East Boolcunda. Combined first progress / final report to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 18/9/1969 to 17/9/1970.
Published: 14 Nov 1969 Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 15 Dec 2024

The 1 mile wide by 1.5 miles long intra-montane Triassic Boolcunda Basin was investigated for its sedimentary uranium potential, by conducting reconnaissance ground scintillometric traverses across the entire contained Triassic to Recent...

The 1 mile wide by 1.5 miles long intra-montane Triassic Boolcunda Basin was investigated for its sedimentary uranium potential, by conducting reconnaissance ground scintillometric traverses across the entire contained Triassic to Recent sedimentary succession, and also across the basin boundary into bordering Adelaidean metasediments. The highest radioactivity readings, of only 1.5 times background and in the range of 60-65 counts per second, were obtained from a ferruginised sandstone underlying gypsiferous sediments in the upper part of the Triassic sequence. Because no mapping evidence could be found for the existence of a basal Triassic conglomerate, and in the western part of the basin all basal units were absent, which suggested overlap of higher beds in the succession onto Adelaidean basement, it was concluded that any prospective sediments would be of very limited occurrence, and did not warrant further work.

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Record No mesac2888
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
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Sponsor
Tenement SML 336
Tenement Holder CRA Exploration Pty Ltd
Operator
Geological Province Boolcunda Basin
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Stratigraphy
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Geographic Locality: South-central Flinders Ranges;East Boolcunda Homestead
Doc No: Env 01252

Geographic Locality: South-central Flinders Ranges;East Boolcunda Homestead Doc No: Env 01252

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac2888
Citation Pigott, G.F. 1969. East Boolcunda. Combined first progress / final report to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 18/9/1969 to 17/9/1970. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac2888

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