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Liu, S.F. | Jaireth, S.
Abstract
Significant uranium deposits are known to be hosted by non-pedogenic calcrete. Although there are abundant non-pedogenic calcrete in Australia, calcrete-hosted uranium deposits constitute only 1% of know uranium resources in Australia. The Paterson region in Western Australia is a highly prospective area for uranium. The recent regional Paterson airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey has mapped a paleodrainage system that has the potential to form calcrete-hosted uranium deposits. This article outlines geological and geochemical factors which control the formation of calcrete-hosted uranium deposits, and present a prospectivity map for calcrete-hosted uranium mineral systems in the Paterson region.
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