The subject field excursion performed in August-September 2000 in part mimicked that held by the GSSA during September 1997, but included 6 additional stops programmed for Day 1 (31st August 2000) to examine Archaean geology at the southern tip of...

In late 1999, the South Australian Government approved the purchase of 1000 square km of land in, and adjacent to, the Gawler Ranges, for the creation of the Gawler Ranges National Park. This land has significant mineral potential, and has been...

INTRODUCTION TO THE GUIDE Northern Yorke Peninsula (NYP) is within the southern portion of the Olympic Domain of the eastern Gawler Craton, which is arguably the world’s most fertile IOCG belt. That such a belt existed was only realised when Western...

This paper provides a formal definition of the Cultana Subsuite, outlining the igneous petrology of the intrusion, its geochemical characteristics, and the nature of hydrothermal alteration and brecciation affecting the rocks. The Cultana Subsuite is...

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...

Gawler Range Volcanics and Hiltaba Suite granitoids were investigated for possible volcanic epithermal gold and Olympic Dam - style plutonic Cu-U-Au-Ag mineralisation in an area of the south-western Gawler Ranges, 60 km north-east of Poochera....

Reconnaissance, helicopter supported mapping and sampling within the Yellabinna Regional Reserve, 70 km north-northwest of Ceduna, revealed more extensive basement outcrop than previously recorded, but returned no anomalous metal values. Infill...

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...

Calcrete sampling of an area 40 km southeast of Streaky Bay was prevented by a thick sequence of Bridgewater Formation calcarenite; rock chip sampling of an outcrop of Gawler Range Volcanics yielded no significant values. A detailed aeromagnetic...

Reconnaissance, helicopter-borne geological mapping and rock chip geochemical sampling were carried out within the Yellabinna Regional Reserve, 70 km northeast of Penong. No anomalies were identified, but the area retains considerable Cu-Au...

Following initial assessment of available data, exploration for copper, gold and base metals in an area 60 km west of Tarcoola concentrated on regional calcrete sampling. Analysis for gold and a suite of base metals indicated several areas of...

Gold mineralisation associated with fracture zones and a possible buried volcanic vent within Mesoproterozoic Gawler Range Volcanics was the target of exploration in the vicinity of Yardea Homestead. A regional stream sediment and calcrete sampling...

Ground magnetics and RC drilling (13 holes, total 2436 m) were carried out on three buried Proterozoic ?ironstone-skarn targets that had been identified around the margins of interpreted Hiltaba Suite granites, 80 km west of Coober Pedy, and which...

In a search for buried Acropolis - style Fe-Cu-Au and Hiltaba Suite intrusive breccia - related contact metasomatic gold and base metal deposits, surficial geochemical sampling and ground magnetics were carried out between Lakes Gairdner and Everard...

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 over the licence area was severely restricted due to its being located entirely within the Yellabinna Regional Reserve, and because of unresolved Native Title claims. Initially, acquisition of a detailed aeromagnetic survey, comprising...

No work - licence held only as buffer acreage to adjoining EL 2478 Point Lowly.

Four styles of mineralisation formed the basis for exploration in the Paney-Buckleboo area, namely, stratiform sedex (Broken Hill style), shear-hosted epigenetic gold and base metals (Tunkillia style), skarn-related gold and base metals (Menninnie Dam...

Ernest Henry / Olympic Dam style Cu-Au mineralisation hosted by Mesoproterozoic Gawler Range Volcanics and Hiltaba Suite granites was the target of exploration in an area situated immediately south of Lake Everard. Regional calcrete, soil, rock chip...

Exploration within the Cultana Army Training Area, which is located to the west of Spencer Gulf just south of Port Augusta, targeted possible Proterozoic metasediment - hosted Cu-Au-U-REE mineralisation associated with the Hiltaba age Cultana Granite....