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RB 92/00037 Review of mineral exploration, KINGOONYA 1:250 000 map area.
This report was prepared as a summary of all open file mineral exploration data from the KINGOONYA 1:250000 mapsheet area that are held in the SADME records management Envelope system. The aim of the holdings review was to describe past exploration,...-
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Published: 29 Nov 1991
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RB 98/00010 Regolith studies related to the Challenger gold deposit, Gawler Craton, South Australia. Geochemistry and stratigraphy of the Challenger gold deposit - Volume 1: text, and Volume 2: appendices.
The Challenger gold deposit lies in the northern Gawler Craton, South Australia, 750 km NW of Adelaide, and 140 km NW of Tarcoola. A 1.5 km traverse (the regolith line) was chosen for the study of geochemical dispersion and regolith stratigraphy...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1998
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RB 93/00004 Tarcoola - Tallaringa bedrock drilling 1991. Summary.
Archaean and Early and Middle Proterozoic rocks of the north-western Gawler Craton have features which suggest good prospectivity for base metals, precious metals and other commodities. However, outcrop is poor and there has been relatively little...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1993
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RB 93/00036 Review of mineral exploration, BARTON and OOLDEA 1:250 000 sheets.
Mineral exploration data from the BARTON and OOLDEA 1:250 000 sheet areas, which are held in the SADME open file Envelope system, are summarized and anomalous or significant data highlighted. Targets: - Base metal mineralization from anomalous drill...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1993
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RB 96/00016 Review of mineral exploration - CHILDARA region.
Mineral exploration on CHILDARA 1:250 000 geological map sheet was reviewed from SADME open file Envelopes, to complement an overview of regional prospectivity supported via the recent acquisition of high quality aeromagnetic data and a compilation by...-
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Published: 01 May 1996
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Commonwealth Hill, Perfection Well, Wirrida North, Nelson Bore and Ingomar (the Commonwealth Hill Joint Venture Project). Joint annual reports and final report to licences' respective expiry/renewal, for the period 6/10/1995 to 6/12/1998.
Exploration for Challenger - type primary gold deposits that may possibly have formed within buried Archaean basement rocks in the Commonwealth Hill area, which is the purpose of one of two joint venture agreements currently in force between Minotaur...-
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Published: 06 Jan 1999
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A petrographic study of regolith samples from the Challenger Project, Gawler Craton, South Australia.
60 weathered rock samples collected from the overburden to the Challenger gold deposit in South Australia have been studied using petrographic and carbonate staining methods. Most of the samples represent near-surface regolith materials taken from...-
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Published: 26 Feb 1998
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 8 partnership DPY8-20 - Golf Bore (part of the Jumbuck Project). Archaean basement, supergene zone, metamorphic/hydrothermal gold prospect. Drilling project final report.
The subject Golf Bore prospect and its currently subeconomic gold occurrence are located in the north-eastern corner of the Jumbuck Project mineral exploration tenement package, which incorporates ~8000 square km of ground – approximately 2500 square...-
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Heartbreak Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/9/1996 to 26/9/1997.
Mulgathing Complex and Hiltaba Suite rocks were interpreted from aeromagnetic data obtained in areas located 10 km north of, 70 km south-east of, and 35 km south of Tarcoola. Calcrete sampling was followed by RAB drilling (178 holes, total 5047 m)...-
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Tarcoola - Tallaringa Bedrock Drilling Project.
Archaean, Early and Middle Proterozoic rocks of the north-western Gawler Craton have features which suggest good prospectivity for base metals, precious metals and other commodities. However, outcrop is poor and there has been relatively little...-
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Wildingi [Claypan] and Galaxy [Outstation]. Licence-specific annual reports, plus joint final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 22/11/1995 to 13/4/1999.
21 gold exploration targets with anomalous regolith Au > 10 ppb were generated by extensive regional and infill calcrete sampling of an area 80 km south-west of Coober Pedy. Aircore, RAB and RC drilling at four of these prospects (269 holes, total...-
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Tarcoola. Data release made in lieu of a 25% first partial relinquishment at licence renewal: [Part 2 of 2] progress reports for the period 19/7/1984 to 6/12/1990. Part 1 of 2 also included.
Exploration of the Tarcoola Gold Field by Aberfoyle Resources began in mid-1984, following a partial relinquishment of other ground at licence renewal, when some promising gold assay values were detected from rock and mine dump sampling. Geological...-
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Comet Project. Final report, Project ADI RD02-279 [Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
The Comet Project comprises 3 granted tenements and one Application Area. The Proof-of-Concept Study was limited to work undertaken on EL 6443 (Comet) and EL 6633 (Gina). The project area is centred ~85 km south-southwest of Coober Pedy within the...-
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Mulgathing. First quarterly and final report for the period 31/3/87 to 30/6/87.
Exploration for gold and platinum in banded iron formations and ultramafic units of the Mulgathing Complex consisted of reconnaissance rock chip sampling. Assay results provided no encouragement for further work.-
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Indooroopilly, Muckanippie and Commonwealth Hill. Data release made in lieu of submitting a joint partial surrender report for ELs 5799, 6166 and 6348: all project licences' joint annual reports for the period 21/3/2015 to 30/6/2019.
An agglomeration of exploration licences which partly surrounds the Challenger gold deposit at distances of between 35 and 80 km is being explored for similar type economic lode gold mineralisation that may exist in buried Archaean bedrock relatively...-
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Malbooma. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/9/1987 to 13/3/1990.
TARGET: Gold in Lower Proterozoic rocks of the Tarcoola Formation and part of the Mulgathing Complex, possibly as a metamorphosed equivalent of the high grade gold orebodies of The Granites (Tanami Desert, NT). EXPLORATION: Interpretation of aerial...-
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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 2019/00025 Gold mineral systems and exploration strategies for [finding them within] the Gawler Craton, South Australia
Previous classification of gold deposits in the Gawler Craton grouped occurrences into either Archean orogenic deposits, or intrusion-related deposits associated with the Hiltaba Suite intrusive event (Central Gawler Gold Province). In this study, the...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2022
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Bulgunnia. Annual reports for the period 3/6/1996 to 2/6/1998.
Exploration for possible Challenger - type primary gold deposits formed within buried Archaean basement rocks in a multi-block licence area located roughly mid-way between Tarcoola and Coober Pedy is being conducted under a joint venture agreement...-
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Published: 18 Aug 1998
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Lake Labyrinth (part of the Tarcoola Joint Venture Project). Second and third partial surrender reports, for the period 31/10/2001 to 8/2/2009.
Exploration for possible buried epithermal or hydrothermal gold deposits within the large variety of Archaean, Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic basement rocks present in an area located from 20-30 km east of Tarcoola has targeted the potential of...-
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