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Lake Tallacootra area (Watson Joint Venture Project). Data release at licence expiry/full surrender: annual reports & partial surrender reports submitted until the start of project licences' joint reporting, for the period 23/3/2005 to 22/3/2008.
An area situated on the eastern margin of the Nullarbor Plain has been explored for possible economic sedimentary uranium deposits that may have formed in Tertiary strata underlying the Nullarbor Limestone. The target porous sediments are those...-
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East Nullarbor Regional Reserve (Watson Joint Venture Project). Data release at licence expiry/full surrender: annual reports & partial surrender reports submitted until the start of project licences' joint reporting, for the period 3/3/2005 to 2/3/2008.
An area centred approximately 200 km north-west of Ceduna was taken up initially to explore for possible buried nickel mineralisation, and subsequently was farmed out to companies interested in assessing its base/precious metal and sedimentary uranium...-
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Pidinga. Annual report and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/12/2010 to 12/12/2012.
An area centred about the Pidinga Lakes, 200 km north-west of Ceduna, was taken under licence to explore for economic Tertiary coal and lignite deposits because of several reported intersections of lignite made in drillholes by previous explorers. In...-
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Data release - as updated : Lyons [formerly called Rounsevell Hill]. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 25/10/2002 to 2/12/2017.
Exploration undertaken in an elongate north-south area situated 40 km west and north-west of Tarcoola has targeted possible economic iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) mineralisation that may have formed within altered near-surface Hiltaba...-
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Yarlbrinda South. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 20/1/2004 to 10/1/2011.
An area located approximately 80 km north-east of Streaky Bay was taken up to explore for possible Hiltaba Suite intrusion-related, structurally controlled gold mineralisation formed at the southern end of the Yarlbrinda Shear Zone (YSZ) , in a...-
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Wynbring [Siding]. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 17/12/2009 to 16/12/2012.
A large, ~1300 square km licence area extending NE-SW and centred ~100 km west of Tarcoola and ~170 km NNW of Ceduna was taken up to explore part of the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin for possible economic buried Tertiary detrital heavy mineral...-
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Muckanippie, Garford, Commonwealth Hill and Mulgathing Hill (part of the Central Gawler Project). Joint annual reports to licences' expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/5/2005 to 19/5/2010.
Tasman Resources' Central Gawler Project acreage, originally comprising seven exploration licences ELs 3339 to 3345, was initially applied for on the basis of perceived prospectivity for diamonds, however, further potential for discovering buried...-
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Mount Christie Siding (part of the Eucla Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/7/2005 to 20/3/2013.
The subject licence area, one of eight tenements which constitute Hindmarsh Resources Limited’s (Hindmarsh’s) Eucla [Basin] Project, has been explored for possible buried economic sedimentary uranium deposits that may have formed in Tertiary...-
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Garford [Outstation], Indooroopilly Outstation and Half Moon Lake (the Challenger West Project). Joint annual reports and joint final report to licences' respective expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/4/2003 to 13/10/2010.
The three licences comprising the Challenger West Project were taken up principally to explore for economic gold, which could possibly occur in strike extensions of known gold lodes formed within Archaean basement rocks that constitute the Challenger...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Ooldea. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/9/2005 to 31/8/2010.
An area centred ~230 km north-west of Ceduna, in the far north-eastern corner of the Nullarbor Plain, and lying just south of the Ooldea railway siding on the Trans Australian Railway line, is being explored for possible economic buried deposits of...-
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RB 2001/00021 Development of geoscientific models for exploration in Tertiary palaeochannels draining the north-western Gawler Craton, SA.
The precise geometric definition of palaeochannels on the north-western Gawler Craton, South Australia, is important in the exploration for placers (e.g. gold and heavy minerals), secondary geochemical deposits (e.g. uranium) and even for lignite and...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2001
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RB 2015/00011 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia – Third edition.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2013–2014, South Australia produced 4399 t of uranium, representing 80% of Australia’s total uranium production of 5512 t, and equating to 9.2% of the world’s total...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2015
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RB 2012/00009 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia – Second edition.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2010–11, South Australia produced 4276 t of uranium, representing 60% of Australia’s total uranium production of 7035 t, and equating to 11% of the world’s total...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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Wilkinson Lakes. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 24/2/1975 to 1/8/1975.
TARGET: Shallow Permian coal in the Tallaringa Trough, west of the Karari Fault. EXPLORATION: Reconnaissance rotary drilling (21 holes totalling 2009.3 m), plus an additional 12.2 m of bottomhole coring. RESULTS: No Permian coal measures were...-
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Port Kenny. Combined first progress / final report at licence full surrender, for the period 20/7/1981 to 30/10/1981.
After a review of existing geophysical and water bore data revealed a subsurface basement topographic depression onshore in the vicinity of Venus Bay, CRA took up an exploration licence there to look for possible economic lignite or sandstone-hosted...-
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Published: 13 Oct 1981
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Trial Well. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 15/6/79 to 4/1/82.
TARGET: An assessment of the potential for uranium and lignite deposits within the Eocene Pidinga Formation, and separate investigations of coincident, possible Olympic Dam target type magnetic and gravity anomalies in the crystalline Precambrian...-
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Warrior. Progress reports for the period 4/4/79 to April 1982.
The licence was relinquished following conduct of intensive exploration in the Malbooma area since 1973. Drilling of 514 percussion holes (totalling 21 355 metres) and 29 cored holes (totalling 1 111 metres) defined widespread uranium mineralisation,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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Nalara Rockhole. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/7/1981 to 19/7/1982.
Over an area of small salinas located approximately 100 km south-west of Tarcoola, near the margin of the Gawler Block outcrop, 6 rotary air/mud holes totalling 231 m (part of a planned programme of 16 holes) were drilled to basement to test for coal...-
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Published: 20 Sep 1982
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RB 2009/00014 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2008/2009, South Australia produced 4 613 t of uranium, representing 45% of Australia's total uranium production of 10 311 t, and equating to 9.5% of the world's...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2010
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Lake Tallacootra, Eucla Basin lignite exploration. Progress reports for the period 20/5/80 to 19/5/81.
14 holes totalling 383 m were drilled to outline an occurrence of Tertiary lignite in the Lake Tallacootra area.-
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