Lake Frome. Progress reports for the period 3/6/1971 to 2/6/1973.

Published: 30 Mar 1973 Created: 11 Nov 2024 Revised: 11 Nov 2024

Author: Bragg, J.G.;Heron, D.H.

Drilling and geophysical logging of 41 rotary drillholes totalling 20,657 feet in the central area of the Lake Frome depression has failed to discover economically recoverable concentrations of uranium in Tertiary age sand units.

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Record No	mesac11736
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Drilling Engineering Earth Sciences Energy Energy Exploration Engineering Exploration Geochemistry Geology Geomatic Engineering Geophysics Mineral Exploration Mineral Resource Geology Mineral System Geology Petrophysics Physical Geography Policy And Administration Radiometrics Resources Engineering Stratigraphy
Document Type	Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor
Sponsor	Petromin NL
Tenement	SML 589
Tenement Holder	Exoil NL;Transoil NL;Petromin NL;Western Nuclear Australia Ltd
Operator	Petromin NL;Western Nuclear Australia Ltd
Geological Province	Eromanga Basin Frome Embayment Lake Eyre Basin
Mine Name
Stratigraphy
Commodity	uranium
Notes	Notes: Same area formerly held as SML 503. See also Envs 1040, 1041, 1626, 1656, 2346 and 2609. The joint venture agreement made between the licensees and Western Nuclear was terminated in July 1972. Geographic Locality: Western Lake Frome... Notes: Same area formerly held as SML 503. See also Envs 1040, 1041, 1626, 1656, 2346 and 2609. The joint venture agreement made between the licensees and Western Nuclear was terminated in July 1972. Geographic Locality: Western Lake Frome Plains;Lake Frome;Eastern Lake Frome Plains;Balcanoona Station;Munyallinna Creek;John Brown Wash;Coonarbine;Eurinilla Creek Doc No: Env 01627 Drillhole: 589-1 to 589-41 More +
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac11736
Citation	Bragg, J.G.;Heron, D.H. 1973. Lake Frome. Progress reports for the period 3/6/1971 to 2/6/1973. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac11736

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Geographic Reference	GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
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