Beverley Uranium Deposit Geology

The Beverley Uranium deposit is a medium size uranium deposit in an old sand-filled paleaochannel about 110 metres below the surface. The deposit is proposed as an In Situ Leaching (or Solution Mining) mine, and contains an estimated 21,000 tonnes U₃O₈ at an average grade of 0.18% ⁽¹⁾ extractable by this technique.

The orebody is divided into three main zones - North, Central and South. Beyond these, the extent of the aquifer or palaeochannel north and south is unknown (as noted by the question marks on the drawing below) - yet the company still "assumes" the aquifer is isolated.

Extent of uranium mineralisation at Beverley
(click for larger version ~ 111 kb, courtesy of BRS, see EIA page).

Regional geological cross section from the Flinders Ranges through Beverley to Lake Frome
(click for larger version ~ 231 kb).

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Images :
Top - Assessment of the Beverley Uranium Mine Proposal - Beverley Uranium Mine Environmental Impact Statement by Heathgate Resources Pty Ltd. Prepared for Environment Australia by Land and Water Sciences Division, Bureau of Rural Sciences. See EIS Page for links to report and images.
Bottom - "The Beverley Uranium Project - Project Profile", Heathgate Resources Pty Ltd, no date specified, but around July 1997.

¹ - J J Graham, The Role of the Beverley ISL Uranium Mine in Today's Market, 2^ND Annual Australian Uranium Summit, February 11-13, 1998, Adelaide, South Australia.

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Page last updated January 4, 2001.

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