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Lake Gilles. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/6/1980 to 3/7/1996.
Aeromagnetic, ground magnetic and EM surveys, with follow-up rock chip, stream sediment and soil sampling, RAB drilling (688 holes, total 17,553 m) and RC drilling (12 holes, total 1149 m), have defined an extensive zone of anomalous base metal...-
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Published: 15 May 1996
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North Fowlers Bay - Chundaria. Annual reports and progress reports for the periods 15/9/1993 to 14/9/1998, and 28/10/1998 to 12/3/1999.
North Ltd's Barton Project commenced in 1990 across a number of licences progressively taken out over the western Gawler Craton, which eventually came to include EL 1865. Initial exploration for heavy mineral sand in the Barton-Ooldea area, 100-200...-
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Published: 06 May 1999
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Roopena Station. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 22/5/1978 to 26/6/1985.
Exploration of an area situated between Whyalla, Iron Knob and The Bluff overlooking Myall Creek, 20 km south-west of Port Augusta, aimed to test for Olympic Dam - type Cu-U-Au mineralisation associated with products of igneous activity located in and...-
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Published: 09 Aug 1985
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RB 38/00018 Report on radioactive occurrences ( in the ) Middleback Range.
Three occurrences of anomalous radioactivity detected by BHP within Palaeoproterozoic metasediments on the eastern side of the Iron Prince open pit iron mine were inspected at the company's request, to try to determine the source of radiation. The...-
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Published: 04 Aug 1954
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RB 86/00035;Lib Review of diamond drilling of nephrite jade deposits near Cowell, South Australia.
Jade was first discovered in 1965, 20 km north of Cowell. It consists of nephrite formed within the migmatised Early Proterozoic Minbrie Gneiss Complex, with host rocks of dolomite marble and banded calc silicates. Alteration zones around nephrite...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1986
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RB 89/00084 Geology of St Peter and Goat Islands (Nuyts Archipelago) and Cape Beaufort.
Outcrops of Proterozoic rocks consist of a complex suite of comagmatic intrusives which exhibit a variable degree of deformation and are correlated with the Early Proterozoic Lincoln Complex. On southern Saint Peter Island, felsic volcanics,...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1989
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RB 93/00004 Tarcoola - Tallaringa bedrock drilling 1991. Summary.
Archaean and Early and Middle Proterozoic rocks of the north-western Gawler Craton have features which suggest good prospectivity for base metals, precious metals and other commodities. However, outcrop is poor and there has been relatively little...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1993
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RB 89/00070 Gawler Ranges Excursion, October 7th-9th, 1989.
Summarises the chemical classification and macroscopic visual attributes of basement igneous rocks seen in outcrop within the regional geological settings of northern Eyre Peninsula and the Gawler Ranges.-
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Published: 01 Sep 1989
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RB 91/00037 Lincoln Dale, Kyimba and Bunora drilling traverses, southwest of Kimba - Well completion report.
Fifteen rotary holes, 13 with bottom-hole core, tested 3 aeromagnetic anomalies for the presence of Hutchison Group, which is prospective for lead-zinc-silver. Low grade meta-sediments and possible acid volcanics of the Hutchison Group were...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1991
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RB 93/00037 Review of exploration for kaolin in the Kimba area, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
During 1969-72, kaolinised bedrock south of Kimba on northern Eyre Peninsula was investigated by Pechiney and CSR Ltd as a potential source of alumina. Exploration drilling of 102 holes outlined 4 broad areas of kaolinisation at Kelly Tank,...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1993
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Unlocking South Australia's Mineral and Energy Potential - A Plan for Accelerating Exploration. Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry) : Year 1 partnership no. DPY1-12, Chianti mineral prospect. Project final report.
The subject report describes the results of drilling two fully cored rotary holes totalling 1161.10 m at the Chianti prospect, an unusually-shaped residual gravity anomaly located in Gunson Resources' EL 3264, 20 km north-east of the Mount Gunson...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 4 partnership DPY4-19, Murninnie mine area (north-eastern Spencer Domain) IOCG mineral prospects. Project final report.
The Murninnie Cu-Bi-Au deposit and mine environs, located approximately 40 km south-west of Whyalla, have not been seriously explored in more than 50 years due to quarantining of the deposit under Private Mine title. The lode-style deposit is exposed...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Kapinnie (part of the Brimpton Lake Project). Annual reports for the period 17/9/2003 to 4/3/2010.
An area extending to the north of Kapinnie on western Eyre Peninsula area is being explored by grant licensee Anglo American and (since March 2003) its joint venture partner Lynch Mining, looking for possible buried economic Archaean volcanic or...-
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Lake Gilles. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/5/1969 to 18/5/1970.
Exploration for possible economic hypogene base metal sulphide deposits associated with poorly exposed iron-rich linear outcrops, overlying faulted Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic basement which is obscured by extensive Cainozoic sedimentary cover rocks...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1970
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Carappee Hill. Data release made in lieu of submitting a licence second partial surrender report : annual reports for the period 10/10/1995 to 16/10/2003.
Palaeoproterozoic metasediments of the Hutchison Group, and Lincoln Complex granitoids, were the targets of exploration for gold, base metals and granite dimension stone in an area 40 km south of Kimba. Initial calcrete sampling indicated that...-
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Koppio. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 6/1/1995 to 7/4/1997.
Geochemical sampling of ferruginous lag, stream sediments, BLEG soils, and rock chips, targeted possible Thompson Belt - type nickel-copper and precious metal mineralisation hosted by Lower Proterozoic Hutchison Group metasediments in an area 40 km...-
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Tarcoola - Tallaringa Bedrock Drilling Project.
Archaean, Early and Middle Proterozoic rocks of the north-western Gawler Craton have features which suggest good prospectivity for base metals, precious metals and other commodities. However, outcrop is poor and there has been relatively little...-
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Cummins. Annual reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 10/1/1997 to 16/3/1999.
Thick and often unconsolidated cover sequences of Bridgewater, Uley and Wanilla Formations prevented systematic regolith sampling of much of the area between Wanilla and Peachna, 40 km north-west of Port Lincoln, while no coherent base metal anomalies...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Brimpton Lake. Annual reports for the period 9/2/2005 to 8/8/2018.
An area of the southern Gawler Craton, which is located on Eyre Peninsula east of Elliston, is continuing to be explored for possible economic buried Archaean to Proterozoic bedrock-hosted primary base and precious metal deposits of inferred...-
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Cowell nephrite deposit. Technical appraisal reports submitted during the period 1970 to 1988.
A consultant geologist's reports prepared in 1970 for by mining lease optionholder Murumba Minerals NL describe his detailed mapping of the then known jade (nephrite) deposits within the Cowell Jade Province. Two potentially mineable deposits were...-
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Published: 08 Dec 1980
