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Summary report on the Pandurra copper prospect, SML 204, South Australia.
Near Pandurra Homestead on eastern Eyre Peninsula, dispersed secondary copper mineralisation occurs in faulted Upper Proterozoic sediments, along which some 30 shallow pits, probably dating back to the late 1800s, have been sunk. In an effort to...-
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Mount Eba. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/2/1978 to 22/2/1979.
In a search for possible buried stratiform base metal deposits of Mount Gunson type in an area surrounding Mount Eba Homestead, Carpentaria undertook a field reconnaissance of surface geological structures, followed by a study of aerial photographs...-
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Beddome Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 23/3/1977 to 22/3/1979.
An area centred approximately 90 km north-west of Woomera has been explored for possible economic copper mineralisation associated with geophysical anomalies thought to originate within Adelaidean metasedimentary bedrock. After considerable delays and...-
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Bull 033 The Geology and Iron Ore Resources of the Middleback Range Area
This report deals comprehensively with the physiography, prospect geology, and ore genesis, and includes an assessment of the iron ore reserves and other mineral resources of an area which has been almost the sole source of the iron ore used in...-
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Uro Bluff. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 16/4/1975 to 15/4/1977.
Stratiform copper sulphides, hosted within the basal Tapley Hill Formation, and extensions of known kimberlite bodies were targeted in this program. Reconnaissance and closer (down to 1 km x 1 km) spaced diamond and percussion drilling (28 and 83...-
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RB 00731 Hughes-Denman Stratigraphic Drilling Project of Outback Oil Company NL. Subsurface stratigraphy and micropalaeontological study and Outback Oil Hughes and Denman wells. Palynological report.
The four stratigraphic wells completed in the Eucla Basin within 20 miles of the Hughes and Denman Railway Sidings intersected a sequence of Tertiary, Lower Cretaceous, probable Palaeozoic, and possibly some Proterozoic rocks. The ages of the...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1900
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RB 66/00027 Wirrappa white clay deposit, Wirrappa Siding, secn 156, north Out of Hundreds.
Results of detailed ceramic testing, including chemical and mineralogical analyses, of representative samples of clay are given. The clay is suitable for earthenware and stoneware products but not for high quality whiteware. Although reserves appear...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1970
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Unlocking South Australia's Mineral and Energy Potential - A Plan for Accelerating Exploration. Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry) : Year 1 partnership no. DPY1-02, Titan mineral prospect. Project interim and final reports.
Titan prospect is located within Exploration Licence 3209, and lies 30 km north of the Olympic Dam mine. The prospect was first drilled by Western Mining Corp. in 1976 with diamond drillhole BD 1, and in 1981 with a second hole, BD 2. Both holes hit...-
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Winjabbie. First partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 20/10/2005 to 19/10/2010.
The western half of EL 3432, which now lies within the continuously restricted access Red Zone of the Woomera Prohibited Area, has been relinquished at expiry of term, acting upon advice received from DMITRE. During its 5-year tenure period the...-
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Published: 03 Dec 1912
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 6 partnership DPY6-07 - Intercept Hill JV Project, central Stuart Shelf area - Oak Dam South Proterozoic basement IOCG mineral prospects. Drilling project final report.
The Intercept Hill Project area is located in the central part of the Stuart Shelf. Gawler Craton basement rocks in the project area comprise leucocratic granite of the Hiltaba Suite, volcanic rocks of the Gawler Range Volcanics and metasediments of...-
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Intercept Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/5/2003 to 14/7/2013. [Index Part 1 of 2].
An area on the Stuart Shelf which is centred ~45 km north-northwest of Mount Gunson and 70 km south-east of Olympic Dam was taken up to explore primarily for possible economic buried Mesoproterozoic basement-hosted copper-gold deposits, perhaps of...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1913
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Pernatty Lagoon [East]. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 27/6/1997 to 26/6/2002.
An area of the Stuart Shelf located between Pernatty Lagoon and the Beda Arm of Lake Torrens, with its western boundary lying 15 km east of the historic Mount Gunson copper mining field, is being explored for possible economic basement-hosted IOCG...-
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[Key SAMREF record for accessing referenced reports and data via DEM Content Manager - SPOT] Mount Gunson (part of the Mount Gunson Project). Reports for the period 15/7/1994 to 24/3/2016.
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Andamooka [North-west] (part of the Stuart Shelf Project). Progress reports to licence conditional surrender and acreage tenure re-issue as part of an amalgamated licence, for the period 11/8/1979 to 15/1/1981.
Ongoing exploration by WMC of an area located in the Andamooka district, which surrounds the township and opalfield region at some little distance, and which, some 25 km to the west of the town includes the Roxby Downs prospect on which the giant...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Stuart Shelf and Andamooka Opalfields (the Stuart Shelf Joint Venture Project) . Progress reports to licences' expiry/renewal, for the period 16/1/1981 to 16/6/1986. [ Index Part 1 of 3 ].
The continuation of copper-gold exploration across the Stuart Shelf region, as part of a newly indentured joint venture project involving Western Mining Corp. (WMC) and British Petroleum (BP), has remained based on the acquisition of detailed ground...-
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Intercept Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/5/2003 to 14/7/2013. [Index Part 2 of 2].
In March 2010, once the terms of the joint venture agreement had been finalised, Argo passed its complete data sets to Xstrata, who immediately commenced a re-logging of Argo's drill cores besides conducting comprehensive unconstrained 3-D modelling...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1913
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RB 2016/00014 Geology of the Six Mile Hill 1:75 000 Special Edition Map Sheet.
The Six Mile Hill 1:75 000 Map Sheet was produced as part of a mapping program integrated into the Mineral Systems Drilling Program (MSDP) along the southern margin of the Gawler Ranges. The objective of the mapping program was to provide a regional...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2016
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RB 2014/00006 Geology of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet (6432).
The revised digital geology map of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet and accompanying geological descriptions in this report are the first components of the 2nd edition PORT AUGUSTA 1:250 000 map sheet to be completed. The subject map sheet occupies the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2014
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RB 2009/00022 Stuart Shelf geochemical project.
The Carrapateena mineral discovery was the outcome of a PACE Initiative drilling project co-funded by RMG Services Pty Ltd and the Government of South Australia. Two holes were drilled, the second of which (CAR002) encountered a major body of...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2009
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Port Augusta. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 29/11/1993 to 28/11/1998.
Diamond exploration conducted over a large area in the vicinity of, and extending for up to 80 km north-westerly from, Port Augusta, comprised ground magnetic surveying over aeromagnetic targets, loam and stream sediment sampling, RC drilling (6...-
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