Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Parabarana Hill Areas A-C (part of the Paralana Plains Uranium Project joint venture area). Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 8/8/1973 to 8/2/1976.

Published: 09 Feb 1976 Created: 11 Nov 2024 Revised: 11 Nov 2024

Author: Bragg, J.G.;Andrus, J.R.;Evoy, E.F.;Dewhurst, R.H.;Heron, D.H.;Siller, C.W.;Forrest, R.;Hodgkinson, J.D.

By October 1973, Western Nuclear Ltd (a subsidiary of Phelps-Dodge Corp.) had completed development drilling in the Beverley uranium deposit area and had delineated three main orebodies. Preliminary feasibility studies for commencing open pit mining of the uranium resource were also completed by that company. Figures for estimated uranium reserves in the probable and possible categories were later released to the public in October 1974. After it had completed further exploratory drilling on the licence, without encountering significant additional uranium mineralisation, Western Nuclear ceased its JV operations in mid-1974. Subsequently, in February 1975, the Oilmin-Transoil-Petromin licenceholder group announced that Western Nuclear had fully earned the agreed 50% interest in the licence uranium rights through its expenditure of $1.25 million.

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Record No	mesac19666
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Earth Sciences Geology Mineral Exploration Mineral Resource Geology Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources) Mineral System Geology Policy And Administration Resource Geology
Document Type	Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement	EL 92
Tenement Holder	Exoil NL;Transoil NL;Petromin NL;Western Uranium Ltd
Operator	Western Nuclear Australia Ltd;Techmin Pty Ltd
Geological Province	Eromanga Basin Frome Embayment Lake Eyre Basin
Mine Name	Beverley uranium prospect;Homestead Hill kaolin prospect
Stratigraphy
Commodity	uranium
Notes	Notes: This release to the public of the subject mineral exploration data, namely, company data which was acquired more than 5 years ago, is being done by DMITRE in accord with the provisions of Section 77D of the Mining Act 1971 and Regulation 88... Notes: This release to the public of the subject mineral exploration data, namely, company data which was acquired more than 5 years ago, is being done by DMITRE in accord with the provisions of Section 77D of the Mining Act 1971 and Regulation 88 of the Mining Regulations 2011. The Area B sub-block of this tenement was formerly held by the same JV partners as two successive tenements, SML 564 and EL 64 (see Envs 1656 and 2176). EL 64 was only held for three months between 4/5/1973 and 7/8/1973, before it was superceded by EL 92 which was taken out over a larger area, to also include the areas of former SMLs 587 and 588. Geographic Locality: North-western Lake Frome Plains;Mount Hopeless;Yerila Creek;Mulligan Dam;Woolatchi Creek;Pepegoona Well;Four Mile Creek;Paralana Hot Springs Creek;John Brown Well Doc No: Env 02349 More +
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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License	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac19666
Citation	Bragg, J.G.;Andrus, J.R.;Evoy, E.F.;Dewhurst, R.H.;Heron, D.H.;Siller, C.W.;Forrest, R.;Hodgkinson, J.D. 1976. Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Parabarana Hill Areas A-C (part of the Paralana Plains Uranium Project joint venture area). Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 8/8/1973 to 8/2/1976. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac19666

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