Four Mile Uranium Mine (Four Mile Creek Prospect area; Four Mile West deposit; Four Mile East deposit), Paralana High Plains, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australiai
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
30° 8' 49'' South , 139° 30' 33'' East
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Mindat Locality ID:
135471
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:135471:6
GUID (UUID V4):
50ac7d2d-a4f0-48e4-bd29-15010fc0006c
Prospect discovered in 2005 by Alliance Resources. Probably as important as the Beverley deposit (located about 10 km to the east).
The uranium mineralogy of the new Four Mile Creek Prospect is not completely unavailable but has shown coffinite and pyrite. The mineralized formations are thought to be in the Eyre Formation (Eocene to Oligocene) and also Namba Formation (Miocene).
The prospect lies in the High Paralana Plains, not far from the Paralana Hot Springs.
Exploration was conducted by Alliance Resources Pty Ltd and It was officially opened on 25/6/2014. Quasar Resources and Alliance Resources are operating the Four Mile project as a joint venture and ore is being processed at the nearby Beverley uranium mine site.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsGallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Coffinite | 9.AD.30 | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| U | Uranium | |
| U | ⓘ Coffinite | U(SiO4) · nH2O |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Adelaide SuperbasinBasin
- Arrowie BasinBasin
- Curnamona ProvinceGeologic Province
- Erudina DomainDomain
- Eromanga BasinBasin
- South Australia
- Lake Eyre BasinBasin
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
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