Uranium

The Northern Territory contains a variety of small to very large uranium deposits that have produced over 0.95 Mt of U₃O₈ in the last 30 years. Current resources for the NT are estimated at 0.3 Mt of U₃O₈. There is currently one operating mine: Ranger.

Uranium past production and current resource statistics for the NT are dominated by large unconformity-related deposits in the eastern Pine Creek Orogen. Smaller Westmoreland-type deposits (eg Eva) are present in the eastern McArthur Basin. Sandstone (Roll-front)-hosted deposits are present in the Ngalia (eg Bigrlyi) and Amadeus (eg Angela) basins. Small vein-type deposits in the Pine Creek Orogen (eg Adelaide River) have been mined in the past.

Geological analogues to Pine Creek Orogen unconformity-related deposits that could be considered prospective exist in the Ashburton and Davenport Provinces, Tanami Region and on the margins of the Murphy Inlier.

For further information, see Uranium deposits of the Northern Territory and Summary of uranium deposits in the Northern Territory.