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Late Proterozoic hydrocarbon potential and its association with diapirism in Blinman 2, central Flinders Ranges, SA.
In early 1991, Blinman 2 wildcat drilled through 2031 metres of sediments of the late Adelaidean Umberatana Group on the flank of the Blinman Diapir. Three small methane shows occurred in fracture zones in the Tapley Hill Formation.Two potential...-
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Belton, Two Sisters, Marchant Hill and Steve's Gap (Orroroo Project). Joint annual and final reports to licences' expiry/full surrender for the period 16/2/2007 to 15/2/2009.
Exploration for possible economic secondary deposits of copper, uranium and gold that might be associated with known iron-rich sediments deposited at or near the base of the Sturtian sedimentary sequence, carried out within four tenement areas that...-
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Martins Well. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 7/12/1987 to 12/8/1988.
Possible hydrothermal gold associated with ironstone/siderite veins within NE-trending fault zones 80 km north-east of Hawker was the exploration objective. A review of historical gold exploration in the area, undertaken by two consultants, was...-
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Waukaringa. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 9/6/1987 to 5/10/1988.
TARGET: Stratabound gold in prospective areas of Adelaidean sedimentary outcrop peripheral to the Waukaringa Goldfield. EXPLORATION: After undertaking a literature review and assessment of previous exploration results, plus a regional geophysical...-
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Baratta East. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 18/6/1970 to 30/9/1971.
In a search for extensions of the Baratta silver-lead mining field mineralisation, eastwards under alluvial cover, a 7 miles long x 3 miles wide grid was laid out over the inferred most favourable location for a buried strike extension of the host...-
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Carrick Hill. First annual/final report at licence surrender, for the period 21/3/2011 to 1/6/2012.
An area centred approximately 60 km north-west of Yunta was taken up to explore for possible economic, high grade haematite mineralisation suitable for sale as direct shipping iron ore. Past SA Government regional mapping of the Nackara Arc...-
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Hallett (part of the Nackara Gold Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/8/2002 to 4/10/2012.
An area of high country in the far northern Mount Lofty Ranges was taken under licence to try to find the primary source(s) of widely dispersed detrital gold known from Recent and Tertiary cover sediments in the region, while focussing mainly on...-
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Prince Alfred mine. Second partial surrender report, for the period 9/4/1998 to 8/10/1999.
Areas near the Prince Alfred mine, located approximately 70 km north of Orroroo, were relinquished on the basis of them having either a non-prospective mineral association or too low values of trace metal geochemistry. Anomalous copper and traces of...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1999
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Marchant Hill (part of Orroroo Project). Combined first annual and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/8/2007 to 5/8/2008.
Exploration for possible economic secondary deposits of copper, uranium and gold that might be associated with known iron-rich sediments deposited at or near the base of the Sturtian sedimentary sequence, within an area extending from 60-120 km north...-
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Holowilena South (part of the Hawker Project). Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/10/2006 to 26/10/2014.
An area centred ~45 km east-southeast of Hawker was taken up to explore the stratabound, epigenetic copper resource potential of historic small copper workings located along a NW trending fault zone disrupting Adelaidean metasediments of the Burra and...-
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Published: 25 Oct 2014
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Eighteen Mile Hut and Oopina [Outstation] (the Waukaringa Project). Joint annual reports plus final report to licences' respective expiry/full surrender or transfer of ownership, for the period 12/3/2013 to 11/3/2018
Two separate licence areas located within the greater Waukaringa region north of Yunta in the Adelaide Fold Belt were taken up to explore for possible economic buried gold (both primary and secondary mineral occurrences), and also for any economic...-
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Published: 15 May 2018
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Bibliando Dome. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/11/1996 to 7/11/2001.
The Bibliando Dome area was explored for Olympic Dam style Cu-Au mineralisation in the basement and porphyry copper style mineralisation in the Adelaidean cover sequence. Initial work included rock chip sampling and extensive stream sediment...-
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Published: 10 Dec 2001
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Prince Alfred mine. Progress reports and annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 9/4/1998 to 24/6/2001.
Exploration in an area around the historic Prince Alfred mine consisted mainly of detailed geological mapping and compilation of data derived from comprehensive literature searches, together with processing and interpretation of available geophysical...-
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Published: 16 Jun 2001
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Yadlamalka Woolshed. Annual report and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/9/2010 to 13/9/2012.
Exploration for possible economic manganese mineralisation of the stratabound type previously found at Ketchowla Hill near Burra, undertaken within a small area located 12 km north-east of Yadlamalka Homestead, has consisted only of a limited field...-
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Published: 25 Sep 2012
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Mount Craig (part of the Hawker Project). Annual and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 15/11/2005 to 14/11/2010.
Copper Range's principal exploration targets in the Adelaide Fold Belt are secondary, near-surface oxide copper deposits that are structurally controlled and related to hydrothermal events focussed along faults late in the deformational history of the...-
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Published: 06 Apr 2011
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Martins Well. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 24/1/2006 to 10/5/2013.
An area located on the far south-western side of the Frome Embayment, in the vicinity of Martins Well, was initially secured mainly to investigate its prospectivity for sediment hosted uranium deposits within the local Tertiary strata. However,...-
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Published: 15 May 2013
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Yednalue. Data release made in lieu of making a first partial surrender at licence expiry/renewal : annual reports for the period 24/9/2001 to 12/2/2012.
A small area centred approximately 70 km north of Orroroo is being explored for possible buried economic Neoproterozoic stratiform or stratabound epithermal/hydrothermal copper and gold deposits, and for placer gold or magnetite deposits, as well as...-
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Published: 07 Apr 2012
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Data release - as updated : Statton Hill (part of the Baratta Project). Annual reports, first partial surrender report and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 8/10/2007 to 14/1/2016.
Copper and gold exploration has been conducted within an area centred about 80 km east of Hawker, which it was thought had potential for epigenetic vein style mineralisation within buried Adelaidean sandstone and shale strata, formed in a stratabound...-
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Published: 19 Jan 2016
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Matt Whim. Data release made in lieu of making a first partial surrender : annual reports for the period 16/11/2009 to 15/11/2011.
An area located approximately 80 km north-east of Orroroo has been explored to assess its potential for stratabound BIF-hosted iron ore, and for economic alluvial gold and possible epithermal/hydrothermal copper mineralisation. Outcropping...-
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Published: 27 Feb 2012
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Bonnie Brae. Annual reports for the period 4/8/2011 to 3/8/2018.
An area centred ~30 km north of Winnininnie is being explored for possible buried primary hydrothermal gold deposits within Neoproterozoic bedrock, as part of a broader search for same in a region which has significant surficial gold deposits which...-
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Published: 04 Oct 2017
