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RB 98/00003 Review of the Proterozoic geology and mineral potential of the Curnamona Province in South Australia.
The Curnamona Province is exposed in the Willyama, Mt Painter and Mt Babbage Inliers, but much is obscured by younger sedimentary cover. It comprises a late Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic succession (Willyama Supergroup) with some...-
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Published: 02 Feb 1998
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RB 99/00016 Wollastonite in South Australia.
Wollastonite is a calcium silicate mineral of high temperature metamorphic or igneous origins, which lately has been found to have an increasing range of industrial applications. Its main producing country is China. At Ethiudna, in South Australia's...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1999
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RB 94/00024 Graphite in South Australia - A review of production, use and geology.
South Australian graphite is reviewed in the light of published information on world deposits. A high quality coarse flake product has been mined at Uley on southern Eyre Peninsula. Geophysical investigations of deposits near Kimba are warranted, to...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1994
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 5 partnership DPY5-21 - Mulyungarie area - Junction Dam Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary/volcanogenic base metal and precious metal mineral prospects. Project interim and final reports.
In 2008, as part of work being performed for it to earn a 51% interest in the Mundi Mundi Plains joint venture exploration licences, Teck Cominco identified two geophysical targets within South Australia on Kalkaroo EL 3328 which it thought were...-
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Wompinie (part of the Drew Hill Joint Venture Project). Progress and annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 10/9/1990 to 9/9/1995.
Exploration for possible economic stratiform gold and base metals hosted by Palaeoproterozoic Willyama Supergroup metasediments and intrusive igneous rocks, undertaken within an area located to the north of the Barrier Highway and centred...-
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Emu Dam (formerly Billeroo West). Data release in lieu of partial relinquishment upon licence renewal (as EL 2878) : annual reports for the period 4/11/1996 to 3/11/2001.
Exploration for possible economic Early Proterozoic stratabound Pb-Zn-Ag deposits of Broken Hill type, and for Olympic Dam style, Middle Proterozoic Benagerie Ridge volcanogenic sediment - hosted, epithermal / hydrothermal Cu-Au-Mo(-U) occurrences of...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-34, Drew Hill JV area Curnamona Group base metal mineral prospects. Project final report.
During early 2005, the Drew Hill joint venture partners conducted a regional base metal exploration programme over their mineral tenements located approximately 20-70 km north-east of Olary. Possible epithermal iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG)...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-09, Yarramba Palaeochannel uranium mineral prospects. Project final report.
A PACE Initiative Year 3 subsidised drilling programme has been undertaken by the EL 3482 licensees over part of the Yarramba Palaeochannel north of the Honeymoon U deposit, seeking similar, Tertiary sediment-hosted roll-front uranium deposits in an...-
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Kalabity (part of the Strathearn Joint Venture Project). Data release at licence expiry/full surrender : progress reports and annual reports for the period 4/7/1988 to 15/10/2003.
The initial manager of the joint venture, CRA Exploration Pty Ltd (CRAE), targeted a range of copper, gold and uranium mineralisation styles, including vein-style uranium associated with carbonate rocks (Kintyre model), Olympic Dam style...-
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Walparuta. Progress and annual reports, and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/12/1994 to 20/4/2009.
Ground encompassing the Palaeoproterozoic basement Weekeroo Inlier of the Olary district, which includes the historic Walparuta copper-gold mine located approximately 20 km north of Manna Hill township, was taken out to search for possible economic...-
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Published: 28 Aug 1909
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Curnamona Province.
CURNAMONA PROVINCE SUMMARY Age: Sedimentation - late Palaeoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic. Felsic and mafic volcanism - late Palaeoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic. Granitic intrusion - late Palaeoproterozoic to early...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2003
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Mingary. Progress reports and annual reports, plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/11/1984 to 26/2/1996.
Exploration Licence 1258 "Mingary" was granted to Mount Isa Mines Ltd in November 1984. The area, of 1185 square km lying 40 km north-east of Olary, had been the subject of exploration of the Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary basement for Broken Hill...-
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Bundera Well. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/6/2000 to 26/6/2005.
Possible buried Palaeoproterozoic stratiform to stratabound Cloncurry style Cu-Au mineralisation was the principal objective of exploration undertaken over an area located approximately 60 km north-east of Olary. Other conceptual targets included...-
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Strathearn (part of the Olary Joint Venture Project). Quarterly progress reports for the period 20/8/1986 to 19/5/1991.
Exploration for stratiform - stratabound, Broken Hill type Ag-Pb-Zn mineralisation in the buried Lower Proterozoic basement to the Strathearn area, 60 km north of Olary, comprised aeromagnetic and gravity data interpretations, ground magnetic, Sirotem...-
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Published: 30 May 1991
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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 2 partnership no. DPY2-57, Eurinilla Dome copper-gold mineral prospects. Project final report.
Past drilling of the Eurinilla Dome by BHP, Lynch Mining and Havilah Resources has identified widespread anomalous Cu±Au±Co mineralisation flanking a central magnetic core, in an analogous geological setting to that of the Benagerie and Kalkaroo...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-54, north Benagerie Dome copper-gold mineral prospects. Project interim and final reports.
In early 2005 Havilah Resources applied for and was successful in gaining PACE Initiative funding for part of the cost of certain exploration drilling on its Benagerie Dome acreage, to carry out a programme with these aims: 1). To confirm, better...-
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Data release : Goulds Dam. Annual reports submitted until the commencement of licence joint reporting with EL 3906 Katchiwilleroo Dam, for the period 18/3/1997 to 26/8/2009.
An area located on the southern edge of the Mesozoic to Tertiary Frome Embayment, 100 km north-west of Olary, which overlies Proterozoic igneous and metamorphic basement of the Curnamona Province, is being explored primarily for possible buried...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1911
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Kalkaroo (part of the Mundi Mundi Plains JV Project). Annual reports for the period 21/4/2005 to 20/4/2010.
An area of shallowly covered Curnamona Province metalliferous basement rocks abutting the South Australia / New South Wales border, approximately 80 km north-east of Olary, is believed to be prospective for Broken Hill and McArthur River style...-
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Published: 06 Oct 1910
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Billeroo Creek. Progress reports for the period 17/5/88 to 16/2/91.
TARGET: Broken Hill-style Pb-Zn mineralisation in the northern Olary region. EXPLORATION: Ground magnetics, an IP survey and rotary drilling (21 holes, total 1475 m). RESULTS: Low levels of copper and gold were present at the Waltherco Hut prospect.-
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Published: 06 Mar 1991
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Drew Hill. First partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 4/10/1989 to 3/2/1994.
Exploration undertaken in the relinquished portion of a licence area located north-east of Olary, searching for possible economic Palaeoproterozoic stratiform base and precious metal deposits, has comprised a 2526 line km detailed aerial magnetic and...-
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