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Yalarna. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/9/1980 to 3/9/1982.
In a search for East Alligator River - type metamorphic uranium deposits, a review of previous geophysical data plus the conduct of ground and airborne radiometric surveys disclosed a number of anomalies in an area on central Eyre Peninsula extending...-
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RB 81/00052 Carnot Gneisses, southern-most Eyre Peninsula.
The Carnot Gneisses form an extensive layered sequence that crops out in southernmost Eyre Peninsula. They consist of garnetiferous quartzofeldspathic gneiss, hypersthene gneiss, granitic gneiss and basic granulite. Rb/Sr whole rock studies indicate a...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1981
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Brimpton Lake. Data release made in lieu of submitting a second partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal : annual reports for the period 22/10/2001 to 21/10/2004.
Following the farm-in of Anglo American Exploration to this tenement in March 2003, new activity has focussed on the rapid definition of drilling targets in a search for possible Archaean basement volcanic or sediment-hosted base metal massive...-
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Published: 21 Oct 1904
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The Western Eyre Peninsula JV Project. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report for EL 2662, and a final report at the surrender of EL 2711: joint annual reports for the period 26/8/1994 to 11/4/2002.
A high amplitude, linear N-S trending magnetic feature, dubbed the Coffin Bay Magnetic Anomaly, and the recognition of basement lithologies analogous to those of metallogenically prospective late Archaean terranes in Canada, were the impetus for...-
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Published: 17 Jun 1902
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The Venus Bay Project. Respective joint annual and subsequent individual [for Venus Bay] annual reports to that remaining licence's expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/4/2002 to 16/9/2012.
Renewed diamond exploration has been conducted in a part of the western Eyre Peninsula where numerous kimberlite indicator mineral (KIM) anomalies occur in surficial sediments, and where the four adjoining licence areas involved lie in close proximity...-
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Published: 26 Nov 1912
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Coulta. Progress reports and annual report to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 23/2/1978 to 22/3/1979.
Exploration for possible economic vein-style primary uranium deposits hosted within basement rocks in a licence area located 55 km west-northwest of Port Lincoln has consisted of detailed (1:10,000 scale) geological mapping over a 650 square km area,...-
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Bull 055 A geochronological framework for the Gawler Craton, South Australia
This bulletin contains geochronological data and interpretations from the Gawler Craton of South Australia that have been completed by Mark Fanning of The Australian National University, by Geological Survey of South Australia personnel, and by...-
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RB 2006/00004 Crustal evolution of the Gawler Craton, South Australia: Application of the TerraneChron technique to detrital zircon from modern stream sediments.
This report presents the results of a Terranechron [registered brand name for this proprietary technique] study of detrital zircons from modern stream sediments of the Gawler Craton. The Terranechron approach involves obtaining uranium - lead decay...-
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Published: 01 Feb 2006
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RB 2012/00017 Transpression and lower crustal extrusion: a transect across the Paleoproterozoic Kalinjala Shear System in the south-eastern Gawler Craton.
The Gawler Craton preserves a tectonic history spanning the interval c. 3200 – 1400 Ma, and its evolution is dominated by Neoarchean to Mesoproterozoic tectonic events. Prior to the Jurassic-Cretaceous breakup of Australia and Antarctica, the Gawler...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2012
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RB 2012/00015 SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology of Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic rocks from the southern Eyre Peninsula.
This report presents the results of SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology from the southern Gawler Craton that has been acquired with the view to improving our understanding of some key stratigraphic units of this region. Eight samples taken from outcrops...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2012
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Warramboo (the Central Eyre Project). Annual reports [but excluding four separately held joint annual reports] for the period 6/6/2001 to 8/2/2019.
During the sixth year of tenure of the Warramboo licence, now held by Adelaide Exploration Limited as renewed EL 2846 covering the same 1363 square km area as before, the only exploration-related activity which occurred was the acquisition during...-
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Published: 28 Mar 1918
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RB 82/00086 Geochronology of the Gawler Craton, South Australia.
During the past 15 years, a major investigation (553 Rb-Sr and 100 K-Ar analyses) were undertaken to determine the Archaean - Proterozoic stratigraphic, magmatic and tectonic history. The isotopic dates define 3 broad groupings, Sleafordian Orogeny (2...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1982
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RB 2020/00026 PACE Copper Gawler Craton Airborne Survey, Region 6, Gairdner - 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 Oct 2020
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Gawler Province regional geology 3D Model (3D version 1).
The Gawler Province 3D Geological Model is the second product of PIRSA's early 3D modelling trials conducted using 3D GeoModeller software. The work began with identifying the statigraphic units that were to be modelled. Due to the regional scale of...-
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RB 2016/00019 Neoarchaean to earliest Palaeoproterozoic magmatism in the southern Gawler Craton: petrogenesis of the Minbrie Gneiss and Carpa Granite.
This report presents geochemical constraints on the evolution of the Minbrie Gneiss and Carpa Granite, two magmatic units occurring in the southern Gawler Craton. These two units were previously assigned to the Palaeoproterozoic Lincoln Complex,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2017
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Cultana basement regional geology 3D Model.
The Cultana basement 3D Geological Model covers a region which includes the Roopena, and western half of the Cultana, 1:100,000 mapsheet areas. The subsurface geology that has been modelled comprises a succession of deformed Palaeoproterozoic...-
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RB 2016/00030 Mineral Systems Drilling Program in the southern Gawler Ranges, South Australia.
The Mineral Systems Drilling Program (MSDP) was a $3.5M cash and $4.11M in-kind collaborative drill program involving government, researchers, service providers and the minerals industry. The objective of the MSDP was to further the understanding of...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2017
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RB 2020/00006 SHRIMP geochronology of the Mount Double area, Southern Gawler Ranges margin
This geochronological study was undertaken within the scope of the Mineral Systems Drilling Program (MSDP), a program that was aimed at improving the understanding of the geology and prospectivity of the southern Gawler Ranges margin area on northern...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2020
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RB 2012/00019 Geochemistry of pre-1570 Ma mafic magmatism within southern Australia: implications for possible tectonic settings and timing of major mineralisation events in South Australia.
Geochemical and isotopic data from mantle-derived mafic rocks provide important constraints on our understanding of the composition and evolution of the lithosphere through time. Since the lithosphere is sensitive to tectonic processes such as...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2012
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RB 2012/00010 Geochronology and geochemistry of a Kimban diorite, drillhole LED001, Lake Gilles, eastern Gawler Craton.
The geology of the Lake Gilles locale in the south-west of the PORT AUGUSTA 1:250k map sheet area is poorly understood. Outcrop of basement rocks there is sparse, and typically occurs along the margins of the salt lake, where it is highly weathered....-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
