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Ranger Nos. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6

Producer in Northern Territory*, Australia with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009879
MRDS ID D003138
Record type Site
Current site name Ranger Nos. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
Alternate or previous names Jabiru Is Ranger No. 1, Jacana Is Ranger No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 132.93655, -12.68479 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 20 KM S OF JABILUKA; ABOUT 220 KM E OF DARWIN; ABOUT 48 KM SW OF NABARLEK TOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northern Territory*(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Northern Territory*

Comments on the location information

  • SEE FIG. 1 IN DODSON AND OTHERS, 1974 , FOR LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Copper Gangue
Lead Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 132.93655, -12.68479
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Concentrations Of Anomalies Where Recently Exposed Basement Rocks Abut Against Mesas Or Tablelands Of Shallow-Dipping Cover.

Ore body information

  • General form ARC - LIKE ZONE
    Plunge direction N
    Length 6500M
    Width 1000M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Veinlets Tend To Be Concentrated Around Fragments Of Brecciated Chlorite Schist

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Alligator Rivers Area Between South Alligator River And Cooper Creek

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peko - Wallsend/Electrol. Zinc Industries Ltd.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 : RANGER (TOTAL) ITEM 2 : RANGER (JABIRU) . ITEM 3 : RANGER (JACANA)

Comments on the workings information

  • RANGER NO. 1 ANOMALY, KNOWN AS THE JABIRU OREBODY, CONTAINS A MAJOR ORE ZONE ABOUT 1,000 FT. ( 304 M ) LONG AND NEARLY 1,000 FT. WIDE ... MINING MAGAZINE, 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DODSON, R. G., NEEDHAM, R. S., WILKES, P. G., PAGE, R. W., SMART, P. G., AND WATCHMAN, A. L., 1974 , URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE RUM JUNGLE-ALLIGATOR RIVERS PROVINCE, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA, IN SYMPOSIUM ON FORMATION OF URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, ATHENS 1974 , PROC., P. 551 - 568

  • Deposit

    WALPOLE, B. P., CROHN, P. W., DUNN, P. R., AND RANDALL, M. A., 1968 , GEOLOGY OF THE KATHERINE-DARWIN REGION, NORTHERN TERRITORY: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 82 , V. 1 , 304 P.; V. 2 , 5 MAPS.

  • Deposit

    DODSON, R. C., 1972 , SOME ENVIRONMENTS OF FORMATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS, IN URANIUM PROSPECTING HANDBOOK: PROCEEDINGS OF A NATO-SPONSORED ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE ON METHODS OF PROSPECTING FOR URANIUM MINERALS, LONDON 1971 , EDITED BY S. H. U. BOWIE, MICHAEL DAVIS, AND DENNIS OSTLE, LONDON: INST. MINING AND METALLURGY TRANS., P. 33 - 46

  • Deposit

    PRICHARD, C.E., 1965, URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH ALLIGATOR RIVER, IN GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS, 2D ED.: MCANDREW, J., ED., MELBOURNE CONGRESS AND AUSTRALIAN IMM, 1965, P. 207-209. PUBLICATIONS 8TH COMMONWEALTH MIN. METALL. CONGR. AUSTRALIA N.Z., 1965, V. 1.

  • Deposit

    DE FERRANTI, R.Z., 1971, URANIUM, IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1970 REVIEW (INCLUDING INFORMATION TO JUNE 1971): AUSTRALIA BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS REPORT., P. 297-302.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, E.E.N., 1974, REVIEW OF CURRENT CONCEPTS REGARDING VEIN DEPOSITS OF URANIUM: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, SYMPOSIUM ON THE FORMATION OF URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS, ATHENS 1974, 16 P.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, 1974, V. 131, NO. 1.

  • Deposit

    LIDDY, J.C., 1972, URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIA MINING 64 NO. 5, P. 24-33.

  • Deposit

    FERRIS, 1973, WRITTEN COMMUN.

  • Deposit

    MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE RANGER DEPOSIT LIES ON UNRESERVED GROUND BETWEEN THE WOOLWONGA ABORIGINAL AND WILD LIFE RESERVE AND THE ARNHEM LAND ABORIGINAL RESERVE, AND IS OUTSIDE THE LIMITS OF THE NATIONAL PARK PROPOSED FOR THE ARNHEM LAND AREA ... MINING MAGAZINE, 1974 , V. 131 NO. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Byers, Virginia P. U.S. Geological Survey

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