NORTHERN TERRITORY
WESTERN AUSTRALIAQUEENSLAND
NEW SOUTH WALES
VICTORIA
TASMANIA
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
ACT
INDONESIA PAPUA NEWGUINEA
Mackay
Townsville
CairnsNormanton
Alice Springs
PERTH
Albany
Esperance
Carnarvon
Geraldton
Port Hedland
Broome
DARWIN
Oodnadatta
Ceduna
ADELAIDE
Mildura
Warrnambool
MELBOURNE
HOBART
CANBERRA
SYDNEYWollongong
Newcastle
Bourke
TamworthPort Macquarie
Grafton
BRISBANE
Longreach
Gladstone
TORRES STRAIT
CORAL SEA
Great
Reef
Barrier
Gulf ofCarpentaria
TASMANSEA
BASS STRAIT
Great Australian Bight
INDIAN
OCEAN
TIMOR SEA
JosephBonaparte
Gulf
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E1SkalPile
Ranger
Mt Gee
Angela
Warrior
Redtree
Maureen
Kintyre
Caramel
Bigrlyi
Valhalla
Nowthana
Nabarlek
Mt Fitch
Lake WayHillview
Yeelirrie
Oobagooma
Manyingee
Koongarra
Honeymoon
Honey Pot
Centipede
Turpentine
Mulga Rock
Lake Mason
JunnagunnaHuarabagoo
Goulds Dam
Ben Lomond
Olympic Dam
Nolans Bore
Lake Raeside
Crocker Well
Thatcher Soak
Mary Kathleen
Lake Maitland
Windimurra (U) Prominent HillFour Mile West
Coronation HillRum Jungle Creek South
Jabiluka
Beverley
Ranger 68
Radium Ridge
Four Mile East
Andersons Lode
Dawson-Hinkler Well
Armchair-Streitberg
Bennetts Well
Jailer Bore
Angelo River A
Napperby
Walbiri
Radium Hill
Cummins Range
Toongi
AUSTRALIAN URANIUM RESOURCES
Uranium occurrenceMineral deposits with up to 100 tonne of U O (10)Mineral deposits with 100 to 1000 tonnes of U O (24)Mineral deposits with 1000 to 10 000 tonnes of U O (37)
Mineral deposits with 10 000 to 100 000 tonnes of U O (15)
Mineral deposits with 100 000 to 1 000 000 tonnes of U O (2)
Mineral deposits with > 1 000 000 tonnes of U O (1)
Geological regions with up to 1000 tonnes of U O Geological regions with 1000 to 10 000 tonnes of U O Geological regions with 10 000 to 100 000 tonnes of U O Geological regions with 100 000 to 1 000 000 tonnes of U O Geological regions with > 1 000 000 tonnes of U O
Geological regions boundary, broken where subdivided
LAMBERT CONFORMAL CONIC PROJECTIONCentral Meridian: 134oE Standard Parallels: 18oS, 36oS
Geocentric Datum of Australia
SCALE 1:10 000 0000 100 200 300 400 500 Kilometres
Compiled by: A.D. McKay, Y. Miezitis, and S. Jaireth Cartography by V.A. Cooper, and G.A. Young This work is copyright. Apart from any fair dealings for the purposes of study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without permission. Inquiries should be directed to the Communication Unit, Geoscience Australia, GPO Box 378, Canberra City, ACT, 2601, Australia Geoscience Australia has tried to make the information in this product as accurate as possible. However, it does not guarantee that the information is totally accurate or complete. THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD NOT RELY SOLELY ON THIS INFORMATION WHEN MAKING A COMMERCIAL DECISION Published by Geoscience Australia, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, Canberra, Australia. Issued under the authority of the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism Copies of this map may be downloaded from the Geoscience Australia website at: http://www.ga.gov.au This map is based on information compiled from publicly available sources on 89 Australian uranium deposits, including world-class and large deposits. Compilation of data is ongoing Deposit size is the total tonnage of U3O8 in a deposit as estimated by Geoscience Australia. It was derived by summing the aggregate production from a deposit and the current or remaining resources in that deposit Regional resources are the aggregate of resources in deposits occurring in the region. Regions defined here are based on Geoscience Australia’s Georegions arcinfo coverage. Subdivisions of the Lachlan Fold Belt and Yilgarn Craton are based on data from published sources. Yeelirrie, Lake Way and other calcrete deposits have been assigned to Tertiary paleochannel sediments that overlie the Yilgarn Craton. Mulga Rock deposit has been assigned to Tertiary paleochannel sediments. Resources for Warrior deposit are assigned to Tertiary paleochannel sediments that overlie the Gawler Craton as mapped by Rogers (1999). Paleochannels with undefined resources as mapped by Rogers (1999). Resources for Napperby calcrete deposit have been assigned to Tertiary paleochannel sediments overlying the Arunta Region. Prominent Hill deposit is located in Paleoproterozoic sediments and volcanics of the Gawler Craton. Resources have been allocated to the Gawler Craton. Beverley and Honeymoon sandstone deposits have been assigned to the Frome Embayment sediments. The extent of the Frome Embayment is based on Brunt (1978). It is recommended that this map be referred to as: McKay, A.D., Miezitis, Y., Jaireth, S., 2009, Australian Uranium Resources, May 2009 Edition, 1:10 000 000 scale map, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia Geocat No 68952 ISBN: 978 1 921498 71 8
© Commonwealth of Australia, 2009 Produced by Geoscience Australia
MAY 2009 EDITION
Number of deposits shown in brackets
3
3
3
3
3
3
8
8
8
8
8
8
3 8
3 8
3 8
3 8
3 8
Global resources of uranium by type(Total production + remaining resources)
Global resources of uranium by age(Total production + remaining resources)
Calcrete uranium 1.0%
Iron-oxide Cu-Au (U) 75.0%
Unconformity U (Au-base metals) 15.8%
Sandstone uranium 4.4%Albitite U (Cu) 1.3%
Iron-oxide U (Cu-Au) 1.1% Others 1.4%
Proterozoic91.8%
Mesozoic0.4%Paleozoic
2.6%Cenozoic5.2%
Uranium ore (tonnes)-110 010 110 210 310 410 510 610 710 810 910 1010
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10Iron-oxide Cu-Au (U)Unconformity U (Au-base metals)Sandstone uraniumAlbitite U (Cu)Iron-oxide U (Cu-Au)Calcrete uraniumAssociated with alkaline intrusiveSkarn UVein U (Mo)Pegmatite UCarbonatite U
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Gawler Channels in South Australia
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Jabiluka
Ranger
Olympic Dam
Four Mile West
Mulga Rock
Nabarlek
KoongarraBeverley
Kintyre Yeelirrie
Mount Gee
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