Northern Territory*
Producer

Ranger Nos. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6

Northern Territory*, Australia
Uranium
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formARC - LIKE ZONE
Ore controlVeinlets Tend To Be Concentrated Around Fragments Of Brecciated Chlorite Schist
Materials
Ore mineralsPitchblende
GangueChlorite, Copper, Lead
Geology
Host rockSchist,Siltstone
Associated rockBasalt
StructureConcentrations Of Anomalies Where Recently Exposed Basement Rocks Abut Against Mesas Or Tablelands Of Shallow-Dipping Cover.
Tectonic settingPine Creek Geosyncline, An Intracratonic Basin, Shallow, And With Lack Of Severe Regional Meta-Morphism.
AlterationChloritization
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10009879
MRDS IDD003138
Alternate namesJacana Is Ranger No. 3, Jabiru Is Ranger No. 1
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-12.68479, 132.93655
References
DODSON, R. G., NEEDHAM, R. S., WILKES, P. G., PAGE, R. W., SMART, P. G., AND WATCHMAN, A. L., 1974 , URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE RUM JUNGLE-ALLIGATOR RIVERS PROVINCE, NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA, IN SYMPOSIUM ON FORMATION OF URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, ATHENS 1974 , PROC., P. 551 - 568WALPOLE, B. P., CROHN, P. W., DUNN, P. R., AND RANDALL, M. A., 1968 , GEOLOGY OF THE KATHERINE-DARWIN REGION, NORTHERN TERRITORY: AUSTRALIA BUR. MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS BULL. 82 , V. 1 , 304 P.; V. 2 , 5 MAPS.DODSON, R. C., 1972 , SOME ENVIRONMENTS OF FORMATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS, IN URANIUM PROSPECTING HANDBOOK: PROCEEDINGS OF A NATO-SPONSORED ADVANCED STUDY INSTITUTE ON METHODS OF PROSPECTING FOR URANIUM MINERALS, LONDON 1971 , EDITED BY S. H. U. BOWIE, MICHAEL DAVIS, AND DENNIS OSTLE, LONDON: INST. MINING AND METALLURGY TRANS., P. 33 - 46PRICHARD, C.E., 1965, URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SOUTH ALLIGATOR RIVER, IN GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN ORE DEPOSITS, 2D ED.: MCANDREW, J., ED., MELBOURNE CONGRESS AND AUSTRALIAN IMM, 1965, P. 207-209. PUBLICATIONS 8TH COMMONWEALTH MIN. METALL. CONGR. AUSTRALIA N.Z., 1965, V. 1.DE FERRANTI, R.Z., 1971, URANIUM, IN AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1970 REVIEW (INCLUDING INFORMATION TO JUNE 1971): AUSTRALIA BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS REPORT., P. 297-302.SMITH, E.E.N., 1974, REVIEW OF CURRENT CONCEPTS REGARDING VEIN DEPOSITS OF URANIUM: INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, SYMPOSIUM ON THE FORMATION OF URANIUM ORE DEPOSITS, ATHENS 1974, 16 P.MINING MAGAZINE, 1974, V. 131, NO. 1.LIDDY, J.C., 1972, URANIUM POTENTIAL OF AUSTRALIA: AUSTRALIA MINING 64 NO. 5, P. 24-33.FERRIS, 1973, WRITTEN COMMUN.MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY, 1987, P. 60.