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ComRev 010 Copper in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)
South Australia’s copper deposits are held within three significant regions, Gawler Craton, Curnamona Province and the Adelaide Geosyncline, which host 3 producing mines, 4 developing projects and over 40 copper prospects. Many of the deposits in...-
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ComRev 012 Iron Ore in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)
South Australia is the birthplace of the Australian iron ore industry. There are existing operational mines in the Middleback Ranges. There are a further two mines approved and twenty developing projects across the State with identified resources of...-
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RB 2018/00039 Origin, classification and modes of emplacement of Sturtian glaciomarine megaclasts of the MacDonald Corridor, Bimbowrie Conservation Park, near Olary, South Australia.
Ten glacial megaclasts, unique perhaps from a global perspective, have been identified in the half-graben rift of the MacDonald Corridor. The MacDonald Corridor is the most easterly of four half-grabens containing Neoproterozoic low-grade...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2018
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Teetulpa Goldfield. Combined annual, annual and progress reports, plus related technical consultants' reports, submitted until licence renewal/re-issue, for the period 24/11/1995 to 14/11/2006.
An area surrounding and extending to the south of the Teetulpa Goldfield, which is centred about 60 km west of Olary and 31 km north of Yunta, was taken up primarily to try to find the source for the significant (>100,000 ounces so far recovered)...-
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Published: 05 Jun 1906
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Paratoo (part of the Paratoo Project). Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 18/4/2013 to 27/6/2014.
An small area located immediately north-east of Paratoo township has been explored for possible buried Burra mine type epithermal/hydrothermal copper mineralisation, as well as for gold and rare earth metals which may have accumulated in proximity to...-
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Published: 10 Jun 1914
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Pandappa. First annual report for the period 27/6/2002 to 26/6/2003.
A small area centred ~35 km south-east of Peterborough is being explored for possible economic buried diamond mineral occurrences in the cover and bedrock that may exist in association with formerly extrusive to sub-volcanic bodies of kimberlite. The...-
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Published: 26 Aug 1903
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RB 2002/00031 Musgrave Block, central Australia. Regional geology from interpretation of airborne magnetic data.
A regional geological interpretation of newly-acquired magnetic data for the majority of the Musgrave Block (central Australia) has been compiled at 1:250 000 scale. This report outlines the methodology and results of interpretation. Highlights of...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2002
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Coonalpyn and Padthaway areas (part of the Coomandook Joint Venture Padthaway Project). Annual reports, partial relinquishment report and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/7/1999 to 25/7/2004.
Possible metallic mineral products of porphyry / skarn and iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) mineralising systems related to fractionated high level Cambrian to Ordovician igneous intrusions were the targets of exploration in the Coonalpyn -...-
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Published: 08 Aug 1904
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CALLABONNA 1:250 000 geological map released.
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Mount Victor, Waukaringa Goldfield, Yunta, Paratoo and Baratta (the Mawson-Lynas Olary Joint Venture Project). Joint first partial surrender report, for the period 3/4/1997 to 2/4/1998.
Reconnaissance geological mapping and limited surface geochemical sampling of exposed, thrust faulted quartz-carbonate veins evident in the Adelaidean cover sequence to the western Olary Domain Palaeoproterozoic basement did not generate any gold or...-
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Report on a geological investigation of the Dustholes gold mine, Mount Grainger Goldfield.
The Dustholes mine area MLs 5040-5042 cover numerous small mine workings developed along the surface trace of an asymmetrically folded layer of Adelaidean quartzite that contains auriferous quartz and limonite veins. All excavations have been...-
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Delamerian Cover Thickness Modelling.
Crystalline basement in the Delamerian Project area is defined as Ordovician and older rocks which were affected by the Cambro-Ordovician Delamerian Orogeny and older tectonic events. It thus includes the rocks of the Adelaide Geosyncline, Kanmantoo...-
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Published: 19 Aug 1920
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Musgrave Province, including APY Lands, Mineral Potential Modelling Data Package.
The purpose of this data package is to provide end-users with the GIS datasets and geophysical raster grids used for the 2010 modelling of mineral potential in the Musgrave Province region, which includes the APY (Anangu Pitjantjatjara -...-
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South Australia - 1:2 000 000 scale State geological map (first digital edition).
The latest knowledge of the surface geology of South Australia is displayed on the 2020 edition of the state geology map newly released by the Geological Survey of South Australia (GSSA). It is a product of the GSSA’s ongoing statewide geological...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1920
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Baratta Hill. Combined first annual / final report at licence surrender for the period 16/4/2009 to 20/9/2009.
Exploration for possible diapir-related, discordant and stratabound sediment-hosted base and precious metals in an area located 32 km east-northeast of Cradock targeted an anomalous structural feature within Adelaidean metasediments, namely, a...-
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Nilpena Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 17/5/1990 to 5/11/1991.
In a search for possible economic buried sediment-hosted, 'disseminated' style gold deposits formed within Neoproterozoic strata in an area located immediately south-east and east of Olary, reconnaissance 1:10,500 scale geological mapping and stream...-
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Published: 30 Mar 1992
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Anabama [Copper-Molybdenum Project]. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 26/10/1972 to 25/10/1974.
Ongoing exploration by the SA Department of Mines of the copper and molybdenum - mineralised Anabama Granite batholith, which is located 20 km south-east of Manna Hill, has involved detailed geological mapping, soil and rock chip sampling, and the...-
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RB 2020/00022 Delamerian igneous basement to the Murray Basin in South Australia: a drill core review - volume 1.
This report presents the results of a Geological Survey of South Australia drillhole core samples logging project addressing a selection of the cored historical exploration and stratigraphic holes that have penetrated probable Delamerian Orogeny -...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2020
