EL 4868 Annual report for first year of licence May 1986 to May 1987

Abstract

The licence area, which covers the host stratigraphy of the nearby Rum Jungle uranium-base metal deposits and Sundance gold mineralisation, has not been intensely explored for any of these commodities. This report describes the first year's exploration programme which has included a literature survey of previous exploration, a detailed geological study of the Sundance gold mine, a literature survey of deposits similar to the Sundance mineralisation, some reconnaissance sampling and an aerial photographic survey. The mineralisation at the Sundance gold mine is karst related. It is similar to the gold-antimony mineralisation at Bau, West Sarawak, some of the gold mineralisation at Kuranakh, USSR and the lead-barite deposits of Arenas, Sardinia. The licence area contains extensive outcrops of carbonate and outcrops of siliceous gossan. The area has potential for discoveries of Sundance-type mineralisation.