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Location Photo Map of the location of the El Sherana mine within the South Alligator Uranium field. About 2 kilometres south of the main camp via Gimbat road is the location of the gravity Separation plant which was demolished sometime in the late 80’s or early 90’s. The location of the site of the plant is still clearly visible in recent (ca. 2023) aerial photographs. The area contains numerous deposits of Uranium which were exploited from about 1953 to 1970. The first discovery of Uranium in the area occurred at Coronation Hill some 13 kilometers south–east of the El Sherana mine. The discovery was made in 1953 on Coronation day (June 2nd) by B. P. Walpole a Geologist working for the Bureau of Mineral Resources. The most colourful deposit in the whole Uranium field was the Palette mine located about 7 kilometers south-east of El Sherana. It was reached by a winding, precipitous road whose access was often cut by the flooding of the South Alligator River during the wet season. It was at the same elevation as El Sherana. The Palette mine was a large fan shaped deposit adjoining a sheer white cliff face. Joe Fisher, mining consultant and pioneer of Uranium mining in South Alligator River, named the site ‘palette’ because he said the Uranium mineralisation reminded him of the colourful daubs of paint one might see on an artist’s palette. Eyewitness accounts spoke of a truly colourful place glittering magnificently in the sunlight where the hues of blackish Uraninite, orange Gummite, lime-green Autunite, apple-green Torbernite and dark-yellow Soddyite were clearly visible even from a distance of a hundred metres or more. John Webb, who was the field Superintendant with the Australian Atomic Energy Commission’s at the time (1958) stated that many of the secondary Uranium minerals recovered at the Palette mine were superb collector pieces too good to be broken up and sold as ordinary Uranium ore. Regrettably few if any ‘collector quality’ specimens from this mine can be seen in modern day mineral collections. Other mines in the area include but are not limited to Koolpin, Scinto, Cliff Face, Skull and Saddle Ridge. UUNL records indicate that El Sherana was the largest producer of Uranium ore in the region. (Author: silvia)

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Map of the location of the El Sherana mine within the South Alligator Uranium field. About 2 kilometres south of the main camp via Gimbat road is the location of the gravity Separation plant which was demolished sometime in the late 80’s or early 90’s. The location of the site of the plant is still clearly visible in recent (ca. 2023) aerial photographs.



The area contains numerous deposits of Uranium which were exploited from about 1953 to 1970. The first discovery of Uranium in the area occurred at Coronation Hill some 13 kilometers south–east of the El Sherana mine. The discovery was made in 1953 on Coronation day (June 2nd) by B. P. Walpole a Geologist working for the Bureau of Mineral Resources.

The most colourful deposit in the whole Uranium field was the Palette mine located about 7 kilometers south-east of El Sherana. It was reached by a winding, precipitous road whose access was often cut by the flooding of the South Alligator River during the wet season. It was at the same elevation as El Sherana. The Palette mine was a large fan shaped deposit adjoining a sheer white cliff face. Joe Fisher, mining consultant and pioneer of Uranium mining in South Alligator River, named the site ‘palette’ because he said the Uranium mineralisation reminded him of the colourful daubs of paint one might see on an artist’s palette. Eyewitness accounts spoke of a truly colourful place glittering magnificently in the sunlight where the hues of blackish Uraninite, orange Gummite, lime-green Autunite, apple-green Torbernite and dark-yellow Soddyite were clearly visible even from a distance of a hundred metres or more.

John Webb, who was the field Superintendant with the Australian Atomic Energy Commission’s at the time (1958) stated that many of the secondary Uranium minerals recovered at the Palette mine were superb collector pieces too good to be broken up and sold as ordinary Uranium ore. Regrettably few if any ‘collector quality’ specimens from this mine can be seen in modern day mineral collections.

Other mines in the area include but are not limited to Koolpin, Scinto, Cliff Face, Skull and Saddle Ridge. UUNL records indicate that El Sherana was the largest producer of Uranium ore in the region. (Author: silvia)

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