A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
REDTREE URANIUM
493686
22.5 KM SOUTH-WEST OF WESTMORELAND, 350KM NNW OF MT ISA.
Latitude -17.5125 Longitude 138.1025
MINERAL OCCURRENCE, ACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 54 192322 mE 8061399 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 6562 HEDLEYS CREEK
16/January/2006
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
Mangooroo
URANIUM
MEDIUM
10 000 - 40 000 tonnes U
GOLD
VERY SMALL
<0.5 tonnes AU
COPPER
VERY SMALL
<500 tonnes CU
Published Reserves/Resources |
INFERRED MINERAL RESOURCE
10200000 tonnes Ore @
BR 5602 Published in 1998
12852 Tonnes URANIUM OXIDE
0.13 % URANIUM OXIDE
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
1998
RHEINBERGER, G.M., HALLENSTEIN, C., & STEGMAN, C.L.
BR 5602
WESTMORELAND URANIUM DEPOSITS.
IN BERKMAN, D.A., & MACKENZIE, D.H. (EDITORS): GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN AND PAPUA NEW GUINEAN |
MINERAL DEPOSITS. THE AUSTRALASIAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METALLURGY, MONOGRAPH 22, 807-814. |
Major Mining Related Events |
ADITS
SHAFTS
UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS
EPM
14558
TACKLE RESOURCES PTY LIMITED
100.00%
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
MCARTHUR BASIN
Westmoreland Conglomerate / PALAEOPROTEROZOIC to |
PALAEOPROTEROZOIC |
MCARTHUR BASIN
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
UNCONFORMITY-RELATED DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
UNCONFORMITY U-AU (VEIN-TYPE U)
ORE
Dating of nine uraniferous samples from the |
Westmoreland area indicates only one major |
mineralising event at 812 +-55 Ma (Schindlmayr & |
Beerbaum, 1986). |
NEOPROTEROZOIC