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Frome Downs and Curnamona. Respective progress reports, annual reports and JV partner's final report to licences' joint expiry/renewal, for the period 11/2/1971 to 12/2/1973.
77 rotary / diamond holes drilled by Pacminex (total 9385 m, including 196 m cored) plus another 53 holes drilled within SML 544 by joint venturer Esso (total 7029 m) indicate that a highly prospective radioactive mineralised zone occurs within...-
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Frome Downs Homestead. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/1/1969 to 31/12/1970.
Reconnaissance shallow stratigraphic drilling with subsequent borehole geophysical electric and radioactivity logging in the south-western Frome Embayment (21 rotary mud partly cored holes, total 8841 feet), over areas lying adjacent to outcropping...-
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Published: 31 Dec 1970
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Carrieton West (part of the Orroroo North Project). Progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 13/11/1979 to 12/11/1981.
TARGET: Diamonds in the Cradock - Carrieton region. EXPLORATION: Regional and follow-up stream sediment and gridded loam sampling, heavy mineral processing and SEM microscopy of bulk samples, grid-based ground magnetic surveys, and part of a regional...-
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Lake Namba. Progress and final reports for the period 4/11/1975 to 26/10/1981.
TARGET: Sedimentary uranium deposits in the Lower Tertiary sediments overlying the Mesozoic Frome Embayment and Cambrian Moorowie Syncline stratigraphic succession, adjacent to and overlying the western flank of the Proterozoic Benagerie Ridge....-
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RB 2012/00004 MARREE, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SH54-5. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The MARREE mapsheet area includes the south-western portion of the Strzelecki Desert plus parts of the Tirari Desert, north-western Flinders Ranges and north-eastern Willouran Ranges, between latitudes 29 to 30 degrees S and longitudes 138 to 139...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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RB 2009/00001 Explanatory Notes for [the] CALLABONNA 1:250 000 Geological Map, sheet SH 54-6.
The CALLABONNA map area includes the southern end of the Strzelecki Desert and the north- eastern Flinders Ranges, between latitudes 29° to 30° S and longitudes 139° 30' to 141° E. Cameron Corner adjoins New South Wales and Queensland in the...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2009
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RB 2000/00010 Investigation of the potential for rainwater harvesting at Nepabunna, North Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
The availability of rainwater, and possible harvesting techniques and storage media are investigated. Reasonable amounts of rainfall occur, but falls are interspersed by long droughts. There are problems with silting up of dams, and with protecting...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2000
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Beltana - Puttapa region. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 3/8/1972 to 2/8/1974.
Geological mapping and the interpretation of drillhole data from the vicinity of the recently defined Southern orebody extension at Beltana (including 4 new diamond holes totalling 1600 feet) has enabled the licensee to formulate likely parameters of...-
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Published: 13 Feb 1975
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Bute. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 23/3/1993 to 11/12/1998.
Gold and base metal exploration conducted near the SA Lower North township of Bute, 140 km north-west of Adelaide, comprised the conduct of IP and ground magnetic surveys and RC drilling (4 holes, total 350 m). Two holes drilled on magnetic anomaly...-
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Published: 23 Mar 1999
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Diapir-base metal association in the northern Flinders Ranges.
A number of base metal occurrences in the northern Flinders Ranges, previously classified as syngenetic, diagenetic and epigenetic in nature, appear to have resulted from metalliferous brine-sediment interaction with autochthonous and allochthonous...-
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Mount Frome. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/9/1966 to 1/3/1967.
Reconnaissance geochemical exploration for possible economic stratiform copper deposits hosted by Adelaidean and Lower Cambrian sediments in an area of the northern Flinders Ranges located east of Blinman has consisted of aerial surveys,...-
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Mount Arden. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 6/8/1970 to 24/11/1972.
Resumed exploration for economic stratiform base metal deposits within basal Cambrian and upper Adelaidean metasediments in the area of the Arden and Ragless synclines, 20 km north of Quorn, concentrated on geochemical prospecting and detailed, 1:2000...-
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Mount Serle. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 20/9/1973 to 19/9/1974.
A 750 sample programme of soil geochemical surveying conducted in an area located south-east of Mount Serle Homestead failed to locate any noteworthy base metal anomalies: Pb and Zn values approached the regional background only, while Cu showed...-
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Wilkatana. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/4/1963 to 31/3/1964.
TARGET: Brine in fractures within a 200 foot thickness of the Wilkawillina Limestone, for salt production. EXPLORATION: Drilling of one rotary mud hole to 175.56 m, groundwater sample analyses, water yield pump tests, experimental salt recovery via...-
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Published: 13 Apr 1964
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RB 2017/00048 Geological Field Excursion Guide from Arkaroola to Sillers Lookout.
The 4WD vehicle journey of ~22 km length from Arkaroola Village to Sillers Lookout, along the world famous Ridgetop Track, presents the opportunity to view some amazing landscapes and associated geological features that the Arkaroola Pastoral Station...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2017
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Billeroo West. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 12/1/1976 to 11/1/1978.
Ongoing uranium exploration work in an area immediately south of Lake Frome has comprised the evaluation of pervasive uranium mineralisation encountered within the Billeroo Palaeochannel over several km of its length, a short distance north of the...-
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Published: 02 Feb 1978
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Mount Freeling and Wooltana [Station] areas. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 28/6/2010 to 27/6/2015.
An area of the central far northern Flinders Ranges consisting of two separate sub-blocks has been explored for possible economic iron ore / manganese mineralisation which could be present within the unconformable contact between Mesozoic and...-
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Published: 29 Sep 2015
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Beltana / Copley. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 15/4/1994 to 24/6/2003.
A portion of the central Flinders Ranges covering the Beltana Diapir and its surrounds has been taken up mainly to explore for possible economic buried hydrothermal replacement type or epigenetic stratabound base metal mineralisation, with magnesite...-
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Published: 23 Dec 2014
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Wyambana [Outstation] (originally part of the Siccus Joint Venture Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/12/2004 to 23/6/2014.
A area of piedmont outwash from the central eastern Flinders Ranges, which is centred ~24 km north-east of Reaphook Hill and ~25 km south-west of the Lake Frome shoreline, has been explored for buried sedimentary uranium mineralisation of roll-front...-
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Published: 23 Nov 2014
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Frome North. Annual reports for the period 19/8/2013 to 18/8/2016.
An area in the south-west of the Frome Embayment, that is centred ~80 km south-southeast of the Beverley uranium mine, has been taken up to explore for possible buried palaeochannel and sandstone hosted roll front style secondary uranium...-
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Published: 08 Sep 2016
