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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Ive [South] (part of the Mount Ive Project). First annual report, for the period 20/6/2014 to 19/6/2015.
An area centred on the southern part of Mount Ive Station is being explored primarily for buried economic, basement hosted and structurally controlled hydrothermal Ag-Zn-Pb and epithermal Au-Ag-(Cu) vein style mineralisation, as well as for possible...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Gairdner - Unalla Hill (part of the Mount Ive Project). Annual reports for the period 7/6/2013 to 6/6/2015.
A licence consisting of three separate small sub-blocks located on the northern part of Mount Ive Station is being explored primarily for buried economic, basement hosted and structurally controlled hydrothermal Ag-Zn-Pb and epithermal Au-Ag-(Cu) vein...-
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Gilles Downs. Combined first annual/final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/8/2018 to 22/11/2019.
An area centred ~55 km west-northwest of Whyalla, extending between the northern shore of Lake Gilles and country to the west of Iron Baron, has been explored for possible buried economic epithermal style base and precious metal mineralisation...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Ive [North] (part of the Mount Ive Project). Annual reports for the period 21/06/2013 to 20/06/2015.
An area centred on the northern part of Mount Ive Station and adjacent to the southern shoreline of Lake Gairdner is being explored primarily for buried economic, basement hosted and structurally controlled hydrothermal Ag-Zn-Pb and epithermal...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Tanner (part of the Mount Ive Project). First annual report for the period 01/8/2014 to 31/7/2015.
A licence area centred on Tanners Dam which is located ~26 km south-west of Lake Gairdner is being explored primarily for buried economic, basement hosted and structurally controlled hydrothermal Ag-Zn-Pb and epithermal Au-Ag-(Cu) vein style...-
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Andamooka Creek, Willaroo Dam, Island Dam and Stuart Shelf / Andamooka Ranges (the Stuart Shelf Project). Joint annual reports on activities undertaken by the Joint Venture consortium for the period 11/10/1996 to 10/10/2009 [ Index Part 1 of 2 ].
The four Stuart Shelf Joint Venture Project exploration licences collectively cover approximately 2668 square km of semi-arid pastoral land surrounding the Olympic Dam mine and extending east and south-eastwards as far as Lake Torrens [the Olympic Dam...-
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Yarna Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 19/11/2002 to 4/12/2010.
An area of sparse basement outcrop situated to the west of Lake Acraman in the central Gawler Ranges district was taken up to explore for possible economic Olympic Dam style mineralisation, based on the licensee's evaluation of past drillhole data...-
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Poochera. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/7/2011 to 10/7/2013.
Exploration for possible Archaean to Mesoproterozoic basement-hosted epithermal gold or base metal mineralisation of Ernest Henry or Tunkillia style was undertaken over an area extending ~35 km north and north-east of Poochera on north-western Eyre...-
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Palthrubie Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 21/5/2002 to 4/12/2010.
An area situated to the west of Lake Acraman in the central Gawler Ranges district was taken up to explore for possible economic Olympic Dam style mineralisation, based on the licensee's evaluation of past drillhole data which indicated that a number...-
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RB 2001/00006 Reconnaissance sampling of basement rocks of the Gawler Craton, South Australia, for dimension stone.
Eighty-five sites of crystalline basement rocks on the Gawler Craton were inspected to determine which lithological or stratigraphical units have potential for use as dimension stone. The Gawler Craton contains a variety of rock types including...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2000
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RB 2014/00006 Geology of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet (6432).
The revised digital geology map of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet and accompanying geological descriptions in this report are the first components of the 2nd edition PORT AUGUSTA 1:250 000 map sheet to be completed. The subject map sheet occupies the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2014
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RB 2000/00033 Mineral potential of the proposed Gawler Ranges National Park.
In late 1999, the South Australian Government approved the purchase of 1000 square km of land in, and adjacent to, the Gawler Ranges, for the creation of the Gawler Ranges National Park. This land has significant mineral potential, and has been...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2000
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Childara. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/ full surrender, for the period 31/10/1995 to 30/10/2001.
Exploration over the licence area was severely restricted due to its being located entirely within the Yellabinna Regional Reserve, and because of unresolved Native Title claims. Initially, acquisition of a detailed aeromagnetic survey, comprising...-
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Kingoonya and Rocky Hill. Joint first progress report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 3/6/1996 to 9/4/1999.
Calcrete sampling on 1 km and 200 m grid spacings was carried out during 1996 (266 samples) and 1997 (2050 samples) over areas underlain by rocks of the Mulgathing Complex, Hiltaba Suite, Gairdner Dyke Swarm and Gawler Range Volcanics, that surround...-
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Gawler Province regional geology 3D Model (3D version 1).
The Gawler Province 3D Geological Model is the second product of PIRSA's early 3D modelling trials conducted using 3D GeoModeller software. The work began with identifying the statigraphic units that were to be modelled. Due to the regional scale of...-
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Cultana basement regional geology 3D Model.
The Cultana basement 3D Geological Model covers a region which includes the Roopena, and western half of the Cultana, 1:100,000 mapsheet areas. The subsurface geology that has been modelled comprises a succession of deformed Palaeoproterozoic...-
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Toondulya Bluff. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/1/2004 to 14/7/2013.
A licence area centred about 100 km north-east of Streaky Bay township, on the south-western perimeter of the Gawler Ranges, was taken up to explore for possible economic buried IOCG mineralisation or Tunkillia stye fracture controlled lode gold...-
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Published: 06 Nov 2013
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Comet Outstation, Gina Outstation, Commonwealth Hill Station - Central and East, and Aurora Tank areas (the Commonwealth Hill Project). Joint annual reports for the period 15/12/2008 to 30/6/2013.
A group of contiguous exploration licences centred ~100 km south-west of Coober Pedy are being explored principally for epithermal and Challenger-style gold mineralisation hosted by covered Archaean basement rocks, as well as for any economic base...-
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Published: 31 Aug 2013
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Commonwealth Hill, Commonwealth Hill Station - Central and East, and Aurora Tank areas (the Commonwealth Hill Project). Joint annual reports for the period 1/7/2013 to 30/6/2018.
During the sixth year of the project, base metals exploration was focussed on the Mars-Aurora Tank, Wirrida and Bundi prospects using ground gravity and IP survey methods. Some trial magnetotelluric and audio-frequency magnetotelluric survey profiles...-
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Published: 05 Sep 2018
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The Lookout (part of the Mintabyng Project). Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/11/2012 to 9/6/2015.
In late November 2012, three adjoining areas in the central Gawler Craton were taken up by Woomera Exploration Limited (WEX), an unlisted public company, for the purpose of minerals exploration. Within the subject licence area, the easternmost of the...-
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Published: 23 Jun 2015