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Jabiluka 1 and 2

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10014576
MRDS ID D003114
Record type Site
Current site name Jabiluka 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 132.87405, -12.48063 (WGS84)
Relative position 50 KM SW OF NABARLEK, CLOSE TO THE ARNHEM LAND PLATEAU; ABOUT 20 KM N OF RANGER 1

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

  • JABILUKA 2 IS ABOUT 480 METERS E OF JABILUKA 1 ; SEE FIG 1 IN DODSON AND OTHERS, 1974 , FOR LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pitchblende Ore
Gold Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Hematization Minor To Absent Chloritization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) 132.87405, -12.48063
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description High Angle Faults Immediately West And South Of Deposit.

Ore body information

  • Strike WSW
    Dip 45 S
    Thickness 49M
    Length 150M
    Width 61M
    Depth to bottom 192M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1973

Mining district

District name Alligator Rivers Area Between South Alligator River And Cooper Creek, In Arnhem Land Area.

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pancontinental Mining Ltd./Getty

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 1 , JABILUKA 1 ; ITEM 2 , JABILUKA 2 . ITEM 4 , JABILUKA 1 ; ITEM 5 , JABILUKA 2

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.: MC ANDREW, J., ED., MELBOURNE CONGRESS AND AUSTRALIAN IMM, 1965 , P. 207 - 209 . PUBLICATIONS 8TH COMMONWEALTH MIN. METALL. CONGR. AUSTRALIA N.Z., 1965 , V. 1 .

  • Deposit

    5) TAYLOR, J., 1968 , ORIGIN AND CONTROLS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE SOUTH ALLIGATOR VALLEY, IN URANIUM IN AUSTRALIA: SYMPOSIUM, MELBOURNE: AUSTRALASIAN INST. MINING AND METALLURGY PROC. P. 32 - 44 .

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    7) AUSTRALIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1977

Reporter information

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

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