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Moonabie Homestead. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/7/1984 to 1/7/1986.
Exploration of a thick sequence of Middle Proterozoic sediments and volcanics deposited within the Moonabie Graben, and regarded as similar in age and tectonic setting to that seen at Olympic Dam, has comprised aerial magnetic, radiometric and INPUT...-
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Rudall - Cowell and Darke Peak - Mount Geharty areas, Eyre Peninsula. Joint final report to licences' joint surrender, for the period 15/8/1968 to 1/3/1969.
A large area of the eastern Eyre Peninsula was taken up to test the potential of this region for hosting possible stratabound uranium deposits of Rum Jungle (Northern Territory) type. Following the conduct of a regional aerial radiometric survey,...-
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Published: 09 Apr 1969
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Summary report on ground scintillometer surveys, SMLs 204 and 205.
Ground scintillometer work carried out by BHP over its SMLs in the Middleback Range area has been shown not to be an effective reconnaissance tool for finding uranium anomalies, but it does have demonstrated value for identifying sources of...-
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Iron Knob. Progress report to licence surrender for the period 20/4/1972 to 23/7/1972.
Uranium exploration in a known uraniferous area located immediately north of Iron Knob comprised numerous ground radiometric survey traverses made across outcropping Mesoproterozoic rocks, mainly the Corunna Conglomerate. A thin phosphatic basal bed...-
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Published: 18 Jul 1972
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Uno. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 10/12/1971 to 10/9/1972.
TARGET: Sediment hosted uranium. EXPLORATION: Radiometric survey along tracks. 6 diamond drillholes. RESULTS: Low uranium levels in Corunna Conglomerate in DDH Au-U-6.-
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Published: 10 Sep 1972
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Burkitt. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 22/6/1972 to 5/9/1972.
The radioactive Burkitt Granite batholith, which outcrops in an area extending from 10 to 30 km north-west of Iron Knob, was surveyed by CRA in 1972 with close-spaced helicopter-borne scintillometric traverses, as part of a regional exploration...-
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Published: 26 Oct 1972
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Mount Messenger. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/11/1975 to 13/11/1976.
Ongoing base metal exploration in the Cleve district of eastern Eyre Peninsula has comprised detailed regional mapping, extensive geochemical and petrological sampling, and percussion drilling of selected geochemical anomalies. Assay results indicate...-
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Published: 20 Dec 1976
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Mount Messenger. Second partial surrender report, for the period 25/5/1973 to 13/2/1976.
1069 square km or ~79.5% of the originally granted area of EL 218 have been relinquished to comply with the licence conditions previously agreed to with SADM for renewing of tenure at the expiry of the company's former EL 67. Work undertaken on the...-
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RB 2016/00030 Mineral Systems Drilling Program in the southern Gawler Ranges, South Australia.
The Mineral Systems Drilling Program (MSDP) was a $3.5M cash and $4.11M in-kind collaborative drill program involving government, researchers, service providers and the minerals industry. The objective of the MSDP was to further the understanding of...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2017
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RB 2020/00006 SHRIMP geochronology of the Mount Double area, Southern Gawler Ranges margin
This geochronological study was undertaken within the scope of the Mineral Systems Drilling Program (MSDP), a program that was aimed at improving the understanding of the geology and prospectivity of the southern Gawler Ranges margin area on northern...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2020
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RB 2008/00003 The Corunna Conglomerate, Gawler Craton: a review of the sedimentology and new U-Pb zircon geochronology.
The Corunna Conglomerate is a sequence of unmetamorphosed fluvial to shallow marine sediments, comprising conglomerates, sandstones and siltstones, which were deposited in active fault grabens in the eastern Gawler Craton. It is found on the...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2008
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ExpNotes YARDEA: Explanatory Notes YARDEA
The YARDEA 1:250,000 scale regional geological map area straddles the southern margin of the Gawler Ranges on northern Eyre Peninsula. The only major township within the area is Minnipa, with Kimba and Wudinna both located immediately south of the...-
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