Chundie Swamps. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/11/1974 to 7/7/1976.
Created: 28 Oct 2024 Revised: 17 Dec 2024

As part of a continued search for possible Proterozoic - Cainozoic unconformity - related, concealed sedimentary uranium deposits in an area of the Eucla Basin located 60 km north of Fowlers Bay, Pechiney conducted geological reconnaissance,...

As part of a continued search for possible Proterozoic - Cainozoic unconformity - related, concealed sedimentary uranium deposits in an area of the Eucla Basin located 60 km north of Fowlers Bay, Pechiney conducted geological reconnaissance, ground radioactivity measurements, shallow auger drilling of dry lakebed sediments, soil, rock chip and groundwater geochemical analyses, radiation track etch surveys, and stratigraphic/exploratory rotary mud drilling (18 holes totalling 827 m) in the vicinity of selected airborne survey radiometric anomalies. Discrete radiometric anomalies to 14,000 counts per second, on a background of 30-100 cps, were found in some small areas near the southern shores of Lake Kroonilla West. They appeared to be related to salt deposits on the lakebed surface and are associated with groundwater springs that disrupt the generally impervious clay horizons. Radium or radon in the groundwater, and concentrating of uranium daughter products into the evaporite deposits, are interpreted to be the cause of the isolated anomalies. Neither the more wide-ranging rotary mud drilling nor the track etch surveys gave any encouraging results. Some new information on the stratigraphy of the licence area was obtained, but the sought-for structural data was inconclusive. Sporadic weak gamma ray radioactivity recorded on downhole logs appears to be related to thin lignitic intervals within the Tertiary sequence.

More +

About this record

Record No mesac2394
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor Amdel Ltd;Terradex Corp.
Sponsor Pechiney (Aust.) Exploration Pty Ltd
Tenement EL 165
Tenement Holder Pechiney (Aust.) Exploration Pty Ltd
Operator
Geological Province Eucla Basin
Mine Name
Stratigraphy
Commodity
Notes
Notes: Continuation of tenure by Pechiney, over a reduced area from that of their former EL 9 (see related Envs 2169, 2170 and 2434).
Geographic Locality: Nullarbor Plain;Lake Chundaria;Chundie Swamps;Lake Kroonilla;Seven Mile Swamps;Mitcherie...

Notes: Continuation of tenure by Pechiney, over a reduced area from that of their former EL 9 (see related Envs 2169, 2170 and 2434). Geographic Locality: Nullarbor Plain;Lake Chundaria;Chundie Swamps;Lake Kroonilla;Seven Mile Swamps;Mitcherie Rockhole;Pidinga Palaeochannel Doc No: Env 02505 Drillhole: PINR74 - PINR81a;PINR77 redrill;PINR82 - PINR85;PINR96 - PINR99

More +

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

Citations

Use constraints License
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac2394
Citation Chaigne, M.;Herbreteau, C.;Valsardieu, C.;Harrop, D.;Cocquio, D.;Alter, H.W.;Moeskops, P.G. Chundie Swamps. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/11/1974 to 7/7/1976. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac2394

Technical information

Status
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[132.501385,-31.581907],[132.751387,-31.581907],[132.751387,-31.331903],[132.501385,-31.331903],[132.501385,-31.581907]]]}
Purpose

                    
                    

                    
                  
Lineage