Lake Callabonna (part of the Lakes North Uranium JV Project). Annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 8/7/2005 to 28/1/2015.
Published: 01 Dec 1914 Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

An area located immediately west of Lake Callabonna has been explored for possible economic sedimentary or calcrete uranium deposits, that may have formed within Quaternary fluvial channel fill sediments in proximity to some exposed radiogenic...

An area located immediately west of Lake Callabonna has been explored for possible economic sedimentary or calcrete uranium deposits, that may have formed within Quaternary fluvial channel fill sediments in proximity to some exposed radiogenic portions of the Proterozoic Curnamona Craton basement. The nearest eroding potential uranium source rocks lie ~30 km away to the south-west. Following a review of past uranium exploration reports for the area, and interpretation of the available airborne radiometric data, licensee Red Metal decided to do some scout aircore drilling of the major Yerila Creek channel structure in the northern half of EL 3374, looking for calcrete-cemented Quaternary fluvial sediments which might host uranium. During June 2006, 15 vertical aircore holes were completed for a total penetration of 387 m. No significant thickness of calcrete was encountered, and chemical analyses of the channel sediments did not report any uranium. It was then decided to alter the exploration philosophy, to address potential Beverley style sedimentary uranium targets in the deeper Tertiary palaeodrainage system. To map the buried basement topography and define the distribution and thickness of Tertiary palaeochannels, part of a regional airborne EM survey was flown over all of the licence area during November 2007, whereby 808 line km of REPTEM coverage were acquired at 500 m flight line spacing. Following Red Metal's interpretation of the processed AEM data, the company drilled 2 vertical open rotary mud holes for 442 m during late August 2009, to test targets within the inferred Namba Formation sequence (the equivalent of the Beverley deposit host). Downhole radiometric logging was performed on the successfully completed holes, but only minor gamma ray anomalism was recorded. One important conclusion which Red Metal made, with importance for future exploration, was that airborne EM can be used to successfully map basement unconformity structuring that corresponds to significant displacements of the Eyre Formation-Namba and Eyre-Cretaceous stratigraphic boundaries. Also, it was thought that more subtle features evident in the AEM response may relate to current drainage, and thus by default, due to structural control, may also indicate the general locations of better-developed occurrences of Namba palaeochannel sands. After farminee Cameco chose to exit the Lakes North Uranium JV Project, Red Metal unsuccessfully sought to attract a new joint venture partner. Eventually, it was decided to surrender tenure.

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Record No mesac25203
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor Geosolutions Pty Ltd
Sponsor Red Metal Ltd
Tenement
Tenement Holder Red Metal Ltd;Cameco Australia Pty Ltd
Operator Red Metal Ltd;Cameco Australia Pty Ltd
Geological Province Lake Eyre Basin
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Stratigraphy
Commodity uranium
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Notes: A joint venture agreement for several of Red Metal's uranium exploration licences, including EL 3374, was signed with Cameco Australia Pty Ltd in May 2010, with Cameco taking over operatorship of the regional exploration programme. Cameco...

Notes: A joint venture agreement for several of Red Metal's uranium exploration licences, including EL 3374, was signed with Cameco Australia Pty Ltd in May 2010, with Cameco taking over operatorship of the regional exploration programme. Cameco withdrew from this agreement in May 2012. The report on the work performed by Cameco on renewed Lake Callabonna EL 4615 is held separately in Env 12230. Geographic Locality: Western Lake Callabonna Plains;Yerila Creek;Mount Hopeless Station;Moolawatana Station;Mulligan Hill;2007 Quinyambie Aerial EM (REPTEM) Survey Doc No: Env 11198 Drillhole: LKDH06-45 - LKDH06-59;(220498 - 220500);(220502);(220503);(220505);(220509 - 220517);LNRM010;LNRM011 Drillhole Unit No: 6836 00267;THROUGH;6836 00281

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac25203
Citation McKay, G. 1914. Lake Callabonna (part of the Lakes North Uranium JV Project). Annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 8/7/2005 to 28/1/2015. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac25203

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