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Blue Gum Hill, Kangaroo Island. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 19/4/1973 to 29/1/1974.
In ongoing exploration of the base metal potential of a small licence area located 34 km west of Kingscote, 5 inclined shallow diamond drillholes totalling 399 m were put down on significant anomalies located by IP surveys and/or geochemical soil...-
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Published: 29 Jan 1974
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Keyneton. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 6/8/1973 to 17/4/1974.
Continuing geological, geochemical, petrographic and ground magnetic work was done by AAP along 26 sampling profiles to try to unravel possible stratigraphic and tectonic controls on known base metal mineralisation at the Royal Keyneton and Hope mine...-
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Brukunga. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 27/4/1977 to 26/4/1979.
As part of continuing exploration along the eastern Mount Lofty Ranges for economic stratabound base metal occurrences hosted within Kanmantoo Group metasediments, CRAE undertook regional soil and rock chip sampling to confirm the results of 1960s...-
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Published: 31 May 1979
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RB 76/00134 Geochemical exploration of the Riverton and Eudunda 1:63 360 sheets. Completion report.
About 1,500 samples were collected during a stream sediment sampling survey on the Riverton and Eudunda 1:63 360 geological sheets and analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, W, Mo, Nb, Co and Mn. Rolling means, residual values, correlation coefficients and mean...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 88/00022 Review of lead-zinc mineralization in South Australia - Kanmantoo Trough.
Exploration has not been exhaustive and potential exists for discovery of economic Pb-Zn-Ag deposits. Kanmantoo Trough contains a source of sulphur, metals, energy and structural elements for formation of Pb-Zn-Ag orebodies, as well as copper and...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1988
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RB 98/00026 Partial leach geochemical survey, Monarto South, South Australia.
A partial leach soil geochemical survey has been conducted over shallowly buried Cambrian Kanmantoo Trough metasediments in the Monarto South area. The survey was designed to cover a aeromagnetic high anomaly, that is interpreted to be related to a...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1998
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RB 91/00023 Geological investigations and drilling, Parndana area Kangaroo Island, 1989- 1990.
During the period December 1989 to March 1990, exploratory drilling undertaken by SADME Mineral Resources Branch over the northern part of Kangaroo Island investigated the potential for base and precious metal mineralisation within rocks of the...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1991
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RB 90/00068 Geological investigations and drilling on Dudley Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, 1989.
In 1989, drilling investigated the potential for base metals within the Cambrian Kanmantoo Group and Late Proterozoic Sturt Group and Marino Group. On mainland, SA, Kanmantoo Group metasediments host Ag As Cu Pb Zn mineralization which has been...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1990
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Parndana. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/10/2006 to 26/10/2008.
Exploration for possible economic stratiform/syngenetic base metal deposits and/or structurally controlled epithermal/hydrothermal gold and uranium occurrences within Lower Cambrian metasediments over the central section of Kangaroo Island included...-
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Published: 22 Apr 1909
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Coomandook and The Coorong [East] (part of the Padthaway Project). Final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 27/3/2014 to 26/3/2017.
The licensee's compilation of existing geological, geochemical and geophysical data has indicated to it that the Padthaway area is fertile for volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) style polymetallic mineralisation, with economic deposits possibly...-
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Published: 16 May 1917
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Wheal Ellen prospect. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 26/8/2004 to 25/8/2009.
The Wheal Ellen prospect situated at the centre of EL 3232 is named after the historical lead-zinc-silver mine which was worked there, primarily in the 1850s. Numerous other old shallow workings are also present along strike and in beds running...-
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Published: 29 Sep 1909
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Coomandook, Kingston (South-East), Padthaway and The Coorong [East] (the Padthaway Project). Joint annual reports plus final reports to various licences' respective full surrenders, for the overall period 27/3/2014 to 26/3/2019.
A group of semi-contiguous licence areas in the Padthaway district, and one somewhat removed to the north-west, near Coomandook, have been explored for possible buried economic volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) style mineralisation that may have...-
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Published: 08 May 1919
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EL 6176 - Wheal Ellen Mine area. Annual technical reports for period 28/06/2018 to expiry 27/06/2023.
Hillgrove Resources Ltd (Hillgrove) is exploring for base metals and associated gold mineralisation in the Cambro-Ordovician basement rocks of south-east South Australia. EL 6176 is one of 8 licences held by Hillgrove in this region. The licence is...-
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Published: 10 Jul 1923
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Data release - as updated : Wheal Ellen prospect. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/8/2009 to 21/10/2017.
During the sixth licence year, on renewed EL 4354, no technical work was undertaken. Hillgrove Resources temporarily suspended exploration activities within EL 4354 – Wheal Ellen in 2010 to focus on the construction of the Kanmantoo copper mine....-
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Published: 08 Dec 1917
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mannum area. Annual technical reports for period ending 08/09/2018.
EL 5846 covers an area of 462 km2 and is located approximately 70km east of Adelaide. It is located within the Murray Basin, with a basement of poorly outcropping to deeply covered Neoproterozoic and Cambrian Kanmantoo Group sediments and...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Cassini area. Annual technical report for period ending 15/06/2018.
Exploration licence 5973 “Bonaventura Project” is in the Cassini area approximately 30 km west of Kingscote Kangaroo Island. The project lies on the southern margin of the Gawler Craton and covers a 40 km section of the Cygnet-Snelling Shear Zone....-
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Kanmantoo. Final report on drill testing of a deep magnetotelluric (MT) conductive zone having inferred monzonite related Cu-Au mineral potential, Project ADI RD02-281 [part of Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
Hillgrove Resources Limited (Hillgrove) was granted ADI Round 2 programme subsidy funds to allow it to undertake diamond drill testing of a combined MT - gravity - magnetic anomaly located near its Kanmantoo mine, which it has termed the Stella...-
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Published: 28 Feb 1922
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Kangaroo Island. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/7/1991 to 21/7/1993.
Exploration for possible economic buried syngenetic / stratiform base metals mineralisation that may have formed in the Parndana area of Kangaroo Island consisted of the acquisition of an airborne EM/magnetic (GEOTEM) survey covering abandoned old...-
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Published: 02 Jul 1993
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Mount Pleasant (part of the Kanmantoo Project). Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/delayed renewal, for the period 31/8/1976 to 30/8/1978.
At the newly discovered Mount Torrens lead prospect, grid auger soil geochemical sampling, 1:5000 scale geological mapping, limited ground geophysical test surveying and the drilling of 23 percussion holes totalling 3388 m indicated the existence of...-
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Published: 22 Sep 1978
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Strathalbyn - Hindmarsh Valley area. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/4/1977 to 26/4/1978.
As part of a search for possible economic stratiform Cambrian base metal deposits within the southern Kanmantoo Trough, all previous SADME soil and stream sediment sampling data were reviewed by CRA, and notable geochemical anomalies were followed up,...-
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Published: 13 Mar 1978