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Mount Finke. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 27/5/1980 to 14/9/1983.
TARGET: Base metals and gold in Precambrian basement concealed beneath aeolian sand cover near Mount Finke, 65 km south-west of Tarcoola. EXPLORATION: - rock chip sampling; - interpretation of existing regional aeromagnetic and gravity data; - a 530...-
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Mount Eba, Lake Labyrinth and Gosse Range areas (north of Kingoonya). Progress reports and final report to licences' joint surrender, for the period 13/11/1979 to 22/2/1984.
After conducting low level aeromagnetic and radiometric surveys plus ground magnetic and gravity surveys during 1980 and 1981, in a search for possible syngenetic or stratiform base and precious metal deposits, Amoco drilled 6 rotary percussion holes...-
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Tunkillia Rockhole. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/3/1987 to 12/9/1988.
Gold exploration within EL 1390, located south of the Tarcoola and Earea Dam Goldfields, targeted possible Archaean greenstone - hosted gold deposits associated with later intrusive mafic rocks of high magnetic susceptibility, similar to occurrences...-
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Tarcoola and Malbooma. Data release made in lieu of a partial relinquishment at licences' expiry/renewal: progress reports for the period 7/6/1978 to 19/1/1983.
Exploration work included geophysical surveys, reprocessing of airborne radiometric data, and rotary and diamond drilling (237 holes totalling 5975 m; total depths from 3-55 m) in a search for sedimentary uranium in Tertiary palaeochannels, and gold...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1983
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Malbooma. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/9/1987 to 13/3/1990.
TARGET: Gold in Lower Proterozoic rocks of the Tarcoola Formation and part of the Mulgathing Complex, possibly as a metamorphosed equivalent of the high grade gold orebodies of The Granites (Tanami Desert, NT). EXPLORATION: Interpretation of aerial...-
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Bulgunnia. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 22/5/1978 to 10/8/1981.
The base metal and uranium potential of a concealed Proterozoic basement high near Bulgunnia Homestead was evaluated using geological and hydrogeochemical reconnaissance and regional geophysical interpretation approaches. Seismic, ground magnetic and...-
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Lake Labyrinth (part of the Tarcoola Joint Venture Project). Second and third partial surrender reports, for the period 31/10/2001 to 8/2/2009.
Exploration for possible buried epithermal or hydrothermal gold deposits within the large variety of Archaean, Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic basement rocks present in an area located from 20-30 km east of Tarcoola has targeted the potential of...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Lake Labyrinth West - Lake Harris West area (the Glenloth JV Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 25/5/1998 to 10/7/2008.
Continued exploration for Archaean lode-style gold and Mesoproterozoic Hiltaba Suite granite-related hydrothermal Cu-Au within the retained southern former subarea 'B' of EL 2518 located ~40 km south-east of Tarcoola, where there is also potential...-
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Published: 08 Oct 1908
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Lake Labyrinth (part of the Tarcoola Joint Venture Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 31/10/2001 to 8/2/2012.
Exploration for possible buried epithermal or hydrothermal gold deposits within the large variety of Archaean, Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic basement rocks present in an area located from 20-30 km east of Tarcoola has targeted the potential of...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1912
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Cooladding. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 5/3/2002 to 11/6/2012.
A small area centred about 10 km north of Tarcoola has been explored for possible economic buried IOCG mineralisation of Olympic Dam or Prominent Hill type, or any related gold-bearing magnetite skarns that may exist locally in the Proterozoic...-
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Published: 20 Jul 1912
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Glenloth area (the Tarcoola JV Project). Annual reports for the period 11/7/2008 to 2/11/2018.
A biogeochemical sampling survey consisting of 20 lines (407 samples) was undertaken by the JV partners during August 2009, targeting buried gold mineralisation. Black Oak and Pearl Bluebush were the dominant deep-rooted plant species sampled and, to...-
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Warrior. First partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 8/7/2005 to 20/9/2012.
An area located just north of the Trans Australia Railway, between Malbooma and Lyons sidings, has been explored for possible economic secondary uranium mineralisation that could exist in Proterozoic and Tertiary strata overlying known uraniferous...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1913
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Tarcoola. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 2/6/2003 to 1/6/2008.
Exploration Licence 3089 is located in the central Gawler Craton and is centred near the township of Tarcoola. Continuation of tenure over the same area, from former ELs 1827 and 2510, was renewed by Gravity Capital Ltd on 2/6/2003, and full licence...-
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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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RB 2016/00010 U-Pb geochronological data from drill holes Nundroo 3 DDH and Nundroo 2 DDH, Fowler Domain, western Gawler Craton.
This report details newly acquired Sensitive High Resolution Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP) U-Pb isotopic data for three samples from two drill holes in the Fowler Domain of the western Gawler Craton. During the late 1980s,stratigraphic drilling done by the...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2016
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Heartbreak Bore (part of Afmeco's Tarcoola Joint Venture Project). Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/1/1980 to 15/1/1982.
Portions of regional airborne radiometric and magnetic surveys, plus a small part of the HW-IV seismic refraction traverse, and 20 line km of gravity and ground magnetic surveys, were undertaken by joint venture operator Afmeco as part of its Project...-
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Malbooma (part of the Tarcoola Joint Venture Project). Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/1/1983 to 1/3/1985.
Following the partial relinquishment of 481 square km of EL 859 on 30/3/1983, exploration continued for stratiform Pb-Zn within the Carpentarian Tarcoola Beds within an east-west trending trough, or half-graben, seen on magnetics in the Wilgena Hill...-
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Published: 18 Oct 1984
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Poondinga. Partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 23/11/1993 to 22/11/1998.
Reconnaissance, helicopter-borne geological mapping and rock chip geochemical sampling were carried out within the Yellabinna Regional Reserve, 70 km northeast of Penong. No anomalies were identified, but the area retains considerable Cu-Au...-
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Kingoonya and Rocky Hill. Joint first progress report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 3/6/1996 to 9/4/1999.
Calcrete sampling on 1 km and 200 m grid spacings was carried out during 1996 (266 samples) and 1997 (2050 samples) over areas underlain by rocks of the Mulgathing Complex, Hiltaba Suite, Gairdner Dyke Swarm and Gawler Range Volcanics, that surround...-
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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 2 partnership no. DPY2-41, Coolybring magnetite prospect. Project final report.
EL 3089 licensee Stellar Resources Ltd was granted SA Government PACE Initiative Year 2 funding for a drillhole programme to test the source of the intense Coolybring magnetic anomaly situated 9 km north-east of Tarcoola, which is inferred to be a...-
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Published: 11 Nov 1905
