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Yalymboo (part of the West Roxby Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/transfer, for the period 7/3/2007 to 6/3/2012.
An area centred approximately 60 km south-southwest of Woomera was taken up to explore the IOCG mineralisation potential of an isolated, oval-shaped regional gravity anomaly called the Evelyn Dam prospect, which licensee Archer Exploration thought...-
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Published: 08 Apr 1912
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Carpie Puntha Hill. Annual reports, first partial surrender report, and final report to licence surrender, for the period 12/11/2010 to 2/5/2014.
An area centred approximately 30 km south-east of Kimba has been explored for possible economic buried base metal and/or gold and/or uranium mineralisation that may have formed in Archaean to Palaeoprotrozoic basement rocks in this part of the...-
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Published: 11 Jun 1914
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Warrina. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/3/2006 to 14/11/2013.
Exploration of an area centred 65 km north-east of Coober Pedy has continued from the licensee's previous work aimed at evaluating the IOCG mineralisation potential of Mesoproterozoic basement-hosted, large and regionally significant coincident...-
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Kalabity. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/11/2000 to 28/3/2014.
An area situated ~100 km west of Broken Hill has been explored for buried base and precious metals epigenetic mineralisation that might have formed within Palaeoproterozoic meta-igneous and metasedimentary basement rocks of the north-eastern Olary...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Beltana / Copley. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 15/4/1994 to 24/6/2003.
A portion of the central Flinders Ranges covering the Beltana Diapir and its surrounds has been taken up mainly to explore for possible economic buried hydrothermal replacement type or epigenetic stratabound base metal mineralisation, with magnesite...-
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Published: 23 Dec 1914
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Torrens. First annual report for the period 10/12/2009 to 9/12/2010.
An area located wholly within the Lake Torrens National Park, and centred 35 km west of Parachilna, was taken up to explore for possible economic Olympic Dam or Prominent Hill type IOCG style mineralisation that may exist within Proterozoic bedrock...-
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Published: 07 Feb 1911
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Ceduna. Licence-specific annual reports submitted until the commencement of project joint reporting, for the period 28/11/2001 to 18/4/2008.
EL 2870 Ceduna covers 1390 square km located adjacent to the coast near Ceduna on north-western Eyre Peninsula. Minotaur believed that the area, which lies relatively close to the continental Fowler Suture Zone, was prospective for Proterozoic...-
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Published: 12 Jun 1908
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Giddi Giddinna Creek (part of the Coober Pedy Project). First partial surrender report, for the period 1/5/2013 to 30/4/2015.
An area centred approximately 40 km north-west of Coober Pedy is being explored for possible buried economic IOCG type mineralisation, following in the footsteps of other recent explorers there who were unable to commit to completing significant...-
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Published: 30 Mar 1915
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RB 2003/00021 Musgrave Province - Geological summary and exploration history.
The Musgrave Province is largely incorporated within the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands and includes cratonic crystalline middle Proterozoic basement rocks of the Musgrave Province proper, as well as mantling younger sedimentary rock successions...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2003
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SADME/Amdel mineral research project OD 1/1/249: Warrakimbo micaceous iron oxide deposit - ore beneficiation testing and product assessment. Progress reports on work completed during the period May 1980 to March 1987.
In May 1980 Amdel was asked to carry out preliminary investigations to determine the beneficiation potential of the various minerals present in a sample of Warrakimbo micaceous iron oxide. In the first stage of the work a mineralogical examination and...-
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RB 2016/00009 Geological field excursion guide — IOCGs – where it all began: the Moonta-Wallaroo region of the eastern Gawler Craton.
INTRODUCTION TO THE GUIDE Northern Yorke Peninsula (NYP) is within the southern portion of the Olympic Domain of the eastern Gawler Craton, which is arguably the world’s most fertile IOCG belt. That such a belt existed was only realised when Western...-
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Published: 01 May 2016
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Mount Howe, Mount Mead and Tieyon areas (East Musgrave Project). Annual and final report for the period 15/1/98 to 9/9/99.
As part of a search for possible concealed nickel-copper-cobalt sulphide mineralisation of Voisey Bay type buried within the Giles Complex at the eastern end of the Musgrave Ranges, Landsat and aeromagnetic interpretation of the mid-Proterozoic...-
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Pinda Springs. Annual reports for the period 4/11/1996 to 3/11/2001.
Base and precious metal exploration near Pinda Springs mine in the north-central Flinders Ranges, 50 km south-east of Copley, initially comprised geological mapping and rock chip sampling. Several vein samples returned values up to 1.2 kg/t Ag, 10.5%...-
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Published: 06 Feb 1902
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Mount Ogilvie. Technical, annual and final reports to licence expiry for the period 14/2/97 to 22/5/2003.
Photo lineament analysis of an area centred on Mount Ogilvie, 30 km north-east of Leigh Creek, identified several targets considered to be potentially prospective for mineralisation. During a brief field visit seeking work clearance from native title...-
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Published: 23 Jul 1903
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Wedge Hill (Mount Wedge Project). Annual and final reports for the period 26/5/1997 to 25/5/1999.
Groundwater sampling, aeromagnetic interpretation, shallow auger sampling and isotope studies were carried out over an area 30 km northeast of Elliston. Heavy mineral concentrates from composite auger samples contained zircon, galena and sphalerite,...-
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Roopena West. Annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 1/10/1993 to 9/3/2000.
Infill aeromagnetic and ground gravity surveys undertaken approximately 50 km west of Port Augusta were followed by an IP survey and lag sampling. Anomalous Cu and Au values were returned, but only a minimal IP response was recorded. Regolith mapping...-
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Yalata Mission and Yalata [Central]. Joint first annual report and final report to licences' joint surrender, for the period 18/3/1997 to 6/9/1999.
Aeromagnetic infill surveying was carried out over part of the Yalata Intrusive Complex, which is characterised by exhibiting an intense gravity high, contains evidence of cumulate layering, and lies in proximity to interpreted ultramafic intrusives...-
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Andamooka Island. Annual and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 10/1/2000 to 9/1/2004.
Two licence sub-areas located along the north-western side of Lake Torrens and extending out into the middle of the lake were taken up to explore for possible Olympic Dam style iron oxide - associated copper-gold(-uranium) deposits, concealed at depth...-
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Published: 09 Dec 1903
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The Burra smelting works - a survey of its history and archaeology.
An archaeological survey has been made of the remains of the Burra melting works, and in-depth research into the works' history and operation between 1848 and the present day has been carried out, to enable an assessment of the site's significance on...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Painted Hill, Birthday Hill, White Hill, Mount Hawker, The Twins and Balta Baltana (the Mount Woods Project). Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2011 to 31/12/2018.
Exploration activities undertaken on the Mount Woods Project during 2011 comprised: - ongoing target generation and geological interpretation - continued geological and structural interpretation of the Mount Woods Inlier - drilling of 80 rotary...-
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Published: 28 Feb 1919
