Mount Frome North[-east]. First partial surrender report, for the period 19/8/2013 to 18/8/2016.
Published: 02 Nov 1917 Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

An area on the south-western edge of the Frome Embayment, that is centred ~80 km east-southeast of the Beverley uranium mine, has been taken up to explore for possible buried palaeochannel and sandstone hosted roll front style secondary uranium...

An area on the south-western edge of the Frome Embayment, that is centred ~80 km east-southeast of the Beverley uranium mine, has been taken up to explore for possible buried palaeochannel and sandstone hosted roll front style secondary uranium mineralisation which may have formed within the Tertiary age Namba and Eyre formations. Potential is also thought to exist for unconformity style base metal mineralisation and gold deposits that could be associated with faulting within Lower Cambrian limestone. In late July 2016, two peripheral sub-blocks of the licence that together total 133 square km or ~49.6% of the original licence area were relinquished. The only work performed that is relevant to the relinquished ground portions, aside from Heathgate making a literature review and compilation of records and data from historical exploration activity, was the drilling in ??? of two open vertical rotary mud drillholes for 522 m total penetration to test areas of shallower basement interpreted from historic airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey data. Hole MFN001 intersected interpreted Pleistocene-Pliocene Willawortina Formation from surface to 94 m depth, then Miocene-Oligocene Namba Formation from 94 m to 210 m, Eocene-Palaeocene Eyre Formation from 210 m to 262 m, and was terminated in underlying ?Adelaidean basement at 264 m. The Eyre Formation is comprised of oxidised goethitic clays and fine sandy interbeds. No significant radioactivity was encountered as indicated by the wireline gamma ray log. Hole MFN002, located ~8 km to the west-southwest of MFN001, intersected interpreted Willawortina Formation from surface to 109 m depth, then Miocene-Oligocene Namba Formation from 109 m to 182.1 m, Eocene-Palaeocene Eyre Formation from 182.1 m to 239.45 m, and was terminated in underlying ?Adelaidean metasedimentary basement at 258 m. No anomalous downhole gamma ray log radioactivity responses were recorded; a peak logged value of 522 cps occurred at 183 m depth.

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Record No mesac29531
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor
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Tenement EL 5328
Tenement Holder Heathgate Resources Pty Ltd
Operator
Geological Province Lake Eyre Basin
Mine Name
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Geographic Locality: South-western Lake Frome Plains;Mount Frome;Martins Well Station;Parkinson Hill;Bendieuta Creek
Doc No: Env 13035
Drillhole: MFN001;MFN002

Geographic Locality: South-western Lake Frome Plains;Mount Frome;Martins Well Station;Parkinson Hill;Bendieuta Creek Doc No: Env 13035 Drillhole: MFN001;MFN002

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac29531
Citation Barnes, J. 1917. Mount Frome North[-east]. First partial surrender report, for the period 19/8/2013 to 18/8/2016. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac29531

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