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Woomera, Portulacca Ridge and Red Lake. Joint final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 15/2/1983 to 7/11/1986.
The three licences now being surrendered were originally taken out by Seltrust in the mid-1970s to search for stratabound base metals and Olympic Dam type mineralisation. After Seltrust withdrew from the subsequently formed Stuart Shelf joint venture...-
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RB 57/00015 Seismic refraction tests, Williamstown area (22/7/1963).
Two seismic refraction tests were carried out near Williamstown to determine whether the method could be used to trace buried river channels in the search for deep lead gold deposits. The bedrock surface could not be detected as the velocity of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 88/00015 Seismic refraction survey Teetulpa Goldfields.
2 seismic refraction profiles aimed to test the method in searching for alluvial channels incised into Adelaidean bedrock in EL1413. Interpreted depths to bedrock of 6-10 metres were confirmed by follow-up drilling and an indication of the bedrock...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1988
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RB 88/00052 Mittopitta Goldfield seismic refraction survey 1988.
5 profiles were recorded to define the extent of a subsurface alluvial channel. The western limit is controlled by outcropping Adelaidean bedrock, while to the east interpreted depths of 30-40 metres to bedrock were indicated. To date the eastern...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1988
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Wynbring [Siding]. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report upon licence expiry/renewal : annual reports for the period 30/8/2004 to 29/8/2009.
An area located approximately 160 km north-northwest of Ceduna is being explored for possible economic nickel-copper-platinum group metal magmatic mineral deposits, which may have formed within Archaean to Proterozoic basement rocks in a geological...-
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Bond Hill. Annual reports to licence surrender for the period 17/5/2002 to 3/6/2005.
An area located between Lakes Acraman and Gairdner was taken up to explore for possible buried iron oxide - associated copper-gold deposits hosted by subcropping basement rocks of the Gawler Range Volcanics (GRV). The licensee had noted a lack of...-
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Published: 14 Apr 1905
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Margaret Creek (part of the G2 Lineament Project). First and second partial relinquishments' combined report, for the period 13/10/2000 to 12/10/2004.
Diamond exploration undertaken within the relinquished portions of EL 2759, which are located immediately south of William Creek and near the Oodnadatta Track, was focussed on the margin of the Gawler Craton where it is cut by the NNW-trending G2...-
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ELs 4653 - 4661 (the Marla Project). Joint annual reports, plus final reports at licences' individual or joint full surrenders, for the period 25/1/2011 to 9/9/2014.
Nine licence areas occupying a 70 km x 30 km region overlying a west-northwest trending structural corridor situated along the northern margin of the Gawler Craton, have been explored for possible buried large-scale deposits of iron oxide - associated...-
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Published: 23 Oct 1914
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The Lake Torrens Project; plus the Olympic Domain Project. Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2006 to 31/12/2010.
Licensee Copper Range originally took up a group of three tenements located in central South Australia covering areas within and west of Lake Torrens, with the intent, much reinforced following the Carrapateena deposit discovery made in 2005, of...-
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Published: 04 Mar 1911
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Island Dam, Stuart Shelf and Andamooka Ranges (the Stuart Shelf Project). Joint annual reports for the period 11/10/2009 to 30/6/2018.
Exploratory drilling carried out by BHP Billiton (BHPB) during the 2009-10 project reporting year took place at six prospects thought to have good IOCG mineralisation potential, based in part on earlier drilling results and also on refined target...-
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Published: 30 Aug 1918
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Carrapateena Arm, Hatch Hill, Beda Arm and Lake Torrens South (the OZ Minerals Carrapateena Project). Annual reports (separate and joint) for the period 8/1/2008 to 6/1/2016.
Exploration of the Lake Torrens JV Project area during 2008, managed by Teck Cominco Australia (Teck), consisted of diamond drilling some wedge holes off a parent to determine the lateral and vertical dimensions of bornite and chalcopyrite - dominated...-
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Comet Outstation, Gina Outstation, Commonwealth Hill Station - Central and East, and Aurora Tank areas (the Commonwealth Hill Project). Joint annual reports for the period 15/12/2008 to 30/6/2013.
A group of contiguous exploration licences centred ~100 km south-west of Coober Pedy are being explored principally for epithermal and Challenger-style gold mineralisation hosted by covered Archaean basement rocks, as well as for any economic base...-
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Published: 31 Aug 1913
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Data release - as updated : Woordlemmie. Annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 22/6/2011 to 22/11/2019.
An area situated a short distance to the east and south-east of CSR's historic Mount Gunson open cut copper workings, covering ground adjacent to the south-western and southern margins of Pernatty Lagoon, has been explored for possible buried economic...-
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Published: 26 Nov 1919
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PACE Copper Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 9 partnership DPY9-42 - Mount Woods Project area, Gawler Craton: assessing the potential for ISGC style mineralisation within the Mount Woods Inlier. Drilling final report
Historically, exploration undertaken for finding Iron Oxide - associated Copper-Gold (IOCG) mineralisation on the eastern Gawler Craton, over the long period since the discovery of the Olympic Dam deposit in July 1975, has targeted positive gravity...-
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Teetulpa Goldfield. Progress and final reports to licence surrender, for the period 17/7/1987 to 24/12/1987.
TARGET: Possible untested ?Pliocene deep leads of auriferous gravels that might be concealed beneath reported thick calcrete caprocks, in an area that lies downstream from historic alluvial gold workings in Brady's Gully and Strawbridge's Gully....-
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Published: 23 May 1988
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North-eastern Peake and Denison Inliers. Final report for approved geophysical work programme, Project ADI RD01-094 [part of Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 1, 2021].
Licenceholder Minotaur Exploration has received a grant of ADI Round 1 subsidy funds from DEM to assist it in understanding the Proterozoic basement geology of the Peake and Denison Inliers, with the aim of making a step-change in the modelling of...-
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Melton Station. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/7/1989 to 17/7/1990.
TARGET: Possible economic alluvial gold occurrences hidden beneath a broad floodplain formed north of the Waukaringa Goldfield. EXPLORATION: Acquisition of two seismic refraction profiles to try to map bedrock depth, which could not be interpreted,...-
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Published: 19 Sep 1990
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Tarcoola 2D Seismic Survey. Final report, Project ADI RD03-408 [Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 3, 2023].
Accelerated Discovery Initiative (ADI) Funding Agreement RD03/408-GP was awarded to Barton Gold commencing 11 July 2022 for the acquisition, processing, interpretation, and drill testing of 2D seismic data over the area of the Tarcoola mine and...-
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Published: 04 Dec 1923
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Data release : Mount Sarah, Alamilda Hill and Todmorden (the Mount Sarah Project). Annual reports and joint annual reports to the successive expiry/full surrender of ELs 6129 and 5634, for the overall period 23/6/2015 to 22/6/2020.
Three adjacent areas located in dissected hilly country 70-90 km to the north-west of Oodnadatta were successsively taken up under licence to cover a significant, 8 mGal regional gravity anomaly which could have potential for IOCG type basement-hosted...-
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Published: 24 Jun 1920
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Binda Boudna and Billa Kalina (the Stuart Shelf IOCG-U Project). Joint annual reports plus individual licence final reports to their respective expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/5/2013 to 1/5/2018.
Two adjoining licence areas located within the north-eastern Gawler Craton, to the east of the Mount Woods Domain, and centred about 150 km NNW of the Olympic Dam mine, were taken up to explore for possible economic buried IOCGU mineralisation which...-
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