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Wonna Creek. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/5/1997 to 25/5/2001.
This licence was secured because of the widespread indications of gold mineralisation in Adelaidean bedrock, coupled with a need to test new geological interpretations arising from recent mapping and SAEI geophysical data. Work included the...-
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Published: 28 May 1901
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Mount Aroona. Progress reports for the period 23/9/1968 to 22/9/1970.
Exploration for Beltana - type stratabound, hydrothermal related base metal deposits in an area situated south-west of Copley consisted of regional, ground and helicopter-assisted geological mapping at 1:4800 scale, photointerpretation of structural...-
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Mafeking (part of the Mount Grainger JV Project). Second partial relinquishment report for the period 16/6/99 to 22/7/2004.
Exploration over part of the Nackara Arc region, within two now relinquished licence sub-areas located respectively 15 km north of Oodla Wirra and 10-20 km south and south-east of Paratoo, has sought economic Telfer-type stratabound gold deposits...-
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Puttapa. Progress reports for the period 11/1/1969 to 15/7/1970.
Ongoing base metal exploration to look for further analogues to the Beltana willemite discovery, carried out over an area located east of the Puttapa Rail Siding, has consisted of semi-detailed 1:4800 scale geological mapping and geochemical stream...-
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Gawler and Kersbrook - Mount Crawford areas. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 16/8/1977 to 15/11/78.
A strong radiometric anomaly, previously found in pre-Adelaidean basement schist near its contact with Adelaidean Woolshed Flat Shale metasediments at the Pine Ridge prospect, and situated within the Mount Crawford State Forest approximately 7 km...-
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North Hills. Progress report to licence expiry/renewal for the period 2/4/1970 to 1/4/1971.
Reconnaissance stream sediment sampling (1287 samples) of an area located north of Orroroo in the southern Flinders Ranges returned some interesting lead and zinc anomalies >180 ppm, but no visible mineralisation was found.-
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Published: 17 Mar 1971
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River Wakefield - Blyth area. First and final report at licence surrender for the period 10/8/1977 to 9/3/1978.
In a search for possible economic, near-surface Zambian Copperbelt - style syngenetic, stratiform base metal deposits, geochemical samples were taken at 2 m intervals from 39 shallow auger boreholes drilled to an average depth of 14 m into Lower...-
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Wheal Motley area. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 16/7/1970 to 26/3/1971.
Exploration for possible economic stratabound/hydrothermal copper and other base metal deposits in an area located on the northern margin of the Murray Basin, south-west of Yunta, failed to find evidence of diapiric breccia and did not reveal any...-
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Published: 20 Jan 1971
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Mount Lyndhurst (Flinders Ranges Project). Evaluation of the Lorna Doone and Lynda mine copper prospects and surrounding areas. Progress reports for the period 4/1/1973 to 3/1/1975.
In August 1972 Cultus Pacific commenced exploring a number of historic copper prospects near Lyndhurst in the northern Flinders Ranges, with a view to assessing their feasibility for open-cut mining. The programme of work completed so far has...-
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Published: 04 Mar 1974
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Weekeroo Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 18/4/1974 to 21/12/1974.
In a search for possible economic epithermal / stratiform / metamorphic base metals and gold within the Weekeroo Inlier, detailed geological mapping, rock chip sampling and an office evaluation of previous exploration were carried out for the Weekeroo...-
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Mount Lyndhurst. Progress and final reports for the period 4/1/1973 to 3/1/1975.
Exploration for stratabound copper mineralisation in the Mount Lyndhurst area, allied with intensive prospecting of existing Mineral Claims and other historic base metal prospects and reported showings, has demonstrated a favourable geological...-
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Published: 02 Jan 1975
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Umberatana area. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/3/1972 to 18/3/1973.
Geochemical and geophysical surveys of the Blue mine - Wheal Turner area, plus semi-detailed geological and structural mapping in the Wild Dog Creek area, identified the Wortupa Quartzite and surrounding strata as the main hosts of low grade secondary...-
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Mount Victor; Kirkeek's Treasure mine. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 14/2/1980 to 13/2/1981.
Possible concealed extensions to lodes exploited by the historic Kirkeek's Treasure gold mine at Mount Victor were sought beneath surrounding sand dune and calcreted soil cover, by undertaking prospect grid surveying, 1:2500 scale geological mapping,...-
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Published: 07 Apr 1981
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Emu Rock. First partial surrender report, for the period 18/12/1995 to 17/12/1996.
A confirmatory gravity survey of regional gravity and resurveyed aeromagnetic features on known mineralised ground west of Clare was followed up with limited stream sediment sampling. Apart from at sites close to the Stanley copper mine, no anomalous...-
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Manna Hill and Red Hill (Adelaide Fold Belt). Final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 27/1/1995 to 26/7/1995.
Exploration for Telfer-type gold-copper targets in the Manna Hill - Waukaringa region, located 300 km north-east of Adelaide, comprised making a detailed interpretation of 400 m flight line spaced 1995 SAEI aeromagnetic survey data, plus a review of...-
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Anabama Hill. Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 29/8/1995 to 28/8/1996.
Gold and base metal exploration near Anabama Hill comprised an interpretation of open file aeromagnetic survey data, and follow-up ground geological reconnaissance. Although the area was found to be prospective for concealed bedrock mineralisation, it...-
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Published: 13 Oct 1996
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Scott Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/3/1982 to 17/3/1983.
In a search for possible concealed Olympic Dam type deposits in an area of the Adelaide Geosyncline which straddles part of the south-western margin of the Curnamona Province, two geophysical (gravity/magnetic) targets identified at Bibliando Dome and...-
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Mining leases held over various Mount Lyndhurst Diapir copper mine prospects. Six-monthly returns for the period January - June 1974.
8 diamond drillholes totalling 1597 feet were drilled to test for buried lode extensions at the Avondale lead-zinc mine and for hydrothermal copper mineralisation possibly associated with diorite dykes at the Belliack prospect, where anomalous rock...-
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Wonna Creek. Progress reports and annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/8/1994 to 7/11/1996.
3000 cubic m of potentially gold-bearing alluvial sediments from the bed of Wonna Creek, located 25 km north-east of Hallett, were screened at 6 mm. Two bulk samples of the minus 6 mm sediment size fraction, representing depth intervals from surface...-
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Finniss Springs. Progress reports for the period 27/5/80 to 26/1/83.
Base metal exploration carried out 70 km west and south-west of Marree, to investigate the potential for Olympic Dam - type mineralisation in concealed pre-Adelaidean rocks, has included geochemical rock chip and water sampling, an aerial radiometric...-
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Published: 21 Feb 1983
