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Curnamona Province sedimentary basins ['cover'] regional geology 3D Model (GOCAD version 1).
The Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Curnamona Province is largely overlain by sedimentary basins which contain any or combinations of Neoproterozoic, Cambrian, Mesozoic and Cenozoic sediments. These cover sequence sediments can introduce considerable...-
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Mount Painter Inlier basement regional geology 3D Model (3D pdf version 1).
The Mount Painter and Mount Babbage Inliers, located in the north-eastern Flinders Ranges, consist predominantly of Palaeoproterozoic to Mesoproterozoic metasediments and granites, and Neoproterozoic to Cambrian sediments of the Adelaide Geosyncline....-
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HandBk 003 - A Guide to the Geology and Mineral Resources of South Australia. Ludbrook, N.H. 1980 South Australia. (reprinted version)
South Australia has had a very long geological history traceable back for over 2000 million years. It has areas of ancient basement rocks and of younger rocks representing most of the geological column, which are exposed at the surface or have been...-
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South Australia - 1:2 000 000 scale State geological map (first digital edition).
The latest knowledge of the surface geology of South Australia is displayed on the 2020 edition of the state geology map newly released by the Geological Survey of South Australia (GSSA). It is a product of the GSSA’s ongoing statewide geological...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1920
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Curnamona Province basement regional geology 3D Model (3D pdf version 1).
The Curnamona Province basement 3D Geological Model is a product of PIRSA's early 3D modelling trials conducted using 3D GeoModeller software. The work began with identifying the statigraphic units that were to be modelled. Due to the regional scale...-
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Arkaroola (part of the Wooltana Joint Venture). Farminee's final report at joint venture exit, for the period April to October 1972.
Exploration for possible economic stratabound copper mineralisation, carried out by Shell Minerals Exploration (Australia) over part of SML 575/703 near Arkaroola in the northern Flinders Ranges under an informal joint venture agreement with the...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-46, Yudnamutana M2 high sulphide IOCG mineral prospect. Project final report.
Quasar Resources in joint venture with Alliance Resources has recently completed its stage 1 drilling programme at the high priority M2 iron oxide - associated copper-gold prospect within its Exploration Licence 2874, completing 9 drillholes targeting...-
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Burt Hill area, Mount Painter district. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry for the period 6/12/82 to 3/4/86.
Leucogranitic plugs within basement in the south-western part of the Mount Painter Complex were investigated as potential hosts for primary niobium - tantalum, beryllium, titanium and yttrium mineralisation. Aerial magnetic and radiometric surveys...-
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Field petrographic, mineralogical and geochemical study of niobium-tantalum bearing granites and a glimmeritic diatreme, Mount Painter - Umberatana area, SA. (Appendix 1 to progress report to December 1985).
Recent company reconnaissance studies have shown the presence of anomalously high Ta and Nb in sodic granites in the Mount Painter area. Herein a preliminary account is given of the field relationships, petrology, geochemistry, mineral chemistry and...-
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Woolatchi Creek. Progress, partial surrender and technical reports to licence surrender, for the period 12/4/1982 to 27/8/1985.
Diamond drillhole WC1 was drilled by Marathon to a total depth of 173.5 m over the Woolatchi Creek aeromagnetic anomaly, as part of an ongoing search for uranium and base metals in the north-eastern Flinders Ranges and Lake Frome Plains region....-
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Woolatchi Creek. Progress and annual reports for the period 20/2/80 to 11/4/83.
41 open-hole rotary drillholes (total 5999 metres) were drilled and geophysically logged to search for possible sedimentary uranium occurrences in the Early Cretaceous Parabarana Formation and in overlying altered Miocene sands, over an area of the...-
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The Needles - Sitting Bull area [portion of Arkaroola Station]. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 1/7/1968 to 30/6/1969.
Numerous small, occasionally high grade occurrences of talc and asbestiform amphibole minerals, barite, vermiculite and sodic feldspar were discovered by prospecting across a wide, often rugged hilly area lying to the north-west of Arkaroola...-
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Freeling Heights. Final report at licence expiry/full surrender for the period 10/12/1968 to 9/6/1970.
Special Mining Lease 199 was one of three leases taken up by Kennecott Explorations (Australia) Pty Ltd in the Mount Painter district during 1968, to evaluate one known copper-uranium deposit (Shamrock Valley, SML 236), and to search for new...-
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Report on a field reconnaissance to assess the volcanogenic massive sulfide potential of the Wooltana Volcanics, Mount Painter Province, SA.
Reconnaissance visits were made to six mineralised localities and nearby areas within the Wooltana Volcanics outcrop zone, to try to ascertain if features related to volcanogenic massive sulphide (VHMS) ore deposits were present in the rocks. None of...-
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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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Yudnamutana Hill - Arkaroola Creek area, Mount Painter district. Interim progress report for the period 7/7/1968 to 6/1/1969.
As part of a regional search for possible economic uranium and copper-molybdenum deposits formed in Precambrian basement and overlying early Adelaidean cover metasediments, Kennecott Explorations conducted a reconnaissance aerial radiometric survey of...-
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Paralana. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 16/5/1966 to 15/12/1966.
Regional stream sediment sampling conducted over an area of historically prospective ?Archaean, Proterozoic and Palaeozoic rocks in the Mount Painter - Mount Babbage - Mount Livingstone - Yudnamutana area did not reveal any base or precious metal...-
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Wooltana. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/5/1964 to 30/4/1966.
Reconnaissance and follow-up stream sediment sampling and bank soil sampling carried out across an area of rugged terrain surrounding Wooltana Homestead, within which lie historical small mine workings and minor surface occurrences of secondary copper...-
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Published: 18 Feb 1966
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Yudnamutana - Freeling Heights area. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 13/8/1970 to 12/8/1971.
An area within the central-northern Mount Painter basement inlier that surrounds the rugged granite massif of Freeling Heights was explored via helicopter-assisted regional stream sediment sampling (2386 samples at an average sample density of 22.8...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1971
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Moolawatana. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 16/7/1970 to 15/7/1971.
An area of previously reported anomalous ground surface base metal geochemistry spanning the northern Mount Painter and adjacent Mount Babbage basement inliers was re-sampled by the licensee to validate the earlier results, via regional stream...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1971
