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<strong>Uranium</strong> <strong>ore</strong>-<strong>forming</strong> <strong>systems</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Lake Frome regionMap Symbol Stratigraphic Name Stratigraphic DescriptionNnt Tapley Hill Formation Siltstone, grey to black, dolomitic and pyritic gradingupwards to calcareous, thinly laminated, locally crossbedded;dolomite, grey, flaggy to massive; limestoneconglomerate, intraformational; greywacke.Nntc Mount Caernarvon Greywacke Member Greywacke, with lenticular diamictite.Nntt Tindelpina Shale Member Shale, pyritic, carbonaceous; thinly laminated grey dolomitebeds and lenses.Noc Copley Quartzite Quartzite; siltstone.Noo Wortupa Quartzite Sandstone, grey-green, well bedded; quartzite, pale grey;minor dark grey siltstone; arkosic grit; conglomerate.Nop Opaminda Formation Siltstone, dark grey well bedded; pale green talcose shale;amphibolite; marble.Nou Blue Mine Conglomerate Conglomerate, pink, heavy-mineral laminated, arkosic;minorsandstone; dark grey laminated siltstone.Nov River Wakefield Formation Dolomite; sandstone; siltstone; quartzite.Np Pound Subgroup Sandstone; quartzite; siltstone.Npb Bonney Sandstone Sandstone, fine to medium grained, occasionally coarse,flaggy to medium bedded, silty and feldspathic, crossbedded, ripple marks, small scale slumps, mudcracks,intraclasts; siltstone; quartziteNpbp Patsy Hill Member Limestone, algal-laminated, grey, also wavy/swaley crossstratifiedlimestone, grading up to thick-bedded calcarenite<strong>the</strong>n to micaceous sandstone. Generally two limestonesandstoneparasequences.Npr Rawnsley Quartzite Quartzite and sandstone, white or light grey, locally flaggyand fossiliferous.Ns Sandison Subgroup Sandstone; mudstone. Marine shelf and slope deposits,some sh<strong>ore</strong> face.ns Unnamed GIS Unit - see description No sample: lost in drilling, cavity; sea if <strong>of</strong>fsh<strong>ore</strong>.Nsb Brachina Formation Siltstone, shale, red-brown and olive green, laminated,flaggy to medium bedded; alternating with sandstone, finegrained, occasionally coarse grained. All lithologies calciticin part.Nsn Nuccaleena Formation Dolomite, thin, laminated, micritic, with interbedded shalenear <strong>the</strong> top.Nu Umberatana Group Tillite; sandstone; siltstone; arkose; dolomite; quartzite;conglomerate; shale; greywacke.Nu1 Unnamed GIS Unit - see description Undifferentiated Nepouie and Upalinna Subgroups; includes<strong>the</strong> superseded Farina SubgroupNu2 Unnamed GIS Unit - see description Undifferentiated Upalinna and Yerelina Subgroups; includes<strong>the</strong> superseded Willochra SubgroupNw Wilpena Group Quartzite; siltstone; shale; calcareous in part.Page 145 <strong>of</strong> 151

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