Spring Hill

Occurrence in South Australia, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009889
MRDS ID D003153
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 139.94876, -31.74622 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 64 KILOMETERS WEST-NORTH-WEST OF OLARY, A FEW KILOMETERS NORTH OF CROCKERS WELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

South Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia South Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) 139.94876, -31.74622

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1953
Discoverer Talbot

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AUSTRALIAN MINING, 1972 , V. 64 , NO. 5 , P. 40 - 44

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

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.