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Glenloth Well. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/3/1973 to 29/3/1974.
Two inclined percussion holes were drilled at the Mount Mitchell tin prospect for a total penetration of 504 feet. The aim was to test a discrepancy between subsurface sample negative tin assay results obtained by the Department of Mines, and good...-
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Published: 21 Feb 1974
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Port Augusta. Progress and final reports for the period 26/10/1972 to 25/4/1974.
Detailed follow-up to earlier regional stream sediment sampling, which had disclosed several robust kimberlitic garnet indicator anomalies in relatively featureless terrain, was successful in discovering three outcropping thin kimberlite sills in the...-
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Rudall. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 10/9/1971 to 9/9/1972.
In a search for possible economic primary or secondary uranium deposits in the Rudall area, five streambed mud samples and 2 springwater samples from the Driver River drainage basin were analysed for Central Pacific Minerals by the Australian Atomic...-
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Published: 02 Nov 1972
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Mount Bayley. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 22/7/1971 to 21/7/1972.
A small area located 15 km north-east of Beltana was explored for possible economic stratabound or epigenetic/hydrothermal base metal deposits associated with Adelaidean and Cambrian calcareous/dolomitic strata and Willouran diapiric structures. Work...-
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Lake Callabonna. Progress and final reports for the period 11/6/1971 to 10/6/1972.
Ongoing exploration for economic sedimentary uranium deposits in the Lake Callabonna region involved further reconnaissance rotary mud drilling and well geophysical logging (9 holes, total 3195 feet) to evaluate radiometric anomalies found in...-
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Lake Frome East. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/9/1971 to 29/9/1972.
TARGET: Uranium in Tertiary sediments in the vicinity of Lakeside Bore. EXPLORATION: 2 vertical rotary mud holes for a total of 1044 feet were drilled and geophysically logged during September 1972. RESULTS: The radiometric logs did not show...-
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Published: 29 Sep 1972
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Elder Range. Progress reports to licence surrender, for the period 17/2/1972 to 11/4/1972.
Exploration for possible economic fluorite deposits in an area south-west of Wilpena Pound consisted only of a rapid geochemical rock chip sampling programme. No encouraging results were obtained, so the ground was surrendered.-
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Tarlton Knob and Cadnia Hill. Joint progress and final reports to licences' expiry/full surrender for the period 23/3/1973 to 22/3/1974.
A consultant's detailed regional geological study of the northern Willouran Ranges, and then his very close examination of the apparent controls on known diapir-related exposed epigenetic / stratabound copper mineralisation, have identified three...-
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Keyneton. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 17/6/1972 to 16/6/1973.
During the current licence term Aquitaine conducted ongoing evaluation of its recent placer scheelite mineral discovery near Keyneton, south-east of the Barossa Ranges. Additional field reconnaissance, rock chip sampling and petrological study, much...-
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Spencer Gulf. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/2/1981 to 11/2/83.
A 900 line km detailed aeromagnetic survey was carried out over the northern extremity of Spencer Gulf, in a search for possible Olympic Dam style mineralisation associated with a significant and complex magnetic high anomaly that is located almost...-
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Published: 15 Jun 1982
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Outalpa. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 8/6/1972 to 15/4/1973.
Exploration of an area located approximately 10 miles north of Manna Hill, seeking possible economic Zambian Copperbelt style stratabound copper deposits, has consisted only of an orientation geochemical survey followed by field inspection of...-
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Birthday Tank. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 8/1/82 to 7/1/83.
No kimberlitic indicator minerals or diamonds were detected in heavy mineral samples collected from the Jumbuck area, about 130 km south-west of Coober Pedy.-
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Pualco West. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/10/1972 to 25/10/1973.
Reconnaissance and detailed bulk loam sampling undertaken to look for diamonds or kimberlite indicator minerals in the vicinity of the Pualco Anticline, plus spectrographic analyses of the derived heavy mineral concentrates for gold and base metals...-
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Published: 12 Dec 1973
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EL 82 Yudnamutana, SA. Progress and final reports from 20/7/1973 to 19/7/1974.
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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Ifould Lake. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/9/1972 to 20/9/1974.
Continuing exploration for possible buried economic Tertiary sediment-hosted uranium deposits in the vicinity of Ifould Lake consisted of ground truthing of aerial radiometric anomalies by scintillometer surveys and chemical analysis of auger...-
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Published: 12 Nov 1974
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Koonalda. Progress reports for the period 7/8/79 to 18/7/82.
Following an airborne magnetic/radiometric survey, two rotary percussion holes totalling 819 m were drilled on negative magnetic anomalies to reach pre-Mesozoic basement (gabbro and meta-sandstone) in the Koonalda area of the Nullarbor Plain. No...-
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Mount Pitt. Progress and final reports for the period 6/4/81 to 5/10/81.
As part of a regional search for economic small-scale deposits of rare earth metals in the Mount Painter district, geochemical prospecting revealed several atypically high background niobium values, in stream sediments derived from watercourses known...-
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Gawler Ranges. Diamond exploration relinquishment report, November 1982.
An integrated programme for diamonds combining heavy mineral and geochemical sampling, photogeology, and some geophysics has shown that EL 827's prospectivity for diamonds is extremely low. Heavy mineral sampling was negative, geochemical results...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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Ediacara. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 13/11/1971 to 12/11/1972.
During June-July 1972, 35 shallow vertical rotary percussion drillholes for a total penetration of 877 m were completed within the Ediacara Fault Zone to test for economic base metal mineralisation, the majority of the holes being sited at locations...-
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Lake Bring. Quarterly reports, first joint annual report (with SML 710) and joint final report to licence full surrender, for the period 1/9/1971 to 31/5/1973.
TARGET: Sedimentary uranium associated with high order radiometric anomalies over lakes on the edge of the sand dune country, east of the Nullarbor Plain. EXPLORATION: Closely spaced (300-500 m), low level (65 m altitude) aerial scintillometer...-
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Published: 26 Jun 1973
