Thorntonia Area

Occurrence in Queensland, Australia with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10009891
MRDS ID	D003157
Record type	Site
Current site name	Thorntonia Area
Alternate or previous names	Lady Annie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	138.7489, -20.49675 (WGS84)
Relative position	ABOUT 110 KILOMETERS NORTH-NORTHWEST 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)	138.7489, -20.49675	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Both
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Georging Basin, Thorntonia Area

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Broken Hill South, Ltd.

Type	Owner
Owner	Broken Hill South, Ltd.

Comments on the reserve resource information

ITEM 1 INCLUDES BURKE RIVER AREA (DUCHESS), SEE RECORD NO.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	D003157

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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