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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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Blinman, Maggie Hill, Martins Well, Willippa, Bibliando, Upalinna and Mount Hemming. Quarterly, annual and final reports for the period 14/1/90 to 27/4/96.
Possible intrusive Proterozoic salt bodies beneath the Blinman, Upalinna, Martins Well, Mt Hemming, Willippa and Bibliando Domes were investigated by field mapping, including the construction of measured outcrop stratigraphic sections, seismic...-
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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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Wooltana. Quarterly, annual and interim reports, plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 27/4/1989 to 14/8/1995.
Relevant older data from a sequence of exploration programs in the Mount Painter Province, undertaken on Special Mining Leases since 1965, have been previously released. Exploration for possible economic buried epithermal/hydrothermal and stratabound...-
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Published: 14 Jul 1994
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Mount Painter area (Yudnamutana Mining Field and Shamrock Valley). Progress and final relinquishment reports for the period 1/10/1968 to 31/3/1970.
Kennecott took up 3 SMLs in the Mount Painter district during 1968 to evaluate known copper-uranium occurrences and to search for new occurrences. At the same time, they secured the ground surrounding four 40-acre Mineral Claims already in their...-
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Wooltana. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 19/5/1969 to February 1971.
TARGET: Disseminated low grade, large tonnage deposits of copper, lead and zinc mineralisation formed in Adelaidean metasediments overlying Mesoproterozoic igneous rocks. EXPLORATION: 1:12,000 and 1:4,800 scale geological mapping, rock chip, soil and...-
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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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Final report, Yudnamutana [Mining Field] examination.
Four Mineral Claims of 40 acres each were taken out by Kennecott in October 1967 to allow investigation of a major fault breccia and fracture zone in Proterozoic rocks in the Yudnamutana area of the northern Flinders Ranges. The intention was to test...-
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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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