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

2000m

200m

1000m

200m

2000m

1000m

200m

200m

1000m2000m

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8o

16o

24o

32o

40o

108o 120o 132o 144o 156o

40o

32o

24o

16o

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

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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

1 t

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0.01 t U 0

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Gawler Channels in South Australia

38

3 8

Jabiluka

Ranger

Olympic Dam

Four Mile West

Mulga Rock

Nabarlek

KoongarraBeverley

Kintyre Yeelirrie

Mount Gee

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