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Nilpinna Homestead area (part of the Australian Diamond Exploration joint venture). Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/1/1980 to 22/2/1987.
Diamond exploration undertaken in the Peake and Denison Ranges included the acquisition and processing of aerial magnetic, radiometric and heliborne magnetic and VLF-EM surveys, with follow-up ground magnetic and Sirotem surveys, plus extensive...-
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Commodore. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 22/9/1980 to 21/10/1986.
Multicommodity exploration undertaken in the Commodore - Parachilna area of the west-central Flinders Ranges, just outside of the western boundary of the newly proclaimed national park and the included Heysen Range, has comprised limited gravel...-
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Chadee Curra Plains (north-western Eyre Peninsula). Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 6/9/1985 to 5/6/1986.
An evaluation of the commercial potential of known gypsum, salt and silica sand occurrences located within coastal dunes and palaeo-lakeshore terraces 15 km north-east of Venus Bay on Eyre Peninsula initially comprised aerial photographic...-
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Lake Blanche and Montecollina. Progress reports and joint final report to licences' expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/4/1988 to 3/7/1989.
Possible economic Quaternary mineral sands accumulations formed along inferred palaeo-shorelines on the northern and eastern margins of Lake Blanche, or in the meander belt of the Strzelecki Creek, were the object of exploration undertaken by...-
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Cronje Dam. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 20/4/1977 to 19/4/1979.
Exploration for possible concealed volcanogenic massive sulphide (VHMS) base metal mineralisation associated with the Mesoproterozoic Boucaut Volcanics has included the acquisition and assaying of 1200 soil samples, traverse drilling of 224 shallow...-
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Blanchetown. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 28/3/1983 to 27/3/1987.
An area located immediately south-east of Blanchetown has been explored for possible economic shallowly buried occurrences of Quaternary gypsum. Work included aerial photo interpretation and reconnaissance auger drilling, the drilling of 89 shallow...-
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Published: 24 Apr 1987
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Mount Aleck. Partial surrender report for the period 19/11/1982 to 18/11/1983.
Exploration for Mississippi Valley - type stratabound base metal deposits in the relinquished area covering the eastern flank of the Mernmerna Syncline, 10 km south-west of Wilpena Pound, has proved to be unsuccessful. At the Vanessa prospect, 28...-
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Anna Creek. Progress and final reports for the period 23/9/83 to 22/9/88.
TARGET: Diamonds in the William Creek area, and areas south-east of the Peake and Denison Ranges. EXPLORATION: Regional stream sediment and loam sampling supported by geological mapping and ground magnetic surveys located 2 areas rich in kimberlitic...-
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Ulooloo. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/7/1986 to 6/3/1989.
TARGET: Economic fine-grained, Telfer style gold mineralisation occurring as syngenetic stratabound deposits formed in sedimentary basins during or soon after periods of basin subsidence and instability. The eastern limb of the large, overturned...-
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Published: 22 Feb 1989
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Mount Grainger. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/8/1986 to 19/2/1988.
TARGET: Stratabound gold, or hydrothermally altered vein stockwork copper-gold mineralisation that commonly is structurally emplaced within folded, brittle fractured competent Adelaidean metasedimentary units, in an area 20 km east of Peterborough....-
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Published: 01 Mar 1988
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Peaked Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/10/1987 to 15/10/1988.
TARGET: Possible bedrock gold and base metal mineralisation in the Maldorky - Mutooroo region, south-east of Olary. EXPLORATION: Stream sediment (163) and rock chip (7) geochemical sampling. RESULTS: Five areas with low-level gold anomalies were...-
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Published: 16 May 1989
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Cowell - Middleback Range and Sheoak Hill areas. Joint progress reports for the initial tenure period 15/3/1983 to 14/3/1984.
TARGET: Possible stratiform Pb-Zn-Ag mineralisation of the Broken Hill or Aggeneys-Gamsberg type associated with banded iron formations in Early Proterozoic metasediments. EXPLORATION: Regional ground magnetic surveys, geological mapping, 29 RAB...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : the Tarcoola and Theseus Projects. Joint annual reports for the period 31/5/2010 to 31/12/2014.
A large part of the Harris Greenstone Domain basement tectonostratigraphic block, extending from 10 km to 130 km west of Kingoonya, is being explored for possible buried economic gold, nickel and other base metal mineralisation which may be associated...-
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Interpretation of airborne magnetometer survey, Oodnadatta, South Australia.
Detailed discussion of methods of interpretation and anomalies discovered. Two plans covering the area 26 - 30 degrees S. and 134 - 138 degrees E., scale 1:240,000 contour interval 10 to 50 gammas, with superimposed major faults etc. and 1,000 feet....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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Binda Boudna and Billa Kalina (the Stuart Shelf IOCG-U Project). Joint annual reports plus individual licence final reports to their respective expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/5/2013 to 1/5/2018.
Two adjoining licence areas located within the north-eastern Gawler Craton, to the east of the Mount Woods Domain, and centred about 150 km NNW of the Olympic Dam mine, were taken up to explore for possible economic buried IOCGU mineralisation which...-
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Granite Downs. Progress and final reports for the period 28/8/1969 to 22/10/1970.
Field reconnaissance and assessment of surface mineralisation, regional geological mapping and geochemical sampling, detailed ground magnetic and radiometric surveying, and shallow vertical percussion drilling (5 holes, total 491 feet) were carried...-
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Published: 22 Sep 1970
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Charlinga. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 5/8/1977 to 4/8/1979.
During ongoing exploration for Mount Gunson style economic base metal mineralisation buried on the south-central Stuart Shelf, new work completed by CSR has included the drilling of 59 rotary percussion holes totalling 3782 m in the Winnie Pinnie,...-
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Report on the regional photogeological mapping of the Willyama Block in SA, based on the study of small-scale colour aerial photographs. (Appendix 1 in yearly report to 23/9/1977).
Regional lithostructural geological map of all outcropping Middle Proterozoic rocks presented as 6 maps, scale 1:100000.-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : North Mulga, Wooltana and Paralana areas (Frome Basin Project). Joint annual reports for the period 24/9/2012 to 31/12/2018.
The continuation of Heathgate's programme of exploration for economic buried Tertiary sediment-hosted uranium mineralisation within part of the north-western Frome Embayment during 2012-2013 has comprised exploratory drilling of 36 vertical rotary mud...-
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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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