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37 A Prospect

Occurrence in South Australia, Australia with commodity Uranium
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  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. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090756
MRDS ID D003156
Record type Site
Current site name 37 A Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 139.99879, -30.49626 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 500 KILOMETERS NORTH OF ADELAIDE ABOUT 75 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF MOUNT PAINTER

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
Pitchblende Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 139.99879, -30.49626
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lake Frome Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Petromin N. L.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1971
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Uranium U3O8 0.15 wt-pct Uranium Major 1971

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MAYBE ONE DEPOSIT WITH BEVERLEY PROSPECT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DODSON, R. C., 1972 , SOME ENVIRONMENTS OF FORMATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS, IN URANIUM PROSPECTING HANDBOOK: PROCEEDINGS OF A NATO -SPONSORED ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE ON METHODS OF PROSPECTING FOR URANIUM MINERALS, LONDON 1971 , EDITED BY S. H. U. BOWIE, MICHAEL DAVIS, AND DENNIS OSTLE, LONDON: INST. MINING AND METALLURGY TRANS., P. 33 - 46

  • Deposit

    PARKIN, L. W., ED., WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY FIRMAN, J., JOHNS, R. K., LUDBROOK, N. H., THOMSON, B. P., AND WOPFNER, H., 1969 , HANDBOOK OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGY: SOUTH AUSTRALIA DEPT. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 268 P.

Reporter information

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

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