Tennysons Prospects

Occurrence in Northern Territory*, Australia with commodity Uranium

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10009890
MRDS ID	D003155
Record type	Site
Current site name	Tennysons Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	131.99907, -14.21383 (WGS84)
Relative position	2 TO 4 MILES WEST - SOUTHWEST OF EDITH RIVER SIDING

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
Torbernite	Ore

Alteration

(Local) Silicification And Greisenization Of Surrounding Granite

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1)	131.99907, -14.21383	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Katherine - Darwin Region

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D003155

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

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.