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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS

RECORDS:

1953/143 NON· LENDING CIPf

NOT TO BE R ....

FROM LIBRARY

PRELIMINARY REPOl:~T ON DIAMOND D1ULLING AT THE BRODRIBB

PROSPECT, NORTHERN TERRITORY.

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The information contained in this report has been obtained by the Department of National Development, as pa~ of the policy of the Common­wealth Government, to assis~· in the exploration and development of mineral resources. It· may not be p'ublished in any. form or used in a company prospectus without the permission in writing of the Director, Bureau of

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... . .. ~.o.·$pec.1me~Q .b!.: om bOl.' .. l"N.· QJA.S404 :"om 2. Jlfee. (bQ1'81.~.b)aa4 No. A540,' f~om 2,6 teft (\)01'$ l~tb) W," $ant .~o ()anb.,,~afOl" m~el'a~bJ.Q: wo~ ~'WM.iaobU.$' ~epQ.P~~ a. tQl1qWS$~- .' '

, . "Sp,o\ril$ll A5404 1@ a ht8bl.1t'1'.rug~o.u.e 'e~dys~l. ~th el11~ltl~d bands aJ,Qng wb.,lob ~b, lp.a~ mUlel'al1za_t.Qn ' appear$ to. bayeCakf,tnp:l,a.Q. "

$peoimea.A!i405 ~$a g;(f)7b~d~4$,lat& wl'lta *" , '4d,b~d o.t' l}YII',tte l'apla~1N on~ ~:r $be ·l~gbO~~ #f#f llan4$'

~l'aO~UD of py"S,. te mlDOl'$l,t~a,~oll' ooour 'p~t41$1~O '"as, . ~8l\4' as' .EJma~l o,~c\lla.f a('eB$ u.p~o *" dlametGl' ana. of Jl,gi,i8~bl. thlckn"ss'. Some of'he$a $how p8il!tlal b'CiJakdownto 11monlt$.

'h. o~e m1;nepa),s. ,p~'$eu.', ~ ~ho two. sp.o1rnensar. PP1. ~e. PY.r"ho~lt •• Berna'l~e an.4 L'lm~~". T~e" Purl', oco~. a~ el1tu~4I'al, o"Sl't81s 8#4 $$ 11'"egular al'ea~l.tb, a, sta'lli$ize Up to Q., om. aC~f3e. itn Pllil'~~ 1~ i.e "a • .,.t,rlDs '0 ,ltmonl~Eh T~ ~l1hod»a:L" cl'N'S~als OC~t:U' In.,, a flnely ~o1!'U$'~llne iron oltl4:e (Iltma~l,e .~ GO.~b.lt~) wblQ~ 8~Qwa fl rIl$41~ .~le9tl'OP'''. , 'l'b.es$~"Y$tals h$v~ the.I)'-"! ~,()h$@9n faco.l1 dGyelope4 tn. many gase., th.J'flfo," ~h$7MG. p,tiOb8b1~ tb,~Q.r"g"nal ·t;)~Y'8talf ~d ,ne> $ l'eplelQem~~ Qt an oal"11ep tOi'metl ndh.el'al,~ "

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~Yr£~'tt. S.S prGsen t 8e velJ'1 small l~l'egtil.a,r Lll'ei$ ,Up ~o 0.1 'un.,engab to. ~b.e PUl'~t~, and ,~a n~.tlceabl,G tov lt~ et1'o1\8 ~lso~roplem ~d pleoclwQlem~ Ita" It&lotlQneb19 to, the pyrlte 1s obse~e. ' ,

