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RB 93/00020 Report on geological investigations, Mineral Lease 5701, secn 381, Hundred of Coglin, Oodla Wirra, South Australia.
Rare specs of gold were found at an old ochre mine next to the township of Oodla Wirra in remnant Tertiary and Recent alluvial deposits. Gold has also been recovered from a haematite vein in Adelaidean Umberatana Group rocks. Mining and sampling has...-
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Mount Toodla. Data release made at licence expiry/renewal as a reduced area : annual reports for the period 12/4/2000 to 11/4/2005.
Exploration for possible buried Olympic Dam style Cu-Au-U-REE deposits in Proterozoic basement on the eastern flanks of the Peake and Denison Ranges, in an area located approximately 65 km south-east of Oodnadatta, has concentrated on a very large...-
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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 4 partnership no. DPY4-65, Chianti mineral prospect. Project completion dataset.
The subject set of reports describes the results of PACE Initiative Year 4 partly-subsidised drilling work conducted in the vicinity of the Chianti prospect, which lies approx. 20 km north of the old Mount Gunson mining camp. The aim of this work,...-
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Andamooka Creek, Willaroo Dam, Island Dam and Stuart Shelf / Andamooka Ranges (the Stuart Shelf Project). Joint annual reports on activities undertaken by the Joint Venture consortium, for the period 11/10/1996 to 10/10/2009 [ Index Part 2 of 2 ].
As a result of the BHP Billiton takeover of the Stuart Range Project, the mineral exploration strategy was changed. Formerly, WMC had been looking for economical targets of >500 Mt size containing on average more than 2.4% copper equivalent....-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Lake Torrens area. Annual reports for the period 6/4/2009 to 17/8/2018.
During the 2009-2010 reporting period, work completed by Straits included: • participation in Native Title and Land Access activities and negotiations, which have constituted the majority of the work undertaken; and • Holding numerous meetings and...-
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Heartbreak Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/9/1996 to 26/9/1997.
Mulgathing Complex and Hiltaba Suite rocks were interpreted from aeromagnetic data obtained in areas located 10 km north of, 70 km south-east of, and 35 km south of Tarcoola. Calcrete sampling was followed by RAB drilling (178 holes, total 5047 m)...-
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Area within Tallaringa Conservation Park. Biennial reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 25/10/196 to December 2001.
Proterozoic and Archaean rocks of the Gawler Craton were the target hosts for gold and base metal mineralisation in the area of the eastern Tallaringa Conservation Park, west of Coober Pedy. Following an assessment of geological and geophysical data,...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Kalabity. Annual reports for the period 25/2/2009 to 11/3/2019.
The main exploration activities undertaken during the first year of tenure of renewed EL 4239 (licence Year 6, 2009-2010) consisted of drill testing of uraniferous prospects defined by previous exploration, after the prior acquisition of an airborne...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Carrapateena Arm, Hatch Hill, Beda Arm and Lake Torrens South (the OZ Minerals Carrapateena Project). Annual reports (separate and joint) for the period 8/1/2008 to 6/1/2016.
Exploration of the Lake Torrens JV Project area during 2008, managed by Teck Cominco Australia (Teck), consisted of diamond drilling some wedge holes off a parent to determine the lateral and vertical dimensions of bornite and chalcopyrite - dominated...-
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Mount Moulden. Technical data submitted in support of a mineral exploration licence application.
Dataset comprises an information package which was supplied by the licence proponents to the Executive Board of Anangu Pitjantjatjara, as part of the formal process of seeking their permission to conduct mineral exploration activities within the...-
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Lake Torrens South, Beda Arm and Carrapateena Arm (latterly the Lake Torrens Joint Venture Project). Annual reports (singular and combined) to licences' respective expiry/renewal, for the period 21/2/1996 to 7/1/2008.
Economic Olympic Dam style iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) mineralisation has been the target of exploration carried out in three adjoining areas which together extend for about 55 to 170 km north of Port Augusta, covering southern Lake...-
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Ruby Hill Project : Douglas Creek prospect drilling program. Final report, Project ADI RD02-288 [part of Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
Copper Search Australia Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Copper Search Limited) was granted co-funding from the Department of Energy and Mining in July 2021 to a subsidy total of up to $228,000, to assist it with high risk exploration of remote parts of the...-
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Andamooka Creek, Willaroo Dam, Island Dam and Stuart Shelf / Andamooka Ranges (the Stuart Shelf Project). Joint annual reports on activities undertaken by the Joint Venture consortium for the period 11/10/1996 to 10/10/2009 [ Index Part 1 of 2 ].
The four Stuart Shelf Joint Venture Project exploration licences collectively cover approximately 2668 square km of semi-arid pastoral land surrounding the Olympic Dam mine and extending east and south-eastwards as far as Lake Torrens [the Olympic Dam...-
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PACE Copper Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 9 partnership DPY9-25 - Pidinga and Fig Tree Corner, western Gawler Craton, orogenic gold prospects. Drilling project final report.
An area centred ~70 km north-east of Yalata and lying ~30 km to the east of the Jacinth and Ambrosia heavy mineral deposits is being explored by Doray Minerals Limited under a joint venture agreement it has made with grant licensee Iluka Resources...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Boolooroo Goldfield and Kate Hill. Joint annual reports for the period 2/1/2009 to 8/2/2019.
Two adjoining licence areas located ~ 40 km north-east of Leigh Creek township, in the ranges lying immediately east of the Telford coal basin, are being explored for possible economic occurrences of marble rock which are believed to hold enormous...-
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Broch 035 Barossa Goldfield. A guide to the walking trail. September 1991
A guide to the walking trail within the historic Barossa Goldfield mine site. The Goldfield extends northward for a distance of 4 kilometres from the South Para River and is now located partly on private property and Para Wirra Recreation Park.-
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Broch 065 Gold at Jupiter Creek. A guide to the historic gold diggings.
Gold mining greatly contributed to the development of Australia in the second half of the 19th century. By the turn of the century the Echunga Goldfields had become South Australia's major producer of gold, mainly won from an area extending from the...-
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SP 003 Mining in South Australia - A Pictorial History
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...-
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Yarna Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 19/11/2002 to 4/12/2010.
An area of sparse basement outcrop situated to the west of Lake Acraman in the central Gawler Ranges district was taken up to explore for possible economic Olympic Dam style mineralisation, based on the licensee's evaluation of past drillhole data...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Lake Everard West (part of the Gawler Craton Joint Venture, and latterly part of the Tunkillia JV Project). Annual & surrender reports for the period 7/6/1996 to 18/05/2021.
An area with poor basement outcrop located approximately 60 km south of Tarcoola, which largely lies within the north-eastern corner of the Yellabinna Regional Reserve, is being explored primarily for possible economic fault or breccia-hosted...-
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