Myponga

Producer in South Australia, Australia with commodity Uranium
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107879
MRDS ID D003130
Record type Site
Current site name Myponga

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 138.41541, -35.4461 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MYPANGA NEAR CAPE JERVIS WHICH IS 35 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF ADELAIDE.

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
Uranophane Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Altered In Places By Later Pegmatites.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) 138.41541, -35.4461

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES OF ORE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Northerly-Pitching Minor Fold

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1 CONTAINED ITEM 2

Comments on the workings information

  • ERRACTIC AND RESTRICTED DIMENSIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARKIN, 1957

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAY BE RELATED TO THE URANIUM MINERALIZATION OF SIMILAR TYPE ON EYRE PENINSULA IN THE GAWLER BLOCK AND IN THE MOUNT PAINTER AND WILLYAMA BLOCKS ( PARKIN, 1957 ).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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