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Arkaroola. Combined second progress and final report to licence expiry for the period 12/2/1969 to 11/8/1969.
Report contains results (in drill log format) of exploratory rotary percussion drilling carried out in September-October 1968 at two copper prospects located near the Paralana Fault (14 vertical holes for a total of 4335 feet).-
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Paralana Creek. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 15/4/1968 to 14/4/1970.
Following a semi-detailed airborne geophysical survey of the Mount Painter region, 14 anomalies located over Precambrian metamorphics and Tertiary sediments were checked in the field, without success. However, a subsequent ground radioactivity survey...-
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Published: 27 May 1970
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Mount Gee. Progress and final reports for the period 6/1/87 to 5/1/90.
TARGET: Rare earth elements and epithermal gold mineralization in the Mount Painter Inlier. EXPLORATION: Regional bulk cyanide leach (BCL) stream sampling, and rock chip sampling; logging and sampling of stored cores from three previous diamond drill...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1990
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Arkaroola (part of the Frome Basin Project). Annual reports for the period 3/6/1996 to 4/12/2008. [ Index Part 1 of 2 ].
A 1243 square km rugged mountainous area in the far northern Flinders Ranges extending between Arkaroola, Moolawatana, Prospect Hill, Mount Livingston and Mount Saturday was taken up to explore primarily for gold that it was hoped could exist in...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Yerelina. Annual reports for the period 18/9/2012 to 17/9/2018.
An extensive covered area centred ~100 km north of Leigh Creek and lying immediately west of the exposed basement rocks of the Mount Painter Inlier is being explored for possible Mount Isa style stratiform or Mississippi Valley type stratabound...-
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Published: 13 Nov 1918
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Arkaroola, Moolawatana and Mount Hopeless (the Frome Basin Project). Joint annual report for the period 1/1/2016 to 31/12/2018.
Exploration Licence 5017 Arkaroola, Exploration Licence 5118 Mt Yerila and Exploration Licence 5261 Petermorra cover a combined area of approximately 1831 square km within the northern Flinders Ranges and the Frome Basin. The area is being targeted...-
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Published: 16 Jan 1919
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Parabarana. Progress and final reports to licence surrender, for the period 19/5/1969 to February 1971.
TARGET: Copper and uranium in Adelaidean sediments and Mesoproterozoic igneous rocks. EXPLORATION: A trial low-level helicopter-borne radiometric survey (using a nominal 1/10th mile flight line spacing and 50 foot mean sensor elevation) with ground...-
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Geological map the Coup prospect, including summary and conclusions re the economic geology, and recommendations for further work.
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Published: 01 Jan 1970
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Prospecting of anomalous zones as a follow-up to reconnaissance stream-sediment sampling SML 294 SA.
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Published: 01 Jan 1971
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Report on August-September 1971 drilling operations undertaken at the Ooloo silver-lead mine.
After acquiring an option over Rieck's and other parties' current mineral claims on the Ooloo workings, the surrounding SML 610 operator Petromin searched for possible along-strike extensions to the known lead-zinc-silver mineralisation occurring in...-
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Mount Gee. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 11/5/1990 to 10/12/1993.
Exploration for uranium and associated copper, gold and rare earth elements undertaken in the Mount Painter area comprised the acquisition of a helicopter-borne magnetic and radiometric survey during July 1990, plus the conduct of a stream sediment...-
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SADM/Amdel Project 1/1/140: geochronology of the [State's] eastern basement rocks. Progress reports 1 to 22 for the period 14/9/1971 to August 1979.
More than 275 selected rock chip samples of Precambrian basement or near-basement igneous lithologies were described in detail petrographically and, if they were found to contain suitable minerals, then analysed using radiometric methods, the aim...-
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Wooltana. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 19/3/1970 to 18/3/1972.
Renewed base metal exploration over part of the historic Yudnamutana Mining Field has targeted base metal anomalies previously found by Australian Selection in the Blue mine area. An area of about 80 square miles was assessed by reconnaissance stream...-
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Behaviour of potassium during weathering of potash-rich granitic rocks at Mount Painter.
This project was undertaken to ascertain whether it is likely that the potash feldspar present in certain brecciated Mount Painter rocks was derived by low temperature, low pressure epitaxial growth (authigenesis) of K-feldspar on pre-existing...-
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The Needles. Progress reports and annual report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 22/6/1973 to 21/6/1975.
Ongoing exploration for economic base and precious metals in the Blue mine area at the eastern end of the Umberatana Syncline has comprised detailed, 1:5000 scale prospect mapping, preparation of a preliminary new tectonic and structural analysis...-
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Mount Serle - Angepena and Mount Saturday - Yudnamutana areas. Progress reports to licences' joint expiry/renewal, for the period 1/10/1966 to 30/9/1968.
Reconnaissance stream sediment geochemical sampling of the country surrounding two small historic copper mining areas located north-east of Blinman revealed several copper anomalies worthy of follow-up. Detailed geological mapping was carried out over...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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[Report on] Follow-up [field geological] survey to a detailed stream sediment survey of the Carthew Valley - Mount Neill areas, Jan.-Feb. 1972.
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The Needles. Progress and technical reports for the period 19/1/1976 to 18/7/1977.
Investigation of basal Adelaidean Callanna Beds metasediments in the vicinity of the Blue mine and Wheal Turner, north of The Needles in the northern Flinders Ranges, sought to disclose possible Zambian type stratiform massive copper sulphides...-
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Freeling Heights - Moolowatana - Prospect Hill area. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 25/3/1971 to 24/3/1972.
Continuing detailed investigations of various copper prospects in the far northern Flinders Ranges, principally in the vicinity of Mount Fitton, were pursued by conducting surface geological mapping, IP and magnetic surveys, and rock chip and stream...-
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Mount McTaggart copper prospect. Summary review of exploration results, 1971.
A critical review of the results of exploration carried out by North Flinders Mines at the Mount McTaggart copper prospect during 1971 has drawn the following conclusions: - primary copper mineralization at the prospect occurs as chalcopyrite in...-
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