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RB 91/00057 Precambrian geology of islands in the Investigator Strait area, South Australia.
Exposures of Proterozoic rocks consist of coarse-grained, megacrystic granitoids plus dolerite and metadolerite dykes. This igneous association is correlated with the Donington Granitoid Suite and represents the southernmost exposure of the Gawler...-
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Published: 01 May 1991
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 4 partnership DPY4-22, Lake Gilles - Corunna North area (north-western margin of Spencer Domain) IOCG mineral prospects. Project final report.
Potential Carrapateena or Prominent Hill style IOCG targets represented by newly recognised gravity anomalies in the eastern Lake Gilles area were the reason for a PACE Initiative Year 4 drilling funds proposal submitted to PIRSA by InterMet...-
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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 1 partnership no. DPY1-12, Chianti mineral prospect. Project final report.
The subject report describes the results of drilling two fully cored rotary holes totalling 1161.10 m at the Chianti prospect, an unusually-shaped residual gravity anomaly located in Gunson Resources' EL 3264, 20 km north-east of the Mount Gunson...-
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The Lake Torrens Project; plus the Olympic Domain Project. Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2006 to 31/12/2010.
Licensee Copper Range originally took up a group of three tenements located in central South Australia covering areas within and west of Lake Torrens, with the intent, much reinforced following the Carrapateena deposit discovery made in 2005, of...-
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Published: 04 Mar 1911
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Oak Dam North-east, Lake Torrens, Glenside, Winjabbie and Trimmer Inlet; plus Shore Hill and Red Swamp (initially the UXA Stuart Shelf South JV Project; then OZ Minerals' Stuart Shelf Project). Joint annual reports for the period 1/11/2010 to 6/1/2017.
In continued exploration for possible economic buried Olympic Dam or Prominent Hill type IOCG style mineralisation that may exist within Proterozoic bedrock, joint venture operator Straits Resources undertook the following work on the project...-
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Published: 06 Mar 1918
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Pernatty [Station] and Yeltacowie (the Punt Hill IOCG Project). Joint annual reports for the period 29/11/2009 to 6/1/2012.
Two adjoining licence areas located in the country east of Pernatty Lagoon that lies between 80 and 180 km north of Port Augusta are being explored by Monax Mining Limited (Monax) for economic Proterozoic basement-hosted Iron-Oxide associated...-
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Published: 21 Jun 1912
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Island Dam, Stuart Shelf and Andamooka Ranges (the Stuart Shelf Project). Joint annual reports for the period 11/10/2009 to 30/6/2018.
Exploratory drilling carried out by BHP Billiton (BHPB) during the 2009-10 project reporting year took place at six prospects thought to have good IOCG mineralisation potential, based in part on earlier drilling results and also on refined target...-
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Published: 30 Aug 1918
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Acropolis South and North Roxby. Joint annual reports for the period 26/4/2003 to 3/5/2009.
Exploration for possible economic deposits of buried, Mesoproterozoic basement-hosted IOCG-U style mineralisation is being conducted over two separate multiple-block licence areas in the Olympic Dam district, EL 2931 (Acropolis South) and EL 2932...-
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Data release : Yeltacowie, Pernatty [Station] and Whittata (the Punt Hill IOCG Project). Joint annual reports, plus final report to expiry of EL 5774 Punt Hill, for the period 7/1/2012 to 6/1/2017.
During the eighth, 2012-2013 year of tenure of the Pernatty EL area, now being explored in concert with two other adjoining Punt Hill IOCG Project licences, Monax reviewed its past drillhole data, undertook further processing of the project's amassed...-
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Published: 29 Aug 1917
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Gunson (part of the Mount Gunson Project). Annual reports for the period 15/7/1994 to 17/10/2008 [ Index Part 4 of 4 ].
During licence Year 12, following encouraging results made by its continuing exploratory drilling, Gunson Resources was able to negotiate a joint venture over the Mount Gunson Project tenements with Falconbridge Limited through its subsidiary Noranda...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Gunson (part of the Mount Gunson Project). Annual reports for the period 15/7/1998 to 17/10/2008 [ Index Part 2 of 4 ].
Stuart Metals is primarily exploring EL 1946 for stratiform copper mineralisation of the various styles known to be present in the Mount Gunson district. In addition, the company regards the largely unknown Mesoproterozoic basement to have strong...-
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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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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Yeltacowie (part of the Mount Gunson Project). Annual reports for the period 7/10/2009 to 6/10/2013.
New work undertaken on EL 4187 during the 2009-2010 licence year has included: • Ongoing documentation and interpretation of MGD 55 & 56 • Drilling of MGD57 to 1243 m at Emmie Bluff prospect • Down hole EM and IP logging of MGD57 •...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Cowell (latterly part of the Cowell JV Project). Annual reports for the period 7/11/2008 to 6/11/2011.
No field work was undertaken during licence Year 7, but Stellar instead did a review of the Cowell area's prospectivity for Tertiary palaeochannel-hosted sedimentary uranium mineralisation. Previous drilling data for the local Pirie Basin sediments...-
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Published: 05 Dec 1911
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Data release - as updated - Cowell (latterly part of the Cowell JV Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/11/2011 to 6/11/2017.
During licence Year 10 to 6th November 2012, exploration work undertaken by JV partner Renaissance Uranium (RNU) comprised the drilling of five rotary mud-diamond drill holes targeting five local geophysical anomalies within the Glensea Prospect,...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1917
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : North Roxby and Acropolis South. Joint annual reports, plus EL 3762 fifth annual report to licence sale, for the period 4/5/2009 to 3/5/2012.
Exploration for possible economic deposits of buried, Mesoproterozoic basement-hosted IOCG-U style mineralisation is being conducted over two separate multiple-block licence areas in the Olympic Dam district, EL 3761 (North Roxby) and EL 3762...-
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RB 2020/00015 Reconnaissance zircon U-Pb geochronology of the southeastern Olympic Cu-Au Province, South Australia.
The eastern Gawler Craton is the location of the Olympic Cu-Au Province, a world-class metallogenic province known for iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) deposits such as Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill and Carrapateena (Skirrow et al., 2007;...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2020
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RB 2022/00007 40Ar/39Ar geochronology from AuScope National Argon Map samples, Gawler Craton, South Australia.
The National Argon Map was an AuScope-funded pilot project (2020–2021). The project aimed to compile a national-scale map of and to analyse new samples to fill the gaps in national coverage in 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. This report provides the results...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2022
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Bull 055 A geochronological framework for the Gawler Craton, South Australia
This bulletin contains geochronological data and interpretations from the Gawler Craton of South Australia that have been completed by Mark Fanning of The Australian National University, by Geological Survey of South Australia personnel, and by...-
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Lake Gilles. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 1/12/2005 to 7/10/2010.
EL3466, located approximately 10 km west-southwest of Iron Knob, was taken up primarily to search the Proterozoic basement for possible buried Olympic Dam style Cu-Au-U mineralisation. Secondary exploration targets included orogenic lode gold...-
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Published: 02 Jun 1911
