The Cairn Hill magnetite-copper-gold project, located 55 km south-east of South Australia’s far northern regional centre of Coober Pedy, has been developed by IMX Resources Ltd (IMX) and is the first large iron ore mine to be opened in South Australia...

It has lately been shown that the gold grades previously determined from a standard laboratory analysis of grab, rock chip and channel samples collected from Mount Grainger Goldfield may be unreliable, due both to the ore mineralogy and to the patchy...

Large potential field anomalies can be observed in the Marla region of northern South Australia, and have been used to define the northern limit of the Gawler Craton. The subject project’s aim was to model the plausible source(s) for each of those...

The laser ablation - inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) U-Pb zircon geochronology data reported herein derive from three rock samples sourced from the central - northern Gawler Craton, South Australia. These samples have been...

The PACE Geochronology program fosters collaboration on projects of geological and metallogenic significance with focus on dating rocks and minerals from samples suggested by companies through a competitive proposal-based selection process. Successful...

This report book contains SHRIMP zircon U-Pb geochronological data obtained between July 2007 and June 2009, for 10 metasedimentary and meta-igneous rocks from the Mulgathing Complex of the north-estern Gawler Craton. The geochronological study was...

This compilation of written and associated oral papers that were presented for the “What lies beneath the western Gawler Craton? 13GA-EG1E Seismic and Magnetotelluric Workshop 2015” is an important step in building our geological understanding of one...

During 2013-2014, Geoscience Australia, in collaboration with the Geological Survey of South Australia (PACE Frontiers), the Geological Survey of Western Australia (Royalties for Regions Exploration Incentive Scheme), and AuScope, funded acquisition...

This collaborative project between the Geological Survey of South Australia and CSIRO Mineral Resources – Discovery Program aimed to encourage exploration and risk reduction to access the economic potential for sedimentary-hosted Cu mineralisation on...

Large potential field anomalies can be observed in the Marla region of northern South Australia, and have been used to define the northern limit of the Gawler Craton. The subject project’s aim was to model the plausible source(s) for each of those...

Upper crustal strata forming the northern to central Flinders Ranges area comprise uplifted and eroded remnants of openly folded sedimentary rocks that were deposited in an intra-continental arm of the Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian Adelaide...

The northern to central Flinders Ranges area comprise uplifted and eroded remnants of openly folded sedimentary rocks that were deposited in an intra-continental arm of the Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian Adelaide Geosyncline. Deposition was...

Samples of volcanic ash obtained from the Mount Schank area were tested to find if they would act as a satisfactory, naturally occurring raw material substitute for artificial fly ash presently used as a low cost ingredient in concrete mixes, that is...

Similarities between the Athabasca and Cariewerloo Basins were first proposed by PIRSA geologists in the 1990s. Subsequently, the uranium potential of the Cariewerloo Basin has been heavily promoted by PIRSA. Both are intracratonic basins containing...

The Burra (Burra) Mine, situated 150 km north of Adelaide within the Adelaide Geosyncline, produced 2.7 million tonnes of copper ore in two major mining phases - 1845-1877 and 1970-1981. The first phase was initially progressed by underground...

South Australia’s Olympic Cu-Au Province hosts some of the world’s great iron oxide copper gold (IOCG) deposits, such as Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill and Carrapateena. The same causative thermal event resulted in variants of this deposit class being...

The Burra mine 3D model was constructed using a georeferenced version of the original hand-drafted base map, which included elevation data points surveyed during the final phase of mining. These elevation locations and associated height data were...

The SADME 1980-1981 Burra mine field mapping project was undertaken at short notice, in order to collect unique geological data and location survey information from the lower benches of the then actively worked open pit mine, before the newly exposed...

Sedimentary-hosted copper deposits are the second most important source of copper in the world, as well as being the most important source of cobalt, and fourth among all classes of ore deposits in production of silver. The Neoproterozoic sedimentary...

Upper crustal strata forming the northern to central Flinders Ranges area comprise uplifted and eroded remnants of openly folded sedimentary rocks that were deposited in an intra-continental arm of the Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian Adelaide...