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Report on the Shamrock uranium prospect.
Uranium mineralisation was first discovered at the old Shamrock Copper Mine during a systematic search of old mine dumps by the South Australian Department of Mines in 1955. Follow-up investigations located a small high-grade uranium lode (Valley...-
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Summary of the previous exploration for stratiform copper and proposed follow-up exploration in the Yudnamutana Hill area, South Australia.
This report summarises the relevant results of previous copper exploration in the Yudnamutana Hill area by Utah Exploration Co. and Australian Aquitaine Petroleum Pty Ltd, and suggests an ongoing exploration programme for stratiform copper. It also...-
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Interpretation report on self potential surveys undertaken at the Gunsight area, South Australia.
SP data acquired over the Gunsight Cu-U-Co-REE prospect has accurately located the main mineralised zone between grid 900E and 1100E, with a maximum anomaly of approximately 200 mV on line 900E. The slight asymmetry of the SP profiles confirms the...-
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Emmie Bluff. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 28/10/1978 to 11/2/1983.
Ongoing exploration for Olympic Dam-style Cu-Au-U mineralisation, over an area centred ~15 km south-east of Arcoona Homestead, during this period comprised 3D geophysical modelling of possible source geometries for, and RC drilling (10 holes, total...-
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Jenner Hill, Pearson Hill and Sandy Point (the Stuart Shelf JV Project). Joint progress reports, plus later annual reports and final report to full surrender of remnant licence EL 1808, for the overall period 4/10/1989 to 24/10/1996.
Exploration for Olympic Dam-style mineralisation, undertaken over an area centred ~15 km south-east of Arcoona Homestead on the Stuart Shelf, which includes WMC's formerly partly tested Emmie Bluff prospect, has comprised the acquisition of ground...-
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RB 37/00077 Petrology of the cores of bores no. 1 and 2, Middleback Ranges.
A representative selection of rock types obtained in the cores of the DDH1 and DDH2 iron ore exploration holes was made with a view to studying the mineralogy, the lithology and any microstructures of interest present in the formations intersected. A...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1954
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RB 54/00073 Summary report on the investigation of the Warramboo aeromagnetic anomaly, central Eyre Peninsula.
As part of the SADM iron exploration programme in South Australia, geophysical and drilling investigations have been undertaken on the Warramboo Anomaly, the largest elongate asymmetrical aeromagnetic anomaly in the State outside of the Middleback...-
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Published: 15 Mar 1962
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RB 60/00048 Ground magnetic and gravity survey of the Warramboo aeromagnetic anomaly, central Eyre Peninsula. Geophysical report no. 1.
The project followed a logical appraisal, from conducting high level aeromagnetics through low level aeromagnetics, ground geophysics, drilling and shaft sinking, to metallurgical testing. All geophysical methods used divide the anomaly into three...-
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Published: 16 Mar 1965
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RB 45/00118 Final report on iron ore prospecting, Corunna area, Iron Knob district.
In an area of limited basement outcrop located between 2 and 5 miles north-northwest of Iron Knob township, the Department's surface traverse channel sampling (969'), percussion boring (643’) and diamond drilling (1270’) tested a low grade...-
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Published: 04 Dec 1957
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Port Broughton, Redhill and Mount Remarkable - Port Augusta areas (part of the Moonta North Project ELs combined reporting group). Annual reports and joint final report at licences' surrender, for the period 19/4/2002 to 22/5/2006.
Economic deposits of iron-oxide associated copper-gold mineralisation of the Moonta-Wallaroo or Olympic Dam style, hosted in Palaeoproterozoic basement rocks of the Moonta Sub-domain, were targeted by exploration in three now surrendered licences,...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-59, Kalkaroo Dome fault-hosted gold mineral prospects. Project final report.
The main aim of Havilah Exploration's PACE Initiative Year 3 approved drilling programme was to test the east-west trending, quartz-veined breccia zone that passes through the central Kalkaroo Dome, specifically in the footwall of the Kalkaroo Cu-Au...-
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Bulgunnia, Gosse and Kingoonya (the Mentor Project). Data release made at the surrender of subsequent licences : annual reports for the period 27/10/1992 to 15/11/1997. [Index entry Part 1 of 2 - a very long abstract is split between these two parts].
The Gawler Joint Venture partners (Dominion Mining and Resolute Resources) have been exploring three near-contiguous areas located in the north of the Tarcoola - Kingoonya district, seeking possible economic concealed epithermal/mesothermal...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Hope. Annual reports for the period 12/4/2002 to 14/3/2019.
Exploration of an area located on western Eyre Peninsula between Sheringa and Mount Hope is continuing, with the intent of discovering economic buried base and precious metal deposits of volcanogenic sediment-hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) style...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Manunda. Annual reports submitted until the commencement of joint reporting on the Razorback Ridge Iron Ore Project, for the period 10/12/2007 to 9/12/2009.
The banded iron formations associated with various tillite in South Australia have been recognised as being potential sources for iron however the low-grade nature of these bands has been one of the limiting factors in why they have not been...-
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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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Oakbank, Sergeant's Dam and Oakvale, northern Murray Basin, South Australia (part of the Oakvale Project). Joint third partial surrender report, for the period 3/12/1997 to 1/12/2001.
Within the now relinquished licence portions, parts of six traverses of reverse circulation aircore drilling (involving 68 vertical open holes, total 1918.5 m) tested 60 km strike length of interpreted heavy mineral sand - bearing marine beach facies...-
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The Padthaway Project. Data release made at the full surrenders of four included licences: joint first annual report, for the period 16/6/1999 to 15/6/2000.
Exploration for possible economic metallic mineral products of hidden copper-gold deposit mineralising systems, which possibly were genetically related to fractionated, high crustal level emplaced Cambro-Ordovician intrusive rocks, is addressing an...-
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Safari, Lake Woorong, Leonard Rise, Thunderstorm Creek and Brumby Creek areas (Coober Pedy Ridge Project). Quarterly and six-monthly progress, plus annual and final, joint activity reports for the period 22/4/1991 to 22/3/2000.
The Coober Pedy Ridge / Mount Woods Inlier project investigated a 170 km long east-west belt of medium to high grade Proterozoic metamophics and syn- and post tectonic granites, centred 25 km south of Coober Pedy, for Broken Hill type stratiform...-
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Wiawera. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/12/1996 to 12/12/2001.
Exploration for possible sheeted vein type gold, Telfer - style gold, and BIF hosted gold and base metal sulphide deposits that may have formed in Adelaidean metasediments occupying the area between Anabama and Radium Hill, 10-30 km south-east of...-
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Mount Gunson. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/re-issue over a larger area, for the period 25/10/1979 to 20/12/1985.
As part of an ongoing search for extensions to the Cattlegrid orebody style of stratiform Cu-Fe-Mn mineralisation within its exploration licences on the Stuart Shelf, besides testing for any indications of Olympic Dam type Cu-U-Au deposits in the...-
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