Mount Finch Prospect

Occurrence in Northern Territory*, Australia with commodities Uranium, Copper
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090753
MRDS ID D003126
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Finch Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 130.94909, -12.94726 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF (WHITES) RUM JUNGLE

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
Copper Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DEPOSIT OVERLIES LOW-GRADE PYRITE-CHALCOPYRITE MINERALIZATION IN BOTH GOLDEN DYKE FORMATION AND THE COOMALIE DOLOMITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Malachite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) 130.94909, -12.94726

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rum Jungle Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION NEEDED TO FURTHER CLASSIFY THE DEPOSIT IS LACKING.

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.