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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Gidyea Creek. Annual reports for the period 19/1/2016 to 18/1/2018.
Exploration licence 5699 was taken up to evaluate the development potential of the East Wintinna Early Permian sub-bituminous coal deposit, which is the largest known coal deposit in the Arckaringa Basin and is regarded as having the best future...-
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Published: 28 Mar 1918
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Painted Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/7/1982 to 11/7/1987.
Stockdale's diamond exploration work included reconnaissance stream sampling, and photogeology and Landsat interpretation. Ground magnetic surveys were run over aeromagnetic anomalies interpreted from the previous nickel exploration (Mount Purvis)...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Phillipson. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 27/4/2000 to 8/8/2010.
During the sixth licence year, on renewed EL 2717 covering the same area as previously, the licensee, now a wholly owned subsidiary of AuIron Energy Limited (formerly Meekatharra Minerals Limited), progressed its investigations of the geology of the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
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Mount Alberga. Progress reports for the period 21/4/86 to 20/4/87.
Native sulphur associated with salt domes was the target near Mount Todmorden. No field work was undertaken.-
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Published: 13 Jan 1988
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Arckaringa [Hills]. Annual reports for the period 13/5/2016 to 12/5/2018.
Exploration licence 5781 was taken up to evaluate the development potential of the East Wintinna Early Permian sub-bituminous coal deposit, which is the largest known coal deposit in the Arckaringa Basin and is regarded as having the best future...-
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Published: 05 Jun 1918
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Oolgelima Hill. First partial surrender report, for the period 15/7/1983 to 14/7/1984.
Investigation of a reported occurrence of magnesium and sodium sulphates in a black shale at the base of the Cretaceous Bulldog Shale, found previously about 50 km north-east of Coober Pedy near the western margin of the Eromanga Basin, was initially...-
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Published: 24 Aug 1984
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Arckaringa Coalfield. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/2/1982 to 8/2/1984.
In part of a regional coal exploration programme, 3 open rotary mud holes for a total of 380.3 m were drilled into the target Mount Toondina Formation, the third hole being geophysically logged through the Mesozoic and Permian sequences. All three...-
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Todmorden. Progress reports for the period 21/4/1986 to 20/11/1987.
TARGET: Native sulphur associated with possible salt dome structures, the locations of which were interpreted from past petroleum exploration seismic reflection surveys. EXPLORATION: A detailed gravity survey, and 2 rotary/core drillholes totalling...-
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Published: 13 Jan 1988
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Phillipson. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 9/8/2010 to 8/8/2015.
During licence Year 16, on its renewed EL 4534 over the period October to December 2010, South Australian Coal Limited (SA Coal) undertook a drilling campaign of 15 rotary mud partly cored vertical holes for 2871 m which included 2064.7 m of coring,...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
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Wintinna Hill, Welbourn Hill Homestead, South Neales River and Mount Willoughby Homestead. Joint progress reports to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 11/11/1986 to 10/11/1987.
An extensive review was undertaken of the potential of the eastern Officer Basin area extending 50-150 km west of Oodnadatta for hosting buried native sulphur deposits in association with salt dome structures, but the recommended follow-up exploration...-
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Published: 20 Jan 1988
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Mount Kingston. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 10/10/1979 to 26/4/1984.
Diamond exploration undertaken over an area situated 70 km south-east of Oodnadatta included photogeological studies, the acquisition of a 2400 line km low level aerial magnetic and radiometric survey, and geochemical analyses of 452 reconnaissance...-
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Noorina Dam [part of Getty's Arckaringa Basin Coal Project]. Progress and final reports for the period 23/12/84 to 31/5/90.
TARGET: Economic sub-bituminous Permian coals in the Mount Toondina Formation, similar to those found by Getty in the Weedina Coal Deposit to the north. EXPLORATION: A review of existing seismic, gravity and magnetic data, aerial photograph...-
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Nilpinna Springs. [Farminee's diamond exploration] Progress report for the period 13/7/1986 to 12/1/1987.
TARGET: Diamondiferous kimberlites in the Boorthanna Trough region (near Nilpinna Springs). EXPLORATION: A literature review, the reprocessing and re-interpretation of data from BHP's 1983 Peake Creek Aerial Magnetic Survey flown by Aerodata /...-
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Mount Dutton. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/7/1985 to 29/1/1990.
TARGET: Sub-bituminous coal seams within the Early Permian Mount Toondina Formation in the Mount Dutton - Nilpinna Springs region, these possibly being similar to, or forming an extension of, the large Weedina coal deposit recently discovered 20 km to...-
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Safari, Lake Woorong and Leonard Rise (the Coober Pedy Ridge Project). Consecutive joint first and second partial surrender reports, for the periods 12/5/1991 to 13/11/1993, and 12/5/1991 to 7/4/1994.
Exploration for Broken Hill type Pb-Zn-Ag and epigenetic Cu-Au mineralisation in deeply covered Palaeoproterozoic rocks of the Coober Pedy region comprised aeromagnetic interpretation, depth to basement studies, anomaly selection, ground magnetic...-
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Noorina Dam, Birthday Hill, Codna Hill and Cadaree Hill. [Diamond exploration - sole risk and joint venture] Joint progress reports and joint final report to licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/9/1983 to 29/5/1990.
TARGET: Possible diamonds and source diamondiferous kimberlites in the Boorthanna Trough region. EXPLORATION: Present-day drainage heavy mineral sampling for kimberlitic indicators, follow-up barrage sampling for diamonds, an aerial magnetic survey...-
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Arckaringa Basin, SA. 1984 diamond exploration report.
Evaluation of the diamond potential of the Arckaringa area, 50 km south-west of Oodnadatta, which is here considered to be a region both tectonically and geologically favourable for the past emplacement of kimberlitic intrusive bodies, has comprised...-
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Lonesome Dam and Lagoon Waterhole. Joint final report at licences' joint surrender, for the period 9/4/1986 to 12/3/1990.
TARGET: Olympic Dam style base and precious metal deposits; iron ore; kimberlitic diatremes. EXPLORATION: Two aerial magnetic and radiometric surveys, a semi-regional gravity survey, and a helimag survey of possible kimberlite targets, plus ground...-
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Published: 18 Apr 1990
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Welbourn Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/4/1991 to 10/4/1993.
Exploration for possible buried Olympic Dam (Cu-Au-U) style mineralisation, undertaken in the Welbourn Hill area by Newmont Australia Limited through its subsidiary Newcrest Mining, initially comprised the acquisition of ground magnetic, gravity and...-
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Rawlinson Hill, Mount Sabine, Snow Hill and Billa Kalina Homestead (Stuart Shelf / Arckaringa Basin). Joint progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/2/1981 to 28/4/1987.
Over the report period Agip Australia completed the drilling and geophysical logging of 39 open rotary holes totalling 3845 m to investigate if economic coal seams occur within Permian sediments of the southern Arckaringa Basin. Although the Permian...-
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