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Tolmer Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/8/1980 to 10/8/1982.
Following the conduct of magnetic and gravity surveys in the Childara area and south of Mount Finke, 24 aircore/diamond holes were drilled (aggregate 1123 m, including 49 m cored) to ascertain the nature of the concealed basement. Two of these...-
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Published: 22 Sep 1982
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Lake Tallacootra South. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 20/5/1980 to 25/1/1982.
As follow-up to conducting aerial and ground magnetic survey traverses and photogeological studies of a complex highly magnetic area near Lake Tallacootra, on the eastern margin of the Nullarbor Plain, aircore drilling of 23 vertical holes (total 804...-
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Published: 17 Mar 1982
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Aurora Tank. Combined first and second partial surrender report for the period 4/8/2003 to 3/8/2005.
An office-based prospectivity review only has been performed on the relinquished portions of the licence, while on-ground activities have concentrated on the Aurora Tank and Mars prospects located within the retained acreage.-
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South Barton Siding - Pybung. Annual reports and progress reports to licence full surrender, for the periods 9/8/1993 to 8/8/1996, and 28/10/1998 to 12/3/1999.
North Ltd's Barton Project commenced in 1990 across a number of licences progressively taken out over the western Gawler Craton, which eventually came to include EL 1853. Initial exploration for heavy mineral sand in the Barton-Ooldea area, 100-200...-
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Published: 06 May 1999
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Woorong. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 21/4/1980 to 19/3/1982.
A large area centred ~60 km west of Coober Pedy has been explored by licensee Afmeco for possible buried economic primary epithermal/hydrothermal uranium mineralisation that may have formed in Proterozoic or Archaean metamorphosed basement rocks. As...-
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Published: 06 Apr 1982
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Mulgathing. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 28/8/1969 to 27/2/1970.
Continuing exploration of the geochemically anomalous (35-210 ppm Ni) Lower Proterozoic basement rocks previously identified by Kennecott at Blackfellow Hill has consisted of first laying out a 10,000' x 7200' prospect grid, before conducting soil...-
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Mulgathing. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 18/11/1968 to 17/11/1969.
Reconnaissance mapping and sampling of an area of poorly exposed Precambrian crystalline basement north of Kingoonya has shown that the regional geology is dominated by intensely folded, discontinuously outcropping banded iron formations that are...-
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RB 2022/00009 Zircon SHRIMP U–Pb geochronology on metasedimentary and meta-igneous rocks from the central-western Gawler Craton.
This report presents the results from zircon SHRIMP U–Pb geochronology on seventeen quartzofeldspathic samples from the central-western Gawler Craton. The samples were collected from stratigraphic units mapped as the Archaean to early...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2024
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Mount Soward. First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/6/2015 to 8/6/2017.
No field work - license only compiled some background information on previous explorers' activities and their views on the area's prospectivity.-
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Published: 13 Jul 2017
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Wilkinson Lakes North. Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 3/5/2010 to 16/7/2014 [no work done].
An area centred ~220 km WSW of Coober Pedy, and lying immediately west of the Tallaringa Conservation Park, has been explored for possible buried economic sandstone-hosted secondary uranium deposits which might have formed within the Palaeocene...-
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Published: 12 Aug 2014
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Commonwealth Hill area (the Eaglehawk Joint Venture Project). Annual reports for the period 22/6/2012 to 21/6/2017.
An area centred ~115 km south-west of Coober Pedy is being explored for possible economic buried precious and/or base metal mineralisation (including iron ore) that may exist in predominantly buried Archaean or younger Proterozoic basement rocks, as...-
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Published: 29 Aug 2017
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Commonwealth Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/non-renewal, for the period 9/8/2012 to 8/8/2017.
An area centred ~20 km north of the Challenger gold mine has been explored for possible buried primary Challenger type basement gold lodes and also for secondary roll-front style uranium mineralisation that may be hosted in buried Tertiary fluvial...-
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Published: 14 Nov 2015
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Tallaringa North - Manya Bore area (part of the Nawa Domain Project). Annual report and final report to licence surrender, for the period 25/6/2013 to 4/6/2015.
No work - reports only contain comments about the Project area's perceived prospectivity.-
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Published: 07 Sep 2015
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Commonwealth Hill Station - East (part of the Commonwealth Hill Project). First partial surrender report, for the period 2/7/2007 to 1/7/2017.
Five small portions of the subject licence, with a combined total area of 143 square km, have been surrendered due to their now perceived diminished prospectivity for iron ore, gold, uranium and base metals. During the period of their tenure,...-
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Published: 04 Dec 2017
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Deception Hill. Annual reports, for the period 12/8/2015 to 11/8/2018.
An area centred ~25 km south-southwest of Tarcoola is being explored for possible buried epithermal/hydrothermal copper-gold and magmatic copper-nickel-PGE mineralisation which could have formed within Archaean and Proterozoic basement rocks. During...-
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Published: 09 Oct 2018
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Commonwealth Hill Station - Central (part of the Commonwealth Hill Project). Second partial surrender report, for the period 11/5/2007 to 10/5/2017.
Six separate portions of the subject licence, with a combined total area of 35 square km, have been surrendered due to their now perceived diminished prospectivity for iron ore, gold, uranium, PGEs and base metals. During the period of their tenure,...-
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Published: 04 Dec 2017
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Warrior (part of the Central Gawler Project). Annual reports for the period 17/2/2010 to 20/6/2015.
During the sixth licence year, in February 2011, new licence owner Marmota Energy Limited ('Marmota') undertook a reconnaissance biogeochemical survey at the Pundinya prospect, collecting 54 x 30 g grab samples of vegetation of Mulga trees, in the...-
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Published: 06 Oct 2015
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Bookabie. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/10/2013 to 7/10/2016.
An area centred ~85 km west-northwest of Ceduna has ben explored for possible buried Ni±Cu±Co±Cr±PGE mineralisation of either Thomson Nickel Belt or Nova-Bollinger deposit styles, that may be associated with ultramafic–mafic rocks at four prospects...-
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Published: 07 Nov 2016
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Commonwealth Hill Station - East (part of the Commonwealth Hill Project). Second partial surrender report, for the period 2/7/2007 to 1/7/2019.
Two portions in the north and south of the subject licence area, with a combined total area of 45 square km, have been surrendered due to their now perceived diminished prospectivity for iron ore, gold, uranium and base metals. During the period of...-
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Published: 30 Jan 2020
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Data release - as updated : Wirrida Outstation. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/6/2012 to 7/6/2019.
An area covering probable extensions to the Permian sediments of the southern Phillipson Trough was taken up by Southern Coal Holdings (SCH), a wholly owned subsidiary of WPG Resources Ltd, to explore for possible economic sub-bituminous coal...-
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Published: 30 Jul 2019
