Report on rotary percussion drilling at Crocker Well (April - May 1967), and grade evaluation of East Crocker deposits.
Created: 28 Oct 2024 Revised: 07 Dec 2024

During April - May 1967 Electrolytic Zinc undertook a programme of air hammer drilling of 20 vertical, six-inch diameter holes at the Crocker Well uranium deposit. Ten holes totalling 1869 feet were put down on the mineralised section of grid...

During April - May 1967 Electrolytic Zinc undertook a programme of air hammer drilling of 20 vertical, six-inch diameter holes at the Crocker Well uranium deposit. Ten holes totalling 1869 feet were put down on the mineralised section of grid line 3800E at the East Crocker (Well) Central prospect to compare ore block valuation results from drill sample chemical assaying and from downhole radiometric probing, and to check for agreement with the SA Mines Department valuation data based on their previous diamond drilling. Another purpose of the repeat drilling along this traverse was to find out what spacing of holes would be necessary to adequately test an area of this orebody for defining ore reserve calculation parameters. In a separate exercise, ten holes totalling 510 feet were drilled, partly to test two small radiometric anomalies in the East Crocker area, or else to sample the bedrock beneath alluvial cover at sites which had yielded radon anomalies in earlier soil gas sampling. Very little uranium was found in each case.

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Record No mesac3557
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australasia Ltd
Sponsor
Tenement SML 118
Tenement Holder Electrolytic Zinc Co. of Australasia Ltd
Operator
Geological Province
Mine Name Crocker Well - Original prospect;Crocker Well East - Main Eastern prospect;Crocker Well East - Central prospect;Crocker Well East - South Western prospect
Stratigraphy
Commodity uranium
Notes
Geographic Locality: Crocker Well
Doc No: Env 00913 p: 39-80
Drillhole: RAB CEZ2 - CEZ21;SADM DDH EC11, EC12, EC50, EC66, EC75

Geographic Locality: Crocker Well Doc No: Env 00913 p: 39-80 Drillhole: RAB CEZ2 - CEZ21;SADM DDH EC11, EC12, EC50, EC66, EC75

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac3557
Citation Maynard, C.C. Report on rotary percussion drilling at Crocker Well (April - May 1967), and grade evaluation of East Crocker deposits. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac3557

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