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Maptek Vulcan™ And The Search For Uranium In South Australia

Maptek Vulcan™ And The Search For Uranium In South Australia

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www.maptek.com CASE STUDY © 2009 Maptek 0209CE The Curnamona region, 400 km northeast of Adelaide, is blanketed by Recent and Tertiary sediments. At the base of this sequence, and cut into underlying old Proterozoic basement rocks, are porous sand channels up to 1 km wide and 35 m thick. These channels contain the uranium accumulations, and are attractive targets as they can be readily mined by low-cost and environmentally benign soluti

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