From Geoscience Australia
JSON format icon JSON RDF format icon RDF ISO19115-3 XML

Radioactive deposits, Carcoar, New South Wales

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

JSON format icon JSON RDF format icon RDF ISO19115-3 XML

The occurrence of radioactive minerals with cobaltiferous deposits in the Carcoar area has been known since 1894, but until recently they have not received much attention. The present geological survey has been carried out following the discovery of three rather significant radioactive anomalies in the north-eastern part of the mined area, during radiometric surveys in 1950 and 1951. The geological survey has shown that the cobaltiferous-uranium deposits occur in strong north-south shears in an area of Silurian slates and volcanic rocks intruded by diorite sills and dykes, close to the south-eastern boundary of a large mass of hornblende diorite. Opportunities occur for the discovery of other uranium deposits in parallel shears outside the area, in which radioactive anomalies have already been found. This report gives a detailed account of the geological survey. Geology, geological structure, the workings, deposits, and mineralization are discussed, and recommendations are made for future testing and surveying of the area.

Files and APIs

Tags

Additional Info

Field Value
Title Radioactive deposits, Carcoar, New South Wales
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/5141caab-1660-456b-867c-9a243ad4091a
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        149.0,
        -34.0
      ],
      [
        149.5,
        -34.0
      ],
      [
        149.5,
        -33.5
      ],
      [
        149.0,
        -33.5
      ],
      [
        149.0,
        -34.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Radioactive deposits, Carcoar, New South Wales". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/radioactive-deposits-carcoar-new-south-wales