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Mount Gee
Mount Gee is a mountain peak located in the northern Flinders Ranges within the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary, and is part of the Mount Painter inlier. Both peaks are situated within the Arkaroola Protection Area, and the area is known for being a former site of mining exploration, in particular uranium.
Radium was discovered at Radium Ridge, near Mount Painter, in 1910, with uranium discovered as a by-product of the ore. Mining continued intermittently in the area until the early 1960s. Mount Gee, which is part of the "Mount Painter field", came to prominence in 2008–2011 because of uranium exploration occurring in an area that was commonly (and mistakenly) believed at that time to be protected from all mineral exploration. This situation was altered when the Government of South Australia created the Arkaroola Protection Area under the Arkaroola Protection Act 2012, which prohibits all mining activity in the Arkaroola Protection Zone.
With its peak rising 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level, Mount Gee is one of several peaks located in the visually spectacular and geologically significant range north-east of the Gammon Ranges and south of the Mawson Plateau. Mount Gee was entered on the Register of the National Estate in 1982 due to its "spectacular mass of quartz crystal and vughular, lining the cavities of crush breccias".
Mount Painter is taller, at 770 m (2,530 ft).
Mount Gee and Mount Painter are both located in the Arkaroola pastoral lease, which was created in 1937 from an amalgamation of three leases. It was run as a sheep station, but, being located on a mountainous region and the worst pastoral land, it was difficult to raise and muster sheep. As of July 1946, Bentley Greenwood, brother of Gordon Arthur Greenwood, was running Arkaroola Station.
Arkaroola Station was purchased by Reginald and Griselda Sprigg in 1967 for the purposes of "wildlife preservations and conservation of the environment", with this objective being recognised by the South Australian Government initially in 1969.
From 2012 the pastoral lease, including the two peaks, along with some other land, was proclaimed under new legislation as the Arkaroola Protection Area, and mining was completely prohibited in this area.
The oldest rocks of the Adelaide Rift Complex, as well as the oldest example of complex life, a type of marine sponge that lived in deep water, are in the Arkaroola Reef. The melting of Mesoproterozoic rocks created a unique Phanerozoic fossil "plumbing system" at Mount Gee which once had hot geysers similar to Yellowstone National Park in the US. The Paralana Hot Springs on Wooltana Station are a remnant of this geothermal system.
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Mount Gee
Mount Gee is a mountain peak located in the northern Flinders Ranges within the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary, and is part of the Mount Painter inlier. Both peaks are situated within the Arkaroola Protection Area, and the area is known for being a former site of mining exploration, in particular uranium.
Radium was discovered at Radium Ridge, near Mount Painter, in 1910, with uranium discovered as a by-product of the ore. Mining continued intermittently in the area until the early 1960s. Mount Gee, which is part of the "Mount Painter field", came to prominence in 2008–2011 because of uranium exploration occurring in an area that was commonly (and mistakenly) believed at that time to be protected from all mineral exploration. This situation was altered when the Government of South Australia created the Arkaroola Protection Area under the Arkaroola Protection Act 2012, which prohibits all mining activity in the Arkaroola Protection Zone.
With its peak rising 600 m (2,000 ft) above sea level, Mount Gee is one of several peaks located in the visually spectacular and geologically significant range north-east of the Gammon Ranges and south of the Mawson Plateau. Mount Gee was entered on the Register of the National Estate in 1982 due to its "spectacular mass of quartz crystal and vughular, lining the cavities of crush breccias".
Mount Painter is taller, at 770 m (2,530 ft).
Mount Gee and Mount Painter are both located in the Arkaroola pastoral lease, which was created in 1937 from an amalgamation of three leases. It was run as a sheep station, but, being located on a mountainous region and the worst pastoral land, it was difficult to raise and muster sheep. As of July 1946, Bentley Greenwood, brother of Gordon Arthur Greenwood, was running Arkaroola Station.
Arkaroola Station was purchased by Reginald and Griselda Sprigg in 1967 for the purposes of "wildlife preservations and conservation of the environment", with this objective being recognised by the South Australian Government initially in 1969.
From 2012 the pastoral lease, including the two peaks, along with some other land, was proclaimed under new legislation as the Arkaroola Protection Area, and mining was completely prohibited in this area.
The oldest rocks of the Adelaide Rift Complex, as well as the oldest example of complex life, a type of marine sponge that lived in deep water, are in the Arkaroola Reef. The melting of Mesoproterozoic rocks created a unique Phanerozoic fossil "plumbing system" at Mount Gee which once had hot geysers similar to Yellowstone National Park in the US. The Paralana Hot Springs on Wooltana Station are a remnant of this geothermal system.
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