Location | |
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Location | Arnhem Land |
Territory | Northern Territory |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 12°18′17.11″S 133°19′22.03″E / 12.3047528°S 133.3227861°E |
Production | |
Products | Uranium |
Production | 11,804 t |
History | |
Discovered | 1970 |
Opened | 1979 (mill 1980) |
Closed | 1979 (mill 1988) |
Owner | |
Company | Queensland Mines Limited |
The Nabarlek Mine is a uranium mine in the Northern Territory of Australia which was productively worked only in 1979. 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]