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Whyte Yarcowie. Progress reports for the period 12/5/1969 to 21/5/1971.
In the Terowie - Whyte Yarcowie district, and in other nearby areas to the east and south-east, ongoing reconnaissance/infill stream sediment and bulk sampling of highland areas, plus detailed grid-based loam sampling of alluvium on lower-lying arid...-
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Billy Springs and Mount Livingstone. Progress and final reports to licences' expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/7/1969 to 19/11/1970.
Orientation and regional reconnaissance stream sediment geochemical surveying (1438 samples) of early Marinoan shallow marine carbonate strata, carried out over a wide area surrounding the historic Billy Springs lead-zinc mine, failed to locate any...-
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Island Lagoon [South]. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 2/4/1970 to 1/4/1971.
In a search for possible Mount Gunson - type copper mineralisation thought to have been formed within Adelaidean dolomitic metasediments in the southern Island Lagoon shore area, a field reconnaissance was carried out to look for postulated vectors to...-
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Published: 24 Mar 1971
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Mountain of Light copper prospect. Progress and final reports on activities carried out during the exercise of successive company exploration options, for the period April 1970 to April 1972.
Dataset comprises a set of un-related reports on drilling and surface investigations made by various interested companies at the historic Mountain of Light prospect in the early 1970s, at the invitation of the private syndicate holding the mineral...-
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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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Blinman. Progress, annual and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 29/1/1970 to 28/1/1972.
After conducting a thorough evaluation and gap analysis of the past exploration carried out on the Blinman Dome and environs, the licence operator decided to carry out regional stream sediment sampling (1000 samples taken over 60 square miles) in the...-
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Anabama [Copper-Molybdenum Project]. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 26/10/1972 to 25/10/1974.
Ongoing exploration by the SA Department of Mines of the copper and molybdenum - mineralised Anabama Granite batholith, which is located 20 km south-east of Manna Hill, has involved detailed geological mapping, soil and rock chip sampling, and the...-
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Tarlton Knob. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 1/5/1964 to 30/4/1966.
Trenching at the historic Warra Warra copper prospect returned assay values from lode channel sampling of up to 2500 ppm Cu, coinciding with malachite - bearing quartz-limonite veins and stringers developed parallel to bedding within a thin fine...-
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Published: 18 Feb 1966
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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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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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Moolooloo. First and final progress report to licence surrender, for the period 1/7/1968 to 15/3/1969.
Exploration for possible economic hydrothermal / replacement style copper deposits within two known mineralised areas on the northern margin of the Blinman Diapir comprised geological mapping of the stratigraphic / structural setting of accessible...-
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Angepena Hill. Progress report to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 21/9/1972 to 20/9/1973.
In a search for possible economic copper mineralisation in the Angepena Hill area, several small previously worked occurrences were examined, in addition to two broad stream sediment anomalies identified by an earlier explorer. No significant...-
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Winnininnie. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 15/10/1970 to 14/4/1971.
The near-surface base and precious metal potential of several possibly gossanous ironstone outcrops, that exist within a north-east trending broad domal structure in the Umberatana Group extending for 5-15 miles east of Yunta, were tested by limited...-
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Published: 18 Apr 1971
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Eudunda. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 28/11/1975 to 27/11/1976.
Orientation geochemical sampling, and 1:25,000 scale geological mapping that included long sectional mapping of four railway cutting bedrock exposures in the Eudunda area, revealed pervasive low grade stratiform copper mineralisation in Sturtian...-
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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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Burra [Ridge]. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry / full surrender, for the period 26/3/1972 to 25/3/1973.
Exploration of the 'Burra Ridge' highland of Adelaidean Burra Group rocks outcropping along a direct line between the towns of Burra and Robertstown, which has a history of mineral production from nine major early copper mines and many smaller...-
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Wooltana West [plus Dinnertime Hill and Arkaroola]. Progress and final reports for the period 1/7/1968 to 30/6/1969.
An area of several square miles surrounding Arkarooola Homestead has been explored for possible economic copper occurences, which could include deeper lode extensions at several abandoned mines. Aerial reconnaissance and ground prospecting traverses...-
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Wadnaminga. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 1/4/1971 to 31/3/1972.
Exploration for possible economic base metal and gold occurrences in the Anabama area has comprised semi-detailed geological mapping at 1:21,600 scale, rock chip sampling (502 samples), regional and infill stream sediment sampling (1034 samples),...-
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Yunta. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/11/1970 to 11/11/1971.
Exploration of an area that surrounds Yunta township, seeking possible economic hydrothermal gold or base metal deposits, has consisted of regional and detailed (1:4800 scale) geological mapping, plus stream sediment geochemical sampling (514...-
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Published: 05 May 1971
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Manna Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 8/10/1970 to 7/10/1971.
Exploration for possible economic base metal sulphides hosted within a 10 square mile block of Carpentarian basement schists and gneiss, or within adjoining younger Adelaidean metasedimentary cover rocks, in an area located just north and west of...-
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