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Wallaroo and Moonta mines and smelters, Yorke's [sic] Peninsula, South Australia. History, nature and methods.
A detailed account of the large scale copper mining and processing operations occurring in the 'Copper Triangle' region of South Australia in the few years following the end of the First World War. The included metrics and pictorial coverage of many...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1921
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RB 54/00075 Ediacara silver-lead-copper Mineral Field. (Mineralisation investigation) Progress report no. 1.
Lead and copper mineralisation occurs in rocks of Cambrian age in the Ediacara Mineral Field. Rich pockets of ore minerals of limited extent occur in the Transition beds and in the overlying carbonates, associated with breccias or turbidites....-
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Published: 19 Mar 1962
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Ooloo mine prospect. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 23/10/1969 to 22/10/1970.
14 lines of grid-based IP and resistivity profiling were carried out at the abandoned Ooloo silver-lead mine by contractor McPhar Geophysics, to try to detect any possible subsurface extensions of the mineralised lodes under alluvial cover. Several...-
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Published: 05 Oct 1970
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Mines in Burnside - their historical significance.
This report on the history and condition of the abandoned pioneer silver-lead mines at Glen Osmond on Adelaide's eastern outskirts was prepared for the Burnside suburban council to allow it to make an informed discussion about the possibility of...-
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Yerelina. Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 7/7/2016 to 3/9/2019.
A small area located in the northern Flinders Ranges and centred ~60 km north-east of Leigh Creek has been explored for possible altered sediment - hosted gold deposits of disseminated, Carlin style which are genetically associated with hot, basement...-
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 8 partnership DPY8-12 - Corunna Station, north-eastern Eyre Peninsula, structurally controlled Mesoproterozoic epithermal Ag-Au and base metal prospects. Drilling final report.
Musgrave Minerals Ltd (MGV) is the holder of the subject EL 5497 Corunna North, located in the southern Gawler Ranges approximately 65 km west of Port Augusta and 10 km north of Iron Knob, where it is exploring for economic base and precious metal...-
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Lake Labyrinth. Final report at licence surrender for the period 16/4/1991 to 12/6/1991.
TARGET: Gold and base metals around old gold workings. EXPLORATION: Limited BLEG stream geochemistry. RESULTS: Weakly anomalous gold values were recorded in streams sourcing known mineralised areas.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1991
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Tietz Dam. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 20/6/1990 to 19/6/1991.
Gold-copper exploration of geochemical and magnetic targets in Adelaidean cover sediments situated north of and near Olary has comprised geological mapping, ground magnetic surveys and limited rock chip and soil geochemical sampling at known...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1991
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Almanda mine area. Progress reports for the period 17/6/1971 to 17/3/1972.
Geochemical orientation sampling was conducted over old surface workings at the historic Almanda mine to ascertain the most suitable pathfinder element for defining any remaining mineralisation. One diamond drillhole (having 65 degrees inclination on...-
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PACE Copper Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 9 partnership DPY9-25 - Pidinga and Fig Tree Corner, western Gawler Craton, orogenic gold prospects. Drilling project final report.
An area centred ~70 km north-east of Yalata and lying ~30 km to the east of the Jacinth and Ambrosia heavy mineral deposits is being explored by Doray Minerals Limited under a joint venture agreement it has made with grant licensee Iluka Resources...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Kolendo, Taringa, Nonning, Wipipippee and Menninnie Dam (the Menninnie Project). Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2013 to 31/12/2016.
The Menninnie JV Project area consists of five contiguous exploration licences, and is considered prospective for Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu-Au-Mo-U deposits associated with past epithermal, porphyry, IOCG and skarn - forming geological environments. It lies in a...-
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PACE Copper Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 9 partnership DPY9-11, Thurlga Ramp, northern edge of Cleve Domain, volcanic epithermal / hydrothermal replacement type precious metal prospects. Drilling final report.
A licence area, which lies adjacent on the west to Investigator Resources' Peterlumbo Hill EL 5368 containing the Paris silver deposit (where there is a currently inferred resource of 42 Moz @ 139 ppm Ag), is being explored under a joint venture with...-
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Macdonald Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/11/1979 to 12/11/1980.
Base metal exploration carried out over an area extending from 8 to 20 km north-northeast of Olary has consisted of a in-depth technical review of past exploration results, plus limited 1:10,000 scale geological mapping, bulk sampling of...-
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Bimbowrie Hill. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 22/10/1973 to 8/6/1976.
Exploration for possible economic stratiform, Broken Hill type base metal deposits hosted within Willyama Complex metasediments in the Bimbowrie Hill - Ameroo Hill area has consisted of a structural interpretation of aerial photos and ERTS imagery,...-
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Woodchester. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/5/1977 to 2/5/1978.
As part of a regional search for possible economic Mount Torrens - type stratiform base metal occurrences within the Kanmantoo Trough, the soil surrounding all outcropping pyritic Cambrian metasediment units within the licence area was geochemically...-
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Published: 17 Mar 1978
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RB 67/00086 Geochemical exploration in the Stirling-Clarendon area.
Approximately 1000 geochemical drainage samples have been collected in two areas within the Stirling - Clarendon project area. Twelve square miles have been sampled in the Lenswood area at an average density of 27 samples to the square mile, and 26...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1970
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Jubilee Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/3/2013 to 28/2/2015.
A small area centred ~70 km south-east of Leigh Creek has been explored for possible diapir-related vein style silver and copper mineralisation similar to what had been mined in some historic small scale underground mines associated with the Pinda...-
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RB 22/00009 Mineral resources of South Australia and their utilization.
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Published: 27 May 1946
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Willouran Hill. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 24/8/1998 to 23/8/2000.
A review of previous exploration indicated prospectivity for secondary Cu mineralisation near old workings in the Willouran Hill area, approximately 20 km south-west of Marree. A more systematic evaluation of anomalous Au was also considered to be...-
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Lady Franklin mine. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/8/1964 to 31/7/1966.
An area of 60 square miles was taken under licence for two years to explore for any possible economic mineralisation that it might contain. Preliminary ground magnetic surveying and grid-based channel sampling conducted in the vicinity of the now...-
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