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Sleisbeck Mine, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Sleisbeck Mine | Mine (Abandoned) |
| Roper Gulf Region | Region |
| Northern Territory | Territory |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
13° 46' South , 132° 49' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Mine (Abandoned)
Köppen climate type:
Uranium mine, worked in 1957. The deposit was discovered by Dr. George Slies and guide Tex Moar.
The Sleisbeck mine is 40 kilometres by rough track south-east of Coronation Hill in the upper Katherine River valley, but all references found cite it as part of the South Alligator mineral field. It was mined by North Australian Uranium NL, and the ore was trucked to Rum Jungle to be processed.
It produced 600 tonnes at 0.4% U3O8. The bulk of the ore was found in a quartz-hematite breccia, regarded as a silicified dolomitic rock, and the deposit was associated with minor phosphate rocks. Another reference states the ore was pitchblende found in chlorite schist of the Kapalga Formation.
A 1990 inspection found an open pit 100 x 30 metres and three dump areas. The pit was flooded, but with exposed uranium mineralisation on the eastern side of the pit. The dumps were 100 metres west of the pit consisting of overburden and low grade uranium ore covering an area 20 x 80 metres and only 0.5 metres high. Literature indicates the mine site has been completely rehabilitated and nothing remains.
The Sleisbeck mine is 40 kilometres by rough track south-east of Coronation Hill in the upper Katherine River valley, but all references found cite it as part of the South Alligator mineral field. It was mined by North Australian Uranium NL, and the ore was trucked to Rum Jungle to be processed.
It produced 600 tonnes at 0.4% U3O8. The bulk of the ore was found in a quartz-hematite breccia, regarded as a silicified dolomitic rock, and the deposit was associated with minor phosphate rocks. Another reference states the ore was pitchblende found in chlorite schist of the Kapalga Formation.
A 1990 inspection found an open pit 100 x 30 metres and three dump areas. The pit was flooded, but with exposed uranium mineralisation on the eastern side of the pit. The dumps were 100 metres west of the pit consisting of overburden and low grade uranium ore covering an area 20 x 80 metres and only 0.5 metres high. Literature indicates the mine site has been completely rehabilitated and nothing remains.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
7 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Francevillite Formula: Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| ⓘ Hematite Formula: Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Threadgoldite Formula: Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH) · 8H2O |
| ⓘ Torbernite Formula: Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| ⓘ Uraninite Formula: UO2 |
| ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende Formula: UO2 |
| ⓘ Vandendriesscheite Formula: PbU7O22 · 12H2O |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Hematite | 4.CB.05 | Fe2O3 |
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | Uraninite var. Pitchblende | 4.DL.05 | UO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DL.05 | UO2 | |
| ⓘ | Vandendriesscheite | 4.GB.40 | PbU7O22 · 12H2O |
| ⓘ | Francevillite | 4.HB.15 | Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| Group 8 - Phosphates, Arsenates and Vanadates | |||
| ⓘ | Torbernite | 8.EB.05 | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| ⓘ | Threadgoldite | 8.EB.20 | Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH) · 8H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Francevillite | Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| H | ⓘ Threadgoldite | Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH) · 8H2O |
| H | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| H | ⓘ Vandendriesscheite | PbU7O22 · 12H2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Francevillite | Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| O | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| O | ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende | UO2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Threadgoldite | Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH) · 8H2O |
| O | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| O | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
| O | ⓘ Vandendriesscheite | PbU7O22 · 12H2O |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Threadgoldite | Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH) · 8H2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Threadgoldite | Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH) · 8H2O |
| P | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| V | Vanadium | |
| V | ⓘ Francevillite | Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Hematite | Fe2O3 |
| Cu | Copper | |
| Cu | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| Ba | Barium | |
| Ba | ⓘ Francevillite | Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Vandendriesscheite | PbU7O22 · 12H2O |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Francevillite | Ba(UO2)2(VO4)2 · 5H2O |
| U | ⓘ Uraninite var. Pitchblende | UO2 |
| U | ⓘ Threadgoldite | Al(UO2)2(PO4)2(OH) · 8H2O |
| U | ⓘ Torbernite | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2 · 12H2O |
| U | ⓘ Uraninite | UO2 |
| U | ⓘ Vandendriesscheite | PbU7O22 · 12H2O |
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Sleisbeck Mine, Roper Gulf Region, Northern Territory, Australia