Alice Springs

Prospect in Northern Territory*, Australia with commodity REE
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Reserves and resources
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10304592
MAS/MILS ID 6020250001
Record type Site
Current site name Alice Springs

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: 134.29897, -22.99656 (WGS84)

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

  • LOCATED 100 KMS NE OF ALICE SPRINGS REFERENCES: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS- DEC.1987, PG 9; NOV.1988, PG 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) 134.29897, -22.99656

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1987
Milling method Unspecified

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Csiro
  • Type Owner
    Owner Endras No.2 Ltd

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Demonstrated 1000000mt ore
    Total resources 1000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    REE Ce Group 0.8 wt-pct REE Major 0

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALLANITE AT 20% REO
  • IN-SITU RESOURCE OF 1 MMT OF COARSELY-CRYSTALLINE PEGMATITE GRADING 4% ALLANITE, OR 40,000 MT. THE ALLANITE CONTAINS 20% REO, OR 8,000 MT. THUS, REO = 0.8% OF THE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, DEC 1987, PG 9

  • Reserve-Resource

    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NOV 1988, PG 29

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION IS 100 KM NE OF ALICE SPRINGS. CONSTRAINTS ARE ENVIRONMENT, REGULATIONS,AND ACCESS/TRANSPORT. COMMODITIES WOULD BE REO AND THORIUM.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JAN-1995 Wdj U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.