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El Sherana Mine

Producer in Northern Territory*, Australia with commodities Uranium, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009859
MRDS ID D003101
Record type Site
Current site name El Sherana Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 132.5185, -13.50972 (WGS84)
Relative position 85 KILOMETERS NW OF PINE CREEK; .175 KILOMETERS SW OF RUM JUNGLE. 273 KILOMETERS SOUTHEAST OF DARWIN

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

  • SEE FIG. 1 IN DODSON AND OTHERS, 1974 , FOR LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Kaolinization, Bleaching Of The Wallrock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 132.5185, -13.50972
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 106.68M
    Width 10.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone; Pronounced Stratigraphical Or Lithologic Control

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 United Uranium N.L.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Queensland Mines, Ltd.

Production statistics

  • Year 1965
    Period To End 1965
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major U3O8 Uranium Uranium 1wt-pct
  • Year 1972
    Period To 1972
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Uranium Uranium 5612g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • SEE PALETTE MINE FOR GOLD PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DODSON, R. G., NEEDHAM, R. S., WILKES, P. G., PAGE, R. W., SMART, P. G., AND WATCHMAN, A. L., 1974 , URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE RUM JUNGLE - ALLIGATOR RIVERS PROVINCE, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA, IN SYMPOSIUM ON FORMATION OF URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, ATHENS 1974 , PROC., P. 551 - 568

  • 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

    MC LEOD, I. R., ED., 1965 , AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 72 , 690 P. ( WALPOLE, 1958 )

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    5) FERRIS, 1973 , WRITTEN COMM.

  • Deposit

    6) PRICHARD, C. E., 1965 , URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH ALLIGATOR RIVER, IN GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS, 2D ED.: MC ANDREW, J., ED., MELBOURNE CONGRESS AND AUSTRALIAN IMM, 1965 , P. 207 - 209 . PUBLICATIONS 8TH COMMONWEALTH MIN. METALL. CONGR. AUSTRALIA N.Z., 1965 , V. 1.

  • Deposit

    7) 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

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

  • Production

    ITEM 1 FROM WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1968 ; ITEM 3 , LIDDY, 1972

  • Reserve-Resource

    ITEM 1 FROM ( WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1958 ) MC LEOD, I. R., EDITOR, 1965 . ITEM E1C FROM HEINRICH, E. W., 1958

Reporter information

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

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