Lake Callabonna. Progress and final reports for the period 11/6/1971 to 10/6/1972.
Created: 11 Nov 2024 Revised: 11 Nov 2024

Ongoing exploration for economic sedimentary uranium deposits in the Lake Callabonna region involved further reconnaissance rotary mud drilling and well geophysical logging (9 holes, total 3195 feet) to evaluate radiometric anomalies found in...

Ongoing exploration for economic sedimentary uranium deposits in the Lake Callabonna region involved further reconnaissance rotary mud drilling and well geophysical logging (9 holes, total 3195 feet) to evaluate radiometric anomalies found in drillholes LC2 and LC7 during the previous year. The target sand unit proved to be un-oxidised, poorly developed and discontinuous, with only patchy radioactivity. Further drilling investigations of this Lower Tertiary interval thus do not appear to be warranted, especially in view of the absence of a clear model for mineralisation in this area. It was observed that the overall Tertiary sequence found east of Moolawatana Homestead has a consistent dip to the west. This observation leads to the conclusion that the western edge of the seismically mapped Poontana basinal structure may be a fault line rather than a depositional edge, which supports the view that much of the uplift to the northern Flinders Ranges is very recent - possibly Pleistocene.

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Record No mesac12017
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement SML 596
Tenement Holder Mines Administration Pty Ltd;Teton Exploration Drilling Co. Ltd
Operator Mines Administration Pty Ltd
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Mine Name
Stratigraphy
Commodity uranium
Notes
Geographic Locality: Western Lake Callabonna Plains;Hamilton Creek;Old Moolawatana Homestead
Doc No: Env 01800
Drillhole: LC19 - LC27

Geographic Locality: Western Lake Callabonna Plains;Hamilton Creek;Old Moolawatana Homestead Doc No: Env 01800 Drillhole: LC19 - LC27

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac12017
Citation Johnson, R.L.;Bryan, R.;Jarre, G.A. Lake Callabonna. Progress and final reports for the period 11/6/1971 to 10/6/1972. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac12017

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Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
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