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Redtree Nos., 1 , 2 , 3

Occurrence in Queensland, Australia with commodities Uranium, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090755
MRDS ID D003139
Record type Site
Current site name Redtree Nos., 1 , 2 , 3
Alternate or previous names Westmoreland

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 138.08643, -17.51362 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 400 KILOMETERS NORTH-NORTHWEST OF MOUNT ISA AND ABOUT 11 KILOMETERS EAST OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY BORDER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Queensland(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Queensland

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnotite Ore
Pitchblende Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 138.08643, -17.51362
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Namalang; North-Easterly Trending Joint Zone

Ore body information

  • Length 2370M
    Width 75M
    Depth to bottom 30M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer Mount Isa Mines Ltd. Prospectors

Mining district

District name Westmoreland District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mount Isa Mines Ltd.; Conzinc Riotinto Of Australia Ltd. Have A Half Interest In Mount Isa Mines Lt

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 IS TOTAL WESTMORELAND DISTRICT FOR THE QUEENSLAND MINES; ORE RESERVES FOR REDTREE LEASES ARE SUBSTANTIAL BUT MUCH LESS THAN ITEM 1

Comments on the workings information

  • DEEPER CORE DRILLING HAS SHOWN THAT SOME OF THE AREAS OF SECONDARY MINERALIZATION ARE PROMISING, DESPITE THERE BEING LITTLE EVIDENCE OF RADIOACTIVITY ON SURFACE. MINING MAG., 1974 , V. 131 , NO. 1

Comments on development

  • REDTREE 2 AND REDTREE 3 INCLUDE 5906 KILOMETERS OF THE NAMALANG; JOINT ZONE AND PART OF THE GAREE LENS. REDTREE 1 TAKES IN PART OF THE JACK LENS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

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

  • Deposit

    MORGAN, D. D., 1965 , URANIUM ORE DEPOSIT OF PANDANUS CREEK: GEOL. AUST. ORE DEPOSITS, 2D, 210 - 211

  • Deposit

    WOODMANSEE, W. C., 1970 , URANIUM, IN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1970 , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 23 P.

  • Deposit

    5) MINING MAGAZINE, 1974 , V. 131 , NO. 1 , P. 21

Reporter information

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

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