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RB 94/00031 Interpretation of NOAA-AVHRR satellite images over the ABMINGA 1:250 000 sheet, investigating the suspected kimberlite signatures in the SAEI aeromagnetic data.
A 400 m line spacing aeromagnetic survey was conducted over ABMINGA during 1992-1993 as part of the South Australian Exploration Initiative (SAEI). Short wavelength 'bullseye-dipole' anomalies observed on the aeromagnetics appear very similar to...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1995
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Davies (part of the Central Giles Nickel Project). Annual reports for the period 4/3/1999 to 23/9/2009.
A licence area located in South Australia's Far North-west Aboriginal Lands, and centred approximately 20 km to the south-east of the Surveyor Generals Corner at the borders of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, has been...-
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Painted Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/7/1982 to 11/7/1987.
Stockdale's diamond exploration work included reconnaissance stream sampling, and photogeology and Landsat interpretation. Ground magnetic surveys were run over aeromagnetic anomalies interpreted from the previous nickel exploration (Mount Purvis)...-
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Mount Sabine and Snow Hill [Billa Kalina joint venture]. Joint final surrender report for the period 21/3/83 to 20/3/87.
Diamond exploration in the Bon Bon - Millers Creek region, about 80 km north-northeast of Kingoonya, included Landsat imagery and photogeological studies plus extensive reconnaissance soil and stream sediment sampling. No kimberlitic indicator...-
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Lake Anthony and Lamont. Progress and relinquishment reports for the period 12/4/82 to 11/4/85.
Literature reviews, plus studies of photogeology and of drillhole data, have confirmed the existence of palaeochannels and of the selective accumulation of Tertiary lignites within a broad area that surrounds and lies to the north and west of Lake...-
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Midgerie, Barton South and Mount Christie. Joint first partial surrender report, for the period 13/4/1981 to 29/9/1991.
TARGET: Diamonds in the Tallacootra - Barton - Wynbring region; precious and base metals (explored for by joint venture partners). EXPLORATION: Diamonds : Evaluation of targets generated by interpretation of an airborne magnetic-radiometric-VLF-EM...-
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Mount Denison. Progress and final surrender reports for the period 7/9/82 to 6/9/84.
In a search for possible diamondiferous Jurassic kimberlites in an area of the Lake Eyre Plains bordering the eastern side of the Peake and Denison Ranges, limited reconnaissance sampling of stream sediments revealed that kimberlitic indicator...-
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Mount Wedge. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 12/10/88 to 27/5/92.
TARGET: Possible diamonds in the Mount Wedge region. EXPLORATION: Heavy mineral sampling, an airborne magnetic-radiometric survey, remote sensing Landsat TM plus aeromagnetic and radiometric data interpretation, detailed ground follow-up of more than...-
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Rawlinson Hill, Mount Sabine, Snow Hill and Billa Kalina Homestead (Stuart Shelf / Arckaringa Basin). Joint progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/2/1981 to 28/4/1987.
Over the report period Agip Australia completed the drilling and geophysical logging of 39 open rotary holes totalling 3845 m to investigate if economic coal seams occur within Permian sediments of the southern Arckaringa Basin. Although the Permian...-
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Anna Creek. Progress and final reports for the period 23/9/83 to 22/9/88.
TARGET: Diamonds in the William Creek area, and areas south-east of the Peake and Denison Ranges. EXPLORATION: Regional stream sediment and loam sampling supported by geological mapping and ground magnetic surveys located 2 areas rich in kimberlitic...-
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Ulooloo. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/7/1986 to 6/3/1989.
TARGET: Economic fine-grained, Telfer style gold mineralisation occurring as syngenetic stratabound deposits formed in sedimentary basins during or soon after periods of basin subsidence and instability. The eastern limb of the large, overturned...-
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Published: 22 Feb 1989
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Yongala. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 4/4/79 to 3/10/80.
In a search for possible concealed kimberlitic, carbonatitic or Cu-U-bearing igneous breccia intrusions within the Adelaidean fold belt succession, across a narrow north-south trending area west of Peterborough, 6 structurally disrupted localities...-
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Algebuckina. Progress, annual and final reports to licence surrender for the period 4/4/1979 to 3/10/1980.
Four photo-interpreted possible buried kimberlite structural targets that were indicated in the Algebuckina area were investigated by a field programme of drainage and soil geochemical sampling (39 samples) and scintillometric surveying. Three areas...-
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Muckanippie, Garford, Commonwealth Hill and Mulgathing Hill (part of the Central Gawler Project). Joint annual reports to licences' expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/5/2005 to 19/5/2010.
Tasman Resources' Central Gawler Project acreage, originally comprising seven exploration licences ELs 3339 to 3345, was initially applied for on the basis of perceived prospectivity for diamonds, however, further potential for discovering buried...-
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Kangaroo Island Project. Joint annual reports and final report to licences' joint surrender, for the period 1/10/1996 to 30/9/1998.
Diamond exploration which was undertaken across practically the whole of Kangaroo Island, barring national and conservation parks and reserves, sought to test the potential of the island to contain kimberlite pipes and / or associated rock types, and...-
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Harcus Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/10/2004 to 13/10/2008.
During mineral exploration of an area located approximately 30 km west of Olympic Dam, an initial search for possible diamondiferous kimberlites entailed modern era reprocessing and image analysis of available post-1990 regional aeromagnetic data, to...-
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Rawlinson Hill. Final report to licence surrender for the period 11/1/81 to 20/3/86.
355 loam samples of weathered Cretaceous outcrop were collected, using helicopters, in an area 80 km north of Kingoonya. No diamond indicator minerals were recovered, and allied remote sensing studies failed to recognize any surface expression of the...-
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Snow Hill. Partial surrender report for the period 21/3/1983 to 20/3/1986.
During a regional diamond search by the Billa Kalina joint venture partners, 31 heavy mineral samples were collected from the relinquished area, located 70 km north of Kingoonya. No kimberlitic indicator minerals were recovered, and a study of remote...-
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Mount Bosanquet. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 12/9/86 to 23/9/94.
Exploration for possible intrusive igneous sources of diamonds and for possible Broken Hill type economic stratabound Early Proterozoic base metal deposits in the Mount Bosanquet area, 30 km south of Kimba, has comprised digital image processing and...-
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Francis Swamp. Progress and final reports for the period 27/10/83 to 26/1/86.
Diamond exploration over an area 60 km west of Lake Eyre South included drainage heavy mineral sampling and a remote sensing study. Data from portion of a 1982 aeromagnetic survey by Aerodata-McPhar Pty Ltd for Stockdale, covering the southern...-
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