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Report on alleged pitchblende occurrence, Wyndham area, Western Australia

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 19/11/2025

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During the period 29th September to 2nd October 1950, the writer and geologist N. McKay, investigated the area near Wyndham, in which Mr. N. Orchard claims to have obtained a pitchblende sample in 1919. Following the examination of the area referred to by Mr. Orchard, an examination was made of a supposed radioactive deposit reported by Mr. E. Crocker of Wyndham. The observations made during these investigations are described in this report.

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Title Report on alleged pitchblende occurrence, Wyndham area, Western Australia
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/996faf0d-df63-4342-aeb6-fae6292ec87d
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Reference Period 18/11/2025
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Report on alleged pitchblende occurrence, Wyndham area, Western Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/report-on-alleged-pitchblende-occurrence-wyndham-area-western-australia