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Undercliff

Producer in New South Wales, Australia with commodity Graphite
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Production statistics
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024432
MRDS ID ISM0144
Record type Site
Current site name Undercliff
Alternate or previous names Undercliff Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 152.20859, -28.65895 (WGS84)
Relative position MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

New South Wales(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia New South Wales

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 24 KM ESE OF STANTHORPE
  • 8 KM EAST OF AJKA, 20 KM NW OF BALATONFOERED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAPHITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock
    Rock unit name Boorook Grp
    Rock description Boorook Grp
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) 152.20859, -28.65895
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; MNGN + RDCR + PRLS + PLML; GLCN + GTHT + CLCT + DLMT + PYRT + CLAY; BEDS OF RADIOLARIAN CLAY-MARL ARE INTERSTRATIFIED WITH MN-CARBONATE ORES IN A SEQUENCE 35-40 M THICK.
  • ; GRAPHITE; THE BEDS OF AMORPHOUS GRAPHITE ARE ALTERED CARBONACEOUS SHALES AND COAL SEAMS, INTERBEDDED WITH HIGHLY FOLDED SLATES AND TUFFS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1950

Production statistics

  • Year 1950
    Period 1890-1950
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Average 35 % C
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Graphite Graphite 35wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • UNKNOWN UNKNOWNPRODUCTION FOR URKUT
  • SMALL SCALE MINING

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • GOURLAY 1965: "RESERVES ARE PROBABLY SUFFICIENT TO SUPPLY THE VERY LIMITED MARKET FOR THIS TYPE OF GRAPHITE FOR MANY YEARS, SHOULD THE NEED ARISE"
  • MIGHT NOT BE ECONOMICALLY EXPLOITABLE IN FREE MARKET ECONOMY. THIS FIGURE IS FOR ALL HUNGARY, PRESUMABLY MAINLY AT URKUT.

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO); ORE GENERALLY BELOW 50 % C, AVERAGE 32 % C
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). OXIDE AND CARBONATE ORE, 20.5% MN; 3 UNDERGROUND MINING SHAFTS (100-200 M DEPTHS).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). UNDERGROUND CONCENTRATE REMAINING OXIDE ORE IS IRREGULAR AND OF SECONDARY ENRICHMENT.
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1984 Towner, Roy, R., Saam, H. G. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Canberra, Australia

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