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RB 83/00080 Precambrian correlation of the Lake Superior region, North America, and the Gawler Craton.
Geology of Lake Superior region outlined. Many similarities in tectonic evolution and depositional style of the 2 provinces. Recommends further research on Gawler Craton.-
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Published: 01 Sep 1983
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RB 86/00041 Mulgathing Complex.
The Mulgathing Complex, an Archaean metasedimentary sequence with interlayered mafic and possibly acid volcanics, forms the basement of larger part of the northern Gawler Craton. These rocks have been complexly folded, subjected to granulite facies...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1986
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RB 79/00044 Explanatory notes for the CHILDARA, 1:250 000 geological map sheet SH/53-14.
The CHILDARA 1:250 000 geological map covers part of the Precambrian Gawler Craton in north-western Eyre Peninsula, much of which is blanketed by Cainozoic and Mesozoic deposits. The oldest rocks are a complex assemblage of granitic gneisses and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 92/00037 Review of mineral exploration, KINGOONYA 1:250 000 map area.
This report was prepared as a summary of all open file mineral exploration data from the KINGOONYA 1:250000 mapsheet area that are held in the SADME records management Envelope system. The aim of the holdings review was to describe past exploration,...-
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Published: 29 Nov 1991
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RB 89/00091 Weakly deformed and metamorphosed Archean volcanics near Millers Creek, north-east of Kingoonya.
The dating of the volcanic rocks encountered in EL 600 mineral exploration diamond drillhole DP1 as Archaean (and by definition, also Mulgathing Complex) substantially changes the view of Archaean rocks in South Australia. Elsewhere, Archaean to...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1989
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Aurora Tank. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/3/1998 to 3/8/2006.
Exploration for Challenger - style vein gold deposits within concealed Archaean basement has been carried out in two licence subareas located on the northern part of the Commonwealth Hill pastoral lease, under a joint venture between the principal...-
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Published: 31 Jul 1907
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Johns Outstation / Giffen Well. Annual reports for the period 8/10/2007 to 7/10/2018.
To date, land access restrictions imposed by the Commonwealth Department of Defence have prevented any field work from occurring on the subject tenement, taken up to cover the Giffen Well magnetite iron ore deposit and adjacent inferred prospective...-
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Tarcoola - Kingoonya (Glenloth) areas. Joint annual reports, and first partial relinquishment report, for the period 4/3/1993 to 24/5/2001.
Exploration for Archaean lode-style gold and Hiltaba Suite granite-related hydrothermal Cu-Au in two licence sub-areas near Tarcoola targeted Archaean greenstone lithologies interpreted from aeromagnetic data, Mesoproterozoic intrusive-associated...-
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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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Tarcoola. Data release made in lieu of a 25% first partial relinquishment at licence renewal: [Part 1 of 2] progress reports for the period 7/6/1978 to 19/4/1984.
In 1978 exploratory rotary drilling (11 holes, total 629 m) for inferred sediment-hosted roll-front uranium orebodies buried beneath salt lake topographic depressions east of Tarcoola intersected low levels of uranium (max 14 ppm) at fresh water /...-
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Wilkinson Lakes East. Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 3/5/2010 to 6/2/2015.
An area centred ~150 km west of Coober Pedy, that is located mostly north-west of and that also has a small part lying immediately south-east of the Karari Fault, a major crustal structure which has controlled deposition at the southern limit of the...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Warrior (part of the Central Gawler Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 17/2/2005 to 16/2/2010.
Tasman Resources is exploring an area that is centred about 78 km north-west of Tarcoola for possible economic buried occurrences of sedimentary roll front style uranium in Tertiary palaeochannels and nickel mineralisation in Archaean -...-
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Published: 19 Apr 1910
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Lake Anthony. Quarterly reports, first joint annual report (with SML 711) and joint final report to licence full surrender, for the period 1/9/1971 to 31/5/1973.
An area located just to the east of the edge of the Nullarbor Plain, occupied by many scattered large and small salt lakes surrounded by sand dunes, with Precambrian basement [of the western Gawler Craton] subcropping near the surface, has been...-
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Published: 26 Jun 1973
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Phillipson. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 27/4/2000 to 8/8/2010.
During the sixth licence year, on renewed EL 2717 covering the same area as previously, the licensee, now a wholly owned subsidiary of AuIron Energy Limited (formerly Meekatharra Minerals Limited), progressed its investigations of the geology of the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
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Commonwealth Hill Station - East (part of the Commonwealth Hill Project). First partial surrender report, for the period 2/7/2007 to 1/7/2017.
Five small portions of the subject licence, with a combined total area of 143 square km, have been surrendered due to their now perceived diminished prospectivity for iron ore, gold, uranium and base metals. During the period of their tenure,...-
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Published: 04 Dec 1917
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Commonwealth Hill area (the Eaglehawk Joint Venture Project). Annual reports for the period 22/6/2012 to 21/6/2017.
An area centred ~115 km south-west of Coober Pedy is being explored for possible economic buried precious and/or base metal mineralisation (including iron ore) that may exist in predominantly buried Archaean or younger Proterozoic basement rocks, as...-
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Published: 29 Aug 1917
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Gina Outstation (part of the Commonwealth Hill Project). Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 1/7/2013 to 3/4/2017.
No field work was performed on the subject licence during its last year of tenure. However, this Envelope contains all of the earlier (including that collected within the last 5 years) licence-specific soil calcrete geochemical, gravity survey and...-
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Published: 27 May 1917
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Commonwealth Hill, Commonwealth Hill Station - Central and East, and Aurora Tank areas (the Commonwealth Hill Project). Joint annual reports for the period 1/7/2013 to 30/6/2018.
During the sixth year of the project, base metals exploration was focussed on the Mars-Aurora Tank, Wirrida and Bundi prospects using ground gravity and IP survey methods. Some trial magnetotelluric and audio-frequency magnetotelluric survey profiles...-
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Published: 05 Sep 1918
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ExpNotes CHILDARA: Explanatory Notes CHILDARA (2007 edition)
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RB 2019/00025 Gold mineral systems and exploration strategies for [finding them within] the Gawler Craton, South Australia
Previous classification of gold deposits in the Gawler Craton grouped occurrences into either Archean orogenic deposits, or intrusion-related deposits associated with the Hiltaba Suite intrusive event (Central Gawler Gold Province). In this study, the...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2022
