Jabiluka uranium deposit, Jabiru, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

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Located 22 km north of the Ranger mine, adjacent to the Magela Creek.
Purchased in 1991 by Energy Resources of Australia Ltd (ERA). Uranium reserves of 205,000 tons at an average of 8 pounds uranium oxide per ton. Mining plans are however very controversial.

Jabiluka is one of the world's larger known uranium deposits, with reserves containing 71,000 tonnes of U3O8. The Jabiluka lease abuts the Ranger mining lease so subject to relevant approvals, the ore from Jabiluka could be processed to U3O8 at the Ranger mill.
In late 2003, the backfilling of the 1.2 kilometre decline at Jabiluka was completed, with mineralised and non-mineralised rock returned to the underground workings http://www.energyres.com.au/our_business/jabiluka).
In early 2005, an agreement on the long-term management of the Jabiluka lease area in the Northern Territory was signed by the Mirarr Gundjeihmi Aboriginal people, Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) and the Northern Land Council (NLC). The agreement obliges ERA (and its successors) to secure Mirarr consent prior to any future mining development of uranium deposits at Jabiluka http://www.energyres.com.au/our_business/jabiluka).

There is also an unidentified Bi telluride present.

References:
- J. C. Roundtree & D. V. Mosher "Jabiluka Uranium deposits" in: Economic Geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea 1. Metals Monograph 5 Australasian Inst. Mining and Met. 1975, pp. 321-326.
- Ludwig et al. (1987): Economic Geology. 82:857-874
- Hancock et al. (1990): Aust. IMM Monograph 14.
- Savory (1994): Aust. IMM Conferences Notes.

Map Reference: 12°30'0"S , 132°55'30"E

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Mineral List:

Autunite

Ca(UO

)

(PO

)

·11H

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326]

Chalcopyrite

CuFeS

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326; Ludwig et al. (1987): Economic Geology. 82:857-874]

'Chlorite Group'

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326; Ludwig et al. (1987): Economic Geology. 82:857-874]

Coffinite

(U,Th)[(OH)

|(SiO

)

1-x

]

Reference:

[Ludwig et al. (1987): Economic Geology. 82:857-874]

Covellite

CuS

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326]

Dolomite

CaMg(CO

)

Reference:

[Ludwig et al. (1987): Economic Geology. 82:857-874]

Florencite-(La)

LaAl

[(OH)

|(PO

)

]

Reference:

[Dymkov, Y., Holliger, P., Pagel, M., Gorshkov, A., and Artyukhina A. (1997): Characterization of a La-Ce-Sr-Ca aluminous hydroxy phosphate in nuclear zone 13 in the Oklo uranium deposit (Gabon). Mineralium Deposita, 32, 617-620.]

Galena

PbS

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326; Ludwig et al. (1987): Economic Geology. 82:857-874]

Gold

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326; Ludwig et al. (1987): Economic Geology. 82:857-874]

Graphite

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326; Ludwig et al. (1987): Economic Geology. 82:857-874]

Hematite

Reference:

[Ludwig et al. (1987): Economic Geology. 82:857-874]

Leucoxene

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326]

Magnetite

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326]

Marcasite

FeS

Reference:

[Ludwig et al. (1987): Economic Geology. 82:857-874]

Muscovite

KAl

[(OH)

|AlSi

]

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326; Ludwig et al. (1987): Economic Geology. 82:857-874]

Pyrite

FeS

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326]

Quartz

SiO

Reference:

[Ludwig et al. (1987): Economic Geology. 82:857-874]

Rutile

TiO

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326]

Saléeite

Mg(UO

)

(PO

)

·10H

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326]

Sklodowskite

Mg(UO

)

[HSiO

]

· 5H

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326]

Sphalerite

(Zn,Fe

Reference:

[Ludwig et al. (1987): Economic Geology. 82:857-874]

'Tourmaline'

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326]

Uraninite

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326; Ludwig et al. (1987): Economic Geology. 82:857-874]

Uraninite
var: Pitchblende

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326]

Zircon

Zr[SiO

]

Reference:

[Economic Geology of Australia and papua New Guinea pp321-326]

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