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Mary Kathleen

Past Producer in Queensland, Australia with commodities REE, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304844
MAS/MILS ID 6020350018
Record type Site
Current site name Mary Kathleen
Alternate or previous names Mary Kathleen Uranium Ltd.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 140.01557, -20.73005 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Albite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) 140.01557, -20.73005
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 152M
    Width 121.6M
    Field Value
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Date of Last Modification 780719

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1974
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1977
Milling method Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mary Kathleen Uranium Ltd.
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner
    Owner Australian A. E. C.
    Interest 42
  • Type Owner
    Owner Public Stock
    Interest 7
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mary Kathleen Uranium Ltd.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Indicated 5790000mt ore
    Demonstrated 5790000mt ore
    Inferred 1689000mt ore
    Total resources 7479000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.75 wt-pct Uranium Trace 0
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Demonstrated 6800000mt ore
    Total resources 6800000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    REE REE 4 wt-pct REE Major 0

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THERE ARE 6,800,000 MT OF TAILING FROM FORMER URANIUM OPERATIONS. THESE GRADE 4.0% REO, MAINLY OF THE YTTRIUM AND EUROPIUM ELEMENTS. TOTAL REO = 272,000 MT. ALLANITE IS THE SOURCE MINERAL
  • FORMER UNDERGROUND URANIUM MINE POTENTIAL FOR RECOVERING REO FROM TAILING POND
  • REO (RARE EARTH OXIDE)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MATHESON,R.S.,& R.A.SEARL,MARY KATHLEEN URANIUM DEPOSIT,MT.I

  • Deposit

    CLONCURRY DIST.,QUEENSLAND,AUST.,ECON .GEOL.,VOL.51,1956,PP.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS,J.H.,THE OCCURRENCE OF URA NIUM IN QUEENSLAND,AUST.AT

  • Deposit

    ENERGY SYMPOSIUM,1958,PP.15-26.

  • Deposit

    .,THE URANIUM DEPOSITS OF NW QUEENSLAND,PUB.NO.297,QUEEN

  • Deposit

    DEPT.OF MINES,BRISBANE,AUST.,1960

  • Deposit

    MIN.JOURNAL,MARY KATHLEEN URANIUM,THE END NEXT YEAR?,OCT.23,

  • Deposit

    MIN.JOURNAL,MARY KATHLEEN MAY REOPEN,APRIL 10,1964.

  • Deposit

    HUGHES,F.E.,& D.L.MUNRO,URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS AT MARY KATHLEE

  • Deposit

    OF AUST.ORE DEPOSITS,8TH COMMONWEALTH MIN.& MET.CONG.,1965,P

  • Deposit

    AUST.MIN.MARY KATHLEEN LTD.,APRIL 15,1966,P.63.

  • Deposit

    AUST.MIN.,MARY KATHLEEN URANIUM LTD.,MAY 16,1966,P.98.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING,QUEENSLAND,AUG.1967,P.42.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING,QUEENSLAND-MARY KATHLEEN URANIUM LTD.,AUG.1968,

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,RARE EARTHS FROM QUEENSLAND TAILINGS,APRIL 5,

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,MARY KATHLEENS FIND,JUNE 7,1968,P.470.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MIN.,MARY KATHLEEN SEEKS U308 CONTRACT:DRILL BELOW PIT

  • Deposit

    1969,P.50.

  • Deposit

    AUST.MIN.,MARY KATHLEEN URANIUM LTD.,FEB.17,1969.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE,MARY KATHLEEN URANIUM,MAY,1970,P.411

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,MARY KATHLEEN URANIUM,APRIL 3,1970,P.293

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,MARY KATHLEEN-READY TO GO,FEB.6,1970,P.106

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINING,MARY KATHLEEN URANIUM LTD.,JAN.1970,P.67.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING,URANIUM & NUCLEAR ENERGY IN AUST.,DEC.197

  • Deposit

    E/MJ,URANIUM PROJECTS BEING STUDIED IN QUEENSLAND,JAN.1971,P

  • Deposit

    E/MJ,AUSTRALIA,SEPT.1972.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,DOUBTS ABOUT MARY KATHLEEN,NOV.23,1973,P.421

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,MARY KATHLEEN.GO-AHEAD AT LAST,FEB.14,1974,P.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,AUSTRALIA.MARY KATHLEEN STEPS FORWARD,AUG.23,

  • Deposit

    P.155

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE,MARY KATHLEEN DOUBTS,JAN.1974,P.46

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,MARY KATHLEEN.WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME,FEB.

  • Deposit

    P.101

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE,QUEENSLAND URANIUM,MAY 1975,P.395.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS MIN.REV.,MARY KATHLEEN REOPENING AUST.URANIUM MINE

  • Deposit

    SEPT.13,1975,P.10.

  • Deposit

    MIN.JOURNAL,MARY KATHLEEN.SALES ENCOURAGEMENT,MARCH 12,1976,

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,URANIUM BAN STOPS TRAINS,MAY 2,1976,P.435.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE,URANIUM PROBLEMS,NOV.1976,P.475.

  • Deposit

    WORLD MINING,MARY KATHLEEN REOPENS U308 PIT,MAY 1976,P.90.

  • Deposit

    AUST.MIN.YEARBOOK 1976,MARY KATHLEEN URANIUM,THOMSON PUBL.(A

  • Deposit

    PTY.LTD.,P.25.

  • Deposit

    RIDGE,J.D.,ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF MIN.DEPOSITS IN AFRIC

  • Deposit

    (EXCLUSIVE OF USSR) & AUST.,PERGAMON PRESS LTD.,OXFORD,ENGLA

  • Deposit

    PP.349-353.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING,THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT...,JAN.1977,P.1

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,MKUS FINANCIAL POSITION CRITICAL,FEB.4,1977,P

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,LABOR.AUST.URANIUM:CONFUSION GROWS,FEB.18,197

  • Deposit

    SKINNERS MIN.INTERN.YRBK,MARY KATHLEEN URANIUM LTD.,FINANCIA

  • Deposit

    LTD.,LONDON,1977,P.367

  • Deposit

    CONZINC RIOTINTO OF AUST.LTD.1976 ANNUAL REPORT,P.13.

  • Deposit

    DERRICK,G.M.,ORIGIN & TIMING OF URANIUM MINERAL.AT MARY KATH

  • Deposit

    N.W.QUEENSLAND,25TH INTERN.GEOL.CONG.ABST.,VOL.1,SECT.4A,B.

  • Deposit

    QUEENSLAND GOVERN.MIN.JOURNAL,REVISION OF STRATIGRAPHIC NOME

  • Deposit

    IN THE PRECAMBRIAN OF N.W.QUEENSLAND,V.1:MARY KATHLEEN GP.,J

  • Deposit

    ,PP.15-23.

  • Deposit

    MINING JOURNAL,MARY KATHLEEN URANIUM,MARCH 25,1977,P.234.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE,MARY KATHLEEN CRISIS,MARCH 1977,P.204.

  • Deposit

    E/MJ,TWO MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS...,APRIL 1977,P.159.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JAN-1995 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

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