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Parabarana copper prospect. Progress reports on rotary percussion and diamond drilling campaigns, for the period February 1970 to January 1971.
An area of 7 square miles surrounding the historic shallowly worked Parabarana copper deposit in the far north-eastern Flinders Ranges, which outcrops at Copper Hill as vein-type disseminated secondary ore over a width of around 1200 feet, was...-
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Outalpa Hill. Data release made upon the full surrender of a subsequent licence : progress reports to licence expiry, for the period 15/7/1988 to 8/8/1994.
Exploration for possible economic gold occurrences in an area surrounding Outalpa Hill in the Olary Ranges, 25 km north of Manna Hill township, has been conducted initially by a private prospecting syndicate with the assistance of industry...-
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Walparuta. Progress and annual reports, and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/12/1994 to 20/4/2009.
Ground encompassing the Palaeoproterozoic basement Weekeroo Inlier of the Olary district, which includes the historic Walparuta copper-gold mine located approximately 20 km north of Manna Hill township, was taken out to search for possible economic...-
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Published: 28 Aug 1909
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Investigation of the Mutooroo copper mine, South Australia.
The Mutooroo mine was the largest copper producer in the Olary Province, until its closure in 1914. Recent geophysical work and drilling have discovered a deeper massive sulphide body of over 8 million tonnes, averaging 1.66% Cu, with an unknown...-
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Yarramba. Annual reports submitted until the commencement of licences' joint reporting on the South Eagle / Honeymoon Project, for the period 10/4/2000 to 26/8/2009. [ Index Part 1 of 2 ].
Southern Cross Resources Australia Pty Ltd (Southern Cross) purchased Rio Tinto Exploration Limited’s share of the Northern Olary Joint Venture, including its interest in the subject EL 2310 Yarramba, in November 2000. Southern Cross has held the...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Ethiudna. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 22/2/2004 to 22/2/2015.
An area centred ~50 km north-west of Olary is continuing to be explored for possible buried economic Prominent Hill or Olympic Dam type iron oxide associated copper-gold (IOCG) breccia style mineralisation. The area is considered highly prospective...-
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Granites and uranium mineralisation in the Mount Painter Complex, northern Flinders Ranges.
The Mount Painter basement igneous complex is dominated by granite intrusions and volcanic rocks, most of which are fractionated and have a high uranium content. Apart from Mount Painter itself, where uranium was mined more than 60 years ago, there...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Arkaroola. Annual reports for the period 5/12/2008 to 3/12/2015.
During the 2008-2009 licence year, most of the new work done consisted of appraisal rotary mud drilling at Four Mile East (112 holes for 24,460 m) and Four Mile West (113 holes for 19,120 m), with the addition of one NQ diamond cored hole (AKC093) for...-
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Published: 20 Jan 1916
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Curnamona Province.
CURNAMONA PROVINCE SUMMARY Age: Sedimentation - late Palaeoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic. Felsic and mafic volcanism - late Palaeoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic. Granitic intrusion - late Palaeoproterozoic to early...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2003
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Shorts Dam. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/6/1997 to 18/6/2002.
Gold, and copper or other base metal mineralisation hosted by Proterozoic metasediments of the Willyama Supergroup and by intrusive Mesoproterozoic granitoids, was the target of exploration in the Boolcoomata area, 40 km north-east of Olary. Regional...-
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Published: 30 Nov 1902
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Morialpa. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report : progress reports and annual reports for the period 16/12/1995 to 8/8/2003.
Initial exploration for stratiform Cu-Au mineralisation hosted within Adelaidean sediments in the Morialpa area, 40 km north- west of Olary, comprised soil, stream sediment, rock chip and ironstone lag geochemical sampling, and 1:10,000 scale...-
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Published: 29 Aug 1903
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Geological and geophysical mapping of Billeroo South, Curnamona Province, South Australia.
A semi-detailed geological mapping program has been completed in the Billeroo South area of the NW Olary Block, Curnamona Craton, South Australia. Unlike other areas of the Olary Block, this area had not been previously mapped in any detail except...-
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Geological mapping of the Outalpa Inliers, Curnamona Province, South Australia.
Previous mapping and studies on lithology and lithostratigraphy of the Willyama Supergroup have utilised disparate classification schemes and vary greatly in quality and spatial accuracy for the geological data. In this study and report, they have...-
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Weekeroo. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/10/1970 to 30/9/1971.
A detailed examination of mineralised rock sequences within the metamorphosed Precambrian basement and Adelaidean cover rocks of the Weekeroo area, and recording of their relationship to successive deformational events and resulting rock structures,...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1971
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Geological summary and appraisal of the Parabarana copper prospect and the Gunsight uranium/copper prospect, northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia.
Copper mineralisation in the vicinity of Parabarana Hill located at the extreme north-eastern end of the Flinders Ranges was worked intermittently between 1899 and 1917 for the return of small tonnages of high grade secondary ore. In the past decade...-
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Cutana. Annual reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 1/8/1994 to 26/2/2002.
EL 2635, formerly EL 1976, straddled the Barrier Highway 25 km east of Olary. The licence covered ground initially taken up by MIM in late 1986, and all that company's work prior to mid 1994, with emphasis on investigating the Luxemburg - Premier...-
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Strathearn (part of the Olary Joint Venture Project). Quarterly progress reports for the period 20/8/1986 to 19/5/1991.
Exploration for stratiform - stratabound, Broken Hill type Ag-Pb-Zn mineralisation in the buried Lower Proterozoic basement to the Strathearn area, 60 km north of Olary, comprised aeromagnetic and gravity data interpretations, ground magnetic, Sirotem...-
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Published: 30 May 1991
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Weekeroo. First partial surrender report for the period 28/4/2004 to 27/4/2006.
During June-July 2006 Unimin Australia assessed the commercial potential of known pegmatitic albite feldspar deposits occurring within the Weekeroo Inlier, located 40 km north of Manna Hill, which also extend into the immediately surrounding,...-
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Kalkaroo. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/7/1994 to 14/7/2000.
Exploration work carried out 60 km north-west of Broken Hill initially sought Olympic Dam type Fe oxide Cu-Au mineralisation associated with granitoid equivalents of the Hiltaba Suite, and subsequently, Ernest Henry style stratiform Pb-Zn-Ag...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-54, north Benagerie Dome copper-gold mineral prospects. Project interim and final reports.
In early 2005 Havilah Resources applied for and was successful in gaining PACE Initiative funding for part of the cost of certain exploration drilling on its Benagerie Dome acreage, to carry out a programme with these aims: 1). To confirm, better...-
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