Milo Deposit

Occurrence in Queensland, Australia with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090752
MRDS ID D003122
Record type Site
Current site name Milo Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Approximate
Geographic coordinates: 144.54695, -22.57045 (WGS84)
Relative position 21 MILES SOUTHWEST 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

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

Approximate (1) 144.54695, -22.57045

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 50 - 60 E
    Length 36.58M
    Width 4.57M

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 workings information

  • DRILLING HAS SHOWN ONLY WEAK COPPER, LEAD, AND ZINC WITH NO URANIUM MINERALIZATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    ITEM 1 , AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1972 , V. 64 , NO. 5 , P. 40

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.