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Wooltana. Progress reports for the period 3/6/1971 to 2/6/1973.
TARGET: Roll-front type uranium in Tertiary sediments. EXPLORATION: 82 rotary open drillholes totalling 47,003 feet, and 2 confirmatory partly cored holes totalling 949 feet (125 feet cored). All drillholes were geophysically logged. RESULTS:...-
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Published: 04 Jul 1973
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RB 83/00104 Data base for the Cainozoic of the Lake Eyre Basin, and proposed drilling project with Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics.
Includes surface and subsurface stratigraphic data, and a geological map at 1:500 000 scale. 18 bores were re-logged.-
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Published: 01 Dec 1983
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RB 79/00114 Palaeodrainage systems in western South Australia. Their detection by Landsat imagery, stratigraphic significance and economic potential.
Two major palaeodrainage systems of Tertiary age, with watersheds of up to 35 000 square km and channel lengths of 200-250 km, have been recognised and delineated using LANDSAT imagery, during 1:250 000 scale geological mapping in western South...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 95/00042 Interpretation of palaeodrainage north and west of Lake Eyre using NOAA-AVHRR satellite images.
An interest by Carnegie Minerals prompted an investigation of the north and western side of Lake Eyre to locate palaeodrainage of possible economic significance. NOAA-AVHRR satellite images were processed over the area, paying particular attention to...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1995
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Lake Blanche and Montecollina. Progress reports and joint final report to licences' expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/4/1988 to 3/7/1989.
Possible economic Quaternary mineral sands accumulations formed along inferred palaeo-shorelines on the northern and eastern margins of Lake Blanche, or in the meander belt of the Strzelecki Creek, were the object of exploration undertaken by...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : North Mulga, Wooltana and Paralana areas (Frome Basin Project). Joint annual reports for the period 24/9/2012 to 31/12/2018.
The continuation of Heathgate's programme of exploration for economic buried Tertiary sediment-hosted uranium mineralisation within part of the north-western Frome Embayment during 2012-2013 has comprised exploratory drilling of 36 vertical rotary mud...-
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Warana Hill - Areas 1-3. Joint annual reports to licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/6/2009 to 29/6/2011.
A conjoined multi-licence area located in the northern Strzelecki Desert, centred approximately 110 km north-northwest of Moomba, has been explored for possible economic buried Cenozoic heavy minerals sands (HMS) deposits, and also for shallow...-
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Culberta Bore and Curraworra Bore. Annual reports and combined final report to licences' respective expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/4/2005 to 12/4/2010.
An area located approximately 50 km south-west of Quinyambie has been explored for possible economic, buried IOCG style mineralisation within Proterozoic basement rocks underlying the north-eastern margin of the Benagerie Ridge. In addition, after...-
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Blyth Creek. Annual reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 2/1/2007 to 30/9/2013.
Exploration for possible economic IOCG type base and precious metal deposits in buried basement rocks, and for possible roll front style sedimentary uranium mineralisation in overlying Jurassic-Cretaceous Eromanga Basin sediments, within an area...-
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Curnamona, Frome Downs, Billeroo Creek and Mulyungarie (the Curnamona Uranium JV Project). Joint annual reports and final report to licences' joint surrender, for the period 20/2/1997 to 19/2/2002.
Exploration for sedimentary uranium in Tertiary palaeochannels was carried out on four partly contiguous licences located immediately south and east of Lake Frome. Research of historic data, including an evaluation of the results from 309 existing...-
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Lake Coonee (part of the Lake Frome Project). Second partial surrender report, for the period 16/4/2009 to 31/7/2013.
A search for possible economic sandstone-hosted uranium mineralisation formed within Tertiary sediments and perhaps also the underlying Mesozoic strata in the Lake Coonee area, located in the Strzelecki Desert 140 km north-west of Broken Hill, has...-
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Published: 20 Aug 2013
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Lake Arthur East, Lake Arthur West and Lake Arthur (the Lake Surprise Project and the Mumpie Project). Data release made in lieu of submitting partial surrender reports : annual and joint annual reports for the period 29/8/2006 to 28/8/2014.
A wide basinal area located east of Marree and bordering the northern Willouran Ranges is being explored afresh for sedimentary uranium occurrences in response to market conditions and the demonstrated prospectivity of the local cover rocks, which...-
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Published: 30 Oct 2014
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Moolawatana. Fourth partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 27/1/1999 to 28/7/2014.
Work conducted on the recently relinquished portions of the Moolowatana exploration licence, over the 10-year period since the tenement was granted, has included the conduct of four gravity surveys plus the drilling of two deep diamond cored holes,...-
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Published: 04 Feb 2015
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 5 partnership DPY5-03 - Benagerie Ridge Joint Venture area iron oxide - associated copper-gold mineral prospects. Project final report.
PACE drilling collaboration proposal DPY5-03 was formulated to drill test two gravity - (magnetic) anomalies located by 500 m x 500 m spaced gravity data which had been read by Newcrest Operations along the crest of the buried Benagerie Ridge basement...-
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Douglas Creek. Final report for the period 18/8/95 to 20/3/96.
No convincing magnetic targets of possible kimberlitic origin, masked by thick Tertiary and Cretaceous cover, were revealed by a speculative aeromagnetic survey conducted 20 km east of William Creek township near the south-western shore of Lake Eyre.-
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Allandale. First annual report to licence renewal, for the period 5/12/1994 to 31/5/1995.
Following recognition of the likely young age of the sources of the Abminga area magnetic anomalies, and the discovery of a number of diamond indicator minerals in sediments to the west of the Peake and Denison Ranges, the Allandale joint venture...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-06, Benagerie Ridge Joint Venture area iron oxide - associated copper-gold mineral prospects. Project interim and final reports.
The PACE Initiative drilling collaboration proposal DPY3-06 was formulated to drill test three gravity - (magnetic) anomalies seen along the buried Benagerie Ridge area of the Curnamona Province of South Australia, on EL 3019 (Quinyambie Station)...-
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Benagerie Ridge Areas A to E (initially the Curnamona IOCG Project, and later becoming part of the Curnamona South Uranium Project). Joint annual reports to licences' respective or joint (final) surrender, for the period 25/5/2005 to 9/6/2015.
Five conjoined exploration licences covering the buried central and northern Benagerie Ridge basement province that is comprised predominantly of Mesoproterozoic volcanic and intrusive rocks, have been explored for possible economic iron oxide -...-
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Published: 14 May 2015
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Mount Frome (part of the West Lake Frome Project). Second partial surrender report for the period 10/8/2005 to 9/8/2009.
An area located between the eastern escarpment of the Flinders Ranges and the south-western edge of Lake Frome, and situated on the western margin of the Tertiary Poontana Sub-basin which hosts the Beverley and Beverley - 4 Mile sedimentary uranium...-
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Published: 08 Aug 2010
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Etadunna (part of the Mount Flint Project). First annual and final reports at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/3/2008 to 25/3/2009.
An area located approximately 90-110 km north-northeast of Marree was taken up to explore for possible telethermal gold mineralisation hosted by Great Artesian Basin sediments. A number of surficial and enigmatic gold geochemical anomalies exist in...-
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Published: 11 Apr 2010
