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Bundulla. Progress reports for the period 24/5/79 to 19/10/82.
Airborne and ground magnetic surveys were conducted in the Bundulla area of the Nullarbor Plain (SA), prior to drilling a prominent circular aeromagnetic feature. 2 percussion/rotary mud holes, each drilled to TD 369.5 m, penetrated crystalline...-
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RB 79/00114 Palaeodrainage systems in western South Australia. Their detection by Landsat imagery, stratigraphic significance and economic potential.
Two major palaeodrainage systems of Tertiary age, with watersheds of up to 35 000 square km and channel lengths of 200-250 km, have been recognised and delineated using LANDSAT imagery, during 1:250 000 scale geological mapping in western South...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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Seven Mile Swamps (part of the Euria Project). Annual report and progress report to licence full surrender, for the period 31/5/1996 to 10/2/1998.
Calcrete sampling, mapping, and RAB and aircore drilling (211 holes, total 7334 m) were carried out 20 km north of Penong, in an area underlain by Hiltaba Suite granitoids, Archaean gneisses and a major associated shear zone. Although geochemical...-
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Published: 18 Dec 1997
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Chimpering Rock Hole, Yarrana Hill, Moornaba Rock Hole, Euria Well, Koonibba Mission, Lake Tallacootra, Dunn Hill, Wallala Hill, Mount Centre and Nalara. Quarterly and annual progress reports plus technical reports, for the period 25/7/1989 to 24/7/1992.
Hitherto untried exploration for heavy mineral sands on the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin, conducted by the Ceduna Joint Venture partners since 1989 over ten contiguous licence areas in the Ooldea - Barton area centred 150 km north-west of Ceduna,...-
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Unlocking South Australia's Mineral and Energy Potential - A Plan for Accelerating Exploration. Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry) : Year 3 partnership no. DPY3-22, Barton West heavy mineral sand prospect. Project final report.
Previous drilling in 2005, undertaken as part of another PACE project, DPY2-52, discovered significant occurrences of heavy mineral sands within an area of 15 km x 5 km in the southern part of EL 3092 (the Notrab prospect). These sands were...-
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Dunn Hill, Wallala Hill and Mount Centre. Progress report plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 14/2/1989 to 16/6/1989.
TARGET: Possible heavy mineral placer or sedimentary uranium deposits within the Narlaby Palaeochannel in the Nunjikompita - Hiltaba areas on western Eyre Peninsula. EXPLORATION: Reverse circulation drilling traverses (50 holes totalling 1213 m),...-
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Published: 31 Jul 1989
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Wirrulla, Cungena, Mortana, Kolballa and Calca. Joint progress reports and joint final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 18/8/1989 to 17/12/1991.
TARGET: Possible heavy mineral sands emplaced within Tertiary sediments in the Wirulla, Poochera, Inkster and Streaky Bay areas. EXPLORATION: Reconnaissance 10-15 km spaced and infill 100 m spaced reverse circulation drilling to pre-Tertiary basement...-
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Kolballa. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 31/8/1990 to 15/7/1992.
TARGET: (Stockdale) Diamonds in the Elliston region, related to possible kimberlite primary sources that may be associated with the deep-seated Polda Trough structural feature; (BHP) Mineral sands in Tertiary sediments. EXPLORATION: Stockdale...-
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Midgerie, Barton South, Immarna, Barton Siding, Mount Christie Siding, Lake Bring, Mulgathing, Wynbring (TARCOOLA and BARTON 1:250k mapsheets region). Joint progress reports and final reports, for the period 11/4/1981 to October 1990.
Stockdale's exploration for diamonds in the Barton region, at the start of the licence period, commenced with the evaluation of 136 potential kimberlite targets generated by the detailed in-house interpretation of data acquired from an extensive new...-
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RB 2021/00011 Models, geology and exploration of heavy mineral deposits in South Australia.
This study draws together diverse aspects of South Australia’s heavy minerals (HM) resources geoscience to provide an overall context for evaluating their occurrence, economic significance and origins. Two main objectives are addressed by the subject...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2021
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Wynbring [Siding]. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 17/12/2009 to 16/12/2012.
A large, ~1300 square km licence area extending NE-SW and centred ~100 km west of Tarcoola and ~170 km NNW of Ceduna was taken up to explore part of the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin for possible economic buried Tertiary detrital heavy mineral...-
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Elliston, western Eyre Peninsula. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 21/2/1996 to 23/12/1998.
Diamond, gold and platinum group element (PGE) exploration activities carried out within an area of known kimberlitic and lamproitic intrusive rocks east of Elliston comprised aircore drilling (23 holes, total 1188 metres), addressing 17 out of 36...-
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Ooldea. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/9/1986 to 1/9/1991.
Exploration for heavy-mineral sand in Tertiary sediments on the south-western flank of the Ooldea Range comprised geological reconnaissance and RC drilling (81 holes, total 1204 m). Up to 3% titaniferous heavy minerals were reported from drill samples.-
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Ooldea. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/11/1972 to 15/11/1973.
In a search for possible economic roll-front sedimentary uranium deposits thought to be hosted by Middle Eocene Pidinga Formation fluvial and lacustrine terrestrial sediments deposited in the eastern Eucla Basin, 13 scout RAB/RC open holes were...-
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Eucla Basin Areas 2, 3 and 4. Joint annual reports and joint first partial surrender report, plus respective licence's final reports to full surrender, for the overall period 29/8/2006 to 28/8/2013.
Three adjoining licence areas that were centred approximately 480 km north-west of Ceduna together occupied the northern section of the Ooldea Range over a stepped NW-SE trending outline having an average width of 25 km and a combined total length of...-
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Published: 21 Nov 2013
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Fowlers Bay North. Annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/8/2008 to 3/8/2010.
Within an area located approximately 110 km north-west of Ceduna, exploration has primarily been directed at assessing the heavy mineral sands potential of Tertiary Eucla Basin shoreline sediments, with an additional objective of determining the base...-
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Published: 31 May 2011
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Ooldea South. Annual and final reports for the period 1/9/94 to 25/6/98.
Several potential diatreme-like circular targets up to 1 km in diameter were identified from an interpretation of regional and subsequently acquired infill aeromagnetic data over an area of the north-western Gawler Craton, 45 km south of Ooldea Siding...-
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Ifould West. Annual and final reports for the period 7/11/94 to 25/6/98.
Several potential diatreme-like circular targets up to 1 km in diameter were identified from an interpretation of regional and subsequently acquired infill aeromagnetic data over an area of the north-western Gawler Craton, 55 km south of Ooldea Siding...-
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Venus Bay. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 27/7/1994 to 21/12/1998.
Diamonds and base and precious metal exploration undertaken north-east of Port Kenny on western Eyre Peninsula comprised loam sampling for kimberlite indicator minerals, RC drilling (7 vertical holes, total 470 m), plus bedrock petrological, heavy...-
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Streaky Bay. Combined first annual / final report at licence surrender, for the period 15/3/2007 to 22/2/2008.
In a search for possible economic Tertiary heavy mineral sands or sedimentary uranium deposits over an area extending from Baird Bay to Mount Cooper and surrounds, only a detailed desktop geological appraisal of reported previous mineral exploration...-
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Published: 10 Apr 2008
