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Annual report on exploration activities, Mount Neill and Mount Fitton areas, EL 871, 1982.
A reassessment of Marathon Petroleum's 1979 regional stream sediment sampling programme led to the decision to resample a number of areas within EL 871. The Mt Neill and Mt Fitton areas were chosen, as a result of possible similarities with the...-
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Report on the Shamrock uranium prospect.
Uranium mineralisation was first discovered at the old Shamrock Copper Mine during a systematic search of old mine dumps by the South Australian Department of Mines in 1955. Follow-up investigations located a small high-grade uranium lode (Valley...-
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RB 55/00006;Amdel 00126 Accessory minerals of South Australian granites.
The purpose of the work described was to compare and contrast the petrography, accessory minerals, and absolute ages of 25 granitic and allied rock samples collected from widely scattered localities in South Australia. The processes that are...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1961
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RB 77/00051;Env 03054 Porphyry style copper/molybdenum mineralization at Anabama Hill and the Cronje Dam copper prospect.
For a project to determine the base metal potential of known copper-mineralised igneous rocks which outcrop in an area located approximately 59 km south-west of Olary, the South Australian Government has completed detailed mapping, geochemical...-
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Published: 17 May 1977
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RB 92/00046 Interpretation of magnetic and gravity data, KINGOONYA 1:250 000 map area.
This interpretation of magnetic and gravity data covering KINGOONYA was undertaken as part of an interpretation of the northern Gawler Craton, and was carried out without reference to any previous geophysical interpretation. Most of the work is based...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1992
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Bulgunnia, Gosse and Kingoonya (the Mentor Project). Data release made at the surrender of subsequent licences : annual reports for the period 27/10/1992 to 15/11/1997. [Index entry Part 1 of 2 - a very long abstract is split between these two parts].
The Gawler Joint Venture partners (Dominion Mining and Resolute Resources) have been exploring three near-contiguous areas located in the north of the Tarcoola - Kingoonya district, seeking possible economic concealed epithermal/mesothermal...-
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SADME/Amdel Project 1/1/144 : "Stratigraphy and petrology of the Gawler Range Volcanics". Progress reports 1 to 20 for the period 17/4/1972 to 24/11/1983.
This dataset presents the observations and interpretive results of a project aiming to define and classify the complex suite of volcanic rocks found outcropping within the Gawler Ranges, as a corollary to regional geological mapping by the SA...-
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Published: 24 Nov 1983
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Abminga Diamond Project. Data release made at licence renewal [and project cessation]: progress reports and annual reports for the period 25/10/1993 to 17/3/2004.
The Abminga Diamond Project, undertaken by Caldera Resources NL, was granted exploration project status, including permission for EL joint reporting, in July 1996. This event followed up to two years of work by other operators on a number of...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Prospect Hill. Annual reports for the period 25/7/2006 to 24/7/2018.
Continued evaluation of possible economic primary tin oxide mineralisation at three known separate occurrences in the Prospect Hill area, lying 20 km north-west of Moolawatana Homestead, has focussed on the untested zone immediately below the known...-
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Mount Finke. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/3/1987 to 28/9/1989.
TARGET: Gold in the Mount Finke region. EXPLORATION: A photogeological study, aerial magnetic and radiometric surveys, image processing of aeromagnetic data reprocessed by the BMR, a regional geophysical interpretation, ground magnetic traverses,...-
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Charba Hill, Peltabinna Hill and Unalla Hill. Joint progress reports plus joint final report to licence full surrender, for the period 22/12/1989 to 14/11/1990.
TARGET: Possible epithermal gold and base metal deposits associated with volcanic centres; related hydrothermal alteration deposits; and diamonds. EXPLORATION: Regional and follow-up geochemical sampling (gravel, stream sediment and rock chip, plus...-
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Published: 10 Dec 1990
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Yerila Creek. Progress and final reports for the period 8/9/1980 to 7/11/1983.
Exploration for possible epithermal uranium and base metal deposits as part of Marathon's Gunsight Project, in the northern part of the Mount Babbage Inlier around Prospect Hill, comprised orientation and regional rock chip, stream sediment and soil...-
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Brief petrology of bottomhole rock samples from Apollo no. 1 and Gemini no. 1 offshore wells, Great Australian Bight, and comparison with outcropping rocks from onshore Eyre Peninsula.
Two drill cuttings samples from 2842 and 2860 feet depth KB in Apollo 1 (economic basement) were examined for their heavy mineral composition as an aid to stratigraphic correlation with Precambrian sediments found in the adjacent onshore. The well...-
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Published: 23 Dec 1975
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Glenloth. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 1/8/1965 to 31/2/1967.
TARGET: Economic tin mineralisation. EXPLORATION: 1:32,000 scale detailed geological mapping, diamond drilling (9 shallow vertical holes - deepest 57 feet) in the Mount Mitchell area near Glenloth Goldfield, bulk sampling of greisen and vein quartz,...-
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Published: 14 Feb 1967
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Port Augusta - Wilkatana area. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/10/1969 to 4/8/1972.
An area surrounding the Emeroo Range, and extending from the vicinity of Port Augusta to 30 km west of Hawker, was explored by Utah for possible economic stratabound base metal deposits which it was thought could be associated with certain favourable...-
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Anabama Hill. Prospectivity report and data review for the period 2/1/1980 to 14/7/1980.
A memo received from Asarco's Arizona-based geologist Mr J H Courtright (27 December 1978) drew the attention of that company's Perth office staff to the similarities between the Anabama breccia pipes, which he had seen during a visit to the prospect...-
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Published: 14 Jul 1980
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RB 00659 Regional geology and nickel exploration in the MANN 4-mile sheet and adjoining areas. Preliminary report. combined with RB 00659A - Nickel exploration on Special Mining Lease 33, Tomkinson Ranges.
This report reviews the available information on the region and presents a preliminary appraisal of the past nickel exploration data supplied by South Western Mining Co. Ltd. Current field and laboratory information has also been included. The study...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1900
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RB 66/00160 Pandurra agate deposit.
Banded agate of gem quality occurs as cavity fillings in Gawler Range Volcanics and as detrital fragments in younger sediments. The distribution of agate is discussed. Results of laboratory testing of kaolinised porphyry are given. Prospecting for...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1970
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RB 74/00215 Nephrite jade deposits, Cowell, South Australia (proposed letter to Nature).
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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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
