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Mount Burton Mine

Producer in Northern Territory*, Australia with commodities Uranium, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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. Production statistics
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107878
MRDS ID D003125
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Burton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 130.96298, -12.97782 (WGS84)
Relative position 4.8 KM WEST OF (WHITES) RUM JUNGLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northern Territory*(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Northern Territory*

Comments on the location information

  • OUTSIDE EMBAYMENT AREA, ON LOW RIDGE 2000 FT. SE OF THE MOUNT BURTON TRIG.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Torbernite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Chalcocite Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 130.96298, -12.97782
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rum Jungle Area

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Period To End 1965
    Material CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Cu, Ave. 1.04 % & 2.66 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Copper Copper 2wt-pct
  • Year 1965
    Period To End 1965
    Material U
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^U3o8 , Ave. 0.21 %
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    U3O8 Uranium Uranium 0wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    DODSON, R. C., 1972 , SOME ENVIRONMENTS OF FORMATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS, IN URANIUM PROSPECTING HANDBOOK: PROCEEDINGS OF A NATO-SPONSORED ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE ON METHODS OF PROSPECTING FOR URANIUM MINERALS, LONDON 1971 , EDITED BY S. H. U. BOWIE, MICHAEL DAVIS, AND DENNIS OSTLE, LONDON: INST. MINING AND METALLURGY TRANS., P. 33 - 46

  • Production

    ITEMS 1 , 2 , WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1968 . ITEM 3 , DODSON, 1972

Reporter information

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

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