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Yeltacowie, Hesso, Charlinga, Bowen Hill and Kangaroo Bluff (the Stuart Shelf Project). Joint annual reports and final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 16/8/2005 to 14/2/2014.
Uranium One Australia (U1A) acquired the Stuart Shelf Project tenements in 2005 with the aim of exploring for uranium mineralisation that has unconformity - related genetic features broadly analogous to those of deposits of the Athabasca Basin in...-
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Published: 28 May 1914
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Marree, Mount Alford, Meta Hill and Etadunna. Joint first progress and joint final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 20/6/1980 to 19/12/1980.
An assessment of the oil shale potential of marginal Great Artesian Basin sediments in South Australia was carried out, due mainly to their perceived stratigraphic and lithological similarity to Cretaceous strata in Queensland which host the very...-
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Published: 25 Nov 1980
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Murrawijinie, Denman, Koonalda and Cook [Wigunda]. Progress and final reports for the period 7/7/80 to 27/7/81.
Cretaceous sediments in the Eucla Basin portion lying within South Australia's far west were investigated for their oil shale potential. This search was prompted by a recorded occurrence of a thick, oily Cretaceous shale horizon intersected in a...-
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Published: 10 Jun 1981
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Goulds Dam and Katchiwilleroo Dam (temporarily part of the Goulds Dam JV Project). Data release made at licences' joint expiry/lapse of tenure : joint annual reports for the period 27/8/2009 to 26/8/2014.
During 2009-2010, the first year of the subject licences' joint annual reporting, 27 vertical open exploratory rotary mud holes were drilled to basement on EL 3905 Goulds Dam for a total penetration of 3564 m, to search for redox fronts that may exist...-
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Published: 23 Oct 1914
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Lake Torrens Areas 1 and 2, Lake Torrens South and Lake Torrens North (the Lake Torrens Brine Potash Project). First joint annual report plus final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 5/1/2015 to 16/6/2016.
Much of the eastern side of the very large, 5,745 square km saline playa Lake Torrens, which occupies one of the most arid parts of Australia, was taken under licence by a Northern Territory - based company with the intent of systematically sampling...-
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Published: 14 Jun 1916
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Mount Moseley (part of the Mount Gunson Project). Annual reports for the period 10/10/2002 to 28/10/2018.
An area centred approximately 50 km south of Woomera, near the Oakden Hills, is being explored for three separate types of mineralisation: • stratiform copper mineralisation similar to that of the world-class Central African Copper Belt and White Pine...-
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Published: 20 Dec 1918
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Ethiudna. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 22/2/2004 to 22/2/2015.
An area centred ~50 km north-west of Olary is continuing to be explored for possible buried economic Prominent Hill or Olympic Dam type iron oxide associated copper-gold (IOCG) breccia style mineralisation. The area is considered highly prospective...-
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Lake Frome South, Central Lake Frome and Lake Frome North areas (the Lake Frome Potash Project). Joint annual reports plus final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 5/1/2015 to 26/4/2018.
The entire extent of the main Lake Frome salina was taken up in early 2015 with three contiguous licences covering a total area of 2718 square km, to explore for a salt lake brine potash resource which might be economic to develop to supply the local...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1918
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Camel Lake. Annual reports to licence surrender for the period 16/11/2012 to 15/11/2023.
An area located ~ 70 km north-east of Ooldea Siding and 50 km east of Maralinga is being explored for the industrial mineral kaolin, and more particularly its crystallographic form halloysite, which typically occurs as microtubules or nanotubes which...-
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Published: 21 Nov 1923
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Todmorden. Progress reports for the period 21/4/1986 to 20/11/1987.
TARGET: Native sulphur associated with possible salt dome structures, the locations of which were interpreted from past petroleum exploration seismic reflection surveys. EXPLORATION: A detailed gravity survey, and 2 rotary/core drillholes totalling...-
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Published: 13 Jan 1988
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Lake Namba. Progress and final reports for the period 4/11/1975 to 26/10/1981.
TARGET: Sedimentary uranium deposits in the Lower Tertiary sediments overlying the Mesozoic Frome Embayment and Cambrian Moorowie Syncline stratigraphic succession, adjacent to and overlying the western flank of the Proterozoic Benagerie Ridge....-
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Kielpa (part of the Cowell Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 5/12/2005 to 20/3/2014.
An area centred about 25 km west of Cleve has been explored for possible buried Athabasca Basin type unconformity - style uranium mineralisation, which it was thought might have formed in a fairly deep (> 200 m) geological setting where...-
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Published: 18 Jun 1914
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Port Pirie. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 21/8/1979 to 30/6/1982.
Continuing exploration for possible buried Mount Gunson and Olympic Dam type copper deposits, or other stratabound base metal occurrences within shelfal facies of Adelaidean sediments or in the pre-Adelaidean Wandearah Formation Carpentarian age...-
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Report on the Shamrock uranium prospect.
Uranium mineralisation was first discovered at the old Shamrock Copper Mine during a systematic search of old mine dumps by the South Australian Department of Mines in 1955. Follow-up investigations located a small high-grade uranium lode (Valley...-
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Gulnare. Combined first annual / final report at licence expiry/full surrender for the period 23/1/2008 to 22/1/2009.
Exploration for possible Neoproterozoic sediment-hosted, unconformity related buried uranium deposits within a synclinally-exposed area of reduced Warrina Supergroup siliclastic rocks, 160 km north of Adelaide, followed a concept that such deposits...-
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Published: 02 Dec 1908
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Bernard Hill. Annual and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 5/9/2002 to 4/9/2005.
As part of a project examining the Adelaidean cover rocks that surround the Pernatty Culmination on the southern Stuart Shelf for possible economic stratiform copper mineralisation of the various styles known to be present in the Mount Gunson area,...-
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Unlocking South Australia's Mineral and Energy Potential - A Plan for Accelerating Exploration. Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry) : Year 1 partnership no. DPY1-11, Moseley Dam mineral prospect. Project final report.
As part of its programme of exploration for Neoproterozoic stratiform copper mineralisation in the Mount Gunson district, based on prior target generation through soil geochemical sampling and electrical geophysical surveying, Gunson Resources...-
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Copper Coast. Final report, Project ADI RD02-291 [Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
IGO Ltd’s (IGO) Copper Coast Project is located along the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton in South Australia and covers Proterozoic rocks of the Stuart Shelf, Torrens Hinge Zone and Adelaide Rift Complex, which form part of the Adelaide...-
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Published: 09 May 1922
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Report to SENRAC on the evaluation of coal types in the Bowmans deposit - phase 1.
Coal types and associated quality throughout the coal zone were assessed and the relationship between coal and quality parameters was evaluated.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1988
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Unlocking South Australia's Mineral and Energy Potential - A Plan for Accelerating Exploration. Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry) : Year 1 partnership no. DPY1-02, Titan mineral prospect. Project interim and final reports.
Titan prospect is located within Exploration Licence 3209, and lies 30 km north of the Olympic Dam mine. The prospect was first drilled by Western Mining Corp. in 1976 with diamond drillhole BD 1, and in 1981 with a second hole, BD 2. Both holes hit...-
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