A Summary of Major Mineral Resources, Mines and Projects, 2nd Edition |
JACK
493646
25.5 KM SOUTH-WEST OF WESTMORELAND, 350KM NNW OF MT ISA.
Latitude -17.5200 Longitude 138.1003
MINERAL OCCURRENCE, ACTIVE PROSPECT
AMG Zone 54 192100 mE 8060555 mN
1:100 000 sheet Number and Name: 6562 HEDLEYS CREEK
16/January/2006
Other Names for Deposit / Mine |
URANIUM
SMALL
100 - 10 000 tonnes U
Published Reserves/Resources |
PROBABLE ORE RESERVE
1375000 tonnes Ore @
BR 5591 Published in 1997
2200 Tonnes URANIUM OXIDE
0.16 % URANIUM OXIDE
Resource figures listed above have been extracted from Company Annual reports or published literature.
1997
URANIUM INFORMATION CENTRE
BR 5591
AUSTRALIA'S PROSPECTIVE URANIUM MINES
IN URANIUM INFORMATION CENTRE WEBSITE (WWW.UIC.COM.AU), MELBOURNE.
Major Mining Related Events |
SHAFTS
UNDERGROUND MINING METHODS
EPM
14558
TACKLE RESOURCES PTY LIMITED
100.00%
Host Rock/Cover Sequences |
MCARTHUR BASIN
Westmoreland Conglomerate / PALAEOPROTEROZOIC to |
PALAEOPROTEROZOIC |
GENERAL ORE BODY MODEL
UNCONFORMITY-RELATED DEPOSIT
DETAILED ORE BODY MODEL
UNCONFORMITY U-AU (VEIN-TYPE U)
ORE
Dating of nine uraniferous samples from the |
Westmoreland area indicated one major mineralising |
event at 812+-55Ma (Schindlmayr & Beerbaum, |
1986). |
NEOPROTEROZOIC
The Jack mineralisation consists of tabular lenses 6 to 9m thick and 6 to 9m below ground surface consisting predominantly of secondary |
uranium. |