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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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Bunabie Rockhole, Hughes and Nullarbor Plain. Progress reports and final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 20/10/1980 to 19/10/1982.
Roxby Downs - type base metal deposits, potentially associated with linear and discrete magnetic anomalies of unknown origin in the basement, were the prime targets of exploration in an area extending between Koonalda and Hughes, adjacent to the SA/WA...-
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Lake Tallacootra. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/9/1972 to 20/9/1974.
In a search for possible Proterozoic - Cainozoic unconformity - related, concealed sedimentary uranium deposits in an area of the Eucla Basin located 60 km north of Fowlers Bay, 42 rotary mud drillholes totalling 1432.4 m were put down on 5 traverses...-
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Published: 12 Nov 1974
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Ifould Lake. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/9/1972 to 20/9/1974.
Continuing exploration for possible buried economic Tertiary sediment-hosted uranium deposits in the vicinity of Ifould Lake consisted of ground truthing of aerial radiometric anomalies by scintillometer surveys and chemical analysis of auger...-
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Published: 12 Nov 1974
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Ooldea. First partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 20/9/2009 to 19/9/2014. [No work report].
Four separate licence portions together covering an area of 221 square km or ~42% of the former extent of EL 4565 have been voluntarily relinquished. The perceived prospective Karari Fault Zone and other places which possibly contain buried...-
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Pidinga Lakes. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/12/1969 to 17/12/1970.
Shallow drilling of sediments on the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin (in 7 vertical rotary mud holes with a total penetration of ~110 m) to test for secondary uranium mineralisation, although limited by drilling difficulties, has resulted in the...-
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Published: 05 Jan 1971
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RB 73/00085 Preliminary notes on the geology of the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin, FOWLER 1:250 000 sheet area.
This report deals with the stratigraphy and economic geology of an area on the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin and the western margin of the Gawler Block. The area is centred upon the FOWLER 1:250 000 map area. The stratigraphic section of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
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Lake Tallacootra area (Watson Joint Venture Project). Data release at licence expiry/full surrender: annual reports & partial surrender reports submitted until the start of project licences' joint reporting, for the period 23/3/2005 to 22/3/2008.
An area situated on the eastern margin of the Nullarbor Plain has been explored for possible economic sedimentary uranium deposits that may have formed in Tertiary strata underlying the Nullarbor Limestone. The target porous sediments are those...-
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East Nullarbor Regional Reserve (Watson Joint Venture Project). Data release at licence expiry/full surrender: annual reports & partial surrender reports submitted until the start of project licences' joint reporting, for the period 3/3/2005 to 2/3/2008.
An area centred approximately 200 km north-west of Ceduna was taken up initially to explore for possible buried nickel mineralisation, and subsequently was farmed out to companies interested in assessing its base/precious metal and sedimentary uranium...-
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East Nullarbor Regional Reserve, Lake Tallacootra and Nullarbor (the Watson Joint Venture Project). Joint annual reports and joint final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 1/4/2008 to 15/9/2010.
As part of continuing joint venture investigations into the Tertiary sedimentary uranium mineralisation potential of the Watson Palaeochannel, 9 vertical rotary mud exploratory holes with a total penetration of 639 m were drilled into that wholly...-
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Published: 07 Oct 1910
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Ooldea. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/9/2005 to 31/8/2010.
An area centred ~230 km north-west of Ceduna, in the far north-eastern corner of the Nullarbor Plain, and lying just south of the Ooldea railway siding on the Trans Australian Railway line, is being explored for possible economic buried deposits of...-
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RB 2007/00011 Original full content version of] OOLDEA, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SH52-12. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The OOLDEA 1:250 000 map area, in the far west of SA, includes portions of the Maralinga Tjarutja Aboriginal Lands, Maralinga Prohibited Area, and Nullarbor Regional Reserve. It is traversed by the Trans-Australian Railway. There is no significant...-
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Published: 01 Jun 2007
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Trial Well. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 15/6/79 to 4/1/82.
TARGET: An assessment of the potential for uranium and lignite deposits within the Eocene Pidinga Formation, and separate investigations of coincident, possible Olympic Dam target type magnetic and gravity anomalies in the crystalline Precambrian...-
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Seven Mile Swamp and Chundie Swamps. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 16/6/1969 to 15/6/1970.
Following on from the conduct of both preliminary airborne and carborne radiometric surveys in an area 60 miles north of Penong, which disclosed numerous anomalies with potential for finding uranium occurrences, the locality was taken up and...-
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Published: 22 Jun 1970
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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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Ifould Lake - Pidinga Lakes area. First partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/9/1972 to 20/9/1974.
As part of a search for possible economic sedimentary uranium mineralisation in the vicinity of Ifould Lake, an airborne radiometric survey of 700 line miles was flown at 2 mile line spacings, and 13 rotary holes with a total penetration of 464.8 m...-
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Chundie Swamps. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/11/1974 to 7/7/1976.
As part of a continued search for possible Proterozoic - Cainozoic unconformity - related, concealed sedimentary uranium deposits in an area of the Eucla Basin located 60 km north of Fowlers Bay, Pechiney conducted geological reconnaissance, ground...-
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Ifould Lake. Progress and final reports for the period 29/11/1974 to 4/8/1976.
10 reverse circulation holes were drilled, totalling 311 m. Surface radiometric effects were attributed to groundwater Ra and/or Rn, or to evaporitic concentrations of uranium daughter products. Results from drilling and from track etch (alpha)...-
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RB 2022/00011 Eucla Basin and peripheral paleovalleys.
The Cenozoic Eucla Basin is located on the southern margin of the Australian continent, with a present-day basin onshore edge which extends for over 2,000 km from Western Australia into South Australia. The basin’s sediment fill comprises a thin...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2022
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ExpNotes OOLDEA: Explanatory Notes OOLDEA
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