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High Bluff. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 9/1/1978 to 23/2/1985.
Exploration for possible Alligator Rivers (Northern Territory) style uranium deposits occurring in potential host rocks (carbonaceous pelites and carbonate rocks) within an Early Proterozoic metasedimentary sequence underlying a Middle Proterozoic...-
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RB 79/00121 Uranno microgranite deposit for road sealing aggregate and rail ballast.
A quarry plan, designed to yield 100,000 cubic m of in-situ material, has been outlined in a microgranite outcrop on Eyre Peninsula which is located 15 km east of Cummins and 10 km south-east of the Uranno railway siding. Diamond drilling (3 inclined...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1979
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Carappee Hill. Data release made in lieu of submitting a licence second partial surrender report : annual reports for the period 10/10/1995 to 16/10/2003.
Palaeoproterozoic metasediments of the Hutchison Group, and Lincoln Complex granitoids, were the targets of exploration for gold, base metals and granite dimension stone in an area 40 km south of Kimba. Initial calcrete sampling indicated that...-
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Mikkira (south-west of Port Lincoln). Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 2/3/1981 to 27/10/1987.
Exploration for graphite primarily, and secondarily for BIF-associated massive base metal sulphides, in the area surrounding the historic Uley graphite mine situated 15 km west south-west of Port Lincoln, initially comprised an airborne reconnaissance...-
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Published: 30 Oct 1987
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Menninnie Dam (part of the Fleurieu - Menninnie Dam Exploration Joint Venture Project). Combined annual report for the 5-year period 24/9/2005 to 26/10/2010, plus annual reports for the period 27/10/2010 to 26/10/2012.
During the 5-year period 2005-2010, intensified exploration undertaken at Menninnie Dam was focussed on the discovery and delineation of structurally controlled hydrothermal Pb-Zn-Ag mineralisation. Carbonate-rich Hutchison Group metasediments forming...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Uley graphite deposit. Proposed open cut mine and ore processing plant. Mining study reports submitted during 1988.
Formal mining proposal documents submitted to PIRSA for approval as part of the process of re-opening the Uley graphite mine to sustain a planned 10 years duration open pit mining operation.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1988
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PACE Copper Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 9 partnership DPY9-21 - Eyre Peninsula Project, Central Gawler Gold Province, Baggy Green North prospect biogeochemical anomaly. Drilling project final report.
Early in 2016, Adelaide Resources submitted a proposal to DSD for a grant of PACE Initiative Year 9 collaborative drilling project subsidy funds to help it drill ~80 exploratory aircore or RC holes for a total of approximately 8000 m to further...-
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Triple Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 10/7/1979 to 4/10/1982.
Exploration for possible buried occurrences of unconformity-related uranium mineralisation, undertaken within an area located approximately 26 km west-southwest of Cowell on eastern Eyre Peninsula, has included the acquistion during July 1979 of a 500...-
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Mount Olinthus. Progress reports plus interim final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 12/7/1978 to 7/11/1987.
TARGET: Unconformity related, vein-like and vein-type uranium in the Cleve Metamorphics, Katunga Dolomite and Mangalo Schist; lead-zinc sulphides of Broken Hill or Balmat-Edwards type in the Hutchison Group. EXPLORATION: Uranium exploration...-
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ComRev 008 Iron Ore in South Australia 2000
The iron-rich rocks of South Australia have been classified into six deposit types - residual, chemical sedimentary iron formations, Fe-skarn and, of lesser significance, hydrothermal, clastic and magmatic. Production has been overwhelmingly from...-
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ComRev 016 Iron Ore opportunities in South Australia 2014 (historical reference only)
A 2016 summary of iron ore opportunities within South Australia. Each mine, deposit or prospect has detailed resource information and a snap-shot of the associated companies at that time.-
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ComRev 015 The South Australian Resources Sector 2016 (historical reference only)
Gold: Gold mineralisation is widespread in South Australia and occurs in most geological provinces Copper: Many of the deposits in South Australia’s copper provinces are covered by a sequence of younger rocks that have effectively hidden many large...-
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ComRev 011 Uranium in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)
Australia has a substantial allocation of the world’s uranium resources, especially defined under the lower risk RAR (Reasonably Assured Resources) metric. Australia hosts 29% of the world’s uranium resources (RAR and inferred) recoverable at...-
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ComRev 009 Gold in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)
Gold mineralisation is widespread and occurs in most geological provinces of South Australia. Gold in South Australia is obtained from two types of primary deposits - quartz veins (reefs or lodges) and deposits worked mainly for base metals from which...-
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ComRev 010 Copper in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)
South Australia’s copper deposits are held within three significant regions, Gawler Craton, Curnamona Province and the Adelaide Geosyncline, which host 3 producing mines, 4 developing projects and over 40 copper prospects. Many of the deposits in...-
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ComRev 012 Iron Ore in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)
South Australia is the birthplace of the Australian iron ore industry. There are existing operational mines in the Middleback Ranges. There are a further two mines approved and twenty developing projects across the State with identified resources of...-
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Port Lincoln - Kimba area. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/11/1967 to 31/10/1969.
The possible areal extent and potential in-ground resources of secondary kaolin developed from deep lateritic weathering of Early Proterozoic basement rocks on central-eastern Eyre Peninsula were investigated by the licensee, with a view to obtaining...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Karkarook. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 17/9/1998 to 16/9/2003.
Holocene lacustrine gypsum beds, believed to have formed around 6000 years ago by the evaporation of saline water in a series of shallow lakes and lagoons that had developed along the ancestral Driver River watercourse, were the objectives of early...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Middleback Range. Progress reports and annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 6/6/1990 to 5/6/1995.
A licence area consisting of two separate sub-blocks that cover ~460 square km of Palaeoproterozoic BIF ironstone outcrops in the northern and southern parts of the Middleback Range on north-eastern Eyre Peninsula was taken up by The Broken Hill Pty...-
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RB 28/00013 The Calcookara copper mine.
Attention was drawn to the rather narrow copper workings of the Calcookara mine because the copper ore remnants found on dumps and in an ore paddock gave a Geiger Muller instrument gamma count of about 250 above the normal background of 60. Further...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1950
