Sandstone-Hosted Uranium Potential in the Eromanga Basin, Australia

Geoscience Australia's Onshore Energy Security Program investigated evidence for sandstone-hosted uranium systems in the ~1,000,000 km² Eromanga Basin. The assessment compiled literature reviews, 3D basin architecture maps, water chemistry, and whole-rock geochemistry using the pmd*CRC five-questions framework. The dataset, last updated in 2026, includes PDF and HTML reports summarizing findings on potential mineralising events and favourable geological structures.

Use Cases

• Identify potential uranium mineralisation zones based on compiled 3D basin architecture and stratigraphic sequences.
• Model regional fluid flow pathways for mineral exploration based on mapped permeable sandstone packages and aquitards.
• Assess geochemical conditions for uranium deposition based on compiled water chemistry and whole-rock geochemistry data.
• Correlate mineralising events with tectonic history based on the review of geodynamic setting and space-time plots.

Strengths

• Assessment covers a large geographic area of approximately 1,000,000 square kilometers.
• Analysis is structured using a defined five-question framework (pmd*CRC) for systematic mineral system evaluation.
• Compiles multiple data types including 3D mapping, geochemistry, and literature review.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data files are in PDF and HTML report formats, which may require extraction for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Compilation and analysis of publicly available datasets, literature review, 3D mapping, and geochemical studies.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 02:19:52.141440; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Eromanga Basin, central-eastern Australia