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Spencer Gulf. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/2/1981 to 11/2/83.
A 900 line km detailed aeromagnetic survey was carried out over the northern extremity of Spencer Gulf, in a search for possible Olympic Dam style mineralisation associated with a significant and complex magnetic high anomaly that is located almost...-
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Published: 15 Jun 1982
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RB 90/00016 Beda Volcanics and Backy Point Formation of the eastern Gawler Craton.
Beda Volcanics and Backy Point Formation crop out in only a few localities on northeastern Eyre Peninsula, north of Whyalla, but drilling has shown them to extend for approximately 170 km to the north below younger cover. The Beda Volcanics comprise...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1991
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Old Wartaka. Annual reports for the period 8/5/2013 to 7/5/2019.
A small area located on the eastern side of the Roopena Fault Zone, proximal to the south-eastern margin of the Gawler Ranges, is being explored for possible buried epigenetic gold and silver mineralisation, or IOCG type base metal sulphide...-
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Published: 13 May 1919
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Pandurra. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 7/4/1975 to 6/4/1977.
Ongoing exploration for a possible Cattlegrid type stratabound copper deposit over an area south-west of Lake Torrens included aerial magnetic and EM surveys, drill testing of EM anomalies by 47 percussion holes totalling 2086 m, a regional magnetic...-
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Mount Gunson. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 5/8/1977 to 4/8/1979.
In a search for possible economic repetitions of Cattlegrid and MG14 - style copper sulphide mineralisation, or for any buried analogues to Western Mining Corp.'s recently discovered copper deposits on Roxby Downs Station, ongoing exploratory work...-
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Review of stratigraphic petrography, Pandurra area.
All previously collected rock specimens were reclassified and discussed.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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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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Dingo Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 23/3/1977 to 22/3/1979.
An area of the southern Stuart Shelf, with untested potential for hosting possible stratiform base metal deposits within a probable concealed Early Proterozoic sedimentary basin embayment, was explored by BP as part of their regional mineral...-
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Uro Bluff. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/6/1977 to 6/6/1979.
Stratiform copper deposits, hosted within the Neoproterozoic Tapley Hill Formation, and possible diamondiferous kimberlite bodies were targeted in this exploration programme. Low value base metal intersections made from drilling (2 diamond holes,...-
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Cultana. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 28/10/1975 to 27/10/1977.
Exploration for possible stratiform or hydrothermal/epithermal base and precious metals within Adelaidean metasedimentary cover and Middle Proterozoic crystalline basement in the Cultana area, 35 km south-southwest of Port Augusta, has consisted of...-
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Tregalana - Sugarloaf Hill area. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/6/1976 to 20/6/1978.
Vertical percussion drilling (4 holes totalling 577 m) and diamond drilling (3 holes totalling 538.4 m) undertaken in the Tregalana and Sugarloaf Hill areas of the Stuart Shelf disclosed weak base metal mineralisation (0.05-0.65% Cu spread unevenly...-
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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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Uro Bluff. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 16/4/1975 to 15/4/1977.
Stratiform copper sulphides, hosted within the basal Tapley Hill Formation, and extensions of known kimberlite bodies were targeted in this program. Reconnaissance and closer (down to 1 km x 1 km) spaced diamond and percussion drilling (28 and 83...-
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RB 00794 Investigation of the basement rocks from Apollo no. 1 and Gemini no. 1 (inter alia).
This student vacational project report, for the Department's Petroleum Exploration Div., aimed to correlate the basement rocks met with in Great Australian Bight area offshore and near onshore petroleum exploration wells with outcropping formations...-
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Published: 31 Dec 1899
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RB 2016/00024 Mineral Systems Drilling Program Rock Shack - [a pictorial catalogue of the] outcrop sample collection for the MSDP southern Gawler Ranges margin.
Between July 2015 and April 2016, the Geological Survey of South Australia, in collaboration with the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC), Minotaur Exploration Limited and Kingston Resources Limited, carried out a...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2016
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RB 2016/00014 Geology of the Six Mile Hill 1:75 000 Special Edition Map Sheet.
The Six Mile Hill 1:75 000 Map Sheet was produced as part of a mapping program integrated into the Mineral Systems Drilling Program (MSDP) along the southern margin of the Gawler Ranges. The objective of the mapping program was to provide a regional...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2016
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Port Pirie. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 20/4/1977 to 19/4/1979.
Concerted exploration for possible stratiform Mount Gunson type or epithermal Olympic Dam type base metal deposits, on the south-eastern edge of the Stuart Shelf near Port Pirie, was begun by North Broken Hill Ltd in response to the public release by...-
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Pandurra. First partial surrender report, for the period 23/3/1973 to 6/4/1976.
Surface geological mapping and open hole rotary drilling of 21 stratigraphic holes totalling 8717 m were carried out within the relinquished ground portion, which from reviewing the results is regarded as having low potential for copper and other base...-
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RB 2017/00026 Interpretative report on the lower Gawler Range Volcanics in the Six Mile Hill area.
The Six Mile Hill area was one of three areas targeted in the Minerals Systems Drilling Program (MSDP) during 2015-2016. Four holes were drilled in the Six Mile Hill area to test for potential for iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) mineralisation and to...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2017
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RB 2015/00021 Stratigraphy of the lower Gawler Range Volcanics in the Roopena area, north-eastern Eyre Peninsula.
The Mesoproterozoic (~1590–1586 Ma) Gawler Range Volcanics (GRV) comprise a sequence of A-type dominantly felsic volcanic rocks which were extruded in the central part of the Gawler Craton as part of a volcano-plutonic Silicic Large Igneous Province...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2015
