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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 96/00025 Exploration for coal in the Coober Pedy area, South Australia.
As part of the Government's South Australian Exploration Initiative (SAEI), and in support of the South Australian Steel and Energy (SASE) Project, a small coal exploration program was initiated by MESA to investigate a number of subtle magnetic lows...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1996
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Johns Outstation / Giffen Well. Annual reports for the period 8/10/2007 to 7/10/2018.
To date, land access restrictions imposed by the Commonwealth Department of Defence have prevented any field work from occurring on the subject tenement, taken up to cover the Giffen Well magnetite iron ore deposit and adjacent inferred prospective...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Hawks Nest. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 12/3/1999 to 11/3/2004.
An area comprising two separate sub-blocks centred ~115 km south-southeast of Coober Pedy and located to the west of the Stuart Highway is being explored for Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic banded iron formation iron ore mineralisation of economic...-
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Published: 05 Feb 1904
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Woomera Project. Joint annual reports for the period 29/9/2008 to 15/6/2017. Includes information status for EL 6085 at licence expiry, for period 16/06/2017 to 01/01/2023: no work performed.
No field work was performed on the three subject licences during the period 2008-2010 inclusive. During 2010, Dominion Gold Operations undertook a desktop evaluation of the possible iron ore potential of the licences. During 2011, the licensee...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1923
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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 [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Phillipson. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 27/4/2000 to 8/8/2010.
During the sixth licence year, on renewed EL 2717 covering the same area as previously, the licensee, now a wholly owned subsidiary of AuIron Energy Limited (formerly Meekatharra Minerals Limited), progressed its investigations of the geology of the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
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Blowout, Campfire Bore, Mulgathing, Jumbuck, Mobella and Sandstone (the Gawler Project Central Tenements Area). Joint venture operators' separate joint annual reports for the period 1/7/2010 to 30/6/2017.
Work targeting Archaean to Proterozoic iron ore in BIF that was carried out by the Iron Road JV partners during 2010-2011 comprised studies of the geological setting and physical characteristics of magnetite iron mineralisation delineated by Stage I...-
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Published: 30 Nov 1918
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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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Lyons, Mount Christie, Barton, Immarna and Immarna South. Final report at licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/6/1983 to 2/6/1988.
TARGET: Possible diamonds in the Barton region. EXPLORATION: Acquisition of an aerial magnetic-radiometric-VLF EM survey (line spacing: 300 m; altitude: 70 m) led to field investigations of 142 potential kimberlite targets generated from this survey...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 6 partnership DPY6-63 - Gawler Iron Project, Mount Christie district - Archaean BIF hosted stratabound iron ore prospects. Drilling project final report.
The Gawler Iron Project is situated approximately 25 km north of the Trans-Australian Railway and 200 km south-west of Coober Pedy, along the western margin of the Gawler Craton in South Australia. The project area formerly had not been systematically...-
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Published: 30 Jan 1912
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Ooldea. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 6/12/1989 to 5/1/2000.
An occurrence of primary magnetite mineralisation within buried Archaean magnetic basement, first inferred from a strong northeast-trending linear magnetic anomaly observed at a location 20 km south of Ooldea Siding at the northern edge of the...-
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Published: 16 Nov 1999
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Lake Everard. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 7/11/1994 to 6/11/1999.
An originally large licence area centred approximately 70 km south-east of Tarcoola, which lies on the north-western margin of the Gawler Ranges and includes the north-western part of Lake Everard, is being explored for possible buried gold deposits...-
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Hicks Hill. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/12/2009 to 8/12/2014.
A previously discovered (SADM, 1950s) partly outcropping body of magnetite-rich Palaeoproterozoic BIF rock (jaspilite), located ~46 km east of Tarcoola, has been investigated afresh for its current economic potential as an iron ore resource. Similar...-
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Published: 20 Apr 1915
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Trial Well. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 15/6/79 to 4/1/82.
TARGET: An assessment of the potential for uranium and lignite deposits within the Eocene Pidinga Formation, and separate investigations of coincident, possible Olympic Dam target type magnetic and gravity anomalies in the crystalline Precambrian...-
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RB 2013/00016 A user's guide to migmatites.
Migmatites are complex, high-grade crystalline rocks that have formed by partial melting. They have been recognised within the crustal rock record across most of geological time, are seen to be developed in various tectonic settings, and can affect a...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2013
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Warrior. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/11/1994 to 13/8/2001.
Following initial assessment of available data, exploration for copper, gold and base metals in an area 60 km west of Tarcoola concentrated on regional calcrete sampling. Analysis for gold and a suite of base metals indicated several areas of...-
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Published: 26 Jun 1901
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RB 2020/00018 Gawler Craton Airborne Geophysical Survey Region 9B, Kingoonya – Enhanced geophysical imagery and magnetic source depth models
This report presents the results of a study jointly conducted by the Geological Survey of South Australia and CSIRO Mineral Resources which aimed to enhance the expression of geological structure in geophysical images and to derive depth to magnetic...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2020
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RB 2020/00013 Gawler Craton Airborne Geophysical Survey Region 8B, Billa Kalina – Enhanced geophysical imagery and magnetic source depth models.
This report presents the results of a study jointly conducted by the Geological Survey of South Australia and CSIRO Mineral Resources which aimed to enhance the expression of geological structure in geophysical images and to derive depth to magnetic...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2020
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RB 2020/00008 Gawler Craton Airborne Geophysical Survey Region 1A, Tallaringa North – Enhanced geophysical imagery and magnetic source depth models.
This report presents the results of a study jointly conducted by the Geological Survey of South Australia and CSIRO Mineral Resources which aimed to enhance the expression of geological structure in geophysical images and to derive depth to magnetic...-
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Published: 01 Mar 2020
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