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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-41, Adelaide Fold Belt stratabound copper mineral prospects. Project final report.
Using a new exploration model for predicting the setting of copper deposits in the Adelaide Fold Belt, where there has been little significant metallic mineral exploration for many years, Copper Range's chosen initial exploration targets have been...-
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Published: 27 Nov 1906
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Geological report on the Patawarta Diapir.
Report briefly describes the geology, structural features and mineralisation present in both the diapir core and its rim rocks. Some observations about the extent and the origin of mineralisation are made, but the overall assessment is ongoing.-
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Bopeechee and Cadnia Hill/Stuart Creek and Porter Hill (The Lake Torrens Project). Data release made at two licences' surrender/two latter licences' fifth partial relinquishment: annual reports and final reports for the period 9/4/1998 to 31/12/2006.
The reports comprising this data release package describe exploration for economic deposits of base and precious metals that have possibly formed within Neoproterozoic metasediments, the underlying Palaeoproterozoic basement, and in Cambrian carbonate...-
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Published: 29 Sep 1909
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Eurelia - Carrieton area. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 1/11/1976 to 31/10/1977.
Exploration near Carrieton for possible economic stratiform copper deposits hosted by metasediments at the base of the Adelaidean System, as the culmination to a 9-year long programme carried over from Utah's former EL 137 and six prior tenements...-
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Mount Rose. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 1/10/1968 to 30/9/1970; Mount Serle. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 10/2/1969 to 9/2/1971.
Base metal exploration carried out in the vicinity of historic copper workings in the Mount Rose area, situated approximately 30 miles east-northeast of Copley, has consisted of detailed 1:1500 scale geological mapping, soil and rock chip sampling,...-
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Blinman, Worumba and Oraparinna [Diapirs] copper prospects. Progress and technical reports to licence full surrender, for the period 1/8/1965 to March 1967.
Four diapiric structures located in the central Flinders Ranges near Blinman were explored for characteristic indications of large, disseminated porphyry-type copper deposits located within or closely associated with diapiric breccia. Reconnaisance...-
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Published: 23 Mar 1967
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Yudnamutana - Mount Painter area. Progress and annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 24/6/1971 to 23/6/1972.
Exploration for possible stratiform massive base metal sulphide deposits in the area of the historic Yudnamutana Mining Field, located 12 km north-west of Mount Painter, was designed to follow up promising copper geochemical anomalies and related...-
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Mount Frome. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/9/1966 to 1/3/1967.
Reconnaissance geochemical exploration for possible economic stratiform copper deposits hosted by Adelaidean and Lower Cambrian sediments in an area of the northern Flinders Ranges located east of Blinman has consisted of aerial surveys,...-
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Bob Nob prospect, Mount Painter district. Progress and final reports to claim option relinquishment, for the period 2/6/1968 to 1/10/1969.
Investigation of reported radiometric anomalies associated with sub-economic iron mineralisation at the Bob Nob prospect, which is situated approximately 8 miles north-west of Arkaroola Homestead, has comprised ground magnetics and scintillometry with...-
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Umberatana area. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/3/1972 to 18/3/1973.
Geochemical and geophysical surveys of the Blue mine - Wheal Turner area, plus semi-detailed geological and structural mapping in the Wild Dog Creek area, identified the Wortupa Quartzite and surrounding strata as the main hosts of low grade secondary...-
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Mountain-of-Light mine. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 13/3/1973 to 12/3/1974.
Continuing evaluation of the remaining copper mineralisation potential of mining claims and surrounding areas at the historic Mountain-of-Light copper mine prospect has consisted of geological mapping and some random geochemical sampling, plus the...-
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Interpreted basement geology to the Murray Basin and surrounds.
The purpose of this interpretation is to provide an initial framework for the basement to the Murray Basin upon which to plan the Geological Survey of South Australia’s MinEx CRC National Drilling Initiative drilling project targeting the Delamerian...-
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Published: 07 Jul 2020
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Cultana basement regional geology 3D Model.
The Cultana basement 3D Geological Model covers a region which includes the Roopena, and western half of the Cultana, 1:100,000 mapsheet areas. The subsurface geology that has been modelled comprises a succession of deformed Palaeoproterozoic...-
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Arkaroola (part of the Wooltana Joint Venture). Farminee's final report at joint venture exit, for the period April to October 1972.
Exploration for possible economic stratabound copper mineralisation, carried out by Shell Minerals Exploration (Australia) over part of SML 575/703 near Arkaroola in the northern Flinders Ranges under an informal joint venture agreement with the...-
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Yudnamutana Hill. Progress reports and annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/5/1980 to 15/2/1995.
Base metal and gold exploration undertaken over a lengthy period since 1980 in the Yudnamutana Hill area, 20 km north-west of Arkaroola, has comprised detailed geological mapping of major basement and cover stratigraphic units and known mineral...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-46, Yudnamutana M2 high sulphide IOCG mineral prospect. Project final report.
Quasar Resources in joint venture with Alliance Resources has recently completed its stage 1 drilling programme at the high priority M2 iron oxide - associated copper-gold prospect within its Exploration Licence 2874, completing 9 drillholes targeting...-
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Kirwan mine area. Progress and final reports for the period 16/11/84 to 15/11/85.
Geochemical traverses made in the southern part of the Worumba Anticline, 25 km east south-east of Hawker, looking for possible shale-hosted lead-zinc mineralisation developed over the stratigraphic contact between the Kirwan Siltstone and the...-
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Finniss Springs. Progress reports for the period 27/5/80 to 26/1/83.
Base metal exploration carried out 70 km west and south-west of Marree, to investigate the potential for Olympic Dam - type mineralisation in concealed pre-Adelaidean rocks, has included geochemical rock chip and water sampling, an aerial radiometric...-
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Published: 21 Feb 1983
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Hamilton Creek. Quarterly and presentation reports for the period 22/11/1976 to 22/11/1978.
Exploration for base metals, over an area extending 50 km southwest from Moolowatana, was subtendered to Aquitaine Australia Minerals for two years by North Flinders Mines under a joint venture agreement. A program of geophysical appraisal of known...-
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Published: 23 May 1978
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Mount Uro. Progress, partial surrender [and ?final] reports to licence surrender for the period 29/4/1984 to 26/2/1987.
Adelaidean and Cambrian calcareous clastic rocks of the Angepena region were investigated for possible economic epigenetic base and precious metal mineralisation that may be related to syn-depositional faulting, as well as for stratiform and...-
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