Redtree Nos., 1 , 2 , 3
About this location
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Found Here
Geology and deposit
- Host rock
- Conglomerate, Basalt, Granite
- Associated rock
- Basalt, Granite
Namalang; North-Easterly Trending Joint Zone
Hydrothermal
Mining history
- Status
- Occurrence
- Discovered
- 1956
Records and references
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. BROOKS, J. H., 1971 , URANIUM EXPLORATION IN QUEENSLAND, 1967 - 71 : QUEENSLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPT. 69 , 22 P. MORGAN, D. D., 1965 , URANIUM ORE DEPOSIT OF PANDANUS CREEK: GEOL. AUST. ORE DEPOSITS, 2D, 210 - 211WOODMANSEE, W. C., 1970 , URANIUM, IN BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1970 , U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, 23 P.5) MINING MAGAZINE, 1974 , V. 131 , NO. 1 , P. 21
Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10090755 — view the source record
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Getting there
Location on Map
Coordinates: -17.51362, 138.08643
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