Ranger uranium mine
A uranium mine on Mirarr land, enclosed by but not part of Kakadu National Park. It was found from the air in 1969 and mined from 1980 to 2012, and ore processing ended in January 2021. The ore lies in metasediments about 1,700 million years old.
Dated events and their evidence
- about 1,737,000,000 years ago mainstream
uranium-lead dating of Ranger ore gives an age of 1,737 ± 20 million years, older than the sandstones that now cap the Alligator Rivers field source - 1969 CE mainstream
late in the year an aerial radiometric survey picks up a strong gamma-ray spike over Mount Brockman, Djidbidjidbi to the Mirarr traditional owners source - 1975 CE mainstream
the Whitlam government appoints Justice Russell Fox to inquire into the dangers of uranium mining in the Northern Territory; his reports follow in 1976 and 1977 source - 1980 CE mainstream
the mine begins operating, reaching full production of uranium oxide in 1981 source - 2012 CE mainstream
mining at Ranger stops source - 2021 CE mainstream
on 8 January the processing of stockpiled ore ends source
Where
12.6830° S, 132.9170° E
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger_Uranium_Mine
- https://doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.82.4.857
- https://doi.org/10.3390/min9070432
- https://ozgeology.com/blogs/news/the-30-billion-discovery-hidden-in-australia-the-ranger-uranium-gold-deposit
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