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Sleisbeck Mine

Producer in Northern Territory*, Australia with commodity Uranium
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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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Production statistics
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107884
MRDS ID D003151
Record type Site
Current site name Sleisbeck Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 132.81572, -13.78053 (WGS84)
Relative position 95 KM NE OF KATHERINE

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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 132.81572, -13.78053
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ASSOCIATED WITH MINOR PHOSPHATE ROCK OCCURRENCES SIMILAR TO THOSE OF THE RUM JUNGLE AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Alligator River Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner North Australian Uranium Corp. N.L.

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Period To End 1965
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Ave. Grade 0.4 % U3o8
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Ore Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SULLIVAN, C. J., ( 1955 ) AUSTRALIAN URANIUM DEPOSITS. NUCLEAR ENG. SCI. CONG., PREPRINT 257

  • Deposit

    HEINRICH, E. W., 1958 , MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF RADIOACTIVE RAW MATERIALS: NEW YORK, MC GRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, 654 P.

  • 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.

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    ITEM 1 , WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1968 ; ITEM 2 , LIDDY, 1972

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Byers, Virginia P. U.S. Geological Survey

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