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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Cutana. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 25/7/2002 to 24/7/2007.
An area centred ~25 km south-east of Olary township is being explored for possible economic buried IOCG type and gold-only mineralisation, as well as for possible stratiform Broken Hill type lead-zinc-silver occurrences, and latterly also, for Radium...-
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Published: 23 Aug 1907
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Cutana. Annual reports for the period 10/12/2009 to 9/12/2018.
An area consisting of three separate sub-blocks located ~20 to 35 km north-east of Olary and ~20 km east of Cutana is being explored for possible economic gold as basement shear and vein hosted style deposits, as well as for possible extensions of the...-
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[East of] Lake Frome area (part of the Benagerie Ridge JV Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 10/10/2002 to 9/10/2012.
EL 3019 located in the Curnamona Province of South Australia covers a portion of the north-south trending buried palaeotopographic high known as the Benagerie Ridge. The north-south elongate licence area occupies part of Quinyambie Station, and is...-
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Benagerie Ridge Areas A to E (initially the Curnamona IOCG Project, and later becoming part of the Curnamona South Uranium Project). Joint annual reports to licences' respective or joint (final) surrender, for the period 25/5/2005 to 9/6/2015.
Five conjoined exploration licences covering the buried central and northern Benagerie Ridge basement province that is comprised predominantly of Mesoproterozoic volcanic and intrusive rocks, have been explored for possible economic iron oxide -...-
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Published: 14 May 1915
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RB 2004/00025 Beryl in South Australia
Gem-quality varieties of beryl occur rarely in South Australia and exist in insufficient quantities to be of current economic interest. Non-gem grade beryl, by contrast, is a widespread accessory mineral in many pegmatites of South Australia, but, at...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2004
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RB 2006/00014 Geology of the Olary Domain Curnamona Province South Australia 2006 Field Guide and Excursion Stops
This field guidebook provides brief geological summaries to sites in South Australia that were visited during the 2006 Broken Hill Exploration Initiative pre-conference excursion. Figures show the location of the field area and approximate location of...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2006
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RB 2006/00017 Geological notes on the Coppertop, Montstephen, southern Morialpa and southeastern Plumbago Inliers
Four areas on the south-western margin of the Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Willyama Inliers were mapped in detail to elucidate the nature of their lithostratigraphy, structure and mineralisation. These basement inliers are composed of...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2006
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RB 2019/00014 Old Boolcoomata region excursion notes, Curnamona Province, 20-22 July 2019
The excursion to the Old Boolcoomata region of the Olary Domain, Curnamona Province, in South Australia presents most of the stratigraphy of the late Palaeoproterozoic Willyama Supergroup and evidence for its complex deformation during the ~1600 Ma...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2019
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RB 2005/00012 Prospectivity analysis of Bimbowrie Station, Curnamona Province, South Australia - interim report
In May 2004 the Minister for the Department of Environment and Heritage purchased Bimbowrie Station pastoral lease. The station was purchased because it encompasses part of the Olary Ranges, which is part of the environmentally important Broken Hill...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2005
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RB 2004/00008 Geology of the Olary Domain
The aim of this report is to provide a summary of the present status of the geology of the Olary Domain, Curnamona Province. It gives a comprehensive, referenced description of all known interpretations of Willyama Supergroup basement stratigraphy,...-
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Published: 01 Feb 2004
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RB 2010/00011 Building granite plutons in the Olary Domain, South Australia: a ring dyke model.
Transects made across three discrete granite plutons which outcrop in the Olary Domain of the Curnamona Province have revealed that varying geochemical and lithological zones are common within the individual plutons. The Ninnerie Hill Pluton and the...-
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Published: 01 Feb 2010
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RB 2015/00011 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia – Third edition.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2013–2014, South Australia produced 4399 t of uranium, representing 80% of Australia’s total uranium production of 5512 t, and equating to 9.2% of the world’s total...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2015
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RB 2012/00009 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia – Second edition.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2010–11, South Australia produced 4276 t of uranium, representing 60% of Australia’s total uranium production of 7035 t, and equating to 11% of the world’s total...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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RB 2014/00003 Geology and mineral resources of Bimbowrie Conservation Park – the MacDonald Corridor and adjacent parts of the Palaeo- to Mesoproterozoic basement.
Former sheep station ‘Bimbowrie’, situated in the Olary Ranges, South Australia, was purchased by the South Australian Government as a conservation park in 2004. It has had a long history of mining, mineral exploration and geoscientific investigation....-
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Published: 01 Jan 2014
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RB 2008/00004 Definitions of Mesoproterozoic igneous rocks of the Curnamona Province: the Ninnerie Supersuite.
The Curnamona Province has been host to widespread magmatic activity, with several periods of granite emplacement recorded, variously extending from the late Palaeoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic. Mesoproterozoic granites and volcanic rocks occur...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2008
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RB 2010/00020 Definition of the Mesoproterozoic Ninnerie Supersuite, Curnamona Province, South Australia.
The Curnamona Province crustal block was host to widespread late Palaeoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic magmatic activity, with several periods of granite emplacement on record as having occurred during the Mesoproterozoic. Granitic and volcanic...-
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Published: 01 Jun 2011
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RB 2009/00014 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2008/2009, South Australia produced 4 613 t of uranium, representing 45% of Australia's total uranium production of 10 311 t, and equating to 9.5% of the world's...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2010
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RB 2023/00002 40Ar/39Ar geochronology from AuScope National Argon Map samples, Curnamona Province, South Australia.
The National Argon Map is an AuScope-funded pilot project (2020–2021). The project aimed to compile a national-scale 40Ar/39Ar geochronology map and to analyse new samples to fill the gaps in national coverage of this dataset. The Geological Surveys...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2023
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-55, exploring Kalkaroo Dome copper-gold mineral prospects for extensions of the Kalkaroo deposit. Project final report.
The Kalkaroo Cu-Au-Mo deposit is located 65 km north of Olary and 100 km west of Broken Hill, and occupies a portion of very prospective Palaeoproterozoic Bimba Formation subcrop, which potentially could have a 40 km strike length around two buried...-
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RB 2012/00019 Geochemistry of pre-1570 Ma mafic magmatism within southern Australia: implications for possible tectonic settings and timing of major mineralisation events in South Australia.
Geochemical and isotopic data from mantle-derived mafic rocks provide important constraints on our understanding of the composition and evolution of the lithosphere through time. Since the lithosphere is sensitive to tectonic processes such as...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2012
