A buried dipolar kimberlite target was detected west of Woomera by aeromagnetic and ground magnetic surveys. Sampling of surface gravels for diamond indicators and microdiamonds proved inconclusive. Aircore drilling (2 holes, total 143 m) identified...

The area relinquished lies on the southern coast of Fleurieu Peninsula, approximately 25 km east of Cape Jervis, and is the most recently issued and southernmost of a number of licences held to assess the untested full extent of historically economic...

Evaluations of 3.5 m resolution digital elevation models lately acquired over the Wingilpin Bluff area, located 75 km north-east of Kingoonya, have indicated that substantial Tertiary and Recent erosion has removed most of the potential opal-bearing...

Diamond exploration which was undertaken across practically the whole of Kangaroo Island, barring national and conservation parks and reserves, sought to test the potential of the island to contain kimberlite pipes and / or associated rock types, and...

Exploration carried out immediately south-east of Naracoorte targeted possible gold and base metals mineralisation which might occur in basement rocks under 100 m thickness of cover, within an inferred northerly continuation from Tasmania of the...

A suite of Jurassic kimberlite dykes occur near Orroroo, South Australia. They range in thickness from a few millimetres to 30 metres. The intrusions are all extensively altered at surface, but a few of them are petrographically similar, and have...

A mining consultant was engaged by mineral claim option holder Murumba Minerals to assess the commercial potential of a rare (for Australia) grouping of lens style nephrite deposits located about 20 km north of Cowell, which had only been mined on a...

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Soil geochemical sampling, trenching, auger drilling and ground magnetometry were performed over the basic/ultrabasic dyke complexes at Wanka Wanka Hill, Moorilyanna and Ronalds Well. Small areas of mineralization were located, with further detailed...

In August 1972 Cultus Pacific commenced exploring a number of historic copper prospects near Lyndhurst in the northern Flinders Ranges, with a view to assessing their feasibility for open-cut mining. The programme of work completed so far has...

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During a period of almost 52 months, Mines Exploration, the operator of the presently active Kanmantoo copper mine, has also been conducting near-mine exploration at the historic Kapunda copper mine prospect, searching for economic extensions to known...

After its initial stream sediment sampling and rock chip sampling had revealed that significant base metal anomalism (Mo to 600 ppm and Cu to 300 ppm) exists on and near granitic rock outcrops at Anabama Hill, Asarco undertook detailed 1:1200 scale...

The Geological Survey of South Australia, in partnership with Geoscience Australia, is undertaking a regional pre-competitive geoscience research drilling program in the far west of South Australia called the Coompana Drilling Project. The Coompana...

HyVista Corporation was contracted by PIRSA during July 2012 to process HyMap airborne hyperspectral scanner data acquired over the Mount Painter region of SA on 28/3/1998. The nominal pixel size acquired was 4.5 m x 4.5 m, within a surveyed area of...

The northern Flinders Ranges region is underlain by rocks predominantly belonging to two contrasting geological provinces: the metamorphic and igneous Palaeoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic Mount Painter and Mount Babbage Inliers, and the sediments of...

This publication highlights how the availability of minerals is crucial to providing the basic requisites of life, or else, to fundamentally contributing for the manufacture of vital requisites such as food, clothing, heat, light and shelter, in order...

South Australia has had a very long geological history traceable back for over 2000 million years. It has areas of ancient basement rocks and of younger rocks representing most of the geological column, which are exposed at the surface or have been...

South Australia's famous desert opalfields supply about 80% of the world output of precious opal, with current production coming almost entirely from the major fields at Andamooka, Coober Pedy and Mintabie, each of which is expected to increase output...