Mary Kathleen

Mary Kathleen (Queensland)

Other, Uranium deposits rare earth element deposit in Queensland, Australia

Deposit type: Magmatic, Uranium deposits

REE minerals: allanite, stillwellite

Ore minerals: uraninite, uranophane, garnet, fluorapatite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite

Gangue minerals:

Host rock types: skarn, calc-silicate metasediments, granite

Average grade: Former uranium mine

Status: Past Producer w/ reserves

Company:

Resource estimates: 6.8 Mt tailings @ 4% REO (1990)

Ore ran 35% all, 40% garnet, 10% apatite. Production of uranium ceased in 1982.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org
https://books.google.cl/books?id=jPskAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA4-PA13&lpg=RA4-PA13&dq=Green+Cove+Springs+Mine+monazite&source=bl&ots=8xH_PV9MoG&sig=MkXPfqzQ6OM4zmU2OWc-eHL2-GQ&hl=ru&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj6-bG1mfbMAhUDE5AKHYGfCWsQ6AEIKDAD#v=onepage&q&f=false
http://mrdata.usgs.gov/ree/show-ree.php?rec_id=754