Edith River Prospects

Occurrence in Northern Territory*, Australia with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009857
MRDS ID D003098
Record type Site
Current site name Edith River Prospects
Alternate or previous names YMCA

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 132.04906, -14.19716 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE EAST TO 3 MILES SOUTH - SOUTHEAST OF EDITH RIVER SIDING

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Copper Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Mylonitization

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 132.04906, -14.19716

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • North - Trending Greisenized Shear Zone In The Cullen Granite (Greisenized)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alligator Rivers

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.