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Dyson's Mine

Producer in Northern Territory*, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107875
MRDS ID D003096
Record type Site
Current site name Dyson's Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 131.01298, -12.98475 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.6 KM EAST OF WHITE'S MINE; ABOUT 60 KM SW. OF DARWIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northern Territory*(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Northern Territory*

Comments on the location information

  • IN THE EMBAYMENT AREA, IN WHICH LOWER PROTEROZOIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS OCCUPY A RE-ENTRANT IN THE RUM JUNGLE COMPLEX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) 131.01298, -12.98475
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Broadly Controlled By Stratigraphy

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
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

  • Production

    ITEM 1 , WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1968

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.

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