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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mullaquana. Annual reports for the period 20/11/2006 to 19/11/2009.
A tenement area located close to and along the eastern seaboard of the Eyre Peninsula, and which extends from Whyalla southwards for approximately 60 km, has been taken up to explore for possible economic buried primary, hard rock hosted uranium and...-
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Published: 20 Jun 1910
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mullaquana (part of the Mullaquana, later called Samphire, Uranium Project). Annual reports for the period 20/11/2009 to 19/11/2018.
During licence Year 4, UraniumSA undertook the following work on EL 3652: - pattern drilling of 232 rotary mud holes totalling 18,416 m, targeting the Blackbush and Plumbush prospects. - core drilling totalling 876 m in 8 holes, to characterise...-
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Published: 03 Dec 1918
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Murninnie. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/7/2014 to 7/7/2018.
A small area centred on the Murninnie locality of north-eastern Eyre Peninsula, south of Whyalla, was taken up to further evaluate secondary uranium mineralisation known to occur on the western margin of the Tertiary Pirie Basin, where it is contained...-
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Published: 12 Jul 1918
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Cowell (latterly part of the Cowell JV Project). Annual reports for the period 7/11/2008 to 6/11/2011.
No field work was undertaken during licence Year 7, but Stellar instead did a review of the Cowell area's prospectivity for Tertiary palaeochannel-hosted sedimentary uranium mineralisation. Previous drilling data for the local Pirie Basin sediments...-
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Published: 05 Dec 1911
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Cowell. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 19/5/1978 to 22/4/1980.
The exploration targets in an area extending along the Spencer Gulf coastal plain between Cowell and Whyalla were sandstone type roll-front uranium deposits, developed in possible Eocene palaeochannels that may have drained the Cleve Uplands and...-
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Published: 18 Mar 1980
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RB 00771 Report on soil survey in an area southwest of Whyalla township.
The soils in an area of approximately 20 square miles south-west of Whyalla township and adjacent to the Spencer Gulf were examined to determine their suitability for foundations for a large industrial complex.-
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Published: 01 Sep 1900
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False Bay. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/7/1969 to 30/6/1971.
Site investigations of the coastal area abutting False Bay, immediately north of Whyalla, were undertaken by BHP's Industrial Minerals Div. to gauge the feasibility of expanding their Whyalla Salt Works from its existing 60,000 tons per annum...-
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Published: 07 May 1970
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Port Broughton (part of the Pirie Basin Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 31/5/2010 to 30/5/2014.
Eocene fluvial sediments underlying the coastal plain immediately north of Port Broughton have been explored for possible economic buried occurrences of palaeochannel-hosted sedimentary uranium, as part of a regional programme being conducted by Areva...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 6 partnership DPY6-27 - north-eastern Cleve Domain - basement granite investigations related to the Mullaquana area Tertiary sediment-hosted uranium mineral prospect. Final report.
The area of the Mullaquana Exploration Licence 3652 is underlain by a circular aeromagnetic anomaly which has been interpreted as being potentially a Hiltaba Suite granite pluton that may be the source of the uranium mineralisation recently discovered...-
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Published: 30 May 1911
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Murninnie. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/4/2006 to 14/11/2013.
During August 2006, Australasia Gold acquired a 45% interest in the historic abandoned Murninnie copper mine (Private Mine 156) and a surrounding small exploration licence (EL 3542), which are located ~30 km south-southwest of Whyalla. In July 2007,...-
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Published: 13 Oct 1914
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RB 2015/00011 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia – Third edition.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2013–2014, South Australia produced 4399 t of uranium, representing 80% of Australia’s total uranium production of 5512 t, and equating to 9.2% of the world’s total...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2015
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RB 2012/00009 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia – Second edition.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2010–11, South Australia produced 4276 t of uranium, representing 60% of Australia’s total uranium production of 7035 t, and equating to 11% of the world’s total...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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RB 2014/00006 Geology of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet (6432).
The revised digital geology map of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet and accompanying geological descriptions in this report are the first components of the 2nd edition PORT AUGUSTA 1:250 000 map sheet to be completed. The subject map sheet occupies the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2014
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RB 2009/00014 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2008/2009, South Australia produced 4 613 t of uranium, representing 45% of Australia's total uranium production of 10 311 t, and equating to 9.5% of the world's...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2010
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Surface Geology of Six Mile Hill – Mineral Systems Drilling Program Special Map Series, 1:75 000 scale.
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Published: 01 Dec 1916
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Palaeodrainage and Cenozoic coastal barriers of South Australia (2nd edition).
Since the first edition of this map was released in May 2007, the collection by the Department's Geological Survey of much new geoscientific data and interpretations arising from South Australian regional surveys and exploration activities has...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1912
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Cultana, South Australia. Sheet 6432, International Index. 1:100 000 Geological Series digital map.
Cultana is located on parts of the north-eastern Eyre Peninsula, northern Spencer Gulf and south-western Flinders Ranges, and is underlain by rocks of the Mesoarchaean-Mesoproterozoic Gawler Craton, the Neoproterozoic Adelaide Geosyncline, Torrens...-
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Published: 29 Apr 2014
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The Lakes. Progress and annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 14/1/2004 to 13/1/2009.
Ongoing evaluation and mining of Holocene gypsum deposits occurring adjacent to salt lakes in the Cummins district took place during the first half of the report period, with several campaigns of gypsum surface mining and power screening being...-
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Published: 08 Sep 1909
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Murninnie Beach (south of Whyalla). Progress and technical reports for the period 12/3/1971 to 10/6/1972.
Site investigations of part of the coastal area south of Whyalla were undertaken by BHP Minerals Div. as part of overall studies addressing the possibility of expanding their Whyalla Salt Works. Field inspections of the area behind Murninnie Beach...-
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