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Stuart Creek. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 13/5/1977 to 12/5/1979.
Stratiform base metal sulphide deposits and sedimentary uranium accumulations were targeted in the Stuart Creek area, which straddles the Torrens Fault on the eastern margin of the Stuart Shelf. Two airborne magnetic and radiometric surveys totalling...-
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Andamooka, Stuart Creek, Arcoona, Lake Torrens, Todds Dam, Lake Arthur, Woodforde Hill and Murdie Island (the Stuart Shelf Project). Joint first partial surrender report at licences' expiry/renewal, for the period 2/5/1975 to 16/6/1986.
WMC's Stuart Shelf exploration activities from 1975 to 1985 have sought mainly Olympic Dam style mineralisation (copper - uranium - precious metals in haematitic breccia host rocks), with lesser emphasis directed at: possible distal analogues of the...-
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RB 80/00036 Redcliff gravity survey.
Survey between Nectar Brook reservoir and Redcliff Point over the proposed Redcliff petrochemical plant indicates that a narrow valley, filled with up to 200 metres of low density sediments, occurs beneath the western portion of the site. Subsidence...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1980
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RB 83/00101 Geology, geophysics and stratigraphic drilling at Depot Creek, southern Flinders Ranges.
Depot Creek is one of few localities with sedimentary contact between the Burra and Callanna Groups. The Depot Creek 1 drillhole [TD 874.35 m] provided subsurface control for making an interpretation of the structure of the eastern margin of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1983
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Port Broughton, Redhill and Mount Remarkable - Port Augusta areas (part of the Moonta North Project ELs combined reporting group). Annual reports and joint final report at licences' surrender, for the period 19/4/2002 to 22/5/2006.
Economic deposits of iron-oxide associated copper-gold mineralisation of the Moonta-Wallaroo or Olympic Dam style, hosted in Palaeoproterozoic basement rocks of the Moonta Sub-domain, were targeted by exploration in three now surrendered licences,...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Lake Torrens area. Annual reports for the period 6/4/2009 to 17/8/2018.
During the 2009-2010 reporting period, work completed by Straits included: • participation in Native Title and Land Access activities and negotiations, which have constituted the majority of the work undertaken; and • Holding numerous meetings and...-
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 8 partnership DPY8-09 - Margaret Dam, southern margin, Peake and Denison Inliers, kimberlite diamond prospect. Drilling project final report.
Monax Alliance's Margaret Dam Project is located on their EL 5347 Francis Creek, which is centred approximately 40 km south of William Creek in northern South Australia. The initial project work done for licence operator Monax Mining by geophysical...-
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Bute. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/12/1998 to 16/3/2006.
Sustained recent attempts to locate economic Moonta - style copper mineralisation in Proterozoic basement in the vicinity of Bute township have been based on the presence there of a large regional aeromagnetic high, and on a past drilling discovery by...-
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Minlaton. First partial surrender report for the period 9/4/1984 to 8/4/1985.
For the now relinquished portion of the licence area, a detailed literature search, interpretation of recently acquired third-party seismic reflection profiles, and examination of available magnetic and gravity data for anomalies did not provide any...-
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Ruby Hill Project : Douglas Creek prospect drilling program. Final report, Project ADI RD02-288 [part of Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
Copper Search Australia Pty Ltd (a subsidiary of Copper Search Limited) was granted co-funding from the Department of Energy and Mining in July 2021 to a subsidy total of up to $228,000, to assist it with high risk exploration of remote parts of the...-
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Interpretation of geophysical data from EL 923 area.
5 prospective areas delineated from qualitative appraisal of available geophysical data, include basement base metal targets, Cambrian carbonate areas and 1 Tertiary palaeochannel target for uranium.-
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White Cliffs Dam. Relinquishment report.
Target was Olympic Dam type mineralization. Reconnaissance gravity was conducted, at 500 metres intervals 2 km apart, but no anomalies were found.-
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Stuart Creek. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/8/1979 to 18/10/1982.
One vertical stratigraphic diamond drillhole [the 1a re-drill] was fully cored to 1450 m total depth over a regional gravity high in the western half of the licence which was thought to be prospective for Olympic Dam type polymetallic mineralisation...-
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Nilpena Seismic Survey (09AG04).
Torrens Energy Ltd contracted Terrex Seismic Services to record the 2009 Nilpena Seismic Survey on Geothermal Exploration Licences 230, 407 and 408. The location of the survey area was on the western flank of the Flinders Ranges, extending westwards...-
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Baker Dam. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 23/3/1977 to 29/9/1977.
Exploration carried out 20 km north-west of Port Augusta targeting possible buried Olympic Dam type mineralisation consisted of ground geophysical traverses over regional magnetic and near-coincident regional gravity anomalies. No discrete...-
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Published: 23 Dec 1977
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Baker Dam. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 26/1/1978 to 25/4/1979.
A subtle regional gravity high located 10 km east of Uro Bluff on the eastern margin of the Stuart Shelf was the subject of further investigation by a new group of licensees seeking buried Olympic Dam type mineralisation. After a consultant's review...-
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Published: 15 Apr 1979
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Bute - Port Broughton area. Progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/6/1979 to 18/1/1991.
TARGET: Uranium and base metal deposits associated with Early to Middle Proterozoic basement geological structures and rock units in Spencer Gulf coastal areas east and south of Port Broughton. EXPLORATION: Aerial magnetic and radiometric surveys,...-
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Warrioota Creek. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 7/6/1978 to 6/6/1980.
Exploration undertaken in an area of practically no outcrop that is situated south of the Ediacara Range, on the eastern side of Lake Torrens, has aimed primarily at investigating the Viburnum Trend (Mississippi Valley) - type mineral potential of...-
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Published: 12 Mar 1980
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Trecompana Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 8/1/1979 to 7/1/1980.
A prominent regional aeromagnetic anomaly of unknown source depth, that is situated north-west of Roxby Downs along the strike of the Torrens Hinge Zone structural lineament, and which lies close to an intersection of other major lineaments, has been...-
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Lincolnfields. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 5/9/1980 to 4/9/1981.
Ongoing exploration of a small area located 10 km north-northwest of Bute, looking for possible Zambian Copperbelt type base metals within the buried Late Proterozoic Adelaidean metasedimentary sequence, comprised reconnaissance auger drilling for...-
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Published: 29 Jun 1981
