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RB 91/00057 Precambrian geology of islands in the Investigator Strait area, South Australia.
Exposures of Proterozoic rocks consist of coarse-grained, megacrystic granitoids plus dolerite and metadolerite dykes. This igneous association is correlated with the Donington Granitoid Suite and represents the southernmost exposure of the Gawler...-
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Published: 01 May 1991
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Pernatty [Station] and Yeltacowie (the Punt Hill IOCG Project). Joint annual reports for the period 29/11/2009 to 6/1/2012.
Two adjoining licence areas located in the country east of Pernatty Lagoon that lies between 80 and 180 km north of Port Augusta are being explored by Monax Mining Limited (Monax) for economic Proterozoic basement-hosted Iron-Oxide associated...-
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Published: 21 Jun 1912
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Gunson (part of the Mount Gunson Project). Annual reports for the period 15/7/1994 to 17/10/2008 [ Index Part 4 of 4 ].
During licence Year 12, following encouraging results made by its continuing exploratory drilling, Gunson Resources was able to negotiate a joint venture over the Mount Gunson Project tenements with Falconbridge Limited through its subsidiary Noranda...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Gunson (part of the Mount Gunson Project). Annual reports for the period 15/7/1998 to 17/10/2008 [ Index Part 2 of 4 ].
Stuart Metals is primarily exploring EL 1946 for stratiform copper mineralisation of the various styles known to be present in the Mount Gunson district. In addition, the company regards the largely unknown Mesoproterozoic basement to have strong...-
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Lake Torrens South, Beda Arm and Carrapateena Arm (latterly the Lake Torrens Joint Venture Project). Annual reports (singular and combined) to licences' respective expiry/renewal, for the period 21/2/1996 to 7/1/2008.
Economic Olympic Dam style iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) mineralisation has been the target of exploration carried out in three adjoining areas which together extend for about 55 to 170 km north of Port Augusta, covering southern Lake...-
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Andamooka Creek, Willaroo Dam, Island Dam and Stuart Shelf / Andamooka Ranges (the Stuart Shelf Project). Joint annual reports on activities undertaken by the Joint Venture consortium for the period 11/10/1996 to 10/10/2009 [ Index Part 1 of 2 ].
The four Stuart Shelf Joint Venture Project exploration licences collectively cover approximately 2668 square km of semi-arid pastoral land surrounding the Olympic Dam mine and extending east and south-eastwards as far as Lake Torrens [the Olympic Dam...-
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RB 2020/00015 Reconnaissance zircon U-Pb geochronology of the southeastern Olympic Cu-Au Province, South Australia.
The eastern Gawler Craton is the location of the Olympic Cu-Au Province, a world-class metallogenic province known for iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) deposits such as Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill and Carrapateena (Skirrow et al., 2007;...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2020
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RB 2022/00007 40Ar/39Ar geochronology from AuScope National Argon Map samples, Gawler Craton, South Australia.
The National Argon Map was an AuScope-funded pilot project (2020–2021). The project aimed to compile a national-scale map of and to analyse new samples to fill the gaps in national coverage in 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. This report provides the results...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2022
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Bull 055 A geochronological framework for the Gawler Craton, South Australia
This bulletin contains geochronological data and interpretations from the Gawler Craton of South Australia that have been completed by Mark Fanning of The Australian National University, by Geological Survey of South Australia personnel, and by...-
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RB 2006/00021 Tectonics of the southeastern Gawler Craton, South Australia: A field guide to the Palaeoproterozoic gneisses of Corny Point, Yorke Peninsula
This field guide presents an introduction to the geology and tectonics of the south-eastern Gawler Craton, particularly as observed at the Corny Point locality. Topics covered include the detrital zircon age distributions within the Corny Point...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2006
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RB 2002/00018 16th Australian Geological Convention, Adelaide, South Australia, 1-5 July 2002 - Excursion A1 locality guide. Geology of Yorke Peninsula, and Cu-Au mineralisation at Moonta and Wallaroo.
This excursion was designed with the intent of introducing its participants to the geology, mineralisation and alteration styles present in the Moonta - Wallaroo region, through guided drill core inspection, a trip to the Wheal Hughes open pit mine,...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2002
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RB 2006/00004 Crustal evolution of the Gawler Craton, South Australia: Application of the TerraneChron technique to detrital zircon from modern stream sediments.
This report presents the results of a Terranechron [registered brand name for this proprietary technique] study of detrital zircons from modern stream sediments of the Gawler Craton. The Terranechron approach involves obtaining uranium - lead decay...-
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Published: 01 Feb 2006
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RB 2006/00008 Proterozoic geology of islands in southern Spencer Gulf, southern Gawler Craton
An emplacement age of 1497 ± 38 Ma for the felsic Spilsby Suite exposed on islands in southern Spencer Gulf is anomalously young with respect to magmatism elsewhere within the Gawler Craton, and is approximately 75 to 90 million years younger than the...-
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Published: 01 Jun 2006
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RB 2007/00005 Timing of the Kimban Orogeny on southern Eyre Peninsula.
Seven samples of Proterozoic basement rocks, representing syn and post-tectonic leucocratic melts that formed during the Kimban Orogeny within the Donington Suite and within cross-cutting Tournefort Metadolerite mafic dykes on the southernmost Eyre...-
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Published: 01 Feb 2007
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RB 2012/00014 Age of host rocks at the Chianti Cu-Au prospect, eastern Gawler Craton, from zircon U-Pb geochronology.
The primary aim of the U-Pb geochronology work reported herein was to constrain the age of granites that form the principal host unit to the minor mineralisation and extensive alteration present within the Chianti Cu-Au prospect located in the eastern...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2012
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RB 2012/00017 Transpression and lower crustal extrusion: a transect across the Paleoproterozoic Kalinjala Shear System in the south-eastern Gawler Craton.
The Gawler Craton preserves a tectonic history spanning the interval c. 3200 – 1400 Ma, and its evolution is dominated by Neoarchean to Mesoproterozoic tectonic events. Prior to the Jurassic-Cretaceous breakup of Australia and Antarctica, the Gawler...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2012
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RB 2016/00009 Geological field excursion guide — IOCGs – where it all began: the Moonta-Wallaroo region of the eastern Gawler Craton.
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...-
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Published: 01 May 2016
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RB 2002/00017 Interpretation of the middle Palaeoproterozoic granites and gneisses (Lincoln Complex), southern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
The middle Palaeoproterozoic rocks (2000-1800 Ma) on southern Yorke Peninsula are part of the Cleve Subdomain in the eastern Gawler Craton, which is separated from the younger Moonta Subdomain by the Warooka Fault Zone. The rocks contain a group of...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2002
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RB 2007/00015 Geochronology of the Gawler Craton, South Australia.
Geochronology enables us to determine the age of rocks and minerals. The variety of isotopic geochronological techniques give complementary information on, for example, the timing of igneous or metamorphic crystallisation, as is often the case for the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2007
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Gawler Province regional geology 3D Model (3D version 1).
The Gawler Province 3D Geological Model is the second product of PIRSA's early 3D modelling trials conducted using 3D GeoModeller software. The work began with identifying the statigraphic units that were to be modelled. Due to the regional scale of...-
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