Mount Sturt. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/2/1980 to 19/11/1980.

Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

Author: Binks, P.J.

As part of continuing regional exploration for possible economic concealed sedimentary uranium deposits in an area extending east and north of Minnipa, open hole rotary drilling of 44 holes (total 2564 m) along seven traverses located adjacent to the southern Gawler Ranges successfully intersected prospective Tertiary sediments of the buried Narlaby Palaeochannel, which is proving to be a large, northwestwards-draining system with many tributaries. Traces of uranium mineralisation were found in Eocene (Pidinga Formation equivalent) sediments and are also associated with carbonaceous sediments in the overlying ?Pliocene (Loxton sands equivalent) sediments. The sediment fill of the main palaeochannel appears to be in a reduced state everywhere that it has been drilled, but some of the tributary sediments are oxidised, so prospective uranium depositional redox cells may exist near these latter channels' confluence with the principal channel.

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Record No	mesac31633
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Basement Geology Drilling Engineering Earth Sciences Energy Energy Exploration Engineering Geochemistry Geochronology Geology Geomatic Engineering Geomorphology And Regolith And Landscape Evolution Geophysics Mineral Exploration Mineral Resource Geology Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources) Mineral System Geology Petrophysics Physical Geography Policy And Administration Radiometrics Resource Geology Resources Engineering Stratigraphy Surface Geology Surface Processes
Document Type	Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement	EL 586
Tenement Holder	Carpentaria Exploration Co. Pty Ltd
Operator
Geological Province	Eucla Basin
Mine Name
Stratigraphy	Pidinga Formation
Commodity	uranium
Notes	Notes: See also related Env 4010 for subsequent progress and final reports regarding work done on EL 586. Geographic Locality: West-central Eyre Peninsula;Gawler Ranges;Mount Sturt;Narlaby Palaeochannel Doc No: Env 03809 Drillhole:... Notes: See also related Env 4010 for subsequent progress and final reports regarding work done on EL 586. Geographic Locality: West-central Eyre Peninsula;Gawler Ranges;Mount Sturt;Narlaby Palaeochannel Doc No: Env 03809 Drillhole: IR93;(134486);IR95;(134488);IR96;(34489);IR100 - IR104;(134493 - 134497);IR112 - IR115;(134505 - 134508);IR139 - IR141;(134532 - 134534);IR193;(134570);IR194;(134571);IR196 - IR217;(134573 - 134594);IR229;(134597);IR247 - IR250;(134614 - 134617);03809/001-002 More +
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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Citation	Binks, P.J. Mount Sturt. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/2/1980 to 19/11/1980. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac31633

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