Lake Frome. Progress reports for the period 23/9/1975 to 22/9/1977.

Published: 11 Oct 1977 Created: 28 Oct 2024 Revised: 07 Dec 2024

Author: Hills, J.H.;Bell, M.S.

Rotary drilling of 23 open holes (total 4 817 m) in a search for Tertiary sedimentary uranium occurrences north-west of Lake Frome intersected an aureole of radioactivity greater than ten to fifteen times background level in eight of the holes.

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Record No	mesac12518
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Archaeology Drilling Engineering Earth Sciences Engineering Geology Geomatic Engineering Geomorphology And Regolith And Landscape Evolution Geophysics Marine Geoscience Mineral Exploration Mineral Resource Geology Mineral System Geology Paleoclimatology Petrophysics Physical Geography Policy And Administration Primary Mining And Extraction Of Mineral Resources Radiometrics Resources Engineering Sedimentology Stratigraphy Surface Processes Surfacewater Hydrology
Document Type	Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement	EL 210
Tenement Holder	Oilmin NL;Petromin NL;Transoil NL;BP Minerals Australia Pty Ltd;Mines Administration Pty Ltd
Operator	BP Minerals Australia Pty Ltd
Geological Province	Lake Eyre Basin
Mine Name
Stratigraphy	Eyre Formation Namba Formation
Commodity	gypsum uranium
Notes	Notes: See also Envs 1040, 1041, 1626, 1627, 2346. Geographic Locality: North-western Lake Frome Plains;Northern Lake Frome;Munyallina Creek;Number One bore;Caldina well Doc No: Env 02609 Drillhole: 210-1 - 210-23 Notes: See also Envs 1040, 1041, 1626, 1627, 2346. Geographic Locality: North-western Lake Frome Plains;Northern Lake Frome;Munyallina Creek;Number One bore;Caldina well Doc No: Env 02609 Drillhole: 210-1 - 210-23
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac12518
Citation	Hills, J.H.;Bell, M.S. 1977. Lake Frome. Progress reports for the period 23/9/1975 to 22/9/1977. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac12518

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