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Bull 041 Geology and Mineral Resources of the Andamooka and Torrens Area
Regional geological mapping of the area was initiated in 1959 and was completed in 1964. All tracks in the area were traversed and detailed mapping confined to critical localities and to areas where this was considered desirable. Geological boundaries...-
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RB 61/00102 Geology and mineral resources of the Andamooka-Torrens area (19/10/1965).
The area embraced by the Andamooka and Torrens 4-mile geological sheets is defined by long 136° 30- long 138° 00 and lat 30° 00- lat 32° 00 and comprises an extensive partially dissected plateau west of Lake Torrens, the Lake Torrens sunkland and part...-
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Published: 19 Oct 1965
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Unlocking South Australia's Mineral and Energy Potential - A Plan for Accelerating Exploration. Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry) : Year 1 partnership no. DPY1-02, Titan mineral prospect. Project interim and final reports.
Titan prospect is located within Exploration Licence 3209, and lies 30 km north of the Olympic Dam mine. The prospect was first drilled by Western Mining Corp. in 1976 with diamond drillhole BD 1, and in 1981 with a second hole, BD 2. Both holes hit...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 6 partnership DPY6-07 - Intercept Hill JV Project, central Stuart Shelf area - Oak Dam South Proterozoic basement IOCG mineral prospects. Drilling project final report.
The Intercept Hill Project area is located in the central part of the Stuart Shelf. Gawler Craton basement rocks in the project area comprise leucocratic granite of the Hiltaba Suite, volcanic rocks of the Gawler Range Volcanics and metasediments of...-
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Andamooka [North-west] (part of the Stuart Shelf Project). Progress reports to licence conditional surrender and acreage tenure re-issue as part of an amalgamated licence, for the period 11/8/1979 to 15/1/1981.
Ongoing exploration by WMC of an area located in the Andamooka district, which surrounds the township and opalfield region at some little distance, and which, some 25 km to the west of the town includes the Roxby Downs prospect on which the giant...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Stuart Shelf and Andamooka Opalfields (the Stuart Shelf Joint Venture Project) . Progress reports to licences' expiry/renewal, for the period 16/1/1981 to 16/6/1986. [ Index Part 1 of 3 ].
The continuation of copper-gold exploration across the Stuart Shelf region, as part of a newly indentured joint venture project involving Western Mining Corp. (WMC) and British Petroleum (BP), has remained based on the acquisition of detailed ground...-
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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 2016/00014 Geology of the Six Mile Hill 1:75 000 Special Edition Map Sheet.
The Six Mile Hill 1:75 000 Map Sheet was produced as part of a mapping program integrated into the Mineral Systems Drilling Program (MSDP) along the southern margin of the Gawler Ranges. The objective of the mapping program was to provide a regional...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2016
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RB 2014/00006 Geology of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet (6432).
The revised digital geology map of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet and accompanying geological descriptions in this report are the first components of the 2nd edition PORT AUGUSTA 1:250 000 map sheet to be completed. The subject map sheet occupies the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2014
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RB 2009/00022 Stuart Shelf geochemical project.
The Carrapateena mineral discovery was the outcome of a PACE Initiative drilling project co-funded by RMG Services Pty Ltd and the Government of South Australia. Two holes were drilled, the second of which (CAR002) encountered a major body of...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2009
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RB 2010/00003 High Resolution Resistivity Test Survey: Andamooka.
A new high-resolution resistivity measurement instrument, developed by ZZ Resistivity Imaging Pty Ltd, was tested within the Andamooka Precious Stones Field, located 640 km by road north of Adelaide, to determine its suitability for assisting in opal...-
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Published: 01 Feb 2010
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Andamooka North area (the Saddle Hill Project). First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/6/1996 to 6/6/1998.
Gravity and targeted mobile metal ion (MMI) soil geochemical surveys were carried out north-east of Olympic Dam, adjacent to WMC's tenements, to explore for Olympic Dam style mineralisation in Middle Proterozoic basement rocks at depth below the...-
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Reedy Lagoon. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 17/10/1977 to 16/10/1979.
As part of a regional search for possible buried Olympic Dam type base metal mineralisation, one vertical percussion hole was drilled to 200 m total depth at a site located 9.5 km NNW of Parakylia Homestead, principally to gather stratigraphic...-
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Beddome Hill. First partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 23/3/1977 to 22/3/1979.
Exploration for possible economic basement-hosted Roxby Downs style base metal sulphide deposits was undertaken in an area located approximately 90 km north-west of Woomera. Existing regional geophysical airborne survey coverage was too sparse to...-
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Pandurra. First partial surrender report, for the period 23/3/1973 to 6/4/1976.
Surface geological mapping and open hole rotary drilling of 21 stratigraphic holes totalling 8717 m were carried out within the relinquished ground portion, which from reviewing the results is regarded as having low potential for copper and other base...-
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Andamooka. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 23/7/1970 to 22/12/1970.
Numerous small siliceous ironstone outcrops, associated with an extensive fault system evident in outcropping Arcoona Quartzite in an area south of Andamooka, were investigated for base metals by taking grab rock chip samples for assaying, and by...-
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Published: 24 Nov 1970
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Punt Hill. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 12/8/1994 to 11/12/1995.
Stream sediment sampling for diamonds and base and precious metals near the G2 Lineament, 30 km south-east of Woocalla, returned one anomalous assay of 40 ppb Au from amongst the 9 sites tested. A follow-up detailed BLEG sampling programme of the...-
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Emmie Bluff. Progress reports and annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/6/1976 to 20/6/1978.
Ongoing exploration for possible buried Olympic Dam-style Cu-Au-U mineralisation, conducted over an area of the Stuart Shelf located 15 km south-east of Arcoona Homestead, has comprised RC drilling (20 holes, aggregate penetration 1768 m) and diamond...-
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Portulacca Ridge. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 16/3/1977 to 15/3/1979.
Areas around Woomera and extending to the north, to around 30 km west of Olympic Dam, were explored for concealed base metal deposits of Olympic Dam - type. Trace stratabound lead and zinc mineralisation (sphalerite and galena - few thousand ppm) had...-
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Red Lake. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 12/1/1976 to 11/1/1978.
The exploration target for stratabound base metals in the Red Lake area, which lies just to the east of Pernatty Lagoon and abuts the Arcoona Plateau, was the top of Pandurra Formation erosional surface. Percussion (17 holes totalling 2619 m) and...-
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