A small area located on the southern Lake Torrens Plains immediately west of the ABC Range was taken up to allow evaluation of its potential for having buried economic sedimentary coal and/or uranium mineralisation occurrences. There are no...

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During the sixth licence year, on renewed EL 2717 covering the same area as previously, the licensee, now a wholly owned subsidiary of AuIron Energy Limited (formerly Meekatharra Minerals Limited), progressed its investigations of the geology of the...

During the twenty-first licence year, now under tenure as EL 5719 covering the same area as former EL 4534, no new work was done. During the twenty-second licence year SA Coal commenced field work on their IOCG style mineralisation exploration...

Appraisal drilling of the previously defined south-eastern portion of the Wintinna Coal Deposit was undertaken by the licensee to try to better determine in situ resources of Permian sub-bituminous coal which might potentially be useable for coal seam...

Two separate areas in the Arckaringa Basin, designated as EL 5598 Areas 'A' and 'B', have been taken up to allow for a fresh assessment of the development potential of the large East Wintinna and Weedina coal deposits, respectively. During the first...

During licence Year 16, on its renewed EL 4534 over the period October to December 2010, South Australian Coal Limited (SA Coal) undertook a drilling campaign of 15 rotary mud partly cored vertical holes for 2871 m which included 2064.7 m of coring,...

This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 31 December 2010, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...

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The Lock Jurassic sub-bituminous coal deposit was discovered by the South Australian Department of Mines and Energy in 1977. The Lock Coal deposit lies within the eastern portion of the Polda Basin on the Eyre Peninsula. The deposit covers an area of...

Exploration licence 5699 was taken up to evaluate the development potential of the East Wintinna Early Permian sub-bituminous coal deposit, which is the largest known coal deposit in the Arckaringa Basin and is regarded as having the best future...

EL 3623 is located 220 km south-east of Adelaide, and lies to the west of the township of Naracoorte. The tenement is also located ~35 km to the south-east of the much larger Kingston lignite deposit contained within the subject licencee's related EL...

Two adjoining large licences located in the Eringa Trough area ~120-170 km north-east of Marla, covering ground overlying the south-western end of the Pedirka Basin adjacent to the SA-NT state border, were taken up in order to evaluate the coal...

No field work was done during all of licence Years 6 to 13, until the tenement was eventually surrendered. An office -based assessment was performed on ground geophysical data collected during the earliest years of tenure, allowing some new targets to...

An area covering probable extensions to the Permian sediments of the southern Phillipson Trough was taken up by Southern Coal Holdings (SCH), a wholly owned subsidiary of WPG Resources Ltd, to explore for possible economic sub-bituminous coal...

The total value of South Australian mineral production during the year 1903 maybe estimated at £520,000 Articles include: Copper: Paramatta and Yelta mines; Burra Mine; Kapunda mine Gold: the most important gold-mining district during the past year...

Articles and summaries are provided for the following: Copper: Wallaroo and Moonta, Paramatta and Yelta, Hamley, Burra Burra, Kapunda, Blinman, Mount Gunson (North-West), Prince Alfred Mines Gold: Kings Bluff. Mount Torrens, Peterborough, Tarcoola,...

The South Australian Department of Mines drilled seven stratigraphic wells between 1969 and 1971 in the Arckaringa Basin. This study presents the stratigraphic information obtained and attempts to collate all available information in a syntheses of...

In recognition of the centenary of Henry Yorke Lyell Brown's appointment as the first Government Geologist for South Australia, and the foundation of the Department of Mines and Energy, aspects of South Australia's colourful and vital mining and...