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Parabarana. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/5/1972 to 17/5/1974.
Under a joint venture agreement made between North Flinders Mines and Dampier Mining Co. (a BHP Exploration subsidiary), operative over the 7 square mile SML 705 between 14/9/1973 and 14/3/1974, at least 3500 feet of additional appraisal diamond...-
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Yudnamutana. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 24/6/1972 to 23/6/1973.
As part of continuing exploration for possible economic buried stratiform / hydrothermal copper mineralisation in the Yudnamutana Mining Field, the target lower Callanna Group strata were geologically mapped, petrologically studied and geochemically...-
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Progress report on exploration within [Brindana] Schist Belt Areas 3 - 10, Mount Painter and Mount Babbage Blocks, South Australia.
Marathon Petroleum's exploration investigations of EL 871 during 1982 were aimed at a detailed follow-up of prospective horizons and geochemical targets located in 1981. Rock chip assaying of selected lithologies, in particular quartz-garnet/gahnite...-
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Arkaroola. Progress and technical reports to licence renewal for the period 19/5/1972 to 18/5/1974.
Ongoing base metal exploration in the Arkaroola Station region of the north-eastern Flinders Ranges by licensee North Flinders Mines (NFM) has involved reviews of certain existing prospects, which has led to the entry of farminee Shell Minerals...-
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EL 82 Yudnamutana, SA. Progress and final reports from 20/7/1973 to 19/7/1974.
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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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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Mount Painter, Mount Gee and Mount Ward. Progress reports and technical reports to licences' respective expiry/full surrender, for the period 31/6/1965 to 29/11/1985.
Exploration disclosed widespread uranium mineralisation, with drill-indicated reserves of 6 million tonnes, at an average grade of 0.8 kg / tonne U3O8, existing in 5 major deposits. About 625 drill holes totalling 53,000 m tested these major deposits...-
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Beneficiation of monazite ore.
Beneficiation of a bulk sample of monazite ore taken from Monazite Hill, from an orebody containing in excess of 5 million tons of ore with a monazite content of 5-6%, yielded poor results.-
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Emu Hill. Partial relinquishment report, June 1994.
Exploration for diamonds and base metals, 25 kilometres west of Mount Fitton, comprised an airborne magnetic-radiometric survey with heli-mag and ground follow-up, together with gravel, stream sediment, BLEG and soil sampling. Results indicated poor...-
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RB 36/00116 Geology of the East Painter uranium deposit.
The East Painter uranium deposits were extensively explored by the South Australian Department of Mines during the period 1946 to 1950. Work accomplished comprised driving of five edits and drilling thirty four surface and underground diamond drill...-
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Published: 11 Jan 1954
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RB 39/00012 Mount Shanahan uranium prospect diamond drilling.
The uranium deposit discovered near Mt Shanahan was tested at depth by one diamond drill hole. Diamond drilling has proved unsuccessful in the recovery of lode material, but the radiometric log indicates a well defined anomaly at a depth of 51-54 ft,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1955
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RB 40/00001 Report on investigation of uranium deposits at Mount Painter, South Australia, (during the period) June 1944 to September 1945.
Part titles for RB 40/00001: Part I. General statement - Investigation of uranium deposits, Mount Painter, South Australia. Part II. Construction and mining operations. Part III (1). Uranium minerals from Mount Painter. Part III (2). Reconnaissance...-
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Published: 08 Nov 1945
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RB 41/00024 Pitchblende prospects at the Shamrock mine, Yudnamutana.
A significant discovery of pitchblende mineralisation was made recently by Departmental prospectors at the abandoned workings of the Shamrock mine located in the Yudnamutana Copper Mining District. The occurrence comprises two separate well-defined...-
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Published: 19 Aug 1955
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RB 41/00119 Report on a new discovery of uranium mineralization at the Commonwealth mines. Mount Painter region.
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 59/00056 Diamond drilling at the Pinnacles mine.
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 59/00140 Geology and mineralization of the Daly-Yudnamutana copper field. Outside Counties, pastoral sheet 11, south pastoral blocks 797, 692.
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 58/00105 Geology and mineralization of South Australia.
Since the valuable appraisal by Dickinson and Sprigg (1953) of geological structure and mineralisation in South Australia, much new geological information has become available. The role of geotectonics in ore localisation and the extent of weak...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 58/00053 Geology of the Daly-Yudnamutana copper deposits, northern Flinders Ranges.
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 49/00159 Billy Springs mine, also known as Mount Fitton mine.
The Billy Springs Mine, situated in the Northern Flinders Ranges is located on the north limb of a westerly pitching syncline. Within this main syncline, disharmonic folding has produced a central anticline flanked by synclines to the north and south....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 50/00093 Mount Pitton Talc Deposits - Northern Flinders Ranges - Outside Counties - Pastoral Block 796.
All the talc deposits investigated occur in schistose dolomite in the Sturtian Series, near the upper or lower limits of a massive interglacial dolomite horizon. Reserves in sight are limited, and further underground exploration of the Nos 4 and 5...-
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Published: 21 Mar 1960
