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Melton Station. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/7/1989 to 17/7/1990.
TARGET: Possible economic alluvial gold occurrences hidden beneath a broad floodplain formed north of the Waukaringa Goldfield. EXPLORATION: Acquisition of two seismic refraction profiles to try to map bedrock depth, which could not be interpreted,...-
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Published: 19 Sep 1990
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Carrieton East (part of the Orroroo North Project). Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/11/1979 to 13/11/1981.
TARGET: Diamonds in the region north and east of Carrieton. EXPLORATION: Following some early positive results from limited reconnaissance sampling, numerous 20 kg stream sediment samples and several bulk loam samples were collected, processed and...-
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The Adelaide Hills Project (now including the former Fleurieu Project tenements). Annual reports for the period 1/10/2013 to 30/11/2018 plus expiry/full surrender reports to 7/10/2023.
During the twelfth, 2013-2014 project year, work on the now combined licence holdings of the Terramin Group focussed on prospect evaluation done at Bird-in-Hand (environmental and hydrological studies), Wheal Barton and Golden Slope, plus the ongoing...-
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Angaston. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/12/1981 to 10/12/1984.
As part of a base metal exploration programme looking for possible stratabound or exhalative/hydrothermal deposits in Cambrian metasediments, which was undertaken approximately 75 km north-east of Adelaide, stream sediment sampling along the base of...-
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Published: 07 Mar 1985
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Milang, Mypolonga and Narrung. Interpretation of 1980 - flown Narrung and Murray Bridge airborne geophysical surveys.
Based on physical characteristics of the Moorlands, Anna and Bower coalfields, a geological / geophysical model for brown coal deposition was developed by CRAE, and four other target areas were selected. It was decided that six inferred kimberlite -...-
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Published: 04 Mar 1981
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The Murray Basin Project. Joint progress reports and joint final report to remnant licences' full surrender, for the period 7/10/1980 to 6/12/1984.
Thirteen contiguous exploration licences located along the western margin of the Tertiary Murray Basin were taken up by CRA to search for economic buried brown coal / lignite deposits of the type already known from small discoveries that had been made...-
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Published: 07 Mar 1985
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Boolooroo Goldfield and Kate Hill. Joint annual reports for the period 2/1/2009 to 8/2/2019.
Two adjoining licence areas located ~ 40 km north-east of Leigh Creek township, in the ranges lying immediately east of the Telford coal basin, are being explored for possible economic occurrences of marble rock which are believed to hold enormous...-
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Sanderston. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 3/11/1978 to 2/5/1979.
In a renewed search for possible economic scheelite deposits in the Sanderston area, which is located ~15 km south-east of the Barossa Valley, the sites of some previously reported tungsten metal geochemical anomalies and minor detrital scheelite...-
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Parachilna. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 2/4/1970 to 1/4/1971.
Reconnaissance geochemical sampling of the eastern PARACHILNA mapsheet area for sediment-hosted base metal deposits has succeeded in locating several well-defined areas of interest, although approximately two-thirds of the SML area appears to be...-
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Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 10/7/1979 to 9/3/1981.
Continuing stream sediment sampling and soil sampling conducted across the entire EL has confirmed some weakly anomalous lead, zinc and copper results (e.g. to 340 ppm Pb in Fernandez Creek), but more detailed infill and repeat sampling in many cases...-
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Published: 13 Feb 1981
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Pine Valley. Information status at licence full surrender, for the period 1/6/1999 to 3/10/2000: no work performed.
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Diamond provenance studies at Chapel Hill Reserve, Echunga, South Australia. [being work done within one of the "Areas to be reserved under the Mining Act and Regulations 1971"].
The principal aim of Flinders Diamonds Limited’s (FDL) exploration in the Chapel Hill area is to discover a commercial diamond deposit. The source of the "Echunga" diamonds, found in the alluvial gold workings within the Chapel Hill Fossicking Reserve...-
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Baratta. Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 27/4/2010 to 20/6/2014.
A small, 61 square km area centred ~40 km east-southeast of Hawker and ~60 km north-west of Yunta has been explored for possible buried primary and secondary process formed, structurally controlled gold occurrences, as well as for diapir-related...-
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Published: 20 Jun 1914
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The Adelaide Hills Project. Data release made at the partial surrenders / full surrender of subsequent licences: annual reports and combined annual reports for the period 27/6/2000 to 15/5/2005.
A diamond exploration project area comprising nine mineral exploration licences located in the central Mount Lofty Ranges was taken up by new public company Flinders Diamonds (FDL) to search for possible commercial accumulations of diamonds, thought...-
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The Springfield Project. Data release at licences' partial surrender/ full surrender: licences' combined annual reports re. diamond exploration activities for the period 1/1/2001 to 1/8/2011. [Index Part 2 of 2].
During 2005, consultant geomorphologist Richard Russell was contracted by FDL to undertake a study of existing 'unsourced’ kimberlite indicator mineral (KIM) anomalies that occur in the northern part of the Springfield Project area. The initial aim of...-
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Published: 09 Nov 1911
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Morgan and Waikerie (part of the Mindarie Heavy Mineral Sands Project and later the Murray Basin Project). Joint final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 30/4/1998 to 24/9/2015.
In the last phase of exploration for possible buried economic heavy mineral (HM) sands marine placer deposits in the district extending between Waikerie, Blanchetown and parts of the north-western Murray Mallee, the only field work undertaken was...-
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Published: 27 Aug 1915
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Nackara (part of the Nackara Project). Third partial surrender report, for the period 16/6/1999 to 10/12/2008.
Two sub-blocks comprising ~6.1% of a licence area located south and south-east of Nackara township have been relinquished due to their now perceived diminished potential for containing diamondiferous kimberlite intrusions. Work undertaken on these...-
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Oakbank Dam (part of the Lodestone Project). Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 4/11/2010 to 1/8/2016.
An area centred ~70 km south-southeast of Olary has been explored for buried mineral sands placer deposits that may have formed within the Cainozoic Murray Basin sedimentary cover, as well as for possible economic stratabound iron ore occurrences that...-
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Mantung (part of the Murray Basin Project). Second partial surrender report, for the period 14/10/1997 to 15/10/2013.
A block comprising 319 square km or ~12.7% of the north-western corner of EL 5223 has been relinquished due to its now perceived diminished prospectivity for containing economic heavy mineral sands mineralisation, due to the apparent general absence...-
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RB 2012/00006 A review of kimberlites and related rocks in South Australia.
There are currently around 200 primary kimberlitic rock occurrences known in South Australia, located within seven discrete kimberlite provinces. These provinces span a distance of 400 km across the state, from the western side of Eyre Peninsula in...-
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Published: 01 Mar 2012