource information

NO ECONOMIC GRADE IN THE WEATHERING-PRODUCED LOW-GRADE DETRITAL DEPOSIT, THE DAVIDITE HAVING A CONTENT OF 2.6 PERCENT U3O8 . THE MATERIAL IN SITU IS EVEN LESS ECONOMICAL.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D003148

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.