RB 38/00113 Ground scintillometer survey for uranium lodes, Kadina area (16/11/1954).
Published: 01 Jan 1954 Created: 04 Nov 2024 Revised: 04 Nov 2024

The area radiometrically surveyed is situated in sections 153B of the Hundred of Wallaroo. A portable Halross Scintillometer (type 939) was used in this survey. No results were obtained from the radiometric survey which could be related to...

The area radiometrically surveyed is situated in sections 153B of the Hundred of Wallaroo. A portable Halross Scintillometer (type 939) was used in this survey. No results were obtained from the radiometric survey which could be related to undisclosed uraniferous lodes owing to the high degree of surface radioactive contamination in the area except for two lines of anomolies marked "A" and "B" on the survey plan. These two anomalies may be due to uranium bearing lodes although they appear to have been due to transported fill material in pre-existing drains and need checking by the drilling of several shallow holes along their axes and testing for radioactivity with a geiger probe. It is suggested that the area around the highly radioactive dump discovered by A. A. W. Smith be tested at depth by drilling on a grid system. The results of this would decide whether further surface radiometric gridding or drilling is warranted in the area as a prospecting method.

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Record No rb3800113
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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Geological Province
    Mine Name Wallaroo-Moonta Mines;Kurilla Mine
    Stratigraphy
    Commodity uranium
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    Geographic Locality: Kadina;Yorke Peninsula;Hd Wallaroo, secn 152, secn 153
    Doc No: RB 38/00113

    Geographic Locality: Kadina;Yorke Peninsula;Hd Wallaroo, secn 152, secn 153 Doc No: RB 38/00113

    Language English
    Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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    License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb3800113
    Citation Mumme, I.A. 1954. RB 38/00113 Ground scintillometer survey for uranium lodes, Kadina area (16/11/1954). Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb3800113

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    Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
    Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[137.5,-34],[138,-34],[138,-33.5],[137.5,-33.5],[137.5,-34]]]}
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