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South Eagle [part of a joint licence area with Kalabity]. Uranium exploration progress and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 15/5/1974 to 14/2/1976.
During the EL 132 tenure, work has consisted of a mineability evaluation of the Honeymoon uranium deposit, plus additional U exploration over the South Eagle farmout. Initially, 5 rotary holes (total 594.9 m) were drilled to the north of the...-
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Preliminary evaluation of in situ leaching on MTA [Minad-Teton Australia's] uranium deposits in the Lake Frome area, SA.
In-situ leaching of a uranium orebody can only be successful if the deposit meets a number of essential criteria. These criteria are: 1. The ore occurs in a generally porous and permeable horizontal bed underlain and overlain by impermeable strata;...-
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RB 98/00021 Review of open file company exploration data from 1992 to mid-1997, Olary Domain, CURNAMONA 1:250 000 map sheet, South Australia.
This report comprises Open file company data, released since the previous MESA review (Yates and Randell, 1994) of the CURNAMONA 1:250 000 map sheet, includes exploration for base and precious metals (especially stratiform/stratabound Broken...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1997
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Summary report on Honeymoon assessment programme (Phase 1), Honeymoon uranium deposit, South Australia.
This report summarises results of a rotary drilling and coring programme undertaken between 21/10/1978 and 16/2/1979 at the Honeymoon uranium deposit. 99 open plug holes totalling 12,452.7 m and 16 core holes totalling 1894 m were drilled in a...-
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Nuclear power : a discussion of major issues.
The Honeymoon joint venture partners, AAR Ltd, IOL Petroleum Ltd, Teton Exploration Drilling Co. Pty Ltd and Mount Isa Mines Ltd (MIM:MTA) hold title to a uranium deposit in the Lake Frome area of South Australia. It is proposed that the uranium...-
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Lake Frome [part of the Paralana Plains Uranium Project joint venture area]. Progress reports and technical reports to licence surrender/re-issue over a different area, for the period 22/4/1971 to 21/4/1973.
Exploration on SML 564 has consisted of a continuation of deep rotary mud open hole, plug and core drilling plus washing-out of existing, older Petromin "P...w" series drillholes to allow new generation downhole geophysical logging, aimed at further...-
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Honeymoon Project - pilot wellfield drilling, January-March 1982.
Drilling was undertaken at the Honeymoon deposit, as allowed for under Miscellaneous Purposes Leases 14 and 15 and Retention Leases 10, 11 and 12, located within EL 597. This drilling was carried out as part of the construction of the 6 litre/second...-
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Honeymoon uranium : a summary of the proposed in-situ leach mining operation.
This report discusses technical aspects of the Honeymoon uranium deposit and the proposed in-situ leach mining method intended for extracting about 3000 tonnes of contained U3O8. Economic forecasts and mine development plans are presented as a way of...-
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Paralana Creek and Four Mile Creek [part of the Paralana Plains Joint Venture area]. Progress reports for the period 15/4/1968 to 14/4/1971.
A licence area covering the flat alluvial Paralana Plains extending out eastwards from the northern Flinders Ranges was taken up by the the consortium of Exoil NL, Petromin NL and Transoil NL to explore for possible economic buried occurrences of...-
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Starvation Lake. Progress reports and final report on regional exploration programme at licence surrender, for the period 13/1/1972 to 31/7/1972.
In a search for possible economic roll-front, blanket style uranium deposits within Tertiary sediments in part of the eastern Frome Embayment, the licensee undertook 1:75,000 scale geological mapping and exploratory auger drilling of the Quaternary...-
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Soil and groundwater investigation, Beverley prospect, SML 564. Report on Stage I feasibility study.
The Stage 1 feasibility study carried out during February-May, 1973 has included regional groundwater studies, pumping tests, logging and laboratory tests on drill cores, slope stability analyses, preliminary design of pit slopes and dewatering...-
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Published: 31 May 1973
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Report on Honeymoon deposit coring programme, June 1975 - South Eagle portion of EL 132, SA.
This report summarises the drilling and coring operations conducted during June and July 1975 to obtain representative core samples of the Honeymoon sedimentary uranium deposit. The work was carried out to determine uranium content, associated...-
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Published: 21 Oct 1975
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Honeymoon project - hydrological report on the HC 9 pumping test conducted February-March, 1980.
Regional and site-specific geological and hydrological factors are discussed, and a groundwater model is proposed for the Honeymoon uranium deposit, based on the results of the HC 9 drilling and testing programme, and on other existing data. A...-
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Preliminary [mining] feasibility study [for the] Lake Frome uranium orebodies. Final report.
Report presents the results of a preliminary study of the commercial feasibility of producing yellowcake from the Beverley sedimentary uranium deposit located near Lake Frome. All of the available drillhole data for this deposit was examined and...-
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1960 seismograph survey (reflection), Lake Frome Embayment, final report.
During the period May to July 1960, Santos Ltd acquired a single fold, 24 channel reconnaissance seismic reflection survey over the central Frome Embayment region of its OEL 12, to determine the thickness of strata and the nature of structuring in the...-
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South Eagle [part of a joint licence area with Kalabity]. Progress and final reports to licence re-issue over a stand-alone area, for the period 13/7/1976 to 12/9/1977.
TARGET: Evaluation of the Honeymoon deposit. EXPLORATION: Drilling of 3 cored holes and the conduct of a push-pull in-situ leaching test programme, plus contractor laboratory hydrometallurgical testing and consultants' hydrological investigations.-
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Published: 04 Jan 1978
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South Eagle. Progress and technical reports for the period 21/12/1977 to 2/11/1984.
TARGET: Ongoing evaluation of the Honeymoon deposit. EXPLORATION: Pilot wellfield drilling (48 holes) on a 60 m by 30 m grid over the eastern half of the deposit, hydrological investigations, metallurgical testing, and in-situ push-pull leaching...-
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Published: 10 Nov 1984
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Curnamona. Progress and final reports for the period 26/1/78 to 25/4/79.
Track etch, gravity, ground magnetic and radiometric surveys were undertaken over a gravity ridge mapped east of Lake Frome, without giving encouragement to explore the associated anomalies further for possible buried Olympic Dam type uranium or base...-
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Published: 15 Apr 1979
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RB 00803 Assessment of the hydrogeology of the southern Frome Embayment with particular respect to possible exploitation of uranium deposits.
A study of the hydrogeology of the southern Frome Embayment has been carried out to assess any possible effects upon groundwater of exploitation of uranium deposits in the area. Water quality in Tertiary palaeonchannel aquifers is unacceptable for...-
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Published: 31 Dec 1899
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RB 00800 Honeymoon Deposit Uranium Leaching Project. Proposed programme for aquifer testing and groundwater pollution control.
Report gives proposals for drilling and aquifer testing investigations of the local ground water system, to establish hydraulic property baseline values prior to in-situ leaching trial tests, and outlines a series of recommended monitoring procedures...-
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Published: 31 Dec 1899
