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Processing [including prior thin section examination] of 135 rock samples from the Musgrave Block to determine their suitability for undergoing K-Ar and Rb-Sr radiometric dating, and a discussion of subsequent dating results.
Report presents the basic data and geochronological age interpretations for 89 K-Ar and 64 Rb-Sr isotopic analyses, made on metamorphic, granitic and volcanic rock samples derived from parts of the Musgrave Block visited by SADME geologists between...-
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Published: 13 Mar 1984
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RB 86/00026 1:250 000 Geological Series - Explanatory Notes, ABMINGA, South Australia.
ABMINGA lies on the eastern edge of the Musgrave Block, which consists of Early to Middle Proterozoic gneisses and granites, intruded by dolerite dykes. A small area of folded and faulted Adelaidean and Cambrian sediments lies in the SW corner....-
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Published: 01 Apr 1986
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PACE 2020 Discovery Drilling 2012: Year 7 Drilling Partnership DPY7-15 - NiCul Minerals Limited, Central Musgrave Project, Woodroffe and Cooperinna areas Proterozoic basement magmatic Ni-Cu-Co-PGE sulphide mineralisation targets. Drilling final report.
Early in 2012, explorer NiCul Minerals Limited (NiCul) sought PACE Initiative funding from the South Australian Government to help it undertake a programme of stratigraphic and targeted mineral exploration drilling within EL 3931 Woodroffe and EL 4587...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Claude Hills. Annual reports to licence expiry/re-issue over same area, for the period 4/12/2000 to 3/12/2005.
EL 2777 Claude Hills covers 1370 square km and is located at Surveyor General’s Corner (the SA, WA, NT State borders' triple point) and consists of 3 blocks. Early SADME work (1966) delineated 4.6 Mt of 1.5% Ni at the nearby Claude Hills/Mount Davies...-
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Pine Ridge (part of the Central Giles Nickel Project). Annual reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 30/3/2007 to 9/6/2015.
A licence area located in South Australia's Far North-west Aboriginal Lands, approximately 140 km north-west of Marla, has been explored primarily for massive magmatic nickel sulphide deposits possibly associated with the Proterozoic Giles Complex...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Davies (part of the Central Giles Nickel Project). Annual reports for the period 4/3/1999 to 23/9/2009.
A licence area located in South Australia's Far North-west Aboriginal Lands, and centred approximately 20 km to the south-east of the Surveyor Generals Corner at the borders of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, has been...-
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Mount Chandler (Musgrave Ranges Project). Annual and final reports for the period 11/11/1996 to 10/11/1999.
Cu-Au-U prospects associated with shear zones and Kulgeran age granites have been identified in an area approximately 60 km north-west of Marla. Best assay results were obtained from the Indulkana Shear Zone, where rock chip sampling returned up to...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Mount Harcus. Annual reports for period 27/6/2005 to 26/6/2010.
Mt Harcus EL3368 is located within the Palaeoproterozoic Musgrave Province. The region is recognised by PepinNini Minerals Ltd as prospective for magmatic Ni-Cu Sulphide mineralisation, platinum group metals, base metals, diamonds, and precious...-
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Data release - as updated : Boundary Dam. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/7/2007 to 29/7/2016.
A small area centred ~130 km north of Marla, and abutting the Northern Territory border along the northern side of Tieyon Station, has been explored for possible economic buried secondary uranium deposits, which Tianda Uranium (Tianda) thought could...-
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Data release - as updated : Mount Woodroffe. Licence-specific early annual reports, plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 5/3/2001 to 29/10/2015.
Mt Woodroffe is an irregularly shaped tenement block covering the central portion of the Musgrave Ranges in the northern part of South Australia. The Ranges lie between the Anangu communities Pukatja and Amata, approximately 550 kilometres by road...-
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Data release - as updated : Hanging Knoll. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 24/9/2007 to 23/9/2016.
A remote and largely untested area within the central Musgrave Province is being explored for possible economic buried magmatic massive copper-nickel sulphide and platinoid group element (PGE) deposits that may have formed around 1080Ma in...-
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Mount Moulden. Technical data submitted in support of a mineral exploration licence application.
Dataset comprises an information package which was supplied by the licence proponents to the Executive Board of Anangu Pitjantjatjara, as part of the formal process of seeking their permission to conduct mineral exploration activities within the...-
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RB 62/00101 Preliminary notes on geology of WOODROFFE 1:250 000 sheet area.
This progress report summarizes field characteristics of the major rock types present in outcrop on the WOODROFFE 1:250,000 scale mapsheet area.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1966
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RB 71/00183 Progress report on nickel exploration, Kenmore Park, Alberga 1-mile sheet.
Seven serpentinite bodies were located on Kenmore in the 1970 field season and a ground magnetic survey was carried out over the area that contained most of them. Induced polarization surveys were carried out over the South Bank and Eremophila...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1971
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RB 73/00073 Frazer's copper prospect drilling completion report.
A band of basic granulite occupying the nose of a syncline in a folded sequence of predominantly acid gneisses was examined by detailed mapping, geochemical sampling, induced polarization and both rotary-percussion and diamond drilling. Primary...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1973
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RB 73/00154 Report on drilling of the Kenmore 2 copper prospect, Kenmore Alberga.
Acid gneiss underlying soil displaying anomalous copper values was investigated by geological mapping, geochemistry, geophysics, rotary and diamond drilling. Subeconomic sulphide mineralization, thought to have originated as a stratabound deposit, was...-
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Published: 22 Jun 1973
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RB 74/00110 Drilling completion report, Wild Horse prospect, Eateringinna Alberga.
A soil geochemical anomaly was investigated by geological mapping, induced polarization, geochemical sampling and diamond drilling. Finely disseminated sulphide, mainly pyrite, was located in basic granulite, but in subeconomic quantities.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 74/00136 Regional geology of the Musgrave Block.
The Musgrave Block is a Precambrian crystalline basement feature about 750 kilometres long (east-west) and 270 kilometres wide (north-south) that includes the north west province of South Australia and adjacent areas of Western Australia and Northern...-
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Published: 25 Jun 1974
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Mount Woodward. Annual reports plus combined 5-year annual/final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 5/3/2001 to 6/10/2012.
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PACE 2020 Initiative : PACE Targeting, Year 1 partnership no. 19 - Musgrave Project area, SkyTEM helicopter-borne electromagnetic survey. Project PT1-19 final report.
To assist with exploration for possible buried magmatic massive copper-nickel sulphide deposits in Proterozoic Giles Complex ultramafic intrusions within the central Musgrave Province, and to simultaneously provide useful geophysical data for mapping...-
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