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RB 54/00055 Summary report on the investigation of the Razorback Ridge deposit (Braemar Iron Formation).
Sturtian glacial sediments south of Yunta contain haematitic and magnetitic siltstones (banded iron formation) and haematitic and magnetitic tillites formed by chemical deposition of magnetite euhedra in a finer grained haematite groundmass. Both...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1962
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RB 89/00079 Mongolata Gold Battery. Historical review and summary of ore treated and gold recovered, 1923-1954.
From commencement of crushing operations in March 1933 until its closure in March 1954, the South Australian State Government battery at Mongolata Goldfield crushed a total of 7600 tonnes of ore for a recovery of 318.25 kg of gold bullion via onsite...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1989
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The Mount Grainger JV Project with Rio Tinto, and the Nackara Arc JV Project with Range River Gold. Progress reports and combined annual reports to the cessation of these joint ventures, for the period 16/6/1999 to 31/1/2006.
The 5 tenements cover 3240km2 of pastoral grazing land centred approximately 45 km northeast of Peterborough within the Orroroo SI54-01 and Olary SI54-02 1:250 000 sheets, in north central South Australia. The Mt Grainger Project Area lies within the...-
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Olary (part of the Braemar Iron Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/cancellation, for the period 20/9/2010 to 19/9/2015.
A licence area in the Olary district comprising three separate sub-blocks has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore occurrences within partly concealed Neoproterozoic bedrock. The subject ground was taken up by Wentworth Metals...-
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Manunda, Tiverton Outstation, Iron Peak and Pualco Range (the Razorback Ridge Iron Ore Project, later the Mawson Iron Project). Joint annual reports for the period 10/12/2009 to 9/12/2016.
Three adjoining licence areas in the Baratta Trough within the northern Nackara Arc have been taken up to explore for possible economic buried Neoproterozoic metasedimentary semi-stratabound iron ore. Central EL 4267 covers ~3 km strike length of the...-
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Razorback Ridge. First partial surrender report, for the period 7/5/2015 to 6/5/2018.
A small licence area centred ~ 28 km south-southeast of Yunta which consists of two separate sub-blocks is being explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial tillitic/siltstone strata of the...-
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Outalpa [Siding - West]. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 20/6/2019.
A licence area centred ~25 km west of Olary township has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial tillitic/siltstone strata of the Neoproterozoic Braemar Ironstone, beneath sparse...-
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Braemar. First partial surrender report, for the period 30/4/2015 to 29/4/2018.
A small licence area centred ~ 55 km south-east of Nackara, which consists of three separate sub-blocks, is being explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial tillitic/siltstone strata of...-
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Braemar. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 20/6/2019.
A small licence area centred ~ 55 km south-east of Nackara, which consisted of three separate sub-blocks, has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial tillitic/siltstone strata of...-
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Olary. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 16/7/2019.
A licence area which consists of three separate sub-blocks located ~45 km WNW and ~5 km and 35 km ENE of Olary township has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial...-
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Outalpa [Siding - East]. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 20/6/2019.
A licence area centred ~5 km WSW of Olary township has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial tillitic/siltstone strata of the Neoproterozoic Braemar Ironstone, beneath sparse but...-
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Bindarrah. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 16/7/2019.
A licence area which consists of two separate small sub-blocks located ~35 km NE of Olary township has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial tillitic/siltstone strata of the...-
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Razorback Ridge. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 7/5/2015 to 20/6/2019.
A small licence area centred ~ 28 km south-southeast of Yunta, which consists of two separate sub-blocks, has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial tillitic/siltstone strata of...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Devonborough Downs and Olary (the Olary Project). Joint annual reports for the period 21/1/2012 to 20/1/2014.
Two adjacent licences together covering a large area located to the south of the Barrier Highway between Olary and Manna Hill are being explored for possible large tonnage, mainly buried low grade magnetite deposits that could have formed within the...-
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Pine Creek. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/5/1987 to 12/11/1987.
Phlogopite micas formed within the Pine Creek kimberlite intrusion, located 37 km east of Terowie and 3.5 km west of Pine Creek Homestead, were investigated for their potential as an economic source of raw material for making the processed mineral...-
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Melton Station. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/7/1989 to 17/7/1990.
TARGET: Possible economic alluvial gold occurrences hidden beneath a broad floodplain formed north of the Waukaringa Goldfield. EXPLORATION: Acquisition of two seismic refraction profiles to try to map bedrock depth, which could not be interpreted,...-
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Published: 19 Sep 1990
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Data release - as updated : Mutooroo (part of the Border Project). Annual reports [but excluding three separately held joint annual reports] and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/4/2007 to 18/4/2020.
During licence Year 11 (2007-2008), exploration activities on renewed EL 3745 included: • acquiring 1.9 line km of TEM profiles at Dingo prospect; • acquiring 21.4 line km of ground magnetic survey coverage at 1-metre station spacing on three...-
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Stansbury Basin thermal history modelling.
Geothermal modelling has been carried out at 9 locations in or around the Stansbury Basin, at the request of Canyon Australia, with the aim of examining the basin's thermal history and deducing a likely time of petroleum generation. A total of 20...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1994
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Eurelia - Carrieton area. Annual and progress reports to licence amalgamation/renewal for the period 5/8/1971 to 14/2/1972.
Ongoing exploration for possible economic stratiform copper deposits occurring in Late Proterozoic metasediments forming the Eurelia Anticline has concentrated on evaluating mainly the Copper Claim prospect plus four less attractive prospects, after...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Wadnaminga, Manna Hill, Mount Victor, Yunta and Outalpa (the Olary JV Project, later renamed the Blue Rose Project). Joint annual reports for the period 3/4/1997 to 18/7/2008.
A group of five adjoining exploration licences covering ~3300 square km situated along the southern flank of the Proterozoic Curnamona Craton (Olary Block) and the adjoining Nackara Arc of the Adelaide Geosyncline is being explored for possible...-
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