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Nilpinna (part of the Edward Creek Project). Third partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 28/10/1988 to 11/11/2014.
Exploration in a large area located ~120 km south-southeast of Oodnadatta, encompassing Adelaidean sediments and associated intrusive rocks of the Peake and Denison Inliers, has targeted copper and gold mineralisation, while potential for diamonds was...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Edward Creek (part of the Edward Creek Joint Venture Project). Progress reports and annual reports for the period 7/12/1987 to 22/9/2008. [ Index Part 1 of 2 ].
Diamond exploration undertaken within the southern of two adjoining licence areas taken up along part of the western flank of the Peake and Denison Ranges, that is centred ~100 km south-east of Oodnadatta, was aimed at discovering the source(s) of...-
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Blyth Creek. Annual reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 2/1/2007 to 30/9/2013.
Exploration for possible economic IOCG type base and precious metal deposits in buried basement rocks, and for possible roll front style sedimentary uranium mineralisation in overlying Jurassic-Cretaceous Eromanga Basin sediments, within an area...-
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Oolgelima Creek. First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 31/8/2012 to 30/8/2014.
Three separate small areas on the eastern edge of the Stuart Range, that are located 30 to 45 km north and north-east of Coober Pedy, have been explored both for possible buried Proterozoic basement-hosted IOCG-style mineralisation and for large...-
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Published: 10 Oct 1914
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Lake Cadibarrawirracanna. First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 31/8/2012 to 30/8/2014.
An area centred over Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, which is located ~70 km east-northeast of Coober Pedy, has been explored both for possible buried Proterozoic basement-hosted IOCG-style mineralisation and for large sedimentary evaporite occurrences of...-
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Published: 10 Oct 1914
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PACE 2020 Discovery Drilling 2012 : Year 7 Drilling Partnership no. DPY7-26 - Energia Minerals Limited Gawler Craton Project, IOCG-prospective Blyth Creek BC4 gravity anomaly. Drilling project final report.
During July 2012, at a location approximately 90 km south-east of Oodnadatta, EL 3680 licensee Energia Minerals completed the drilling at the BC4 gravity anomaly target of a single vertical rotary mud/diamond tailed hole to a total depth of 144.3 m...-
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Anna Creek. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/8/2007 to 12/8/2014.
A small area centred ~20 km north-west of William Creek has been explored for possible economic buried IOCG mineralisation, which could have formed in Mesoproterozoic basement rocks that in the surrounding region exhibit several large coincident...-
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Published: 26 Sep 1914
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Alberga River (part of the Lambina Project). First annual report plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 1/8/2014 to 18/2/2016.
A small licence area centred ~70 km east of Marla was taken up to explore for possible economic buried sedex style base metal deposits or IOCG style mineralisation which may exist there, hosted by largely unknown Proterozoic basement rocks, including...-
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Ruby Hill. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 1/12/1980 to 31/5/1982.
During a search for possible diamondiferous rocks within an area lying to the north of William Creek and abutting the south-eastern side of the Peake and Denison Ranges, stream sediment sampling and a low level, 5300 line km aeromagnetic / radiometric...-
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Published: 02 Jun 1982
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Mount Treloar (NW of Oodnadatta). Progress and final reports for the period 30/6/80 to 29/12/80.
Follow-up investigations of possible buried channel redox front uranium mineralization on the edge of the Eromanga Basin, in the vicinity of the SA-NT border, included a geophysical and structural interpretation of available data, the drilling and...-
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Published: 23 Feb 1981
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The Alberga Diamond Project. Joint progress and annual reports to licences' joint surrender, for the period 19/3/1998 to 16/6/2000.
Kimberlite-seeking loam sampling and soil geochemistry, undertaken in the vicinity of 28 selected magnetic targets distributed within eight separate licence areas extending from 150 km west-northwest of to 120 km north of Oodnadatta, only yielded a...-
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Mount Denison (part of the BHP Billiton - Rio Tinto - Phelps Dodge' Peake and Denison Joint Venture Project). First partial surrender report, for the period 12/7/1993 to 16/9/2003.
Exploration carried out over the northern Peake and Denison Ranges since 1993 has targeted possible large-scale Proterozoic iron oxide associated copper-gold (IOCG) deposits considered to have formed in stratigraphic/structural settings similar to...-
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RB 2007/00015 Geochronology of the Gawler Craton, South Australia.
Geochronology enables us to determine the age of rocks and minerals. The variety of isotopic geochronological techniques give complementary information on, for example, the timing of igneous or metamorphic crystallisation, as is often the case for the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2007
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Mount Arthur. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 5/9/1980 to 5/3/1983.
Exploration for possible kimberlite pipes in the Mount Arthur - Mount Toodla area, 30 km east-southeast of Oodnadatta, has included preliminary gravity and ground magnetic surveys, stream sediment sampling, and the drilling of a single diamond cored...-
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Published: 09 Jun 1983
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Allandale. First annual report to licence renewal, for the period 5/12/1994 to 31/5/1995.
Following recognition of the likely young age of the sources of the Abminga area magnetic anomalies, and the discovery of a number of diamond indicator minerals in sediments to the west of the Peake and Denison Ranges, the Allandale joint venture...-
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Nilpinna Spring. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/7/1982 to 11/1/1985.
As the start of a regional diamond exploration programme with secondary base metal objectives, portion of a detailed low-level airborne magnetic/radiometric survey was flown over the Nilpinna Spring area to define targets for drilling. Field...-
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Douglas Creek. Combined first progress/final report to licence full surrender, for the period 28/4/1983 to 30/8/1983.
Over an area abutting the south-western shoreline of Lake Eyre North, detailed ground magnetic and gravity surveys were carried out over coincident regional gravity and magnetic highs in the search for Olympic Dam - type mineralisation. One rotary...-
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Published: 17 Oct 1983
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Vernon Hill. First partial surrender report, for the period 12/7/1993 to 7/5/1996.
Diamond exploration undertaken north-east of Marla, near Vernon Hill, comprised helimag and ground magnetic surveys plus drainage sampling. Magnetic sources were indicated at depths exceeding 200 m. One magnetic target was tested by a 117 m deep RC...-
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Published: 13 Jun 1996
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Edward Creek. Annual and final reports to licence surrender for the period 29/8/1995 to 15/10/1998.
Diamond exploration undertaken along part of the western flank of the Peake and Denison Ranges, 120 km north-east of Coober Pedy, was aimed at discovering the source(s) of nine microdiamonds and of widespread diamondiferous kimberlitic indicator...-
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Published: 25 Jan 1999
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Bore sample analyses, Officer and Pedirka Basins and some bores in Great Artesian Basin.
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Published: 01 Jan 1972