Northern Territory*
Occurrence

Jabiluka 1 and 2

Northern Territory*, Australia
Uranium
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Commodities
PrimaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsPitchblende
GangueGold, Hematite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSchist,Siltstone
StructureHigh Angle Faults Immediately West And South Of Deposit.
Tectonic settingPine Creek Geosyncline, An Intracratonic Basin, Shallow, And With Lack Of Severe Regional Metamorphism.
AlterationHematization Minor To Absent Chloritization
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1973
Identification
Deposit ID10014576
MRDS IDD003114
RegionOC
Data scoreB
Coordinates-12.48063, 132.87405
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.: MC ANDREW, J., ED., MELBOURNE CONGRESS AND AUSTRALIAN IMM, 1965 , P. 207 - 209 . PUBLICATIONS 8TH COMMONWEALTH MIN. METALL. CONGR. AUSTRALIA N.Z., 1965 , V. 1 .5) TAYLOR, J., 1968 , ORIGIN AND CONTROLS OF URANIUM MINERALIZATION IN THE SOUTH ALLIGATOR VALLEY, IN URANIUM IN AUSTRALIA: SYMPOSIUM, MELBOURNE: AUSTRALASIAN INST. MINING AND METALLURGY PROC. P. 32 - 44 .6) MINING MAGAZINE, 1974 , V. 131 , NO. 1 .7) AUSTRALIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1977