EL 4968, relinquished area report Alexandria Station, NT

Abstract

This work is part of much larger search by Northern Cement to locate high-grade gypsum in economically viable quantities. The area of the EL attracted attention because of the gypsum crystals exposed during the building of turkey's nest dams in the black soil plains. An earlier ground reconnaissance found gypsum at No 6 (or Six Mile) and 18 Mile waterholes and in the soil near No 6 Waterhole. The are relinquished is not known to contain any significant deposits, but the possibilty of economic deposits under the black soil cannot be ruled out.