Nabarlek Uranium Mine

Nabarlek Uranium Mine
Location
Nabarlek Uranium Mine is located in Australia
Nabarlek Uranium Mine
Nabarlek Uranium Mine
Location in Australia
LocationArnhem Land
TerritoryNorthern Territory
CountryAustralia
Coordinates12°18′17.11″S 133°19′22.03″E / 12.3047528°S 133.3227861°E / -12.3047528; 133.3227861
Production
ProductsUranium
Production11,804 t
History
Discovered1970
Opened1979 (mill 1980)
Closed1979 (mill 1988)
Owner
CompanyQueensland Mines Limited
Location of key Northern Territory uranium mines

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]

  1. ^ Lally, J. & Bajwah, Z. (2006), Uranium Deposits of the NT, vol. Report 20, Northern Territory Geological Survey, ISBN 0-7245-7107-8