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Mikkira (south-west of Port Lincoln). Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 2/3/1981 to 27/10/1987.
Exploration for graphite primarily, and secondarily for BIF-associated massive base metal sulphides, in the area surrounding the historic Uley graphite mine situated 15 km west south-west of Port Lincoln, initially comprised an airborne reconnaissance...-
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Published: 30 Oct 1987
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Camel Lake. Annual reports to licence surrender for the period 16/11/2012 to 15/11/2023.
An area located ~ 70 km north-east of Ooldea Siding and 50 km east of Maralinga is being explored for the industrial mineral kaolin, and more particularly its crystallographic form halloysite, which typically occurs as microtubules or nanotubes which...-
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Published: 21 Nov 1923
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Jones Dam [Mutooroo Station]. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/1/1979 to 3/1/1981.
81 closely-spaced rotary mud vertical open drillholes (total penetration 9218 m) evaluated known low grade palaeochannel uranium mineralisation previously detected in Miocene sand sequences adjacent to the Anabama - Redan Fault by Tricentrol Australia...-
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Mount Hopeless, Paralana Creek and John Brown Well areas. First partial surrender report for the period 7/6/1978 to 6/6/1979.
As part of conducting a regional search for possible occurrences of Tertiary sediment-hosted, Wyoming roll-front type uranium mineralisation, the Paralana Plains joint venture partners were required to drop at least 25% of the area of their EL 402...-
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Cummins. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 11/11/1971 to 10/11/1972.
In order to appraise a potentially economic discovery of very pure, high reflectivity kaolin clay located near Kapinnie on southern Eyre Peninsula, a drilling programme is planned by Endeavour Oil which aims to outline around 33 million tons of kaolin...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1972
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] due to licence expiry and pending approval of its subsequent re-grant : Pine Ridge (part of the Central Giles Nickel Project). Annual reports for the period 25/2/1999 to 29/3/2007.
A licence area located in South Australia's Far North-west Aboriginal Lands, approximately 140 km north-west of Marla, has been explored by Rio Tinto Exploration (RTE) as part of work planned for a larger set of project exploration licences currently...-
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Hallett (part of the Nackara Gold Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/8/2002 to 4/10/2012.
An area of high country in the far northern Mount Lofty Ranges was taken under licence to try to find the primary source(s) of widely dispersed detrital gold known from Recent and Tertiary cover sediments in the region, while focussing mainly on...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Kottata Well, Eldale, Tootla and Broadacres (also part of the Yaninee Project). First annual report for EL 3135, plus subsequent joint annual reports, for the period 29/9/2003 to 5/6/2009.
An area located on central western Eyre Peninsula between Minnipa and Port Kenny was taken up to explore the Precambrian basement rocks, which are poorly exposed there, for possible economic buried iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) deposits....-
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Streaky Bay. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 28/7/1980 to 27/5/1982.
In an area located east-southeast of Streaky Bay township, the target mineral commodities were uranium, base metals, gold, tin, tungsten, tantalum and lignite; kaolinite was recognised as a secondary target later during the exploration programme. 25...-
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Published: 30 Mar 1982
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Tumby Bay. Progress and final reports for the period 20/11/1969 to 19/11/1971.
Exploration conducted primarily for base metals, over an area extending for 5-50 km north of Port Lincoln, has consisted of reconnaissance and detailed stream sediment surveys followed by soil and rock chip sampling, plus limited geological mapping....-
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Central-southern Eyre Peninsula. First quarterly report for the period 12/8/1971 to 11/11/1971.
55 groundwater samples obtained from water bores were analysed for dissolved uranium content, with 8 ppb U being the highest assay. Gamma ray and scintillometer logging probes were run down 6 water bores but did not locate anomalous radioactivity....-
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First and second quarterly reports on EL 262 in the Lake Gilles area South Australia, Dec. 1976, March 1977.
TARGET: Sediment hosted uranium. EXPLORATION: Ground radiometric survey. 13 rotary drillholes, total 780m, and 2 diamond drillholes, total 140m. RESULTS: No ground radiometric anomalies. Weak downhole radiometric anomalies in 3 holes, in...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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Kimba. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 6/11/1969 to 5/11/1971.
Investigations previously carried out by Pechiney had indicated the presence of substantial reserves of kaolin clays in the Kelly Tank and Bunora - Balumbah areas located near and to the south of Kimba, which might have a potential for paper-coating...-
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Published: 17 Dec 1971
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Caralue Bluff. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 1/11/1969 to 31/10/1971.
Reconnaissance exploration for possible Cainozoic sedimentary uranium deposits across part of central Eyre Peninsula sought to remotely map any erosional depressions in the buried basement surface prior to drilling interpreted palaeochannel sandstone...-
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Medlingie Hall. Progress reports for the period 15/9/1971 to 12/9/1972.
9 rotary holes were drilled for a total of 547m in order to test for sedimentary uranium. It was concluded that a suitable environment for uranium mineralisation existed in carbonaceous sands in this part of the Robinson Basin, although assays were...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1972
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Beefsteak Dam. Report on relinquished portions for the period 7/1/1974 to 6/1/1975.
A palaeochannel system exists incised into Proterozoic metamorphic and igneous rocks in a NS direction through the eastern portion of EL 121, but no anomalous radioactivity is present.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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Cockburn. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 8/10/1970 to 16/9/1971.
Possible economic buried Tertiary sedimentary uranium, plus any Palaeoproterozoic basement - hosted base metal deposits, were targeted in the region to the west of Cockburn by conducting an airborne radiometric survey (700 line miles at 0.5-1 mile...-
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