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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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Watson Siding (South). Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 11/12/81 to 10/10/82.
In a search for possible concealed Olympic Dam type base metal deposits within an area located 80 km north-west of Yalata, the licensee investigated several previously identified contiguous magnetic and gravity anomalies by performing ground magnetic...-
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Published: 16 Dec 1982
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RB 60/00082 Coober Pedy Opalfield.
Mapping of the Coober Pedy Opalfield has shown that opal occurrence, although erratic, is not entirely unpredictable. Several groups of workings are present in an area of about 150 square miles. The host rock is a distinctive pink and white...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1965
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RB 82/00050 South Australia. Investment and development for the 80s. Investment seminar April 1982, Singapore and Hong Kong.
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Published: 01 Jul 1982
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RB 77/00144 Chrysoprase and moss agate deposits Mount Davies area, North West Province. Report no. 2.
Report criticises the methods, presentation and conclusions of a non-professional chrysoprase mining feasibility study prepared for the Commonwealth Government Opposition by parliamentary advisor J.P. West.-
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Published: 13 Dec 1977
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RB 98/00010 Regolith studies related to the Challenger gold deposit, Gawler Craton, South Australia. Geochemistry and stratigraphy of the Challenger gold deposit - Volume 1: text, and Volume 2: appendices.
The Challenger gold deposit lies in the northern Gawler Craton, South Australia, 750 km NW of Adelaide, and 140 km NW of Tarcoola. A 1.5 km traverse (the regolith line) was chosen for the study of geochemical dispersion and regolith stratigraphy...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1998
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RB 96/00001 Mineral exploration and development in South Australia.
This mineral promotional brochure reviews significant historical developments in South Australia's mineral industry and canvasses the currently recognised mineral potential within the State, for the benefit of local and overseas interested companies...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1996
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Mount Willoughby. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 11/1/2001 to 10/1/2005.
Exploration for opal, carried out in an area of the Stuart Range located approximately 130 km north-northwest of Coober Pedy, has included a compilation of geological and opal occurrence data, photogeological interpretation of aerial photographs,...-
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Glen Oak (part of Flinders Ranges Project). First partial surrender report for the period 3/12/1997 to 19/3/2004.
Diamond exploration over two relinquished part EL areas located between Quorn and Hawker in the southern Flinders Ranges has comprised kimberlite indicator mineral and geochemical sampling of drainage channels situated on the eastern margins of the...-
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Report [of research] on opal mining in South Australia.
The subject consultant's report presents an account of research work, recent geological reconnaissance and recommendations for future exploration strategies to find opal deposits in the two licence areas presently held by the client.-
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Abminga Diamond Project. Data release made at licence renewal [and project cessation]: progress reports and annual reports for the period 25/10/1993 to 17/3/2004.
The Abminga Diamond Project, undertaken by Caldera Resources NL, was granted exploration project status, including permission for EL joint reporting, in July 1996. This event followed up to two years of work by other operators on a number of...-
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Cowell nephrite deposit. Technical appraisal reports submitted during the period 1970 to 1988.
A consultant geologist's reports prepared in 1970 for by mining lease optionholder Murumba Minerals NL describe his detailed mapping of the then known jade (nephrite) deposits within the Cowell Jade Province. Two potentially mineable deposits were...-
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Published: 08 Dec 1980
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Carrieton North (part of the Orroroo North Project). Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal as of a larger new tenement, for the period 19/1/1982 to 27/4/1986.
TARGET: Palaeo-alluvial diamonds in the Triassic Boolcunda Basin. EXPLORATION: Initial soil sampling and ground magnetic surveys of geochemical and geophysical anomalies; comprehensive regional and follow-up heavy mineral stream sediment sampling of...-
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Vivonne 1 and Borda 1 wells, Duntroon Basin, offshore South Australia. Thermal history reconstruction using apatite fission track analysis and vitrinite reflectance.
This study was commissioned by the Petroleum Division, Mines and Energy South Australia (MESA), and was completed in September 1995. Principal objectives of the study were to determine the timing and nature of any episodes of heating and cooling...-
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Arckaringa Basin, SA. 1984 diamond exploration report.
Evaluation of the diamond potential of the Arckaringa area, 50 km south-west of Oodnadatta, which is here considered to be a region both tectonically and geologically favourable for the past emplacement of kimberlitic intrusive bodies, has comprised...-
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Lonesome Dam and Lagoon Waterhole. Joint final report at licences' joint surrender, for the period 9/4/1986 to 12/3/1990.
TARGET: Olympic Dam style base and precious metal deposits; iron ore; kimberlitic diatremes. EXPLORATION: Two aerial magnetic and radiometric surveys, a semi-regional gravity survey, and a helimag survey of possible kimberlite targets, plus ground...-
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Published: 18 Apr 1990
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Tourmaline Hill. Progress reports for the period 9/6/88 to 8/3/89.
TARGET: Beryllium minerals associated with altered carbonate lithology contact aureoles to sodic granitoids emplaced in regionally metasomatised Lower Proterozoic metasediments. EXPLORATION: Reconnaissance rock chip sampling, and resampling of 197 CRA...-
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Published: 25 May 1989
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 8 partnership DPY8-25 - Wilcherry Hill area, Eyre Peninsula, Zealous prospect Mesoproterozoic epithermal calc-silicate skarn Sn-U-Pb-Cu-Ag mineral occurrence. Final report.
Arising out of exploratory drilling carried out by Ironclad Mining in 2012, which aimed to test the shallow subsurface haematite ore potential of an ironstone outcrop located in the central north of the Wilcherry Hill licence area, an unexpected...-
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Fission track analysis of samples from Duntroon 1, Duntroon Basin.
Eight samples of unwashed cuttings from 1500-3510 metres (Aptian to late Eocene) were measured to determine thermal history. A major jump in the apatite grain age profile between the Tertiary and Cretaceous is attributed to a major shift in sediment...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Moonta - Wallaroo area (where licence is subject in part to the Moonta Porphyry Joint Venture). Annual reports for the period 24/12/1996 to 11/4/2008. [ Index Part 1 of 2 ].
A 106 square km area, comprising two blocks which cover the main historic copper and gold - producing districts centred around the towns of Moonta and Kadina, is being explored afresh in an attempt to identify ore resources of quantity sufficient to...-
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