Exploration undertaken on ground situated east of Pernatty Lagoon has included the acquisition of extensive ground magnetic and gravity surveys plus a small aerial magnetic and radiometric survey, and performing many specific gravity and magnetic...

Summarises the chemical classification and macroscopic visual attributes of basement igneous rocks seen in outcrop within the regional geological settings of northern Eyre Peninsula and the Gawler Ranges.

Beda Volcanics and Backy Point Formation crop out in only a few localities on northeastern Eyre Peninsula, north of Whyalla, but drilling has shown them to extend for approximately 170 km to the north below younger cover. The Beda Volcanics comprise...

An area taken up to comprise the middle member of a block of three tenements located in the Myall Creek region ~ 30 km west-southwest of Port Augusta has been explored for possible economic buried stratabound copper sulphide mineralisation as well as...

SALT MINING STUDY: Field tests on the feasibility of Lake Torrens salt production to supply raw material for the planned Redcliff Petrochemical Project were continued, with project planning technical data demonstrations given to visiting officials of...

194 stored groundwater samples taken from CSR's exploratory drillholes put down on the southern Stuart Shelf after 1973 have been analysed for copper and zinc, plus also lead on occasion, and another 84 such stored samples dating from 1977 were...

In a continuing search for possible shallow Mount Gunson type stratiform copper deposits within Adelaidean strata of the southern Stuart Shelf, detailed investigations conducted near Pandurra Homestead have included geological mapping, rock chip...

Continued exploration for stratabound base metals across an area of the southern Stuart Shelf, extending west and north-west of Port Augusta, has included an evaluation of the results of previous stratigraphic drilling on the prior-held EL 332, plus...

In the search for Mount Gunson type sedimentary copper, 4 deep exploratory diamond drillholes (out of 22 totalling over 5000 m) intersected subeconomic mineralisation at the target base of the Sturtian Tapley Hill Formation (best value 3 m @ 1.55% Cu...

Possible stratabound, Kupferschiefer - style copper sulphide within the basal sediments of the early Neoproterozoic Tapley Hill Formation was the target of exploration in the Pernatty Ridge area. Aberfoyle's work has comprised a review of existing...

Formation responses in the 2 study areas and comparisons with earlier logs from the Bookaloo area and PL 32 have led to the recognition of diagnostic features in the identification of different formations. More data are required before geophysical...

Samples studied for stratigraphic identification.

Formation responses in 12 drill holes were studied. SP and PR logs were run for only 6 holes because of highly saline groundwater conditions. No meaningful electrical logs were obtained.

This student vacational project report, for the Department's Petroleum Exploration Div., aimed to correlate the basement rocks met with in Great Australian Bight area offshore and near onshore petroleum exploration wells with outcropping formations...

A preliminary regional tectonic model and a broad stratigraphic scheme for the basement and cover rocks on the newly defined Gawler Craton are briefly summarised and are depicted on accompanying maps within the text, being conclusions drawn by SADM...

A north-northwest trending basement high or horst-like structure mapped in the subsurface at Yadlamalka, located about 50 km north of Port Augusta, which was indicated by magnetic and gravity data to lie at a depth of about 200 m to 600 m close to the...

No work undertaken. Licence retained for two years as part of regional project acreage which was subject to unsuccessful farm-out negotiations.

Two adjoining licence areas located immediately west and north-west of Port Augusta, which cover the southern end of the Cariewerloo Basin and extend north-westwards for 60 km, are being explored for possible economic unconformity-style uranium...

A north-south elongated, narrow licence area centred ~30 km north of Whyalla and covering ground inland adjacent to the Lincoln Highway, has been taken up to explore for possible economic buried stratiform/stratabound, Mississippi Valley type...

The PORT AUGUSTA 1:250,000 mapsheet area covers the north-eastern part of the Eyre Peninsula, the northern Spencer Gulf and the south-western Flinders Ranges, and extends from latitude 32°00'S to 33°00'S and longitude 136°30'S to 138°00'S. The main...