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RB 59/00146 Molybdenum and tungsten in the southeastern portion of Spilsby Island (Sir Joseph Banks Group) 10/12/1964.
Investigations have shown that in the Sir Joseph Banks Group, molybdenite and scheelite are confined to the southern tip of Spilsby Island. The minerals occur in thin irregular veins, in masses of quartz, and as disseminations scattered through...-
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Published: 10 Dec 1964
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RB 60/00101 Reconnaissance for scheelite deposits in the Sir Joseph Banks Group of islands (undertaken during January and March 1964).
In the Sir Joseph Banks Group of southern Spencer Gulf offshore islands, outcropping Archaean arenaceous, arkosic and calcareous sedimentary rocks appear to have been folded and granitised prior to the deposition of the Adelaidean System sedimentary...-
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Published: 21 May 1965
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RB 45/00118 Final report on iron ore prospecting, Corunna area, Iron Knob district.
In an area of limited basement outcrop located between 2 and 5 miles north-northwest of Iron Knob township, the Department's surface traverse channel sampling (969'), percussion boring (643’) and diamond drilling (1270’) tested a low grade...-
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Published: 04 Dec 1957
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Tumby Bay. Information status at licence full surrender, for the period 11/8/2016 to 14/12/2017 : no work performed.
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Nyllow Hill. First partial surrender report for the period 2/9/1988 to 1/9/1989.
The licence was taken out to assess the untested potential for finding platinum group metal occurrences associated with two known ultramafic intrusive plugs outcropping in the Lincoln Uplands, 40 km north-northeast of Port Lincoln. Incidental...-
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Minlaton. Progress and final reports to licence surrender, for the period 9/7/1984 to 8/3/1985.
Exploration of an area extending both to the north and south of Minlaton was undertaken to look for Olympic Dam type mineralisation in a possible Middle to Late Proterozoic fault-bound graben. After inspecting regional geophysical data and performing...-
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RB 66/00061 Spilsby island molybdenite-scheelite deposits diamond drilling operations.
On the south-eastern extremity of Spilsby Island, there are concentrations of molybdenite and scheelite that occur either in an open vein system or as disseminations, and also in pods, usually associated with quartz. The most important host rock is an...-
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Published: 05 Mar 1968
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Lincoln Gap (part of the Eastern Eyre Peninsula Project). First annual report and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/9/2009 to 29/9/2011.
An area located approximately 20 km south-west of Port Augusta has been explored for possible economic unconformity-hosted uranium at the base of the Pandurra Formation, for copper sulphides near the Beda Volcanics - Pandurra Formation contact, and...-
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Old Wartaka [Homestead] area (part of the Parkinson Dam Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/4/2007 to 11/4/2012.
A small area located approximately 18 km north-east of Iron Knob has been explored for possible economic gold, silver, base metals and uranium mineralisation which could have formed in rocks marginal to the Gawler Ranges igneous massif. The licence...-
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RB 2008/00011 Definition of the Cultana Subsuite, Gawler Craton: a high level felsic Hiltaba Suite age intrusive with hydrothermal alteration and brecciation.
This paper provides a formal definition of the Cultana Subsuite, outlining the igneous petrology of the intrusion, its geochemical characteristics, and the nature of hydrothermal alteration and brecciation affecting the rocks. The Cultana Subsuite is...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2008
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Economic assessment of molybdenite and scheelite mineralisation, Spilsby Island, SA.
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Published: 16 Jan 1967
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Sir Joseph Banks [Island Group]. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/8/1965 to 31/7/1966.
As soon as the SA Government restored public access to the subject ground within Spencer Gulf that it had temporarily reserved from the provisions of the State's Mining Act, Kennecott Explorations (Kennecott) took up SML 85 there to evaluate an...-
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Published: 06 Sep 1966
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Spilsby Island. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 1/8/1966 to 28/6/1967.
South-westwards inclined diamond drillhole No. 11 was put in to 400 feet total hole depth by licensee Kennecott during the subject reporting period, to investigate the postulated buried inland extension of a continuously mineralised sheet-like body of...-
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Published: 31 Oct 1967
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Reid Lookout (part of the Parkinson Dam Project). First annual report plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 15/11/2005 to 31/12/2010.
An area located approximately 70 km west of Port Augusta has been explored for possible economic epithermal gold-silver (lead-zinc) mineralisation, similar to that which had earlier been located in outcrop within Proterozoic Corunna Conglomerate on...-
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Published: 06 Jan 2011
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Data release - as updated : Moonabie (part of the East Eyre Peninsula Project). Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/5/2006 to 13/3/2017.
A licence consisting of three separate sub-blocks that are centred approximately 60 km WSW of Whyalla is being explored for possible economic primary uranium mineralisation plus precious and base metals, in a structurally complex epithermal and...-
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Published: 29 Apr 2017
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Barna Hill (part of the East Eyre Peninsula Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/4/2011 to 26/4/2018.
An area located ~20 km east-southeast of Kimba was taken up to explore for possible buried economic base and precious metals which could be related to regional scale NW to NE lineaments and basement structural corridors that are evident from regional...-
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Published: 05 Jun 2018
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-10, Parkinson Dam epithermal gold-silver mineral prospect. Project interim and final reports.
The Parkinson Dam prospect is located approximately 60 km west of Port Augusta, within Tasman Resources' current Exploration Licence 3307. The company's interest in this locality was kindled in late 2004 during its investigation of recent historical...-
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Published: 28 Aug 2006
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Barna Hill (part of the East Eyre Peninsula Project). First partial surrender report for the period 27/4/2011 to 26/4/2013.
Exploration done on the now relinquished eastern and southern bounding parts of EL 4726, which lie close to the north-western shore of Lake Gilles, consisted only of a subset of regional reconnaissance soil sampling (68 samples taken on a 1 km x 1 km...-
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Published: 18 Apr 2013
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Data release - as updated - Cowell (latterly part of the Cowell JV Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/11/2011 to 6/11/2017.
During licence Year 10 to 6th November 2012, exploration work undertaken by JV partner Renaissance Uranium (RNU) comprised the drilling of five rotary mud-diamond drill holes targeting five local geophysical anomalies within the Glensea Prospect,...-
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Published: 15 Nov 2017
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Lipson Cove. Annual reports for the period 29/9/2009 to 28/9/2014.
An area in the Cowell Hills centred ~20 km north of Tumby Bay on eastern Eyre Peninsula was taken up primarily to explore and evaluate known talc and graphite occurrences, but the grant licensee's initial review of previous exploration data revealed...-
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Published: 12 Dec 2014