T~.I_ltll' (~. la.t~~"') ,9CC~$ 9Q peetldomoJ'pbe af'.l.'llagn~ t~ t,$,W ~ C,flt@ enolQ$ed .1n. PUl"~ t~, (spec. A5405 r. qd. $$ l.aJ'S$ l~,ltegu.l,arf.U'.as ~,hlOh '~p;o10,$(i) 'tb~' CJ:'y.$tal$ ot pyX'l t. (~P'c. A5!t(4) ~ 'J!he ou.n~l'$1,~e npt, puce, l31.l~ show$ $Cages ~n tb.~ 1)". ~ak4Q •.• ~. ~l.,'in911.,. ,1'0. ,laO.,b. .. lns m,.th Stl.'.OlL. 2P .. ~u~ , lIOl dal'ltene some aJ-ess ,ot th. crYstals d~v$~oplng a mo'~;J.ed t$$,~e. W~e",e areS$ T'b~c~ ~~"w~ ~b '.tcb1Jl$ ,aPe pl'qbablLt . ·t~ b:vcLt'a O'1t(i Q~S,4$ Goa $b~~. i ~~u,6h~w. a. ,BlPdel'Q t~ $D.1S9 ~l'()pl_. ~he $l"eas whiohl'elllaf.nUllatf$ot,C!ii b,. etQhlng ehQw a, '.",'Coy S -.s . • 1$O,tJ'OP~SUl" and. ,haye eM ,C~fl()~ .. ,teti.~$ ,Qt Herna'l.~. .'.rll' , , ,acf$ that th~ trOll o~ld~ ~, on.e oae~, la~~qlQ$edb, ~'''~t.e, aM 1n anQ thel' C$S$ is enolO$~q' tb,~'. Pp~ tet WO\\ld. $~e, t, . that"! . th~ m~e tl te was d$pOe,ltq4, ft.J'~.J .th"ewae '0110we4 bV PY1'1te WhlcbwafiJ tol1oWf(lln tutu: b, pp~ b$IDatt.'e,.

. .Wh,e _e mSAe»al p~es.tt.e~, wbioh '009m''' j in l~ge 1.r~Sll~ 1l 8»es,sj end lA" .f~p~C)im~4 8ppe8l'S~o '~ l'EJP:taolllg Hematlte~. tt· , ".

, " .in, _h.~ eumma!W' ot: ttl. seolQgtoal logS.tM 0~J' SU.,lph~~ei'efOl'red.to $,8 p11'S.~Q~ . Bo~oV~~' ae liIhQwn u.,. W.J4.B. aol;)t)~ta' m1n~a~spb.lo »epo"t. ttPJ£'Il'ho tl ~e 1~ pr9$.~. t;ls

Very small ~~,!,egula.l' a,.oe.$~P t.o ChOiL 1iJrl •.. ,~.l<;Jng'h tntb.e. pyrl,ott. . It must, thenb. aasum.ed attb.l$$tag~ ,t~t pY~l'hQt~,'o occ\U's wt\&l'O ~V't .p;r.rs.~Ghae 'b,en.,,~oo~,a;.

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, , 'lU4.~~l~:_S' i1eQo~a."d :~t, @O 'tiQ 100't't1iet, in 1l1,,20 ,to 40 in ~a,and, 40"0 ,60 ~~;,~4~

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, . ".' ,',' "A ·el\lClg",eamp~~. 'W&$. 'takODt, ·"~n·. ten', fe.iCi: t,,·om, .~30 . feet to40.',t~eO, ~: 'ho3-.$,· .a1 and,$~t· eta t~~ .'u.n~$ D«tpa.rtrne~' A~"Q~, $·P~·1ng$, tQ1/SQ%4 "a~$$Y .. :'t)l~' at the ~~me'of ~t.tt.ng no .... ·'$~l.~sb.aye· colne to ,b.atu\ •. :,' . . .

'. ~ .' ' . 8:1nq~ ,the slua.so a$~ay ~esU1'ebavo, senoral~1' b~~n. 1.(:1.8 ·~banO •. Ql~ (t, u.;o~, 1 t b.a~ n()' ~e~ neces.u.Y, toe~ awsJ" spltl Q·Q.fe Q8mP.l$6 ,for, cheu;\lo~ Q~1'$dt.OlZl(l·~f.1Qas$ay.

, $pl1t ool'e samples had tQ·bv. taken t)'oml.90 to,. tQ .300 gee' ,in hole laG,. becan" there was ~o '1;"e t~. of water dlarln,g' t~ 'las.t l1Q, ~$e' of4»1.11tns~ ". " .

~ t. wastOtmdneOese~.:··tQ I dci :G~l~Or ~d sc~nt1119Dltt'" WG~k at tM'base '¢aIl1p, t~ a"Qld, th~ baCk. :~ounct et'tec~ of ~h. $urfaQ8 ll'U:i~erla:L a' the PrQ$~~O~, 1t&elf~ .

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BRODRIBB RADIOACTIVE PROSPECT

GEOLOGICAL

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LEGEND

QUATERNARY

~ Alluvium

TERTIARY

Ferrug inous la teriTe

PREC AM BRIAN

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INTRUSIVES

/f.. Quartz veins.

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