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Walparuta. Progress and annual reports, and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/12/1994 to 20/4/2009.
Ground encompassing the Palaeoproterozoic basement Weekeroo Inlier of the Olary district, which includes the historic Walparuta copper-gold mine located approximately 20 km north of Manna Hill township, was taken out to search for possible economic...-
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Published: 28 Aug 1909
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Investigation of the Mutooroo copper mine, South Australia.
The Mutooroo mine was the largest copper producer in the Olary Province, until its closure in 1914. Recent geophysical work and drilling have discovered a deeper massive sulphide body of over 8 million tonnes, averaging 1.66% Cu, with an unknown...-
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Ore [reserve] calculation, Mutooroo mine.
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Shorts Dam. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/6/1997 to 18/6/2002.
Gold, and copper or other base metal mineralisation hosted by Proterozoic metasediments of the Willyama Supergroup and by intrusive Mesoproterozoic granitoids, was the target of exploration in the Boolcoomata area, 40 km north-east of Olary. Regional...-
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Published: 30 Nov 1902
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Morialpa. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report : progress reports and annual reports for the period 16/12/1995 to 8/8/2003.
Initial exploration for stratiform Cu-Au mineralisation hosted within Adelaidean sediments in the Morialpa area, 40 km north- west of Olary, comprised soil, stream sediment, rock chip and ironstone lag geochemical sampling, and 1:10,000 scale...-
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Published: 29 Aug 1903
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Strathearn, Yarramba, South Eagle and Billeroo Creek areas (part of the Strathearn Joint Venture Project). Data release in lieu of partial relinquishment at licence expiry/renewal : progress and annual reports for the period 3/5/1991 to 9/4/2000.
Exploration carried out in the South Eagle - Yarramba area, located 40-80 km north-east of Olary and 50-150 km west-northwest of Broken Hill, has targeted stratabound Pb-Zn-Ag and Cu-Au mineralisation in Proterozoic rocks of the Willyama basement....-
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Bundera Well. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/6/2000 to 26/6/2005.
Possible buried Palaeoproterozoic stratiform to stratabound Cloncurry style Cu-Au mineralisation was the principal objective of exploration undertaken over an area located approximately 60 km north-east of Olary. Other conceptual targets included...-
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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. DPY2-57, Eurinilla Dome copper-gold mineral prospects. Project final report.
Past drilling of the Eurinilla Dome by BHP, Lynch Mining and Havilah Resources has identified widespread anomalous Cu±Au±Co mineralisation flanking a central magnetic core, in an analogous geological setting to that of the Benagerie and Kalkaroo...-
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Report on geological mapping in the Putts Well - Bulloo Creek area.
The upper laminated sequence of the Upper Albite Unit and the whole Bimba Formation constitute the most prospective horizons for base metal concentration.-
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Kalkaroo. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/7/1994 to 14/7/2000.
Exploration work carried out 60 km north-west of Broken Hill initially sought Olympic Dam type Fe oxide Cu-Au mineralisation associated with granitoid equivalents of the Hiltaba Suite, and subsequently, Ernest Henry style stratiform Pb-Zn-Ag...-
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Data release - as updated : Whey Whey Creek (latterly part of the Walparuta Project). Annual reports plus final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/7/2013 to 17/7/2020.
A very small (35 square km) area located ~35 km west-northwest of Olary and covering part of the Weekeroo Inlier is being explored for possible buried epigenetic stratiform Broken Hill type Pb-Zn-Ag and VHMS (volcanic hosted massive sulphide) style...-
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Walparuta. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/6/2010 to 20/6/2019.
A small area centred ~30 km west of Olary has been explored for possible economic buried primary stratiform base metal sulphide mineralisation, vein barite mineralisation and also for epithermal copper-gold deposits that may have formed in...-
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Report on Dome Rock copper prospect, SA. Summary, stages 1, 2 and 3 results.
The area of interest for base metal exploration lies within a complex of Archaean metamorphic rocks intruded by undifferentiated granitic rocks of Archaean-Proterozoic age. The main exploration target is copper, but moderately rich silver, cobalt and...-
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Rehabilitation of an exploration area at Crocker Well.
Types of impact and recommendations for rehabilitation procedures.-
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Luxemburg Well. Progress and final reports for the period 4/11/83 to 3/11/84.
Diamond drillcore obtained from the Luxemburg mine area, which was drilled by Sundowner Minerals Pty Ltd in 1969-70, was assayed and identified as consisting of altered pyroxenite, altered granitoids (adamellite, granodiorite, tonalite), and altered...-
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Glenorchy. Progress reports for the period 3/10/85 to 2/4/87.
An assessment of the uranium and base metal potential of an area located 75 km north of Yunta included the inspection of historic uranium prospects, geological mapping at 1:25,000 scale, rock chip and groundwater sampling, reprocessing of aerial...-
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Pine Creek. Progress and final reports for the period 13/9/81 to 12/9/83.
Poor assay results returned from 7 percussion drillholes totalling 1536 m, put down just south-west of Cockburn to test UTEM III anomalies in a search for buried Broken Hill - type mineralisation, have downgraded the base metal potential of this area...-
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Outalpa Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 16/11/1984 to 1/3/1988.
Exploration for possible economic deposits of massive crystalline andalusite and sillimanite, formed within Palaeoproterozoic Willyama Complex muscovite-quartz schists and gneisses in an area of partly exposed basement north-west of Olary, has...-
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Cathedral Rock and Mulga Dam. Progress, annual and final reports for the period 5/9/78 to 8/6/81.
Detailed geological mapping at 1:25,000 and 1:10,000 scales over several mineralised prospect areas lying north-west of Olary indicates that widespread gossanous outcrops occur in the Willyaman siltstone - albitic chert unit, which contains carbonate...-
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Published: 19 Jul 1981
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Ballara. First and final progress report to licence surrender for the period 28/4/1983 to 28/7/1983.
An aeromagnetic anomaly and nearby gravity anomaly identified in Palaeoproterozoic basement 17 km south of Mingary were tested for base metal mineralisation of Broken Hill or Olympic Dam type by performing a gravity survey and by drilling 7 percussion...-
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