Wollogorang

Occurrence in Northern Territory*, Australia with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009899
MRDS ID D003166
Record type Site
Current site name Wollogorang

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 137.83226, -17.58027 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 16 KILOMETERS NORTH OF PANDANUS CREEK, AT PETERS CREEK

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 137.83226, -17.58027

Economic information

Geologic structures

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

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.