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RB 83/00021 Coal exploration in the Leigh Creek Farina area, South Australia. EL 938, final report.
The subject exploration licence was taken up for a 1-year term to enable ETSA and SADME to jointly conduct exploration for possible Triassic coal basins that might be concealed beneath alluvial cover in sparsely drilled areas to the north and...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1983
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RB 88/00064 Mount Fitton talc deposits, northern Flinders Ranges - A summary.
Talc mines located near Mount Fitton produce 60% to 80% of the South Australian production of talc, of which two thirds is high grade material (suitable for pharmaceutical or paint manufacture). Over 40 known deposits occurring within an area of 60...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1988
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Boolooroo Goldfield. Annual reports to licence expiry for the period 24/11/1995 to 14/3/2006.
Protracted exploration undertaken by an individual mineral prospector over a small area of rugged topography located in the north-central Flinders Ranges, approximately 25 km north-east of Leigh Creek, has addressed a number of potentially economic...-
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Published: 14 Mar 1906
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Mount Fitton Talc Province. Progress, annual and miscellaneous technical summary reports for the period 16/2/79 to 24/11/96.
Talc has been mined at Mount Fitton in the northern Flinders Ranges on a continuous basis since 1945, for industrial use in the manufacture of cosmetics, ceramics and refractory ware. From 1979 to 1996, under authority of a series of Exploration...-
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Source rock maturity study and petroleum geochemistry of the Arrowie Basin.
This section of the study was based on source rock analyses performed on 75 outcrop and shallow drill core samples from 25 localities, plus other new data derived from Cambrian sediments intersected in the deep petroleum exploration wells Moorowie 1,...-
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Published: 13 Jan 1986
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 8 partnership DPY8-21 - Yerelina Gladstone Mining Field sediment-hosted and structurally controlled hydrothermal/replacement style stratabound base metal prospects. Final report.
High-grade silver-lead-zinc mineralisation formed within the Neoproterozoic Tapley Hill Formation (THF) was historically mined 100 years ago at Yerelina in the northern Flinders Ranges. Despite the existence of numerous poorly documented small-scale...-
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Published: 08 Dec 1915
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Boolooroo Goldfield and Kate Hill. Joint annual reports for the period 2/1/2009 to 8/2/2019.
Two adjoining licence areas located ~ 40 km north-east of Leigh Creek township, in the ranges lying immediately east of the Telford coal basin, are being explored for possible economic occurrences of marble rock which are believed to hold enormous...-
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Copley and Leigh Creek. Progress reports for the period 4/10/1982 to 27/1/1991.
TARGET: Exploration and evaluation of known secondary copper occurrences and exploration for gold and phosphates in the Lyndhurst-Copley region. EXPLORATION: Including the work done previously in EL 929, exploration activities undertaken since 1981...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1991
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Progress reports on stream sediment survey geochemical investigations, SML 429 Mount Burr area, SA, during 1971-1972.
Reconnaissance and infill low-density stream sediment sampling and bulk soil sampling of Adelaidean diapiric outcrop on the eastern side of SML 429 near the Burr River sought to reveal additional base metal mineralisation in the vicinity of small...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1972
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Mount Grieg. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/12/1979 to 5/6/1981.
Exploration for possible economic syngenetic/stratiform or epigenetic/hydrothermal base metals and gold hosted by Early Cambrian and older Adelaidean rocks in the Angepena area initially comprised the conduct of reconnaissance 1:50,000 scale...-
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Published: 06 Aug 1981
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RB 69/00006 Exploration of the Mount Coffin Diapir, northern Flinders Ranges (logs not published).
Diapiric marbles and dolomitic siltstone breccia of presumed Willouran age intrude younger Umberatana Group rocks which have been folded into an elongate domal structure and, in part, rest unconformably on the diapiric core. Within the diapir several...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1971
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Kate Hill. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/cancellation, for the period from 17/7/2001 to 16/7/2004.
No field work was done on the subject licence, covering a small area centred ~20 km north-east of Leigh Creek, during the three years of its tenure. As a result, the Minister of Mines cancelled the licence.-
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Published: 25 Feb 1907
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Boolooroo Goldfield. Annual reports for the period 9/2/2007 to 8/2/2009.
The Boolooroo licence area is located ~ 40 km north-east of Leigh Creek township, in the ranges lying immediately east of the Telford coal basin, are being explored for possible economic occurrences of marble rock which are believed to hold enormous...-
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Published: 26 Feb 1909
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Mount Fitton Talc Province. Final report on second, 1984-1985 diamond drilling programme.
Drilling of 27 appraisal NQ diamond cored holes for a total penetration of 1538 m over the period October 1984 to May 1985 (2 holes being abandoned at shallow depth due to having drilling difficulties within broken quartzite) has defined 5 new buried...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Kate Hill. First annual report for the period 3/1/2008 to 2/1/2009.
This report covers the first annual report for EL 4012 before joint annual reporting commenced early 2009 [See separately indexed report ENV12049 CNO:2039184]. The exploration licence 4012 area is located ~ 40 km north-east of Leigh Creek township,...-
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Published: 29 Jan 1909
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RB 2012/00004 MARREE, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SH54-5. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The MARREE mapsheet area includes the south-western portion of the Strzelecki Desert plus parts of the Tirari Desert, north-western Flinders Ranges and north-eastern Willouran Ranges, between latitudes 29 to 30 degrees S and longitudes 138 to 139...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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RB 2009/00001 Explanatory Notes for [the] CALLABONNA 1:250 000 Geological Map, sheet SH 54-6.
The CALLABONNA map area includes the southern end of the Strzelecki Desert and the north- eastern Flinders Ranges, between latitudes 29° to 30° S and longitudes 139° 30' to 141° E. Cameron Corner adjoins New South Wales and Queensland in the...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2009
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Mount Fitton. Progress and technical reports for the period 1/7/1971 to 30/6/1973.
A review has been carried out by Amdel Ltd, under contract to the licensee, of the applicability and suitability of low-cost geophysical reconnaissance tools in prospecting for concealed talc occurrences in the Mount Fitton area. It appears that use...-
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Published: 13 Jun 1973
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Sundown Creek. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 3/10/1977 to 2/10/1979.
Exploration undertaken in an area of practically no outcrop that is situated north and north-west of the Ediacara Range, on the eastern side of Lake Torrens, has aimed primarily at investigating the mineral potential of a large, low amplitude...-
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Published: 26 May 1980
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Mount Stuart and Patawarta Gap. Joint first annual / final report at licence's joint surrender, for the period 29/9/1993 to 5/9/1994.
Exploration for possible economic carbonate sediment-hosted Carlin style hydrothermal gold and copper mineralisation in the Mount Stuart - Patawarta Gap area of the Flinders Ranges has comprised soil, rock chip and stream sediment sampling, the...-
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