This report reviews the available information on the region and presents a preliminary appraisal of the past nickel exploration data supplied by South Western Mining Co. Ltd. Current field and laboratory information has also been included. The study...

This report reviews the available information on the region, and presents a preliminary appraisal of the data supplied by South-western Mining Co. Ltd. Current field and laboratory information has also been included. New geological and geochemical...

Gravity surveys were made in December 1960 over areas of ferruginous and siliceous laterite in the Mount Davies region, where a sill-like body of basic and ultrabasic igneous rocks, the Giles Complex, intrudes Archaean metasediments. Secondary nickel...

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Secondary nickel mineralization was discovered in jasperoidal capping overlying an altered ultrabasic intrusion (metamorphosed serpentinite, peridotites, pyroxenites). 3 diamond drill holes (1 769 feet) were drilled, about 300 geochemical samples...

Gravity surveys in the North-West Province of the state, begun in 1960, were continued in 1965. Detailed gravity surveys were carried out over the Claude Hills jasper zone and adjacent alluvium covered areas, near Mount Davies, and east of Gosse’s...

This progress report summarizes field characteristics of the major rock types present in outcrop on the WOODROFFE 1:250,000 scale mapsheet area.

The dominating feature of the regional Bouguer anomaly contours is a continuous gravity ridge trending east-south-east across MANN and possibly extending across WOODROFFE. This ridge seems to be a continuation of the Anketell gravity ridge which...

The Bureau of Mineral Resources proposed aeromagnetic survey during 1968 covering the western Musgrave Block in South Australia includes MANN and portions of the WOODROFFE, BIRKSGATE and LINDSAY 1:250 000 mapsheet areas. Topographic features in the...

Low grade, nickel bearing, weathered ultrabasic rocks that form a part of the Giles Complex in the North-West Province of South Australia were first discovered by a SA Mines Department field party in 1953. Since their discovery the weathered rocks,...

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A total of 380 stream sediment samples and 40 heavy mineral samples were collected from Giles Complex norites in the Musgrave Ranges and the -80 mesh fraction tested for copper, lead, zinc, cobalt, nickel, chromium, vanadium, manganese, titanium,...

The WOODROFFE 1:250,000 sheet area occupies part of the Musgrave Block in the North West Province of South Australia. It includes the western part of the Musgrave Ranges and the northern limits of the Great Victoria Desert. The oldest rocks are...

5 holes (27 metres) tested chrysoprase occurrence of thin small veinlets and disseminations associated with jasper and chalcedony. Most chrysoprase is low grade, rarely of good quality, and quantities are small. Further testing by shallow pits...

Three bodies of basic rock believed to be equivalent to the Giles Complex were located near the southern margin of the Marryat Shear. I.P., V.L.F.E.M AND T.M.I were used to site a diamond drill hole, targeted at nickel mineralization. Only minor...

This report has been written to assist the Geochemical Section which is about to commence on exploration programme in Mt Davies and adjoining areas. The report lists the available information related to geochemical exploration which has not yet been...

An occurrence of nickeliferous ochre had previously been located at Claude Hills, in the Mount Davies area, by a subsidiary of International Nickel Company in 1956. Since then, exploration of the area has been undertaken in several phases, culminating...

An extensive detailed and regional exploration programme was carried out in the North-west Province in 1965. Geological mapping, geophysical (gravity and aeromagnetic) traversing, and test drilling were undertaken to test known occurrences and...

Geological mapping and gravity traversing were carried out in the Northern Territory to test possible extensions to the Claude Hills nickeliferous ochre occurrence. Two gravity lows were detected, Zone C commencing in South Australia, and Zone D...

On February 2nd, 1967 it was reported in the press that vanadium deposits "tentatively estimated at 100 million tons, have been found near the remote Jameson Range, 520 miles northeast of Kalgoorlie". The deposits were located by geologists of the...