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Edward Creek. Combined first annual and final report at licence expiry/full surrender for the period 4/6/2007 to 3/6/2008.
A small portion of ground taken up in the northern Davenport Range, to the north-west of Mount Margaret and 140 km north of Coober Pedy, was explored for possible IOCG type copper-gold-uranium deposits by purchasing and interpreting a subset of the SA...-
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Piarooka. Progress, partial surrender and final reports for the period 30/7/1985 to 18/9/1986.
Exploration for Olympic Dam type mineralization in basement west of Lake Eyre sought to identify coincident magnetic/gravity anomalies. Work comprised an aeromagnetic survey and follow-up optically levelled gravity survey of three mapped magnetic...-
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Published: 20 Aug 1986
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Mount Arthur. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 5/9/1980 to 5/3/1983.
Exploration for possible kimberlite pipes in the Mount Arthur - Mount Toodla area, 30 km east-southeast of Oodnadatta, has included preliminary gravity and ground magnetic surveys, stream sediment sampling, and the drilling of a single diamond cored...-
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Published: 09 Jun 1983
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Kurillina (part of the West Lake Eyre Project). Progress reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 30/7/1985 to 11/3/1986.
Possible concealed Olympic Dam type mineralisation hosted by Proterozoic basement was the target of exploration in the Kurillina area. Following the conduct of a review and interpretation of existing regional geophysical data, an aeromagnetic survey...-
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Mount Anna. Annual and final reports to licence surrender for the period 5/6/2006 to 4/6/2009.
In a search for possible hard rock or sandstone type uranium deposits in the vicinity of the Peake Inlier, a review of past exploration results was performed, but no field work was conducted.-
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Published: 19 Jul 1909
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Canegrass Ridge and Nilpinna Spring. Joint progress reports and joint final report to licences' respective expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/12/1980 to 7/12/1981.
Two licence areas respectively flanking the eastern and western sides of the southern Peake and Denison Ranges were taken up to investigate the alluvial diamond potential of sediments within basinal margin settings, in view of diamond indicator...-
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Allandale. First annual report to licence renewal, for the period 5/12/1994 to 31/5/1995.
Following recognition of the likely young age of the sources of the Abminga area magnetic anomalies, and the discovery of a number of diamond indicator minerals in sediments to the west of the Peake and Denison Ranges, the Allandale joint venture...-
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Umbum. First partial surrender report, for the period 30/7/1985 to 11/4/1986.
TARGET: Concealed Olympic Dam - type mineralisation west of Lake Eyre, in localities previously explored by BHP in 1979. EXPLORATION: An aeromagnetic survey and follow-up optically levelled gravity surveys of two magnetically responsive areas....-
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Umbum Creek (part of the BHP Billiton - Rio Tinto - Phelps Dodge' Peake and Denison Joint Venture Project). Second partial relinquishment report for the period 16/4/1998 to 15/4/2006.
Exploration carried out over the north-eastern Peake and Denison Inliers since 1998 has targeted possible large-scale Proterozoic ironstone-hosted Cu-Au deposits within a highly magnetic basement terrain with features similar in size and intensity to...-
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Nilpinna Spring. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/7/1982 to 11/1/1985.
As the start of a regional diamond exploration programme with secondary base metal objectives, portion of a detailed low-level airborne magnetic/radiometric survey was flown over the Nilpinna Spring area to define targets for drilling. Field...-
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Bloods Creek. First partial surrender report, for the period 17/6/1994 to 16/6/1996.
Acquisition and interpretation of infill (to SAEI coverage) 100 metre-spaced aeromagnetics near Abminga failed to identify any quality diamond-prone targets.-
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Douglas Creek. Combined first progress/final report to licence full surrender, for the period 28/4/1983 to 30/8/1983.
Over an area abutting the south-western shoreline of Lake Eyre North, detailed ground magnetic and gravity surveys were carried out over coincident regional gravity and magnetic highs in the search for Olympic Dam - type mineralisation. One rotary...-
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Published: 17 Oct 1983
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Umbum Station. Progress reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 12/2/1981 to 11/8/1983.
Exploration for kimberlite pipes east of the Proterozoic Margaret Inlier in the Peake and Denison Ranges, consisted of gravel sampling and aerial and ground magnetic surveys. Magnetic highs in the Spring Hill area appear to be related to dolerite...-
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Woodmurra. Progress reports and and final report to licence surrender, for the period 30/7/1985 to 11/3/1986.
Exploration for Olympic Dam type IOCG style gold and base metal mineralisation in Proterozoic basement rocks north-west of Lake Eyre sought to identify coincident magnetic and gravity anomalies. During early May 1985, a 3235.5 line km fixed-wing...-
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Algebuckina Siding. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 28/9/1981 to 13/9/1982.
In gold and base metal exploration carried out in an area located approximately 50 km south-east of Oodnadatta, no significant gold or other trace metal values were obtained from surface geochemical sampling of the basal conglomerate unit of the...-
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Vernon Hill. First partial surrender report, for the period 12/7/1993 to 7/5/1996.
Diamond exploration undertaken north-east of Marla, near Vernon Hill, comprised helimag and ground magnetic surveys plus drainage sampling. Magnetic sources were indicated at depths exceeding 200 m. One magnetic target was tested by a 117 m deep RC...-
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Published: 13 Jun 1996
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Anna Creek, Belt Bay and London Springs (the MIM West Lake Eyre Project). Joint first annual report for the period 3/7/1995 to 2/7/1996.
Major fault intersections, possibly prospective for Olympic Dam-style copper mineralisation, were defined by an aeromagnetic survey carried out west of Lake Eyre in conjunction with MESA. The features were not further investigated because of a shift...-
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Mount Charles (part of Peake and Denison JV Project). First partial surrender report for the period 1/6/1994 to 20/9/2006.
As part of a regional search for possible economic iron oxide - associated copper-gold deposits formed in Proterozoic basement rocks, regional gravity surveying at 1 km station spacings was performed across the joint venture's Peake and Denison area...-
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Published: 04 Dec 1906
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Nilpinna. First partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 28/10/1988 to 27/10/1993.
Exploration carried out near Mount Anna Dam, 100 kilometres south-east of Oodnadatta, comprised a ground magnetic survey and soil geochemical sampling over a stratiform aeromagnetic feature seen within the Skillogalee Dolomite. No significant base or...-
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Published: 10 Jan 1994
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Edward Creek. Annual and final reports to licence surrender for the period 29/8/1995 to 15/10/1998.
Diamond exploration undertaken along part of the western flank of the Peake and Denison Ranges, 120 km north-east of Coober Pedy, was aimed at discovering the source(s) of nine microdiamonds and of widespread diamondiferous kimberlitic indicator...-
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Published: 25 Jan 1999
