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Teatree Well. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 5/1/1984 to 4/1/1986.
Exploration for possible fault-related epigenetic lead-zinc deposits formed in calcareous rocks outcropping along the Mount John - Arrowie fault system, to the south-east of the Moro mine, has included extensive stream sediment and rock chip sampling...-
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Mount Burr. Progress and final reports to licence surrender, for the period 15/10/1970 to 14/7/1971.
A small area of the northern Flinders Ranges surrounding the Nichols Nob copper occurrences was explored for possible economic massive stratiform copper deposits, targeting the known mineralised Yudnamutana Subgroup metasediments. Work comprised a...-
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Mount Grainger. Progress report to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 8/7/1968 to 7/5/1969.
No economic or potentially economic mineralisation was noted during a geological survey of the old surface and underground gold workings on the Mount Grainger Goldfield. The Mount Grainger anticlinal structure is considered by the authors to be quite...-
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Report on SML 165, Breaden Hill area, Willouran Ranges, SA.
As a result of the work outlined in this report it is concluded that the possibility of economic tonnages of copper ore within the area of Special Mining Lease no. 165 are restricted to three localities, Breaden Hill, Boorloo and East Rook. All three...-
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Arkaba. Combined first progress/final report to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 27/11/1969 to 26/5/1970.
Soil geochemical sampling (940 samples) carried out on a 1000 foot by 1500 foot grid pattern over the Arkaba Diapir, aiming to check for possible economic zinc mineralisation that may have formed within the diapiric breccias and related fracture zones...-
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Ninialana Creek. First and final report at licence surrender for the period 30/3/1977 to 28/6/1977.
Extrapolation of a prospective copper-mineralised Neoproterozoic target horizon into the subject licence from WMC's northerly-adjoining EL271 has prompted a brief investigation of its potential through aerial photointerpretation, detailed 1:15,000...-
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Published: 08 Jul 1977
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Mount Bayley. Combined first progress / final report to licence surrender for the period 2/6/1969 to 1/12/1969.
Outcropping Lower Cambrian carbonate rocks, plus Adelaidean diapiric rocks located west of the historical Mount Bayley copper mine, were tested for concealed base metal mineralisation by collecting and analysing 133 regional stream sediment samples....-
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Published: 08 Oct 1969
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Bourne. Final report at licence expiry/full surrender for the period 15/7/1968 to 14/7/1969.
A possible association between copper and uranium mineralisation such as had been reported in the early 1950s at the Nicholl's Nob mine, located just to the east of the subject licence, was pursued by E-Z, who in this case examined the western...-
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Willouran Ranges. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/5/1964 to 30/4/1966.
Exploration of the known copper-bearing Lower Adelaidean metasediments outcropping in the Willouran Ranges to the south-west of Marree addressed the many historical mine prospects and also the region as a whole. Initial work comprised a regional...-
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Published: 18 Feb 1966
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Oladdie. Combined first progress and final report at licence surrender for the period 17/3/1969 to 5/7/1969.
Exploration for possible extensions to previously worked barite lodes and for new vein deposits in the Oladdie area comprised an initial familiarisation study tour of the geological setting of commercial barite deposits elsewhere in the Flinders...-
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Melrose. Progress report to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 1/10/1970 to 30/9/1971.
Several minor occurrences of copper sulphide mineralisation associated with diapirism and igneous activity centred on the Mount Remarkable Fault were investigated by a literature survey of salient features and of past exploration methods used. It was...-
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Hawker area. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 31/9/70 to 30/9/71.
A review of past exploration carried out in the vicinity of the Arkaba Diapir has concluded that the potential for finding near-surface economic metal mineralisation is slight, although the use of modern deeply penetrating geophysical techniques such...-
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Published: 15 Jan 1971
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Paralana. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 16/5/1966 to 15/12/1966.
Regional stream sediment sampling conducted over an area of historically prospective ?Archaean, Proterozoic and Palaeozoic rocks in the Mount Painter - Mount Babbage - Mount Livingstone - Yudnamutana area did not reveal any base or precious metal...-
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Beltana. First partial relinquishment report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 14/12/1973 to 13/12/1974.
Possibly prospective copper mineral occurrences in the vicinity of Beltana were investigated by conducting part of a multi-licence aerial survey over them, and by researching all of the existing information on the local geology. An extensive desktop...-
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Published: 07 Nov 1974
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Mount McKinlay. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 24/2/1972 to 23/2/1973.
Possible hydrothermally - deposited native mercury metal associated with the Mount John Fault zone, perhaps in a quartz splinter vein setting similar to that of the mercury occurrence previously found nearby at the Moro mine, plus elsewhere, economic...-
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Willouran Ranges. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 1/6/1966 to 30/11/1966.
In a search for possible economic stratiform copper occurrences in Upper Proterozoic sediments of the Willouran Ranges, the licensee undertook photogeological and field mapping studies plus a regional geochemical survey of outcropping rocks and...-
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Northern Willouran Ranges. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 12/3/1970 to 11/9/1971.
Exploration for possible economic stratabound/stratiform copper, zinc and vanadium mineralisation occurring within a large area located south-west of Marree has consisted of geological field mapping and regional stream sediment sampling (3470...-
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Published: 10 Jun 1971
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Reports on the induced polarization and resistivity surveys of the Oraparinna Dome and Blinman Dome areas.
Several broad IP anomalies were identified at Oraparinna, possibly representing buried metallic sulphide mineralisation in the concentration range 2-5%. No strong IP responses were detected. Two areas of definite interest were seen in the IP results...-
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Published: 15 Mar 1966
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Report on copper mineralisation in the Callanna Beds, southern margin of the Mount Painter Province, SA.
Results of a petrological and mineragraphic examination of several suites of mineralised samples, taken from within the lower and upper Callanna Beds around the southern margin of the Mount Painter Province. Interpretive comments are given about the...-
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Published: 28 Nov 1972
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ExpNotes MARREE: Explanatory Notes MARREE
A new generation, second edition MARREE 1:250 000 scale geological map and its explanatory notes have been published. These documents represent the conclusion of the Geological Survey of South Australia's latest geological mapping program (1993 to...-
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