-
Paralana. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 16/5/1966 to 15/12/1966.
Regional stream sediment sampling conducted over an area of historically prospective ?Archaean, Proterozoic and Palaeozoic rocks in the Mount Painter - Mount Babbage - Mount Livingstone - Yudnamutana area did not reveal any base or precious metal...-
Document
-
Artipena. First progress/final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/5/1970 to 20/5/1971.
Reconnaisance and detailed geochemical surveys, plus limited diamond drilling at the Baratta mine (2 holes for 480 feet), failed to find any extensions to known but worked-out near surface Cu-Pb-Zn lodes. It was concluded that only a small area...-
Document
-
Uroonda. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 18/6/1970 to 17/12/1971.
During base metal exploration conducted in the hills on the eastern side of the Springfield Basin, just south of Cradock township, minor copper and lead anomalies were disclosed by regional stream sediment sampling (1090 samples assayed). There...-
Document
Published: 23 Dec 1971
-
Report on Beltana concession, SML 113, South Australia.
SML 113 covering about 1000 square km of Upper Proterozoic and Lower Cambrian sediments, and scattered masses of intrusive diapir, was taken out in the vicinity of Beltana to explore for copper deposits analogous to those found by SA Department of...-
Document
-
Wooltana. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/5/1964 to 30/4/1966.
Reconnaissance and follow-up stream sediment sampling and bank soil sampling carried out across an area of rugged terrain surrounding Wooltana Homestead, within which lie historical small mine workings and minor surface occurrences of secondary copper...-
Document
Published: 18 Feb 1966
-
Wilcowie. Progress reports for the period 1/12/1966 to 30/11/1968.
Exploration for possible extensions to historic stratiform copper and lead occurrences in Adelaidean rocks of the southern part of the Carrieton district consisted of regional and detailed stream sediment and soil sampling, IP surveys along strike...-
Document
-
Kangaroo Island. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 15/9/1971 to 14/9/1972.
Exploration for possible Kanmantoo mine style economic copper mineralisation on the Dudley Peninsula at the far eastern end of Kangaroo Island has consisted of a geological survey of coastal cliff exposures of known sulphide-rich bedrock strata, and...-
Document
-
Arkaba. Final report at licence expiry/full surrender for the period 12/12/1967 to 11/7/1968.
In an area situated immediately north-east of Hawker township, reconnaissance stream sediment sampling (761 samples) carried out at a density of 10 samples per square mile, plus limited follow-up soil sampling, did not disclose any base metal...-
Document
Published: 28 Jun 1968
-
Lake Dutton. Progress reports and annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 5/11/1970 to 4/11/1971.
Possible stratiform / hydrothermal syngenetic base metals deposited on the flanks of the Pernatty Culmination in the vicinity of fault lineations were targeted in an ongoing regional drilling programme (in part comprising 7 vertical rotary percussion...-
Document
-
Eudunda. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 28/11/1975 to 27/11/1976.
Orientation geochemical sampling, and 1:25,000 scale geological mapping that included long sectional mapping of four railway cutting bedrock exposures in the Eudunda area, revealed pervasive low grade stratiform copper mineralisation in Sturtian...-
Document
-
Willouran Ranges. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 1/6/1966 to 30/11/1966.
In a search for possible economic stratiform copper occurrences in Upper Proterozoic sediments of the Willouran Ranges, the licensee undertook photogeological and field mapping studies plus a regional geochemical survey of outcropping rocks and...-
Document
-
Carrieton. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 19/6/1970 to 18/12/1971.
An area of 117 square miles surrounding Carrieton Railway Siding was prospected for possible economic diapir-related base and precious metals hosted within bounding Adelaidean strata. A comprehensive regional stream sediment survey was conducted...-
Document
Published: 24 Dec 1971
-
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...-
Document
Published: 27 Mar 1974
-
Larelar Mound. Progress and final reports for period 10/2/1973 to October 1974.
No favourable uranium ore was found in Murnpeowie or Marree Formations.-
Document
Published: 01 Jan 1974
-
Arkaroola. Progress, technical and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 1/5/1968 to 30/4/1969.
In a search for the possible buried source primary sulphide orebodies to historically worked secondary copper mineral occurrences in Adelaidean metasediments exposed in the Arkaroola Creek and Barraranna Creek areas, a programme of prospecting,...-
Document
-
Pernatty Lagoon. First partial surrender report, for the period 20/7/1975 to 19/7/1976.
1:25,000 scale geological mapping and scout stratigraphic drilling (9 vertical rotary holes for a total penetration of 758.5 m) have outlined the general distribution of Adelaidean rocks in the Lake Macfarlane and Island Lagoon areas. Perhaps the most...-
Document
-
Spring Creek. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 23/7/1970 to 22/7/1971.
SML 214A was a one-year period of extended exploration tenure by licensee RMC Minerals at the Spring Creek copper mine and environs to allow a new farminee, Base Minerals Ltd, to conduct further work aimed at delineating extensions to the known...-
Document
Published: 12 Jul 1971
-
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...-
Document
Published: 05 May 1971
-
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...-
Document
-
Peterborough area. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 12/3/1970 to 11/3/1971.
Exploration for possible economic stratabound / hydrothermal deposits of base metals and perhaps also uranium, within a large area surrounding Peterborough, has consisted of field inspection and rock chip geochemical sampling of known historic mines,...-
Document
Published: 10 Mar 1971