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Radium Hill - Mutooroo area. Annual and technical reports for the period 1/3/1969 to 28/2/1971.
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Mount Fitton. Progress and final reports to licence amalgamation/renewal for the period 19/5/1969 to 31/1/1971.
After reviewing the existing Anaconda regional stream sediment geochemical anomalies, North Flinders Mines attempted to replicate the reported high zinc values in the north-east of the licence area, by conducting a higher density reconnaissance stream...-
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Mount Burr. Progress and final reports to licence surrender, for the period 15/10/1970 to 14/7/1971.
A small area of the northern Flinders Ranges surrounding the Nichols Nob copper occurrences was explored for possible economic massive stratiform copper deposits, targeting the known mineralised Yudnamutana Subgroup metasediments. Work comprised a...-
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Geological report on Mining Claims nos 5463 and 5464.
Two historic copper mining prospects located in the Mount Coffin area, east of Copley, have been studied by a consultant geologist to determine their economic potential, following the recent conduct of separate appraisal drilling programmes by the...-
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Report on SML 165, Breaden Hill area, Willouran Ranges, SA.
As a result of the work outlined in this report it is concluded that the possibility of economic tonnages of copper ore within the area of Special Mining Lease no. 165 are restricted to three localities, Breaden Hill, Boorloo and East Rook. All three...-
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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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Arkaba. Combined first progress/final report to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 27/11/1969 to 26/5/1970.
Soil geochemical sampling (940 samples) carried out on a 1000 foot by 1500 foot grid pattern over the Arkaba Diapir, aiming to check for possible economic zinc mineralisation that may have formed within the diapiric breccias and related fracture zones...-
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Willouran Ranges. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/5/1964 to 30/4/1966.
Exploration of the known copper-bearing Lower Adelaidean metasediments outcropping in the Willouran Ranges to the south-west of Marree addressed the many historical mine prospects and also the region as a whole. Initial work comprised a regional...-
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Published: 18 Feb 1966
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Beltana. First partial relinquishment report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 14/12/1973 to 13/12/1974.
Possibly prospective copper mineral occurrences in the vicinity of Beltana were investigated by conducting part of a multi-licence aerial survey over them, and by researching all of the existing information on the local geology. An extensive desktop...-
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Published: 07 Nov 1974
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Mount Coffin. Progress report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/12/1971 to 17/12/1972.
The only geochemically anomalous area found from surface sampling for copper which was conducted over the Mount Coffin Diapir (332 samples taken over 18 square miles), was along its boundary with the younger sediments of the Yudnamutana Subgroup....-
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Matt Whim. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/6/1972 to 24/6/1973.
Exploration for stratabound copper deposits within potentially prospective Late Proterozoic host sedimentary rocks over an area of the southern Flinders Ranges comprised regional geochemical sampling and detailed (1:10,000 scale) geological mapping,...-
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Mount Caernarvon. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 28/1/1971 to 27/1/1972.
An investigation of seven interesting IP anomalies on the Oraparinna Dome, which had been delineated in 1966 by Metals Exploration but not then tested by that company, has lately comprised anomaly gridding, 1:1200 scale geological mapping, and...-
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Published: 28 Jan 1972
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Willouran Ranges. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 1/6/1966 to 30/11/1966.
In a search for possible economic stratiform copper occurrences in Upper Proterozoic sediments of the Willouran Ranges, the licensee undertook photogeological and field mapping studies plus a regional geochemical survey of outcropping rocks and...-
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Mutooroo. Progress report and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 2/7/1976 to 9/11/1976.
As part of a regional search for volcanogenic massive sulphide (VHMS) base metal deposits, a geological reconnaissance plus rock chip sampling was carried out in the vicinity of old copper workings in the Black Hills / Mutooroo Ridge region, 40 km...-
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Yudnamutana Project: regional geology of the Jubilee Fault Zone [with appendices of geochemical and mineralogical data], May-November 1972.
A structurally deformed area in the southwestern corner of SML 704, having many copper carbonate showings and small historic workings known as the Yudnamutana Mining Field, has been mapped at a semi-detailed scale. The area is transected by the...-
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Bibliando Dome. Progress reports to licence partial surrender / renewal for the period 20/12/1973 to 16/12/1974.
The subject licence area was taken up to explore for buried economic copper mineralisation in fractured/faulted, hydrothermally-altered Neoproterozoic country rocks associated with blind, near-surface diapiric structures that may have intruded into...-
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Published: 31 Jan 1975
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Examination report, Baratta silver-lead mineral field, SML 102, County Derby (outside hundreds).
The object of the current investigation was to identify ore controls, to outline an area for geophysical investigation, and to locate targets for diamond drilling. The work carried out to date includes an examination of the known mineral occurrences...-
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Yerka Hill. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 16/7/2019.
A very small licence area located 13 km north-west of Olary township was taken up to explore for possible economic stratabound iron ore (magnetite) hosted by metamorphosed Adelaidean glacial sedimentary strata of the Yudnamutana Subgroup. During...-
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Published: 16 Jul 2019
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Outalpa Station. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 16/7/2019.
A small licence area located ~21 km north-west of Olary township was taken up to explore for possible economic stratabound iron ore (magnetite) hosted by metamorphosed Adelaidean glacial sedimentary strata of the Yudnamutana Subgroup. During licence...-
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Published: 16 Jul 2019
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Wadnaminga and Outalpa (the Olary JV Project, later renamed the Blue Rose Project). Joint annual reports for the period 19/7/2008 to 18/7/2018.
During Year 12 of the Olary JV Project (2008-2009), field work was undertaken only on EL 3849 Outalpa to make up for the earlier underspending on that licence relative to commitments. In early 2009, a ground radioactivity survey was acquired using a...-
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Published: 27 Nov 2018
