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Known and potential mineralisation styles, Benagerie Ridge Magnetic Complex.
The north-south trending Benagerie Ridge, lying within the South Australian portion of the Curnamona Province 120-160 km to the west-northwest of Broken Hill, contains a number of magnetic complexes, some of which can be interpreted as domal...-
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RB 78/00117 Bumbarlow 1 - Well completion report.
Bumbarlow 1 (TD 720.33 m) aimed to test the lithology and petroleum potential of the Cambrian section in the central part of the eastern Arrowie Basin. It continuously cored a sequence over 300 m thick of flat-lying Proterozoic sediments interbedded...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1978
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RB 77/00143 Stratigraphic drilling in the eastern Arrowie Basin, 1975-1976.
The Arrowie is a sedimentary basin composed nearly entirely of unmetamorphosed Cambro-Ordovician detrital and carbonate strata. It covers a present-day area across the Flinders Ranges, westwards to Lake Torrens and eastwards to the New South Wales...-
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Published: 12 Dec 1977
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RB 98/00021 Review of open file company exploration data from 1992 to mid-1997, Olary Domain, CURNAMONA 1:250 000 map sheet, South Australia.
This report comprises Open file company data, released since the previous MESA review (Yates and Randell, 1994) of the CURNAMONA 1:250 000 map sheet, includes exploration for base and precious metals (especially stratiform/stratabound Broken...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1997
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Review of Mineral exploration activity, 2003 and 2004.
2003 activity: Expenditure by companies on mineral exploration licences in South Australia for calendar year 2003 was $37.0 million, a slight increase on the $35.7 million spent in 2002. Mineral exploration drilling metreage, a key indicator of...-
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Emu Dam (formerly Billeroo West). Data release in lieu of partial relinquishment upon licence renewal (as EL 2878) : annual reports for the period 4/11/1996 to 3/11/2001.
Exploration for possible economic Early Proterozoic stratabound Pb-Zn-Ag deposits of Broken Hill type, and for Olympic Dam style, Middle Proterozoic Benagerie Ridge volcanogenic sediment - hosted, epithermal / hydrothermal Cu-Au-Mo(-U) occurrences of...-
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Benagerie Ridge. [BHEI consultant's] geological interpretation, 1996-1997.
As part of the Broken Hill Exploration Initiative, solid geology interpretation was carried out over a large area of concealed prospective Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic basement within the Curnamona Craton, to derive stratigraphic / structural...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-54, north Benagerie Dome copper-gold mineral prospects. Project interim and final reports.
In early 2005 Havilah Resources applied for and was successful in gaining PACE Initiative funding for part of the cost of certain exploration drilling on its Benagerie Dome acreage, to carry out a programme with these aims: 1). To confirm, better...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Kalkaroo. Annual reports submitted prior to licence sale and the commencement of the Curnamona Cu-Au Project, for the period 18/1/2000 to 9/5/2003.
During 2000-2001, the first year of renewed Kalkaroo EL 2720, joint venture operator Mount Isa Mines (MIM) continued with its geochemical and geophysical exploration of the Proterozoic basement which is concealed under 60-100 m depth of cover across...-
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Unlocking South Australia's Mineral and Energy Potential - A Plan for Accelerating Exploration. PACE Copper Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry) : Year 9 partnership no. DPY9-44 - Benagerie Dome. Drilling project final report.
A PACE Initiative - subsidised collaborative drilling programme has been completed by Havilah Resources Limited between February and June 2017 on its EL 5873 Benagerie and ML 6346 (Portia gold mine) ground holdings in the central western Curnamona...-
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Lake Charles. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 24/9/1984 to 11/6/1987.
Exploration of Proterozoic basement lithologies overlain by Tertiary sediments in the Lake Charles region, 120 km NNW of Cockburn, was limited to the interpretation of regional geophysical data and the sampling of basement rock fragments remaining...-
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Lake Carnanto. Progress reports for the period 27/5/83 to 26/5/84.
A consultant's review of the pre-Mesozoic base metal potential of the EL recommends follow-up of magnetic anomalies in shallow basement, which may possibly be associated with zinc mineralization in a Middle Proterozoic siltstone - shale sequence.-
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Frome Embayment, South Australia.
A large suite of very anomalous base metal values encountered by recent exploration company drilling on the eastern flank of the buried Benagerie Ridge structure are associated with distinctive basement geophysical anomalies forming a discrete...-
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Togo Dam. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 9/1/1991 to 19/3/1993.
Exploration for Hunters Dam style stratiform lead-zinc mineralisation in the Benagerie area, in geochemically anomalous Palaeoproterozoic basement units equivalent to the Bimba Formation of the Willyama Supergroup, which overlies the magnetite - rich...-
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Published: 06 May 1993
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Telechie Dam. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal for the period 27/8/1979 to 26/8/1981.
Exploration for possible primary epithermal/hydrothermal uranium deposits of Olympic Dam - type, hosted by buried Precambrian basement rocks in an area located 150 km to the south south-east of Lake Frome, has consisted of the acquisition of gravity...-
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Emu Dam. Progress and final reports for the period 31/10/90 to 30/10/92.
TARGET: Base metals and gold associated with concealed Proterozoic intrusive rocks in the Emu Dam area, 40 km south-east of Lake Frome. EXPLORATION: Reprocessing of airborne magnetic data flown by Geoex for SADME in 1977, 1978 and 1979, plus ground...-
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Billeroo West. Progress and technical reports for the period 30/6/80 to 7/11/87.
TARGET: Sedimentary uranium in Tertiary palaeochannels, plus Olympic Dam or sedex type base and precious metal deposits in the Proterozoic basement. EXPLORATION: Ground magnetic, gravity and SIROTEM surveys, one 600 metre deep diamond drill hole (BW...-
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Published: 24 Dec 1987
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Curnamona base and precious metals JV Project area (including Benagerie and Kalkaroo). Combined annual reports for the period 1/1/2008 to 31/12/2012.
During the fifth year of the Curnamona Project, field activities were carried out only on Benagerie EL 3586, and consisted of the drilling of 2 inclined diamond cored holes for 424.3 mm (NPDD034 and NPDD035) at the North Portia prospect during August...-
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Kalkaroo and Benagerie. Final report on an investigation of rare earth element mineralisation in the Benagerie Dome, Project ADI RD01-105 [part of Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 1, 2021].
The primary objective of the subject successful Accelerated Discovery Initiative (ADI) project proposal has been to determine the nature, extent and economic potential of rare earth elements (REE) mineralisation in the Benagerie Ridge portion of the...-
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Benagerie. Progress reports and annual reports, plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/11/1979 to 9/3/1989.
TARGET: Sedimentary uranium in Tertiary sandstone, plus Olympic Dam type copper-gold mineralisation and Broken Hill or Mount Isa type stratiform base metal mineralisation in the underlying basement rocks. EXPLORATION: Stratigraphic drilling (162...-
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