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RB 88/00051 Pre-Mesozoic geology of the Curdimurka region.
Pre-Mesozoic rocks are best exposed in the Willouran Ranges SW of Marree, but inliers occur as far west as Stuart Creek. These approximate the junction of the Stuart Shelf (to the west) with the Torrens Hinge Zone, which extends east to the Norwest...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1988
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RB 92/00073 Soil Air CO2/O2 Project. Progress report 4, Wirrda Well prospect, Stuart Shelf.
Soil air carbon dioxide and oxygen measurements as a guide to oxidising sulphide have been assessed by several researchers and government geological surveys in the United States, Ireland, Africa and Saudi Arabia over the period 1983-1990. The...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1992
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RB 92/00061 Soil Air CO2/O2 Project. Progress report 3, Mount Gunson area.
The rationale of utilising soil air carbon dioxide and oxygen measurements as a guide to oxidising sulphide is that sulphide oxidation in the presence of water and oxygen will produce sulphuric acid, which in turn will attack any carbonates present to...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1992
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RB 95/00041 Commodity review. Copper and gold in South Australia.
The giant Olympic Dam deposit has a total resource of about 2 200 million tonnes grading 1.4% Cu, 0.5 kg/t U3O8, 0.5 g/t Au and 3.1 g/t Ag. Development of Olympic Dam, with current annual production of 67 000 t of copper and further expansion...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1995
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RB 96/00039 Report on a test TEM survey over a haematite orebody at Hawks Nest, SA.
A newly-discovered, small, non-outcropping haematite orebody has been outlined at Hawks Nest on the Stuart Shelf by MESA scout drilling. As a trial procedure a Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) survey was conducted over the known subcrop limits, the...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1996
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RB 90/00016 Beda Volcanics and Backy Point Formation of the eastern Gawler Craton.
Beda Volcanics and Backy Point Formation crop out in only a few localities on northeastern Eyre Peninsula, north of Whyalla, but drilling has shown them to extend for approximately 170 km to the north below younger cover. The Beda Volcanics comprise...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1991
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RB 90/00017 Early Cambrian Andamooka Limestone and Yarrawurta Shale of the Stuart Shelf.
Early Cambrian (Atdabanian to Botomian) sediments, known from limited outcrop and over 70 drillhole intercepts, are divided into the Andamooka Limestone, including the Curdlawidny Siltstone Member, and the overlying Yarrawurta Shale. The Andamooka...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1990
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RB 93/00035 Pre-Adelaidean basement to the Stuart Shelf, South Australia: drillhole database and preliminary geological interpretation.
The geology and mineralisation of the prospective northeast segment of the Gawler Craton is the focus of the Stuart Shelf Basement Project. Geological and technical data from selected open-file drillholes (those that intersected pre-Adelaidean...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1993
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RB 96/00018 Permanent gravity base station network. COOBER PEDY / TARCOOLA / BILLAKALINA / KINGOONYA.
A permanent gravity base station network was established in the Coober Pedy / Tarcoola area of the State. 58 new base stations and a number of company surveys were tied to the Australian Fundamental Gravity Network (AFGN) via Isogal stations at...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1996
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RB 97/00039 Lineament tectonic data, South Australia, with a focus on the Cooper Basin.
The lineament mapping methods used by E.S.T. (Tim) O'Driscoll, which were a crucial factor in the discovery of Olympic Dam, the world's largest known Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, and of several other lesser Australian metallic orebodies, have now been applied...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1997
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Lake Torrens South and Harris Crossing area, north of Port Augusta (the Torrens South Project). Combined annual reports plus separate final reports to licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 31/1/2006 to 30/1/2010.
Exploration for possible buried Carrapateena or Prominent Hill type iron oxide-associated copper-gold deposits along the south-eastern side of the Stuart Shelf, in the vicinity of the southern end of Lake Torrens, initially consisted of a review of...-
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Published: 07 Apr 1910
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Yeltacowie (part of the Stuart Shelf Project). Annual and final reports to licence surrender for the period 19/8/2005 to 19/2/2010.
Two licence subareas located in the north-eastern Cariewerloo Basin were taken up to explore for possible economic Athabasca Basin style, unconformity - related uranium deposits of potentially high grade (>25% U), similar to the McArthur River...-
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Published: 29 Nov 1910
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South Vivian [Homestead]. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/6/2007 to 11/6/2009.
An area located on the northern Stuart Shelf between Olympic Dam and Prominent Hill, approx. 50 km south-southwest of the latter, has been explored for possible Olympic Dam type iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) deposits and for Canadian...-
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Published: 17 Oct 1909
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Porter Hill. Annual reports for the period 26/8/1998 to 26/5/2000 (the commencement of the Lake Torrens Project joint reporting period) : part of a data release made on 31/12/2006 upon a subsequent partial surrender.
Following the detection in late 1997, by reconnaissance mobile metal ion partial leach analytical methods, of anomalous base and precious metal concentrations in the soil above several low amplitude magnetic anomalies on Tasman Resources' EL 2340, the...-
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Published: 25 Oct 1999
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Island Lagoon. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 5/11/1970 to 4/11/1971.
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Published: 01 Jan 1971
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Wirrappa - Mount Gunson - Pernatty Lagoon. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 4/11/1971 to 3/11/1972.
Interest was centred on the Whyalla Sandstone - Pandurra Formation stratigraphic contact (the locus of the Gunyah Lake mineral occurrence), and on a quartzite unit developed adjacent to the Woocalla Dolomite Member (the locus of the House and Main...-
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Published: 08 Nov 1972
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An atlas of geochemical dispersion around the Cattlegrid orebody.
Geochemical indicators to buried stratabound copper mineralisation in the Cattlegrid orebody were studied in their primary and secondary dispersion patterns within the overburden, to try to elucidate the likely most effective elements and the possible...-
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Bopeechee. Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/11/2000 to 27/7/2008.
In on-ground exploration of an area on the Stuart Shelf located 18-46 km north-east of Olympic Dam, possible economic sedex - style, Mount Isa / Nifty type stratabound copper was targeted within Neoproterozoic carbonate rocks as part of multiple...-
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Roxby Hill. Annual and final reports to licence surrender for the period 6/2/2006 to 13/11/2008.
In a search for possible economic iron oxide - associated copper-gold mineralisation buried under deep cover to the south-west of the Olympic Dam deposit, a semi-detailed gravity survey consisting of 302 stations was read at 800 m intervals on 1.6 km...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1909
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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. DPY1-03, Marathon South mineral prospect. Project interim and final reports.
During exploration of Exploration Licence 3209 situated on the northern Stuart Shelf, gravity and magnetic modelling performed in early 2004 highlighted several anomaly source bodies, which immediately became of much interest as potential iron-oxide...-
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