Burke River Area

Occurrence in Queensland, Australia with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009842
MRDS ID D003081
Record type Site
Current site name Burke River Area
Alternate or previous names Duchess

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 140.24885, -22.49664 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 200 KILOMETERS SOUTH - SOUTHEAST OF MOUNT ISA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) 140.24885, -22.49664

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1966
Discoverer Continental Oil Corp.

Mining district

District name Georgina Basin, Burke River Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Broken Hill South Ltd.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 INCLUDES THORNTONIA AREA, SEE RECORD NO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, J. H., 1971 , URANIUM EXPLORATION IN QUEENSLAND, 1967 - 71 : QUEENSLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPT. 69 , 22 P.

  • Deposit

    DE FERRANTI, R. Z., 1971 , URANIUM, IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1970 REVIEW ( INCLUDING INFORMATION TO JUNE 1971 ): AUSTRALIA BUR. OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS REPT., P. 297 - 302

  • Deposit

    HOWARD, P. F., 1972 , EXPLORATION FOR PHOSPHORITE IN AUSTRALIA - A CASE HISTORY: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 67 , P. 1180 - 1192

  • Deposit

    WARREN, R. G., 1972 , A COMMENTARY ON THE METALLOGENIC MAP OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 145 , 85 P.

  • Deposit

    5) WOODMANSEE, W. C., 1970 , URANIUM, IN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1970 , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 23 P.

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.