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Mount Mitchell. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 20/10/1980 to 19/10/1982.
Exploration was undertaken for lode and alluvial tin mineralisation which might exist within ground adjacent to the abandoned Mount Mitchell tin mine, and also for reef gold in altered granite and dolerites outcropping adjacent to the numerous small...-
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Lake Hart. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 5/9/1980 to 4/9/1982.
Airborne magnetic/radiometric surveys and follow-up gravity surveys carried out in a search for possible Olympic Dam type orebodies have indicated depths to magnetic basement in excess of 1000 m in the Lake Hart area of the Stuart Shelf. The...-
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Published: 06 Oct 1982
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Bundulla. Progress reports for the period 24/5/79 to 19/10/82.
Airborne and ground magnetic surveys were conducted in the Bundulla area of the Nullarbor Plain (SA), prior to drilling a prominent circular aeromagnetic feature. 2 percussion/rotary mud holes, each drilled to TD 369.5 m, penetrated crystalline...-
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Glenloth Well. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/3/1973 to 29/3/1974.
Two inclined percussion holes were drilled at the Mount Mitchell tin prospect for a total penetration of 504 feet. The aim was to test a discrepancy between subsurface sample negative tin assay results obtained by the Department of Mines, and good...-
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Published: 21 Feb 1974
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Mount Bayley. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 22/7/1971 to 21/7/1972.
A small area located 15 km north-east of Beltana was explored for possible economic stratabound or epigenetic/hydrothermal base metal deposits associated with Adelaidean and Cambrian calcareous/dolomitic strata and Willouran diapiric structures. Work...-
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Tarlton Knob and Cadnia Hill. Joint progress and final reports to licences' expiry/full surrender for the period 23/3/1973 to 22/3/1974.
A consultant's detailed regional geological study of the northern Willouran Ranges, and then his very close examination of the apparent controls on known diapir-related exposed epigenetic / stratabound copper mineralisation, have identified three...-
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Mount Pitt. Progress and final reports for the period 6/4/81 to 5/10/81.
As part of a regional search for economic small-scale deposits of rare earth metals in the Mount Painter district, geochemical prospecting revealed several atypically high background niobium values, in stream sediments derived from watercourses known...-
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Summary of exploration on the Gunsight uranium-copper prospect, portion (of) SML 704, South Australia, to 30/6/1973.
Surface copper carbonate mineralization occurring along a presumed shear zone was initially discovered some 4 miles southwest of the Parabarana Cu prospect by North Flinders Mines in late 1971, during a programme of detailed geochemical stream...-
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Mutooroo [Station]. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 11/9/1989 to 6/9/1994.
Exploration for possible heavy mineral sand marine placer deposits within Tertiary sediments on the northern margin of the Murray Basin comprised aircore drilling (28 holes, total 744 m) in the Mutooroo station area, 50 km south-east of Olary. The...-
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The MIM-Peko Stuart Shelf Joint Venture Project. Progress reports to licences' joint full surrender and their re-issue as a single replacement tenement, for the period 15/2/1983 to 20/10/1989.
Exploration for Olympic Dam-style Cu-Au-U mineralisation, undertaken over areas to the south-east of Arcoona Homestead and in the vicinity of Woomera township, has comprised numerous reconnaissance and then detailed gravity, ground magnetic and CSAMT...-
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Yumali. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 7/6/1978 to 18/10/1983.
Base metal exploration activities undertaken by Thiess Brothers in the Yumali - Coomandook area investigated several coincident regional gravity and aeromagnetic anomalies arising from concealed Palaeozoic basement rocks. These anomalies are part of a...-
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Published: 14 Nov 1983
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Murray Bridge. Progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 15/7/1991 to 14/1/1994.
Exploration was undertaken by BHP along the western margin of the Murray Basin, between Lake Alexandrina and Cambrai township, for possible economic heavy mineral sands and for exhalative sedex-style volcanogenic/stratabound base metal deposits, both...-
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Emu Hill. Progress and annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/4/1991 to 21/4/1996.
Diamond exploration undertaken north-west of Moolawatana included the acquisition of airborne magnetic / radiometric and ground magnetic surveys, plus soil, stream sediment, gravel, loam and rock chip sampling, and aircore/diamond drilling (25 holes,...-
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RB 37/00077 Petrology of the cores of bores no. 1 and 2, Middleback Ranges.
A representative selection of rock types obtained in the cores of the DDH1 and DDH2 iron ore exploration holes was made with a view to studying the mineralogy, the lithology and any microstructures of interest present in the formations intersected. A...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1954
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RB 38/00056 Stone deposits - Hd Hawker.
Following the request from the Commissioner of Railways for information regarding a possible road metal deposit (quartzite) in Section 115 Hundred Hawker, contained below, an inspection was made of this deposit and adjacent areas during the period 10...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1954
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RB 38/00076 Explanatory Notes for the ALBERGA 1:250 000 geological map.
The Alberga 4 mile Military Sheet, situated in the north-west of South Australia is bounded by latitudes 26° and 27°S and longitudes 132° and 133° 30'E. It embodies the following 1 miles sheets - Giles, Ernabella, Indulkana, Kenmore, Alcurra,...-
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Published: 27 Apr 1955
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RB 59/00146 Molybdenum and tungsten in the southeastern portion of Spilsby Island (Sir Joseph Banks Group) 10/12/1964.
Investigations have shown that in the Sir Joseph Banks Group, molybdenite and scheelite are confined to the southern tip of Spilsby Island. The minerals occur in thin irregular veins, in masses of quartz, and as disseminations scattered through...-
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Published: 10 Dec 1964
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RB 60/00035 Sampling of creek sands associated with northern Flinders Ranges diapirs.
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 60/00063 Geological reconnaissance of the coastal areas of southern Eyre Peninsula for molybdenite and scheelite.
Rocks in the Flinders and Hutchinson groups are exposed sporadically around the coast of Eyre Peninsula. Reported occurrences of molybdenite and scheelite in these rock types were investigated. No significant rare metal minerals were found in the...-
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Published: 23 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00071 (Report on the) Ukaparinga (Unaparinga) copper mine, Williamstown.
Copper carbonates are sporadically distributed throughout steeply dipping mica schist in a zone up to about 70 ft. wide. The host rocks have been regarded as overturned metamorphosed Burra Group (Torrensian) beds resting on the Aldgate Sandstone...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1965
