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Rum Jungle Field

Producer in Northern Territory*, Australia with commodities Uranium, Copper, Lead, Cobalt, Silver, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Nickel
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009881
MRDS ID D003142
Record type Site
Current site name Rum Jungle Field

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 130.9991, -12.99724 (WGS84)
Relative position 60 KM SW OF DARWIN, BETWEEN STUART HIGHWAY AND THE RAILWAY. DYSON'S IS ABOUT 1.6 KILOMETERS EAST OF WHITE'S
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Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Northern Territory*

Comments on the location information

  • SEE FIG 1 IN DODSON AND OTHERS, 1974 , FOR LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Cobalt Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Nickel Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Torbernite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Lead Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Nearby scientific data

(1) 130.9991, -12.99724
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Geologic structures

Type Description Terms
Regional Deposits Are Spatially Located Close To Or Along The Unconformity With The Overlying Middle Proterozoic Rocks
Local Giant'S Reef Fault Cuts The Rum Jungle Complex

Ore body information

  • Depth to bottom 45M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Spatial Distribution Of Uranium Deposits And Prospects Around The Nanambu, Nimbuwah, And Rum Jungle Complexes Suggests A Relation Between The Mineralization And A Major Igneous Phase ( 1700 - 1800 M.Y. ) ( Dodson And Others, 1974 ). Rum Jungle Creek South Deposit Is Contained In A Fold.

Comments on the geologic information

  • 1700 - 1800 M.Y.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both metallic and non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1949
Production years TO END OF 1960 WHEN WORKED OUT MINING OF RUM JUNGLE CREEK SOUTH OREBODY BEGAN IN 1961 AND FINISHED EARLY, IN 1963 . MINING AT WHITE'S AND DYSON'S FINISHED BY 1960

Mining district

District name Katherine-Darwin Region, Arnhem Land Area

Comments on the production information

  • ITEMS 1 AND 2 ARE TO END OF 1960 WHEN WORKED OUT, (WHITE'S AND DYSON'S DEPOSITS). ITEM 3 IS RUM JUNGLE CREEK SOUTH, WHERE BASE METAL MINERALIZATION IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE URANIUM. ITEM 4 IS TOTAL U3O8 FROM RUM JUNGLE AS STATED IN 1972

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "THERE ARE ALMOST CERTAINLY RESERVES OF URANIUM ORE, BUT NOT NECESSARILY MINEABLE AT UNDER A PRICE OF $10/LB." MINING MAG., 1974

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS D003142

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DODSON, R. G., NEEDHAM, R. S., WILKES, P. G., PAGE, R. W., SMART, P. G., AND WATCHMAN, A. L., 1974 , URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE RUM JUNGLE-ALLIGATOR RIVERS PROVINCE, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA, IN SYMPOSIUM ON FORMATION OF URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, ATHENS 1974 , PROC., P. 551 - 568

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    DODSON, R. C., 1972 , SOME ENVIRONMENTS OF FORMATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS, IN URANIUM PROSPECTING HANDBOOK: PROCEEDINGS OF A NATO-SPONSORED ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE ON METHODS OF PROSPECTING FOR URANIUM MINERALS, LONDON 1971 , EDITED BY S. H. U. BOWIE, MICHAEL DAVIS, AND DENNIS OSTLE, LONDON: INST. MINING AND METALLURGY TRANS., P. 33 - 46

  • Deposit

    BERKMAN, D. A., 1968 , THE GEOLOGY OF THE RUM JUNGLE URANIUM DEPOSITS, IN URANIUM IN AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALASIAN INST. MINING AND METALLURGY PROC., RUM JUNGLE BR., P. 12 - 31 .

  • Deposit

    5) LIDDY, J. C., 1972 , URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUST. MINING 64 NO. 5 , P. 24 - 33 .

  • Deposit

    6) SULLIVAN, C. J., AND MATHESON, R. S., 1952 , URANIUM-COPPER DEPOSITS, RUM JUNGLE, AUSTRALIA: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 47 , NO. 7 , P. 751 - 758 .

  • Deposit

    7) HEINRICH, E. W., 1958 , MINERALOGY AND GEOLOGY OF RADIOACTIVE RAW MATERIALS: NEW YORK, MC GRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY, 654 P.

  • Deposit

    8) CONDON, M. A., AND WALPOLE, B. P., 1955 , SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT AS A CONTROL OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE KATHERINE-DARWIN REGION, NORTHERN TERRITORY: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES REPT. 24 .

  • Deposit

    9) CORBETT, D. W. P., AND MC LEOD, I. R., 1965 , URANIUM IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY: THE MINERAL DEPOSITS: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY, AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 72 , P. 651 - 658 .

  • Deposit

    10) ROBERTS, W. M. B., 1960 , MINERALOGY AND GENESIS OF WHITE'S OREBODY, RUM JUNGLE URANIUM FIELD, AUSTRALIA: NEUES JAHRB. MINERALOGIE MONATSH., V. 94 , P. 868 - 899 .

  • Deposit

    11) SMITH, E. E. N., 1974 , REVIEW OF CURRENT CONCEPTS REGAR

  • Production

    ITEMS 1 , 2 , 3 WALPOLE, B. P., 1958 . ITEM 4 FROM LIDDY, J. C., 1972 . ITEM 5 (FROM WHITE'S OREBODY) FROM WALPOLE, CROHN, DUNN, AND RANDAL, 1968

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GOODPARLA GROUP SEDIMENTS WERE DEPOSITED IN A SHALLOW MARINE, PARTLY EUXINIC ENVIRONMENT. ( DODSON AND OTHERS, 1974 ).

Reporter information

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