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RB 78/00069 Devils Chimney micaceous hematite deposit, sections 45, 46, Hd Minburra, Co. Herbert.
Very tight folding and remobilization of the Sturtian Holowilena Ironstone has produced a massive ironstone blow and small lenses of micaceous haematite. The haematitic quartz rock is not suitable for pigments, and lenses of haematite of pigment...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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Leighton. Annual and final reports to licence surrender for the period 19/11/2007 to 21/8/2009.
Basal Umberatana Group glacial tillitic sedimentary sequences and upper Burra Group interglacial arenaceous sediments were explored for possible economic stratabound gold mineralisation in an area located about 10-40 km north-west of Burra. In the...-
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Siccus River area. Progress reports for the period 1/8/1969 to 31/7/1971.
Surface geochemical sampling and inspections of known historic old copper workings in the vicinity of the Yednalue Dome, north of Carrieton, were inconclusive for accurately detecting further buried supergene mineralisation, or for establishing...-
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Published: 14 Sep 1971
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Belton. Annual and final reports for the period 12/11/90 to 11/11/91.
TARGET: Gold and base metals in the Belton-Paratoo area, north-east of Orroroo. EXPLORATION: Reconnaissance geological mapping and rock chip geochemical sampling of areas identified by remote sensing (thematic mapping). RESULTS: No follow-up was...-
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Published: 03 Apr 1992
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Paratoo. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/3/1988 to 30/2/1990.
TARGET: Possible economic, open-pit mineable stratiform low grade gold and copper deposits within Adelaidean units of the Nackara Arc, in an area lying west of and including Yunta. EXPLORATION: A detailed geological field reconnaissance, review of...-
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Published: 19 May 1990
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Waukaringa. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 9/6/1987 to 5/10/1988.
TARGET: Stratabound gold in prospective areas of Adelaidean sedimentary outcrop peripheral to the Waukaringa Goldfield. EXPLORATION: After undertaking a literature review and assessment of previous exploration results, plus a regional geophysical...-
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Ulooloo. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/7/1986 to 6/3/1989.
TARGET: Economic fine-grained, Telfer style gold mineralisation occurring as syngenetic stratabound deposits formed in sedimentary basins during or soon after periods of basin subsidence and instability. The eastern limb of the large, overturned...-
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Published: 22 Feb 1989
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Mount Grainger. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/8/1986 to 19/2/1988.
TARGET: Stratabound gold, or hydrothermally altered vein stockwork copper-gold mineralisation that commonly is structurally emplaced within folded, brittle fractured competent Adelaidean metasedimentary units, in an area 20 km east of Peterborough....-
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Published: 01 Mar 1988
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Wirrabara. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 5/9/78 to 4/9/80.
EL 417 Wirrabara was secured by CRA to investigate previously untested aeromagnetic, induced polarisation and resistivity anomalies in the Wirrabara - Charlton area, and a reported kimberlite at Bangor. Work has consisted of: - 3 line km of IP...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1980
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RB 65/00035 Clare Regional Geochemical Project.
This investigation was a feasibility study, therefore environmental factors are dealt with in much more detail than would be necessary in a routine geochemical report. Apparently these factors has little significant effect on the results. Spot...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Nackara. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 24/9/1984 to 12/9/1986.
Exploration for possible economic buried stratabound Telfer - style gold mineralisation or placer gold deposits which could have formed in Adelaidean glacial sediments in the Nackara district, as well as for base metal and/or diamond mineralisation,...-
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RB 2016/00013 Geological field excursion guide — Rifts, reverse faults and regolith: Neoproterozoic to Cenozoic geology in the Mid-North of South Australia.
The rolling hills, wheat paddocks and vineyards of the Mid-North region of South Australia conceal a geological transition between the Adelaide Hills and the Flinders Ranges. Here the landscape is subtly controlled by the Neoproterozoic bedrock...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2016
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Nackara. First partial surrender report, for the period 24/9/1984 to 22/8/1985.
Exploration was undertaken for Telfer - style stratabound gold at the contact between the Tapley Hill Formation and the Tarcowie Siltstone, and for placer type gold in glacial sequences such as the Appila Tillite and Wilyerpa Formation (94 stream...-
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Oodla Wirra. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/11/1983 to 8/11/1985.
Exploration activities have included reconnaissance (1:20,000 scale) and detailed (1:1000 scale) geological mapping, limited surface rock chip sampling (9 samples), and the excavation of 31 costeans to expose for examination more than 580 linear m of...-
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Published: 04 Dec 1985
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Mount Grainger. Progress report to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 8/7/1968 to 7/5/1969.
No economic or potentially economic mineralisation was noted during a geological survey of the old surface and underground gold workings on the Mount Grainger Goldfield. The Mount Grainger anticlinal structure is considered by the authors to be quite...-
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Spring Creek. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 15/7/1968 to 14/7/1970.
Appraisal of the historic Spring Creek copper mine area, located approximately 8 miles south-southeast of the township of Wilmington, commenced with an IP survey of the immediate mine site, where the lode outcrops over some 20 feet in weathered...-
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Booleroo - Wirrabara area. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/cancellation for the period 21/3/1973 to 20/3/1974.
As part of diamond exploration carried out in an area located approximately 8 miles east of Port Pirie, aeromagnetic anomalies noted from reviewing data of a previous survey acquired by Westchester Mining Corp. were investigated in the field. The...-
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Published: 27 Mar 1974
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Yunta. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/11/1970 to 11/11/1971.
Exploration of an area that surrounds Yunta township, seeking possible economic hydrothermal gold or base metal deposits, has consisted of regional and detailed (1:4800 scale) geological mapping, plus stream sediment geochemical sampling (514...-
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Published: 05 May 1971
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Manna Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 8/10/1970 to 7/10/1971.
Exploration for possible economic base metal sulphides hosted within a 10 square mile block of Carpentarian basement schists and gneiss, or within adjoining younger Adelaidean metasedimentary cover rocks, in an area located just north and west of...-
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Oladdie Prospect. First and final progress report for the period 1/7/1968 to 31/12/1968.
Exploration for possible stratabound or hydrothermal copper deposits in an area between Johnburg and Orroroo consisted of detailed 1:12,000 scale geological mapping and a stream sediment geochemical survey. This work failed to locate any copper of...-
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Published: 02 Jan 1969
