Nabarlek Uranium Mine

Nabarlek Uranium Mine
Location
Nabarlek Uranium Mine Location in Australia 12°18′17.11″S 133°19′22.03″E / 12.3047528°S 133.3227861°E / -12.3047528; 133.3227861Coordinates: 12°18′17.11″S 133°19′22.03″E / 12.3047528°S 133.3227861°E / -12.3047528; 133.3227861
Location	Arnhem Land
Territory	Northern Territory
Country	Australia
Owner
Company	Queensland Mines Limited
Year of acquisition	1970 (discovery)
Production
Products	Uranium
Production	11,804 t
History
Opened	1979 (mill 1980)
Closed	1979 (mill 1988)

The Nabarlek Mine is a past producing uranium mine in the Northern Territory of Australia. The deposit sits within the Alligator Rivers Uranium Field approximately 62 kilometres (39 mi) northeast of Jabiru. It was discovered by Queensland Mines Limited in 1970 by following up an intense airborne radiometric anomaly.^[1]

History

The deposit was delineated by diamond drilling in 1970 and 1971. Open cut mining took place between June and October 1979 with the ore stockpiled for milling. 546,437 t of ore were mined at an average grade of 1.84% U₃O₈.^[2] The mill commenced operation in June 1980 and ran until 1988, during which time 11,084 t U₃O₈ were produced. The site was fully rehabilitated by 1995.^[1]

See also

• Uranium mining in Australia
• Unconformity uranium deposits

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Lally, J. and Bajwah, Z. (2006), Report 20: Uranium Deposits of the NT., Northern Territory Geological Survey, ISBN 0724571078 
2. ^ McKay, A.D. and Meiitis, Y. (2001) (PDF), Australia's uranium resources, geology and development of deposits., AGSO-Geoscience Australia, Mineral Resources Report 1, ISBN 0642467161, http://www.ga.gov.au/image_cache/GA9508.pdf, retrieved July 17, 2009