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Yeelirrie

Occurrence in Western Australia, Australia with commodity Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009901
MRDS ID D003169
Record type Site
Current site name Yeelirrie

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 119.8826, -27.11293 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 80 KILOMETERS SOUTHEAST OF OLD GOLD MINING TOWN OF WILUNA; ABOUT 670 KILOMETERS NORTHEAST OF PERTH; OR ABOUT 450 KILOMETERS NORTH OF KALGOORLIE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Western Australia(province)

Australia(country)

Australia(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Australia Western Australia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) 119.8826, -27.11293
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MORE OR LESS TABULAR SHAPED
    Thickness 8M
    Length 45000M
    Width 3000M
    Depth to bottom 21M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ENVIRONMENT: ARID CLIMATE ALLOWING A TROPICAL PLIOCENE MORE HUMID LALERITIC DEPOSITIONAL PERIOD; SALT LAKES OR PLAYAS.; HR.AGE.MV: POST PLIO CALCRETE (CALICHE ZONE) OR A CONGLOMERATE OF CALCIUM MAGNESIUM CLAYS, SAND, GRAVEL CEMENTED INTO A HARD MASS BY CALCIUM CARBONATE PRECIPITATED FROM SOLUTION AND REDEPOSITED THROUGH THE AGENCY OF INFILTRATING WATERS. MOSTLY DERIVED FROM ARCHEAN GRANITE OR GNEISS WITH SOME META-VOLCANICS AND META - SEDIMENTS ("GREENSTONES" WHICH SOME PEOPLE THINK IS PRIMITIVE OCEANIC CRUST), BASIC VOLCANICS. POST-PLIOCENE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1969
Discoverer Western Mining Corp., Ltd.

Mining district

District name East Murchison Goldfield

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Western Mining Corp., Ltd.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 CONTAINED IN ITEM 2 . ITEM 3 IS RESERVES OF MOST ENRICHED ZONE ( 1500 FT X 150 FT AREA). ITEM 4 IS TOTAL YEELIRRIE.

Comments on the workings information

  • USUALLY 3 METERS TO WATER TABLE AND OUT OF ORE WHEN REACH WATER TABLE. MAXIMUM MINING DEPTH FOR MAIN ORE BODY ABOUT 9 M (EXTREMELY SHALLOW) DEPOSIT OUTLINED BY WESTERN MINING EXPLORATION TEAM IS ABOUT 45 KM LONG AND 3 KM WIDE, CONTAINING ANOMALOUS URANIUM VALUES. WITHIN THE MINERALIZED ZONE, THERE IS A FURTHER AREA ABOUT 10 KM LONG WITH STRONGER URANIUM MINERALIZATION. IN THE MAIN ORE ZONE (SOME 6 KM BY 500 M OVER A THICKNESS OF 8 M), THERE IS A FURTHER ENRICHED ZONE ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 24,000 TONS U3O8 , AVE. 0.36 + %...MINING MAG., 1974 , V. 131 , NO. 1

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, J. H., 1971 , URANIUM EXPLORATION IN QUEENSLAND, 1967 - 71 : QUEENSLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REPT. 69 , 22 P.

  • Deposit

    FERRIS, 1973 (WRITTEN COMM.)

  • Deposit

    LLOYD, B. C. J., 1973 , NUCLEAR METALS, IN MINING ANNUAL REVIEW, PUBLISHED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO MINING JOURNAL, P. 89 - 90

  • Deposit

    MAZZUCCHELLI, 1974 (ORAL COMM.)

  • Deposit

    5) MINERAL TRADE NOTES, 1973 , V. 70 , NO. 2 , P. 10 , AND 1972 , V. 69 , NO. 4 , P. 23

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    7) DALL'AGLIO, MARIO, GRAGNANI, ROBERTO, AND LOCARDI, ENZO, 1974 , GEOCHEMICAL FACTORS CONTROLLING THE FORMATION OF THE SECONDARY MINERALS OF URANIUM IN SYMPOSIUM, ON THE FORMATION OF URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS, ATHENS, MAY 6 - 10 , 1974 , 16 P., IAEA - SM - 183/21 .

  • Deposit

    8) SANDERS, C. C., 1972 .

  • Deposit

    9) MINING MAGAZINE, 1974 , V. 131 , NO. 1 , P. 11 - 23 .

  • Deposit

    10) VON BACKSTROM, 1974

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1969 , DISCOVERY ANNOUNCED JAN. 1972

Reporter information

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

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