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Nilpinna Springs. [Farminee's diamond exploration] Progress report for the period 13/7/1986 to 12/1/1987.
TARGET: Diamondiferous kimberlites in the Boorthanna Trough region (near Nilpinna Springs). EXPLORATION: A literature review, the reprocessing and re-interpretation of data from BHP's 1983 Peake Creek Aerial Magnetic Survey flown by Aerodata /...-
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Mount Dutton. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/7/1985 to 29/1/1990.
TARGET: Sub-bituminous coal seams within the Early Permian Mount Toondina Formation in the Mount Dutton - Nilpinna Springs region, these possibly being similar to, or forming an extension of, the large Weedina coal deposit recently discovered 20 km to...-
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Noorina Dam, Birthday Hill, Codna Hill and Cadaree Hill. [Diamond exploration - sole risk and joint venture] Joint progress reports and joint final report to licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/9/1983 to 29/5/1990.
TARGET: Possible diamonds and source diamondiferous kimberlites in the Boorthanna Trough region. EXPLORATION: Present-day drainage heavy mineral sampling for kimberlitic indicators, follow-up barrage sampling for diamonds, an aerial magnetic survey...-
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Gravity interpretation of PEL 24, South Australia.
Different ages are indicated for the three sedimentary troughs in PEL 24 delineated by the previous magnetics interpretation. The Tallaringa Trough has a basal unit of Cambrian limestones which thicken to the southwest. This is overlain by Permian or...-
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Cadaree Hill and Codna Hill (information for the Boorthanna diamond exploration Joint Venture partners' activities only). Progress reports to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 20/7/1981 to 24/4/1990.
TARGET: Diamonds in the Boorthanna Trough. EXPLORATION: A reconnaissance airborne magnetic, radiometric and VLF-EM survey (flown by Aerodata in 1982), a follow-up aeromagnetic survey (flown by Aerodata in 1989), photogeological studies and drainage...-
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William Creek (part of the Stuart Range Joint Venture Project). Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 11/8/1977 to 10/8/1979.
Exploration for possible Olympic Dam type mineralisation in an area located 20 km south-west of William Creek has consisted of grid-based ground gravity and magnetic surveys followed by the drilling of a deep diamond exploratory / stratigraphic hole...-
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Cadaree Hill (part of the Stuart Range Joint Venture Project). Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/8/1977 to 10/8/1978.
Following the first public announcement on 18/11/1976 by Western Mining Corp. of its giant Olympic Dam copper, gold and uranium discovery on Roxby Downs Station, Newmont Pty Ltd began a detailed assessment of the Stuart Shelf region of South...-
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Codna Hill (part of the Stuart Range Joint Venture Project). Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 3/5/1977 to 2/5/1979.
Following the first public announcement on 18/11/1976 by Western Mining Corp. of its giant Olympic Dam copper, gold and uranium discovery on Roxby Downs Station, Newmont Pty Ltd began a detailed assessment of the Stuart Shelf region of South...-
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Mount Sarah Homestead. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 24/5/2002 to 23/5/2007.
An area located approximately 75 km north-west of Oodnadatta is being explored for possible economic sedex style or MVT base metal sulphides that could have formed in Permian and early Cambrian sediments, and for any Proterozoic basement-hosted IOCG...-
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Krystal (part of Edward Creek Project). Partial surrender report for the period 14/2/2002 to 13/2/2003.
Diamond-bearing kimberlites were the target of exploration in an area taken up 120 km north-east of Coober Pedy. An assessment of available aeromagnetic data did not identify anomalies in the surrendered area that might possibly have a kimberlitic...-
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Balta (part of Edward Creek Project). Partial surrender report for the period 9/10/2002 to 8/4/2003.
Diamond-bearing kimberlites were the target of exploration in an area taken up 30 km west of William Creek. An assessment of available aeromagnetic data did not identify anomalies in the surrendered area that might possibly have a kimberlitic...-
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Krystal (part of Edward Creek Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 14/2/2002 to 13/2/2005.
Diamond exploration carried out within an area lying to the south-southwest of the Peake and Denison Ranges has aimed to find potential kimberlite sources for nine diamonds, previously recovered by De Beers from surface bulk samples, that were...-
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Compeera Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/5/1980 to 19/8/1981.
Exploration for buried Middle Proterozoic basement - hosted Cu-U-Au mineralisation similar to that found at Olympic Dam, and for possible younger buried Adelaidean sediments, was undertaken over a basement high in the Mount Purvis area. Diamond...-
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RB 2020/00002 Gawler Craton Airborne Geophysical Survey Region 2B, Warrina – Enhanced geophysical imagery and magnetic source depth models.
This report presents the results of a study by the Geological Survey of South Australia and CSIRO Mineral Resources to enhance the expression of geological structure in geophysical images and derive depth to magnetic sources over Region 2B of the...-
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Published: 01 Feb 2020
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Aeromagnetic interpretation of PEL 24, South Australia.
Three major Permian troughs exist within PEL 24, having shapes controlled by faulting and consequent differential movements on opposing sets of Gondwana-related NW-SE and NE-SW orientated major high angle fault trends. The resultant cojacent...-
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Wirrangula Hill. Progress and final reports for the period 16/11/81 to 15/6/82.
Investigations into the coal prospectivity of the buried Permian sedimentary sequence within the northern Arckaringa Basin, 70 km north-east of Coober Pedy, included an extensive data review, 6-line gravity survey, and reconnaissance drilling of 4...-
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Published: 15 Jun 1982
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Mount Anna. Annual and final reports to licence surrender for the period 5/6/2006 to 4/6/2009.
In a search for possible hard rock or sandstone type uranium deposits in the vicinity of the Peake Inlier, a review of past exploration results was performed, but no field work was conducted.-
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Published: 19 Jul 1909
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Canegrass Ridge and Nilpinna Spring. Joint progress reports and joint final report to licences' respective expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/12/1980 to 7/12/1981.
Two licence areas respectively flanking the eastern and western sides of the southern Peake and Denison Ranges were taken up to investigate the alluvial diamond potential of sediments within basinal margin settings, in view of diamond indicator...-
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Mooloogoorana Swamp. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 20/2/1980 to 19/12/1980.
9 widely spaced vertical percussion holes totalling 1340 m were drilled 30 km south-west of Anna Creek Homestead, to search for possible Early Permian coal seams in a relatively shallowly buried sub-basin at the southern end of the Boorthanna Trough....-
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Hathorn Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 31/10/1973 to 30/5/1974.
Exploration for shallowly buried, surface mineable Permian coal in sediments deposited along the southern rim of the Boorthanna Trough, approximately 50 km south-west of William Creek, has consisted of a review of existing geological and gravity data,...-
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