EXTECH IV ATHABASCA URANIUM DEPOSIT DATABASE
Geological Survey of Canada, Saskatchewan Industry and Resources, and Alberta Geological Survey


DEPNO COUNTRY LOCATION ALLNAMES COMMODITIES
100053 Australia (Northern Territory) 12.40.20 S -- 132.55.05 E Ranger 3; Jabiru U; Au

Database name: Uranium Deposits, Athabasca Basin
Custodial agency: Geological Survey of Canada
Compilers: Sunil S. Gandhi
Release date: 2007-03-02
   
Deposit name(s): Ranger 3 (occurrence name); Jabiru (occurrence name)
Political location(s): Australia; Province or state: Northern Territory; Nearest community: Darwin
Deposit clan (type): Unconformity-associated
Deposit (sub) types: Unconformity-associated - Proterozoic - fracture-bound; Reference: Kendall, C. J., 1990: Ranger Uranium Deposits; In Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea, Edited by Hughes, F. E., Monograph, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Melbourne, 14, 1828 p., p. 799 - 805
Deposit status: producer; Size category: medium; Status comments: total resources of Ranger 3 deposit as of June 2000 were 34 Mt averaging 0.24 % U3O8 and containing 80251 t U; the deposit is mined by open cut since 1997; gold values ranged from 0.5 to 1 g/t
Geologic province: Pine Creek Geosyncline
Geologic subprovince: Pine Creek Inlier / Kombolgie Basin
Geologic district: Alligator Rivers Uranium Field
Deposit object located: open pit
Commodities: U; Au
Metallogenic signatures: U-Au
References:
Ewington, D. J., 2006
Uranium Exploration in Australia: A Renewed Interest
Topic 3, Section Uranium Exploration, In Uranium Production and Raw Materials for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle - Supply and Demand, Economics, the Environment and Energy Security; Proceedings of an International Symposium, Vienna, 20-24 June, 2005, Edited by Anonymous, Proceedings, International Atomic Enery Agency; OECD; World Nuclear Association; Nuclear Energy Institute; UN Economic Commission for Europe, International Atomic Enery Agency, Vienna, Austria, STIPUB1259, 352 p., 1 disks, p. 179 - 182

Kendall, C. J., 1990
Ranger Uranium Deposits
In Geology of the Mineral Deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea, Edited by Hughes, F. E., Monograph, The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Melbourne, 14, 1828 p., p. 799 - 805

Lambert, I.; Jaireth, S.; McKay, A.; Miezitis, Y., 2006
Australia's Uranium: Linking Uranium Endowment to Crustal Evolution
Topic 2, Section Uranium Geology and Deposits, In Uranium Production and Raw Materials for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle - Supply and Demand, Economics, the Environment and Energy Security; Proceedings of an International Symposium, Vienna, 20-24 June, 2005, Edited by Anonymous, Proceedings, International Atomic Enery Agency; OECD; World Nuclear Association; Nuclear Energy Institute; UN Economic Commission for Europe, International Atomic Enery Agency, Vienna, Austria, STIPUB1259, 352 p., 1 disks, p. 160 - 166

Ludwig, K. R.; Grauch, R. I.; Nutt, C. J.; Nash, J. T.; Frishman, D.; Simmons, K. R., 1987
Age of Uranium Mineralization at the Jabiluka and Ranger Deposits, Northern Territory, Australia: New U-Pb Isotope Evidence
Economic Geology, Volume 82, p. 857 - 874

McKay, A. D.; Miezitis, Y., 2001
Australia's Uranium Resources, Geology and Development of Deposits
AGSO-Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia Mineral Resource Report 1, Internet

Resource data:
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data

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Resource and reserve figures are historical in nature. The Data source provided with each set of figures should be cited if the Data are re-reported.

Estimate date: 2000-06; 34 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: measured, indicated and inferred
Grade-commodity information:U: 0.204 percent
Cutoff grade-commodity:U: 0.102 percent
weight-commodity information:U: 68,053 metric ton
Reference: McKay, A. D.; Miezitis, Y., 2001: Australia's Uranium Resources, Geology and Development of Deposits; AGSO-Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia Mineral Resource Report 1, Internet

Generated 2007-03-02 2:35:27 PM with GQuery -- 3.7 ADO (3.19/3.20/3.21 -- 2006-02-24)
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