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Mary Kathleen Mine, Mary Kathleen district, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia

A uranium mine located east of Mt Isa. Closed about 1984.

Note on the mineral list: bixbyite, calcite, halite, magnetite, syvlvite, antarcticite, yttrotantalite-(Y)(?) are reported as daughter crystals in fluid inclusions in garnet (Kwak & Abeysinghe, 1987).


Refs.: (in part):
- Mining Annual Review (1985): 369.
- T. Kwak & P. Abeysinghe (1987): Rare earth and uranium minerals present as daughter crystals in fluid inclusions, Mary Kathleen U-REE skarn, Queensland, Australia. Mineral. Mag. 51, 665-670.





Map Reference: 20°44'S , 139°29'E

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Mineral List:
Actinolite
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Andradite
Ankerite
Antarcticite
'Apatite'
Apatite-(CaF)
Axinite-(Fe)
Bixbyite
Bustamite
Calcite
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Copper
Cuprite
Diopside
Dolomite
Epidote
Fluorite
Grossular
Halite
Hedenbergite
Hematite
Libethenite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Prehnite
'Pumpellyite'
Quartz
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Stillwellite-(Ce) (TL)
Sylvite
Titanite
Tremolite
Uraninite
Yttrotantalite-(Y)


41 entries listed. 36 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

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