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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Burra. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 27/1/2004 to 26/1/2009.
An area of 160 square km surrounding the abandoned historic Burra mine and open cut was taken up to conduct step-out exploration for a distance of 10 km distant from this location, to try to discover similar shallowly buried copper resources and/or...-
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Mongolata. Third partial surrender report, for the period 13/2/2004 to 9/3/2014.
Exploration for copper and gold mineralisation within a now wholly relinquished 213 square km licence eastern sub-block, located 18-30 km north-east of Burra, has utilised geochemical and geophysical methods to assess the potential of buried...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Myrtle Springs and Mount Parry (the Aroona JV Project). Joint annual reports for the period 2/4/2004 to 2/4/2018.
Two adjoining areas located west-northwest of Leigh Creek are being explored as part of a regional search for possible economic Beltana-style zinc silicate hydrothermal replacement mineralisation hosted by brecciated Cambrian or Neoproterozoic bedrock...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1918
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Mount Bryan (part of the Burra Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/4/2010 to 26/4/2015.
Within an area centred ~ 15 km north-west of Burra, Phoenix Copper Limited has been exploring for possible buried, structurally controlled sediment-hosted copper and gold mineralisation within the Skillogalee Dolomite member of the Adelaidean Burra...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Bagot Well North, Tarnma, Bagot Well and Australia Plains (the Eudunda Group of tenements). Joint annual reports for the period 5/10/2009 to 4/8/2017.
As part of a renewed search for possible buried economic volcanogenic or epigenetic stratiform copper oxide or copper carbonate deposits, thought to be associated with poorly exposed fault structures and related hydrothermal alteration of Adelaidean...-
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Published: 19 Sep 1917
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Bald Hill North. Annual reports for the period 25/7/2006 to 24/7/2009.
A small area centred ~5 km west of Burra township is being explored for possible buried economic, Monster mine type stratiform copper oxide or copper carbonate deposits, thought to be associated with poorly exposed fault structures and related...-
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RB 2016/00013 Geological field excursion guide — Rifts, reverse faults and regolith: Neoproterozoic to Cenozoic geology in the Mid-North of South Australia.
The rolling hills, wheat paddocks and vineyards of the Mid-North region of South Australia conceal a geological transition between the Adelaide Hills and the Flinders Ranges. Here the landscape is subtly controlled by the Neoproterozoic bedrock...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2016
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RB 2015/00010 Geological field excursion guide — Arkaroola to Paralana Hot Springs.
The journey from Arkaroola Village to the Paralana Hot Springs presents the opportunity to view some amazing landscapes and associated geological aspects that the Arkaroola Pastoral Station has to offer, and the opportunity is open to the general...-
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Published: 01 May 2015
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RB 2012/00004 MARREE, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SH54-5. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The MARREE mapsheet area includes the south-western portion of the Strzelecki Desert plus parts of the Tirari Desert, north-western Flinders Ranges and north-eastern Willouran Ranges, between latitudes 29 to 30 degrees S and longitudes 138 to 139...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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Hallett. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 24/10/1978 to 11/2/1982.
Percussion drilling (17 inclined or vertical holes totalling 1287 m) and resistivity surveys were undertaken by Seltrust Mining over an area lying immediately to the north-northwest of Burra, in a search for possible structurally controlled copper...-
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Published: 07 Apr 1982
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Mirra Bore. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 17/5/1988 to 16/11/1989.
Exploration for gold and base metals in the Willouran Ranges, conducted over an area located approximately 26 km south-west of Marree, was aimed at evaluating known quartz-limonite vein stockwork - type gold mineralisation on four prospects, plus...-
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Published: 30 Oct 1989
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South of Burra area. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 1/6/1964 to 25/2/1966.
Exploration reconnaissance work has been carried out over many old copper mines and prospects situated within a 172 square mile area located south of the town of Burra [the impetus being that recently the South Australian Department of Mines had...-
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Published: 25 Feb 1966
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Opaminda Creek. Quarterly and terminal reports for the period 17/11/1976 to 16/11/1978.
Adelaidean strata in the Mount Painter-Arkaroola area were investigated for stratiform copper, initially by North Flinders Mines and later in a joint venture with Western Mining Corp. Following a study of previous exploration data in the region, a...-
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Published: 09 Aug 1977
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Mount Lyndhurst (part of Perilya's Flinders Ranges Project). Annual and final reports to licence surrender for the period 13/12/1999 to 7/7/2004.
Numerous base metal occurrences and historic mines occur in the Mt Lyndhurst area, hosted mainly in Neoproterozoic rocks of the Adelaide Geosyncline. Investigations at several prospects have included detailed mapping plus soil and rock chip sampling....-
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Lyndhurst. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/1/1980 to 15/1/1981.
70 line km of gravity traverses were undertaken over potential shallow Triassic coal basins preserved by downwarping in the Lyndhurst area, prior to rotary mud and air drilling of gravity lows (15 holes, total 1,112.85 m, including 7.35 m of coring,...-
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Mount Craig. Final report for the period 5/6/98 to June 1999.
No anomalous metal values were returned from reconnaissance stream sediment and rock chip sampling carried out over an area 20 to 30 km east to south-east of Hawker, although one sample showed 43.8% MgO content. More detailed geochemical sampling is...-
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Holowilena. Progress and surrender reports for the period 21/8/97 to 11/2/2001.
Rock chip sampling carried out over magnetic targets located approximately 35 km east of Hawker identified anomalous Cu, and minor Zn and Ni. No significant base metal anomalism was detected from stream sediment sampling, and only one anomalous gold...-
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Published: 30 Aug 1900
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Willouran Ranges and Leigh Creek North. Joint venture - related individual licence annual reports, partial surrender reports and final reports to licences' respective expiry/full surrender, for the period June 1998 to 18/11/2003.
A partly defined magnesite resource thought to be of the order of 579 million tonnes in size, consisting of a series of semi-continuously outcropping magnesite beds ranging in thickness from 0.5 m to 9.0 m, is situated within the northern Flinders...-
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Mount Rose. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 1/10/1968 to 30/9/1970; Mount Serle. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 10/2/1969 to 9/2/1971.
Base metal exploration carried out in the vicinity of historic copper workings in the Mount Rose area, situated approximately 30 miles east-northeast of Copley, has consisted of detailed 1:1500 scale geological mapping, soil and rock chip sampling,...-
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Nackara and Oodla Wirra. Joint progress reports and final report to licences' joint surrender, for the period 1/12/1965 to 14/9/1966.
Preliminary induced polarization surveying along four traverses laid out across old copper workings at Nackara disclosed a well-defined IP anomaly 1500 feet long and 200 to 400 feet wide, subcropping in the western limb of a large north-east trending...-
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