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RB 92/00062 Yorke Peninsula review of geology and mineral exploration.
Metallic exploration from 1970 and the geology of central Yorke Peninsula, (Maitland and Stansbury 1:100 000 sheet areas) are summarised. The principal companies involved were North Broken Hill, Aquitaine Australia Minerals, BHP / Dampier Mining,...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1992
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Ardrossan 1, Maitland. Drilling report.
One drill hole to test coincident geophysical features with an accompanying radon anomaly (the Pavey structure) was completed in basement at 220.5 metres. Minor uranium values were intersected near surface in a Tertiary regolith developed on Cambrian...-
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Maitland [second JV programme]. Progress reports for the period 17/8/81 to 14/5/84.
Continuing mineral exploration work over central Yorke Peninsula under a new joint venture arrangement with a different company, now targetting possible Phanerozoic sedimentary uranium in Cambrian and Tertiary strata, has consisted of investigations...-
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Stansbury Basin, South Australia. The Marsden Trend and Investigator prospect.
The Stansbury Basin is a relatively unexplored Cambrian sedimentary basin in South Australia. Good quality seismic data has defined a large untested prospect, the Investigator prospect, which has the potential to contain 200 to 300 mmbbl of oil, or...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1991
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Thermal history from apatite fission track analysis of Early Cambrian samples.
AFTA palaeotemperature analyses of 7 selected Early Cambrian outcrop samples taken from potential hydrocarbon source beds occurring within PELs 53 and 59, were conducted by a Melbourne University consultant for Canyon Australia. The data and...-
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Published: 21 Dec 1994
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Minlaton. Progress reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 27/4/1977 to 6/12/1978.
One diamond and seven rotary/percussion drillholes tested Cambrian rocks for base metals. Six water bores were logged geophysically. IP/resistivity and gravity surveys were undertaken.-
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East Maitland. Final report at licence surrender for the period 12/9/1979 to 11/3/1980.
In a search for possible economic Mississippi Valley - type base metal mineralisation within an area located 30 km north-east of Maitland, 941 auger holes for 6839.2 m total penetration were drilled at 100 to 200 m spacings along roadsides to test the...-
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Published: 07 Feb 1980
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Maitland. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 24/2/1975 to 23/2/1977.
As part of an ongoing search for MVT style base metal mineralisation within Lower Cambrian strata of the southern part of the Torrens Hinge Zone on Yorke Peninsula, in September 1975 112 RC holes for 1730 m were drilled at 500 m spacings along...-
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Bute. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 16/1/1980 to 30/6/1982.
In the latter stages of its search for possible economic base and precious metal deposits in the Bute area, North Broken Hill targeted the concealed pre-Adelaidean basement rocks for Mount Gunson or ?Olympic Dam type hydrothermal ores, and for Mount...-
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Price. Progress and final reports to licence surrender, for the period 27/4/1977 to 6/12/1978.
Continuation by Aquitaine of its regional appraisal of the mineral potential in the Cambrian carbonate sequence on northern Yorke Peninsula, has recently involved them in acquiring and interpreting ground gravity and magnetic surveys, completing a...-
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Bute. Data release at the full surrender of a subsequent licence : Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 10/6/1978 to 28/9/1979.
As part of ongoing base metal exploration of the area surrounding Bute, initial work done after the expiry of EL 248 comprised the completion of one diamond drillhole to TD 411.2 m within Carpentarian basement, targeting a magnetic anomaly thought to...-
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Published: 20 Nov 1979
