EXTECH IV ATHABASCA URANIUM DEPOSIT DATABASE
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DEPNO COUNTRY LOCATION ALLNAMES COMMODITIES
100057 Australia (Northern Territory) 12.30.07 S -- 132.53.47 E Jabiluka 2 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): Jabiluka 2 (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; mineralization occurs mainly in breccia zones along lower limb of a recumbent fold in the lower Cahill Group metasedimets overlain unconformably by Kombolgie sandstone; it is marked by chloritization; Reference: Hancock, M. C.; Maas, R.; Wilde, A. R., 1990: Jabiluka Uranium-Gold 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. 785 - 793
Deposit status: deposit; Size category: giant; Status comments: total resources as of June 2000, calculated at cut-off grade of 0.2 % U3O8, are 31.1 Mt averaging 0.53 % U3O8 and containing 163000 t U3O8
Geologic province: Pine Creek Geosyncline
Geologic subprovince: Pine Creek Inlier / Kombolgie Basin
Geologic district: Alligator Rivers Uranium Field
Deposit object located: drill hole
Commodities: U; Au
Metallogenic signatures: U-Au
References:
Curtis, L., 1985
Post-Kambolgie Alteration at Jabiluka II and its Significance with Regards to the Athabasca - Alligators Rivers Comparison
In Geology of Uranium Deposits, Edited by Sibbald, T. I. I.; Petruk, W., Special Volume, The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, The Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 32, 268 p., p. 231 - 245

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

Hancock, M. C.; Maas, R.; Wilde, A. R., 1990
Jabiluka Uranium-Gold 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. 785 - 793

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

Rowntree, J. C.; Mosher, D. V., 1975
Jabiluka Uranium Deposit
In Economic Geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea, 1. Metals, Edited by Knight, C. L., Monograph, Australasian institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Melbourne, 5, p. 321 - 326

Resource data:
Disclaimer - Reserves/Resource Data

Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (NRCan) does not warrant or guarantee the accuracy, completeness or fitness for any purpose of Reserve and Resource information (Data) contained in this database, including whether the Data is compliant with any securities regulations or standards, and NRCan does not assume any liability with respect to any damage or loss incurred as a result of the use made of the Data.

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; 31.1 million metric tons ore; Combined with production?: no; Provisional entry?: no; Resource category: measured, indicated and inferred
Grade-commodity information:U: 0.449 percent
Cutoff grade-commodity:U: 1.696 percent
weight-commodity information:U: 138,224 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
Percent weights allocated to deposit: 100.0%

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