Fleur De Lys Mine

Producer 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107876
MRDS ID D003104
Record type Site
Current site name Fleur De Lys Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 131.36575, -13.52499 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF THE COSMOPOLITAN HOWLEY (GOLD PRODUCER SINCE 1879 )

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

  • GOLD AND SOME BISMUTH IN THE AREA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Torbernite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) 131.36575, -13.52499

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Brocks Creek Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Brocks Creek Uranium N.L.

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY RECORDED PRODUCTION

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

    WALPOLE AND OTHERS, 1968

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.