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Diesel Dam. First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/11/2012 to 15/11/2014.
The Palaeoproterozoic Yarlbrinda Shear Zone is a broad and complex structure, which has both southwards and south-eastwards trending components that bifurcate near Tunkillia. The structure was a conduit for Mesoproterozoic hydrothermal fluids...-
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Published: 27 Jan 1915
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Koolymilka. First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/6/2012 to 21/6/2014.
A small area located outside of and adjacent to the northern boundary of the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA) Continuous Use Zone (Red Zone) has been explored for possible buried IOCG mineralisation that might be associated with the flanks of a major...-
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Published: 22 Aug 1914
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Whymlet (part of the Mintabyng Project). First partial surrender report, for the period 29/11/2012 to 2/6/2015.
In late November 2012, three adjoining areas in the central Gawler Craton were taken up by Woomera Exploration Limited (WEX), an unlisted public company, for the purpose of minerals exploration. Within the subject licence area which is centred ~30 km...-
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Published: 16 Jun 1915
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Pernatty [Station]. Annual reports for the period 29/11/2005 to 28/11/2009.
An area centred approximately 110 km north of Port Augusta, covering part of the Pernatty Ridge plateau on the south-western side of Lake Torrens, approximately 145 km south-east of the Olympic Dam mine, was taken up to explore for possible economic...-
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Published: 24 May 1910
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Intercept Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/5/2003 to 14/7/2013. [Index Part 2 of 2].
In March 2010, once the terms of the joint venture agreement had been finalised, Argo passed its complete data sets to Xstrata, who immediately commenced a re-logging of Argo's drill cores besides conducting comprehensive unconstrained 3-D modelling...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1913
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Toondulya Bluff. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/1/2004 to 14/7/2013.
A licence area centred about 100 km north-east of Streaky Bay township, on the south-western perimeter of the Gawler Ranges, was taken up to explore for possible economic buried IOCG mineralisation or Tunkillia stye fracture controlled lode gold...-
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Published: 06 Nov 1913
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Data release - as updated : Muckanippie. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/10/2005 to 23/2/2019.
EL 3438 Muckanippie is located in the northern Gawler Craton, on the western margin of the Gawler Range Volcanics Domain, and is centred approximately 60 km north-west of Tarcoola. Basement outcrop on the licence area is sparse, with a thin cover of...-
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Published: 25 Feb 1919
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Tanner [Dam]. First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/12/2011 to 20/12/2013.
An area centred approximately 120 km north-northwest of Kimba has been explored for possible economic primary uranium mineralisation, where the principal target is the igneous rock succession of Mesoproterozoic Gawler Range Volcanics (GRV) and...-
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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 1917
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Morgans (part of the East Eyre Peninsula Project). First partial surrender report, for the period 17/1/2012 to 16/1/2016.
138 square km or ~58.5% of the former area of EL 4828 Morgans have been relinquished, this ground covering the southern extent of the licence located along the eastern shoreline of Lake Gilles. It has been explored mainly for possible structurally...-
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RB 2004/00001 Palaeochannel studies related to the Harris Greenstone Belt, Gawler Craton, South Australia. Architecture and evolution of the Kingoonya Palaeochannel system.
Exploring the earth resources in the Harris Greenstone Belt (HGB) region is complicated by a regolith cover produced by a long and complex history of landscape evolution. The present surface of the HGB indicates little of the complex palaeochannel...-
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Published: 01 Jun 2004
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RB 2006/00019 Previous exploration and mineral potential of ELA 2002/00154
ELA 2002/00154 is made up of three geographically separate sub-areas aligned in a north-easterly direction along the Bulgunnia Shear Zone. Neither the northern nor the central sub-areas have any basement rock outcrop, with the depth of younger cover...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2006
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RB 2003/00010 Regolith characterisation and geochemistry as an aid to mineral exploration in the Harris Greenstone Belt, central Gawler Craton, South Australia.
Komatiitic greenstones were first recognised in South Australia from drillcore at Lake Harris on the Gawler Craton by Mines and Energy SA personnel in 1991. Subsequent petrography and detailed aeromagnetic data interpretation led to targeted drilling...-
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Published: 01 May 2004
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RB 2006/00004 Crustal evolution of the Gawler Craton, South Australia: Application of the TerraneChron technique to detrital zircon from modern stream sediments.
This report presents the results of a Terranechron [registered brand name for this proprietary technique] study of detrital zircons from modern stream sediments of the Gawler Craton. The Terranechron approach involves obtaining uranium - lead decay...-
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Published: 01 Feb 2006
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RB 2007/00008 CHILDARA, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SH53-14. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The CHILDARA 1:250 000 map area is located on the western Gawler Craton, an ancient crystalline shield comprising Archaean, Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic metasediments, volcanics and granites that has been tectonically stable since 1450 Ma...-
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Published: 01 May 2007
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RB 2007/00006 The geology and mineral potential of the PORT AUGUSTA [mapsheet] area, eastern Gawler Craton.
The PORT AUGUSTA 1:250,000 mapsheet area covers the north-eastern part of the Eyre Peninsula, the northern Spencer Gulf and the south-western Flinders Ranges, and extends from latitude 32°00'S to 33°00'S and longitude 136°30'S to 138°00'S. The main...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2007
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RB 2001/00005 Reconnaissance sampling of Gawler Range Volcanics for use in the porphyry industry.
The Gawler Range Volcanics are an extensive series of subaerial felsic lavas and ignimbrites, which crop out on the central Gawler Craton. Twenty seven sites within the southern Gawler Range Volcanics were inspected to determine their potential to...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2001
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RB 2005/00007 Lake Gairdner “section 12 determination” – Mineral Potential
The proposed Lake Gairdner 'section 12 determination' area has the potential to host significant mineral deposits. The area lies close to two major geological boundaries; to the immediate north is the Yerda Shear Zone, and to the west, the Yarlbrinda...-
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Published: 01 May 2005
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RB 2012/00014 Age of host rocks at the Chianti Cu-Au prospect, eastern Gawler Craton, from zircon U-Pb geochronology.
The primary aim of the U-Pb geochronology work reported herein was to constrain the age of granites that form the principal host unit to the minor mineralisation and extensive alteration present within the Chianti Cu-Au prospect located in the eastern...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2012
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RB 2015/00014 Chief Government Geologists' excursion, 2015.
This report contains the excursion guide for the field trip which was held as part of the Chief Government Geologists' Meeting convened in South Australia on 23rd and 24th March 2015. The focus of the field trip was to see rocks of the Gawler Range...-
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Published: 01 May 2015
