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Lilydale. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report : progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal over a much reduced area, for the period 5/1/1988 to 4/1/1993.
Initial exploration carried out near Lilydale Homestead, 80 kilometres south-east of Yunta, targeted possible Starra-style gold in the Braemar Ironstone facies. Flying of an airborne semi-detailed magnetic and radiometric survey identified magnetic...-
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Murray Bridge. Progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 15/7/1991 to 14/1/1994.
Exploration was undertaken by BHP along the western margin of the Murray Basin, between Lake Alexandrina and Cambrai township, for possible economic heavy mineral sands and for exhalative sedex-style volcanogenic/stratabound base metal deposits, both...-
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RB 93/00027 Review of heavy mineral sand exploration in South Australia - Murray Basin.
The Cainozoic and Quaternary sands within the Murray Basin have been the focus of recent exploration for heavy mineral sands. Exploration in the South Australian part of the Murray Basin has been dominated by Aberfoyle Resources Ltd. The best...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1993
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Meribah, Halidon, Mantung, Karoonda and Woolpunda (parts of the Murray Basin HMS Project). Individual licence first or second partial surrender reports, describing relevant subsets of exploration work performed between 29/9/1997 and 5/9/2018.
Portions of the Tertiary shallow marine clastic sedimentary sequence (Loxton and Parilla sands) deposited in the central western Murray Basin within SA's Murray Mallee district have been explored for possible economic heavy mineral sand (HMS)...-
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Oakbank, Sergeant's Dam and Oakvale, northern Murray Basin, South Australia (part of the Oakvale Project). Joint third partial surrender report, for the period 3/12/1997 to 1/12/2001.
Within the now relinquished licence portions, parts of six traverses of reverse circulation aircore drilling (involving 68 vertical open holes, total 1918.5 m) tested 60 km strike length of interpreted heavy mineral sand - bearing marine beach facies...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Olary Project (latterly part of the Lodestone Project). Licence individual annual reports, plus related project joint annual reports, for the period 4/11/2009 to 20/1/2019.
Iluka Resources is exploring for possible economic heavy mineral (HM) deposits that may have formed in the northern Murray Basin, with a strategy of targeting any mineralised Loxton-Parilla Sand formation sediments deposited during the Pliocene marine...-
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Woolpunda (part of the Murray Basin Project). Fourth partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 16/11/2000 to 3/7/2017.
An area located immediately south of the Sturt Highway that connects between Swan Reach and Loxton, in the vicinity of the Woolpunda Irrigation Area, has been explored for possible buried accumulations of Tertiary heavy mineral sands which may have...-
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Loxton (part of the Murray Basin Project). Third partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 25/5/1998 to 1/9/2017.
An area located in the northern SA Murray Mallee region, covering an extent of ground surrounding Loxton, has been explored for possible buried accumulations of Tertiary heavy mineral sands which may have formed in the sedimentary cover. In total, 816...-
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Meribah (part of the Murray Basin Project). Fourth partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 19/12/1997 to 1/9/2017.
An area located in the north-eastern SA Murray Mallee region, and centred ~ 35 km south-southeast of Loxton, has been explored for possible buried accumulations of Tertiary heavy mineral sands which may have formed in the sedimentary cover. In total,...-
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Mantung (part of the Murray Basin Project). Fourth partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 14/10/1997 to 8/8/2017.
An area located in the northern SA Murray Mallee region, and centred ~ 35 km south-west of Loxton, has been explored for possible buried accumulations of Tertiary heavy mineral sands which may have formed in the sedimentary cover. In total, 513 square...-
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Wunkar. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/7/1988 to 10/7/1989.
TARGET: Possible economic buried heavy mineral sand accumulations in raised beach strandlines within the upper Pliocene Parilla Sand, in the Moorook area south of Loxton and Waikerie. EXPLORATION: RAB drilling conducted along eight traverses (440...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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Parilla. First partial relinquishment report for the period 6/8/1987 to 5/8/1988.
TARGET: Economic heavy mineral sand deposits within the Upper Pliocene Parilla Sand in the Lameroo - Karte region. EXPLORATION: RAB drilling (222 holes totalling 3944 m) along 5 traverses. RESULTS: Only trace amounts of heavy minerals were recovered...-
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Balah Homestead. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/12/1987 to 6/12/1988.
TARGET: Possible economic buried heavy mineral sand accumulations in raised beach strandlines within the upper Pliocene Parilla Sand, in an area extending for 30-70 km NE of Morgan and for 20-30 km N and NE of Waikerie. EXPLORATION: Aerial photo...-
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Kiama. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 15/11/1985 to 6/11/1986.
Tertiary age heavy mineral sand marine placer deposits were the principal target in the Naracoorte - Penola region. Following an assessment of regional geophysical data seeking to identify possible palaeo-depositional traps adjacent to basement...-
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Published: 19 Nov 1986
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Woorloo Hill (part of the Padthaway Ridge Project). Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/1/1989 to 8/7/1989.
TARGET: Possible economic heavy mineral sands accumulations that may have formed in the area extending between Padthaway, Bordertown and Lameroo. EXPLORATION: A sedimentological review of the subsurface distribution of the Pliocene sand sequence,...-
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Koomooloo [Homestead] and Faraway Hill. Joint first progress report and joint final report to licences' full surrender, for the period 31/8/1990 to 28/3/1991.
TARGET: Possible economic heavy mineral sand deposits formed within the Pliocene Parilla Sand sequence along the north-western margin of the Murray Basin, both in the Canegrass area and the area east of Braemar Station. EXPLORATION: A consultant's...-
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Assessment of the heavy mineral sands potential of the Pliocene sediments of the Padthaway Ridge. (Attachment to quarterly report, 9/4/89 to 9/7/89).
Analysis of Pliocene sedimentation along the Padthaway Ridge has identified a major shoreline feature in the Marmon Jabuk Range, with associated, but younger, shorelines developed in the Padthaway area. Traversing and sampling has established the...-
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Meribah. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/12/1988 to 8/6/1990.
TARGET: Possible economic heavy mineral sand accumulations in Pliocene raised beach strandlines developed along part of the west-central Murray Basin, east and south of Renmark. EXPLORATION: reconnaissance RAB drilling (273 holes, totalling 4035 m)...-
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Lords Well. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/7/1988 to 10/7/1990.
TARGET: Possible economic buried heavy mineral sand accumulations in raised beach strandlines within the upper Pliocene Parilla Sand, in an area centred ~80 km NW of Renmark. EXPLORATION: RAB and reverse circulation drilling (414 holes totalling 7122...-
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Pepper Tree. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/11/1987 to 15/11/1989.
TARGET: Possible economic buried heavy mineral sand accumulations within the Pliocene Parilla Sand in the Canopus area, ~60 km north of Renmark. EXPLORATION: Exploratory reverse circulation aircore traverse drilling and downhole gamma ray logging...-
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