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Mount Fitch (Northern Territory)

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workings. Compass Resources worked in the area for many years and mostly focused on the Browns deposit, a copper-cobalt-nickel deposit close to the old open pit. In 2006 some 4050 tonnes Uranium Oxide deposits remained at Mt Fitch.
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It is an ecologically sensitive area due to its very close proximity (1600 metres) to the catchment area of
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Mount Fitch is located alongside the old Northern Railway corridor that ran from
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Rum Jungle - Whites, Dysons, Intermediate, Browns, Mount Burton, Mount Fitch
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contouring and geological mapping was completed later the same year.
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This article about a specific Australian geological feature is a
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Mount Fitch was discovered in 1965 and is part of the old
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Mount Fitch, Northern Territory
Mount Fitch is located in Australia
Rum Jungle
Territory
Northern Territory
Australia
12°56′55″S 130°57′06″E / 12.94861°S 130.95167°E / -12.94861; 130.95167
Uranium
uranium mining
Northern Territory
Australia
Darwin
Batchelor
Rum Jungle
geologists
Radiometric
Rum Jungle
Darwin River
drinking water
Darwin River Dam
Pine Creek
"Place Names Register Extract for "Mount Fitch""
"Mt. Fitch Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory"
"Uranium Royalty (Northern Territory) Bill 2008"
Mount Fitch Deposit Summary Report
Rum Jungle - Whites, Dysons, Intermediate, Browns, Mount Burton, Mount Fitch
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Northern Territory
geography
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