New work undertaken on an area located near Manunda Homestead during the current licence period has been restricted by the need to try to attract a joint venture partner, efforts towards which have proved unsuccessful. A geological inspection of the...

In a search for economic Tertiary brown coal in the south-eastern Murray Basin, a large reconnaissance drilling programme was undertaken during February-April 1981 to test known carbonaceous sediments reported as encountered by previous drillholes and...

Geological mapping, further surface geochemical sampling, test IP surveys and limited shallow diamond drilling (2 holes, total 201.3 m, including 147 m of NQ/BQ wireline coring) were done over a previously identified stream sediment zinc anomaly at...

As part of continuing exploration for possible economic buried stratiform / hydrothermal copper mineralisation in the Yudnamutana Mining Field, the target lower Callanna Group strata were geologically mapped, petrologically studied and geochemically...

Exploration for possible stratiform or hydrothermal, fault-associated copper deposits in the area of basal Adelaidean metasediments lying to the north of known such mineralisation at the abandoned historic Ukaparinga mine, immediately north of...

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Follow up to stream sediment sampling near Oodnadatta in the Mount Dutton area suggests that anomalous nickel, chromium and cobalt values are associated with ironstone, and anomalous niobium with geodes. No kimberlites were discovered.

Stream sediment sampling southeast of Oodnadatta in the Mount Kingston area revealed no significant anomalies. Rare pyrope was identified in some samples, but no kimberlite were discovered.

A reassessment of Marathon Petroleum's 1979 regional stream sediment sampling programme led to the decision to resample a number of areas within EL 871. The Mt Neill and Mt Fitton areas were chosen, as a result of possible similarities with the...

In a continuation of diamond and base metal exploration of newly discovered carbonatite / kimberlite intrusive bodies in an area located immediately north of Orroroo, these bodies were examined petrographically and analysed to compare their...

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Exploration was aimed at delineating favourable lithologies within Eromanga Basin sediments for hosting sedimentary uranium, which may have leached from the crystalline rocks of the Musgrave Ranges located to the west of the licence area. As part of...

Marathon Petroleum's exploration investigations of EL 871 during 1982 were aimed at a detailed follow-up of prospective horizons and geochemical targets located in 1981. Rock chip assaying of selected lithologies, in particular quartz-garnet/gahnite...

Outcropping Wywyana Formation in the Mount McDonnell Valley, which had been shown by past work to be highly anomalous in copper, with attendant gold enrichment, was targetted by 50 m by 20 m grid-based geological, geochemical and ground geophysical...

Appraisal of a newly discovered large deposit of kaolin, found in the near surface regolith to Archaean basement on two farms situated 7 km south of Mount Hope on southern Eyre Peninsula, has consisted of further air/rotary drilling (35 holes, total...

An area of 100 square km, located 45 km west of Kingscote, was taken to enable follow-up exploration of some anomalous stream sediment geochemical sample values in lead (to a maximum 3200 ppm Pb) previously discovered by Elcor (Australia) Pty Ltd, but...

Late in 1981, BHP Minerals whilst exploring on its Orroroo region EL 891 discovered four stream gravel samples containing kimberlite indicator minerals. The stream drainage system in which these samples occur commences south of the southern boundary...

As a part of continuing exploration for possible economic buried epithermal / hydrothermal / metasomatic and skarn-related base metal and gold deposits undertaken within an area of shallow Lower Proterozoic basement located approximately 30 miles west...

Detailed stream sediment, loam and barrage sampling carried out over the main channel and various tributaries of the Manunda Creek drainage system confirmed the presence of widespread kimberlitic indicator minerals, plus a 31 microdiamonds. 5 small...

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