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Wharton Hill (near Manna Hill). Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 12/1/1981 to 11/7/1981.
As part of a regional search for diamondiferous kimberlite, stream sediment sampling of ?54 sites in the Wharton Hill area failed to reveal any kimberlite indicator minerals. However, heavy mineral concentrates from samples taken at four sites in the...-
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Coonalpyn. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/3/1982 to 6/9/1985.
Cambrian rocks lying beneath relatively thin Phanerozoic cover on the western edge of the Murray Basin were targeted by CSR principally for stratiform volcanogenic massive copper sulphide deposits, and for epigenetic Palaeozoic gold occurrences...-
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Marchant Hill (part of Orroroo Project). Combined first annual and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/8/2007 to 5/8/2008.
Exploration for possible economic secondary deposits of copper, uranium and gold that might be associated with known iron-rich sediments deposited at or near the base of the Sturtian sedimentary sequence, within an area extending from 60-120 km north...-
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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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Benda (part of the Blue Rose Project). Progress, partial relinquishment and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/11/2001 to 13/11/2005.
Continued exploration of a licence area situated 40 km south of Olary, that straddles the southern boundary of the Curnamona Province where it meets the northern end of the Nackara Arc, has concentrated on seeking possible Delamerian intrusive -...-
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Redbanks. Annual report and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 28/5/2007 to 14/7/2009.
Basal Umberatana Group glacial tillitic sedimentary sequences and upper Burra Group interglacial arenaceous sediments were explored for possible economic stratabound gold mineralisation in an area located about 20 km east of Burra. In the main the...-
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Published: 11 Sep 1909
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Manunda. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 20/3/1985 to 20/6/1985.
1:100k scale geological mapping and reconnaissance stream sediment geochemical sampling of Umberatana and Burra Group bedrock exposures (220 samples), performed in a search for Telfer style stratabound gold, revealed only three anomalous gold assay...-
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King Well. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 30/4/1993 to 28/2/1994.
Exploration for possible porphyry style or skarn/replacement type copper-gold mineralisation over an area of Delamerian granite batholith subcrop located 35 kilometres north-east of Burra, which had recently been drilled by the South Australian...-
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Waukaringa North, Waukaringa Creek and Euro Hill (the Waukaringa JV Project). Data release made at the joint first partial surrenders of the latter two licences: joint annual reports for the period 13/12/1993 to 12/6/1995.
Gold/copper exploration being undertaken north-west of Yunta has comprised rock chip geochemical sampling and BLEG stream sediment sampling. No significant gold anomalies were identified from the drainage bulk samples. High assay values of up to 8.8...-
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Oodla Wirra. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/11/1983 to 8/11/1985.
Exploration activities have included reconnaissance (1:20,000 scale) and detailed (1:1000 scale) geological mapping, limited surface rock chip sampling (9 samples), and the excavation of 31 costeans to expose for examination more than 580 linear m of...-
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Published: 04 Dec 1985
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Netley Hill. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 1/12/1968 to 30/11/1969.
A rotary percussion drilling programme (8 vertical holes for a total penetration of 1920 feet) was undertaken at Netley Hill to look for economic copper and molbdenum mineralisation in a greisen (hydrothermally altered granite) body which has an...-
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Published: 19 Nov 1970
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Manunda. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 2/6/1974 to 1/6/1976.
A probably fault-related IP anomaly, extending for a distance of >8000 feet in the Manunda Homestead area, was profiled with two traverses of gravity readings taken at 50 foot station intervals (56 stations read). The resulting Bouguer gravity...-
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Published: 09 Feb 1976
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Eurelia. Progress and annual reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 30/10/1969 to 29/7/1971.
An exploration licence area covering 120 square miles in the vicinity of the Eurelia Anticline was taken up by Utah Development to search for possible economic Zambian Copperbelt-style stratiform copper deposits within upper Adelaidean metasedimentary...-
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Pine Valley. Combined first progress/final report to licence full surrender, for the period 31/8/1977 to 31/5/1978.
Exploration for possible Olympic Dam - type base metals was undertaken in an area located 105 km south-east of Yunta, based on the recognition of steep magnetic gradient anomalies juxtaposed with a regionally significant linear crustal structure....-
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Published: 06 Dec 1977
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Whyte Yarcowie. Progress reports for the period 12/5/1969 to 21/5/1971.
In the Terowie - Whyte Yarcowie district, and in other nearby areas to the east and south-east, ongoing reconnaissance/infill stream sediment and bulk sampling of highland areas, plus detailed grid-based loam sampling of alluvium on lower-lying arid...-
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Manunda. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 17/12/1970 to 16/12/1972.
Exploration for possible economic large, low grade copper deposits within an area centred 30 miles south-east of Yunta has consisted of reconnaissance surface geophysical surveys which trialled a number of methods, followed by a brief geological...-
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Eurelia - Carrieton area. Progress reports and annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 13/1/1972 to 9/2/1973.
Ongoing exploration of the stratiform syngenetic base metal potential of copper-mineralised Late Proterozoic volcaniclastic sediments subcropping in the core of the Carrieton anticlinal structure, has concentrated mainly on drilling to confirm the...-
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Gordon Hill. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 5/9/1980 to March 1981.
A westwards-plunging eroded anticline in Sturtian strata 75 km north of Yunta was prospected for possible Zambian Copperbelt - type stratabound base metal mineralisation, because of perceived stratigraphic and rock geochemical similarities with that...-
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Published: 25 Mar 1981
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Comstock mine, South Australia. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 23/11/1976 to 31/5/1977.
Exploration of the area surrounding the historic Comstock copper mine entailed doing 1:5000 scale geological mapping, soil and rock chip geochemical sampling, the conduct of 7 line km of ground magnetic surveying and 4.8 line km of dipole-dipole IP...-
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Manna Hill [not 'Mannahill']. Combined progress reports and final report to licence surrender for the period 16/10/1977 to 31/5/1978.
The potential for finding remnant economic stratiform gold mineralisation in the Mannahill Gold Field was investigated by examining the old surface and underground mine workings, and the best-developed ore shoots were tested by drilling 25 vertical...-
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