Portions of regional airborne radiometric and magnetic surveys, plus a small part of the HW-IV seismic refraction traverse, and 20 line km of gravity and ground magnetic surveys, were undertaken by joint venture operator Afmeco as part of its Project...

Reconnaissance drilling undertaken between Bookabie and Coorabie on western Eyre Peninsula comprised 8 RAB holes totalling 259 m and 41 aircore holes totalling 2448 m. Many holes were abandoned before reaching basement due to running sands, water...

Diamond, gold and platinum group element (PGE) exploration activities carried out within an area of known kimberlitic and lamproitic intrusive rocks east of Elliston comprised aircore drilling (23 holes, total 1188 metres), addressing 17 out of 36...

Diamond and gold exploration undertaken on the two relinquished ground portions located north-west and east of Venus Bay on Eyre Peninsula, which total 530 square km in area, have comprised heavy mineral sampling, heavy mineral grain microprobing,...

Exploration for heavy-mineral sand in Tertiary sediments on the south-western flank of the Ooldea Range comprised geological reconnaissance and RC drilling (81 holes, total 1204 m). Up to 3% titaniferous heavy minerals were reported from drill samples.

Tertiary palaeochannels of the northwestern Gawler Craton have become the focus of recent exploration due to the probable association between placer gold, heavy minerals, coal, uranium and groundwater resources, and channel sediments. The...

Exploration for possible concealed, mesothermal, structurally-controlled Cu-Au deposits within an area located between Calca and Wirrulla on Eyre Peninsula comprised calcrete geochemical sampling, ground magnetic surveying and RC/aircore drilling of...

A largely soil and dune-covered area bordering the eastern side of the Nullarbor Plain near Lake Tallacootra was investigated initially for possible Precambrian metasedimentary iron ore ocurrences, that may be associated with a number of narrow...

TARGET: Permian coal in the Tallaringa Trough, east of Maralinga. EXPLORATION: An 11 hole RC drilling programme totalling 1480 m. RESULTS: Eight drillholes intersected up to 4 horizons of lignite and lignitic clay of demonstrated Eocene age, that...

With the dawning of renewed interest in one of South Australia’s historic gold provinces, driven by the newly acquired data from the Department’s highly successful Gawler Craton Airborne Survey (GCAS), the Geological Survey of South Australia has...

Investigations by Urangesellschaft of previously recorded aerial radiometric anomalies above sedimentary cover in the vicinity of outcropping granite at Carapee Hill, which body contains sporadic low grade uranium mineralisation, have included...

HyVista Corporation was contracted by DMITRE during August-September 2013 to process an archived set of HyMap airborne hyperspectral scanner data of the Earth's surface radiance properties, that had previously been acquired on 21/11/1998 from a survey...

This inaugural regolith map of the southern Gawler Ranges margin provides a valuable regional overview of the main regolith types and their associated landforms, plus a general outline of the major areas of bedrock or regolith-dominated terrain, as...

TARGET: Possible commercial oil shale beds in either the Cretaceous Madura Formation or the Cambrian Observatory Hill Formation; possible Mississippi Valley - type lead-zinc deposits within the Observatory Hill Formation; economic lignite seams...

Following on from the conduct of both preliminary airborne and carborne radiometric surveys in an area 60 miles north of Penong, which disclosed numerous anomalies with potential for finding uranium occurrences, the locality was taken up and...

In a search for possible economic roll-front sedimentary uranium deposits thought to be hosted by Middle Eocene Pidinga Formation fluvial and lacustrine terrestrial sediments deposited in the eastern Eucla Basin, 13 scout RAB/RC open holes were...

As part of a search for possible economic sedimentary uranium mineralisation in the vicinity of Ifould Lake, an airborne radiometric survey of 700 line miles was flown at 2 mile line spacings, and 13 rotary holes with a total penetration of 464.8 m...

As part of a continued search for possible Proterozoic - Cainozoic unconformity - related, concealed sedimentary uranium deposits in an area of the Eucla Basin located 60 km north of Fowlers Bay, Pechiney conducted geological reconnaissance, ground...

Possible shallowly buried, surface-mineable coal formed within the Lower Permian Mount Toondina Formation, and similar to the coal occurring in the Phillipson Trough area, was the target of exploration carried out in the poorly defined Tallaringa...

10 reverse circulation holes were drilled, totalling 311 m. Surface radiometric effects were attributed to groundwater Ra and/or Rn, or to evaporitic concentrations of uranium daughter products. Results from drilling and from track etch (alpha)...