 Radium Hill minesite c.1954 | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Radium Hill Location in Australia | |
| Location | 460 km North East of Adelaide and 110 km South West of Broken Hill |
| State | South Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Coordinates | 32°20′45.97″S 140°38′11.64″E / 32.3461028°S 140.6365667°E |
| Production | |
| Products | Davidite, Carnotite, Uranium |
| History | |
| Opened | 1906 |
| Closed | 1961 |
| Owner | |
| Company | abandoned |
| Year of acquisition | first pegged 1906 |
Radium Hill is a former minesite in South Australia which operated from 1906 until 1961.[1] It was Australia's first uranium mine,[2] years before the country's next major mines at Rum Jungle in the Northern Territory (opened in 1950), and the Mary Kathleen mine in Queensland (1958).[3] The associated settlement which once housed up to 1,100 people is now a ghost town, largely abandoned and demolished. The former townsite and cemetery were provisionally listed on the South Australian Heritage Register on 24 August 2016.[4] During its main period of production between 1954 and 1961 the mine produced nearly 1 million tonnes of davidite-bearing ore[5] to produce about 860 tons of U3O8.
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- ^ "Australia's Uranium and Nuclear Power Prospects". World Nuclear Association. April 2009. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 24 July 2009.
- ^ "Radium Hill Townsite and Cemetery" (PDF). South Australian Heritage Register. Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ "Radium Hill/Bonython Hill". Toro Energy Ltd. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2009.