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RB 97/00028 Reconnaissance granite sampling of the Mesoproterozoic Hiltaba Suite granite on northern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, for dimension stone.
Reconnaissance sampling of Mesoproterozoic Hiltaba Suite granite on northern Eyre Peninsula, to identify all potentially quarryable granite varieties, was carried out by MESA during 1996/97. A total of 157 outcrops were inspected and 99 samples...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1998
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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 [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Bulgunnia (part of the Gawler JV Project). Annual reports for the period 19/11/1997 to 1/1/2013.
Within an area of the Wilgena and Christie Domains centred 40 km north of Tarcoola, exploration is continuing for Archaean to Proterozoic basement-hosted epithermal, hydrothermal and metamorphic type gold and base metal occurrences. Here an 841 square...-
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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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Heartbreak north and south [Talia and Jennet] areas. Progress reports for the periods 30/8/1993 to 29/8/1998, and 26/10/1998 to 25/4/2001.
Archaean to Proterozoic ultramafic igneous intrusions and granite masses associated with the Yarlbrinda Shear Zone, which are interpreted as being potential hosts for gold, nickel, chromium and platinum group elements, were the targets of exploration...-
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Published: 03 Nov 1900
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Nuckulla Hill. Data release made in lieu of submitting a second partial surrender report : annual reports for the period 6/12/1994 to 18/10/2002.
Exploration for possible buried economic Ernest Henry - Olympic Dam style IOCG mineralisation in the Nuckulla Hill area, 120 km north-east of Ceduna, was initiated following interpretation of new SAEI aeromagnetic and radiometric data. Regional...-
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Published: 28 Oct 1903
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Roopena. Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 23/8/2012 to 16/6/2016.
A small area centred ~10 km north-west of Whyalla, straddling the Iron Knob Road and extending northwards from there, has been explored for possible buried economic IOCG mineralisation that may have formed in Proterozoic basement rocks. During the...-
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Published: 17 Jun 1916
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Moseley Nobs (part of the East Eyre Peninsula Project). Third partial surrender report, for the period 5/7/2006 to 4/7/2015.
EL 4860 has been part of the Investigator Resources Ltd tenement holding since that company was spun-off from Southern Gold in 2007 (as Sunthe Uranium Ltd). The Eastern Eyre Peninsula project group of licences, which lie along and just beyond the...-
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Published: 08 Oct 1915
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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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Port Hughes. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/11/2010 to 17/8/2017.
A licence consisting of three separate small sub-blocks that cover a large number of freehold broad-acre farms in the Bute - Agery - Moonta South district has been explored for possible buried economic IOCG mineralisation, which may have formed on or...-
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Published: 31 Aug 1917
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Data release - as updated : Mount Nott. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 17/1/2012 to 16/1/2019.
An area located ~100 km north-west of Kimba, on the southern margin of the Gawler Ranges, is being explored by Investigator Resources for a variety of styles and types of precious and base metal epithermal mineralisation that may have formed in...-
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Published: 26 Mar 1919
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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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Thurlga Ramp (part of the Eyre Peninsula Project, Corrobinnie Uranium JV and Thurlga JV periods). Data release : final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/1/2013 to 3/5/2019.
During the report period, licensee Andromeda Metals did no on-ground exploration. During its agreed 3-year earn-in period, joint venturer Investigator Resources undertook the following work described herein: - acquisition of high resolution aerial...-
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Published: 19 Jul 1919
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Kychering. Annual, partial surrender and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 18/1/2006 to 17/1/2010.
Exploration for possible economic Tarcoola style gold mineralisation in the Malbooma Station area, located approximately 35 km west of Tarcoola, consisted only of a review of available geoscientific and historical mining data, which led to the...-
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Published: 13 Jul 1910
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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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Oak Dam (part of the Gawler Craton Joint Venture Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 17/7/2006 to 16/7/2011.
EL 3603, located on the Stuart Shelf approximately 50 km south of Olympic Dam, was taken under licence to explore for possible economic iron oxide - associated copper-gold-uranium (IOCG-U) deposits of Olympic Dam style that may have formed in...-
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Published: 28 Sep 1911
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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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Yeltacowie, Hesso, Charlinga, Bowen Hill and Kangaroo Bluff (the Stuart Shelf Project). Joint annual reports and final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 16/8/2005 to 14/2/2014.
Uranium One Australia (U1A) acquired the Stuart Shelf Project tenements in 2005 with the aim of exploring for uranium mineralisation that has unconformity - related genetic features broadly analogous to those of deposits of the Athabasca Basin in...-
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Published: 28 May 1914
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Palthrubie Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 21/5/2002 to 4/12/2010.
An area 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 which indicated that a number...-
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