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The Ukaparinga Schist - a syngenetic copper deposit near Williamstown, South Australia.
An amphibolite-facies mica schist carrying syngenetic copper mineralisation has been mapped over a strike length of 2.5 km near Williamstown, 40 km North East of Adelaide, South Australia. The schist, termed the Ukaparinga Schist, contains...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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Williamstown. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 16/12/1971 to 15/12/1972.
Exploration for possible stratiform or hydrothermal, fault-associated copper deposits in the area of basal Adelaidean metasediments lying to the north of known such mineralisation at the abandoned historic Ukaparinga mine, immediately north of...-
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Published: 12 Apr 1973
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RB 38/00052 Report on an inspection of monazite occurrence, Section 60, Hundred of Myponga.
A second occurrence of outcropping monazite on the northern side of Myponga Hill, which is situated about 2 miles south of Myponga township, was inspected and advice given to a prospector concerning how best to further develop the existing small-scale...-
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Published: 29 Sep 1954
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RB 60/00071 (Report on the) Ukaparinga (Unaparinga) copper mine, Williamstown.
Copper carbonates are sporadically distributed throughout steeply dipping mica schist in a zone up to about 70 ft. wide. The host rocks have been regarded as overturned metamorphosed Burra Group (Torrensian) beds resting on the Aldgate Sandstone...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1965
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RB 44/00019 Diamond drilling for road making materials - Mount Compass.
Three diamond holes drilled on the southern slopes of Mt Compass in a search for road-making aggregate encountered variably banded calc-silicate rocks, syenitic types and pegmatites of the Lower Proterozoic Barossa Complex. The required volume of fair...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 99/00018 Mount Lofty Ranges groundwater assessment - Tookayerta Catchment.
The Tookayerta Catchment is an area which is increasingly coming under pressure from its landowners for the development of local groundwater resources to irrigate dairy pastures, berry plantations and vineyards. The catchment encompasses two...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1999
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Lobethal (part of the Adelaide Hills Project). Data release made upon the commencement of project licences' joint reporting] : annual reports for the period 29/9/1993 to 3/3/2003.
A large, 722 square km area of the central Adelaide Hills extending between Jupiter Creek and the Warren Conservation Park is being explored for diamonds, gold and base metals, in host geological structures that appeared to be associated with...-
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Houghton. Annual reports and partial relinquishment report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/10/2001 to 21/10/2006.
Three potentially economic gold and platinum / palladium - bearing, known primary uranium-mineralised targets in the Palaeoproterozoic Houghton basement inlier have been evaluated through the conduct of office-based geological and geophysical studies,...-
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Published: 26 Apr 1907
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Kersbrook. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/5/2014 to 30/4/2017.
An historically intensively prospected area of the Adelaide Hills containing numerous alluvial gold workings and shallow shafts sunk on quartz reefs has been explored for possible buried economic primary bedrock gold occurrences that may have formed...-
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Published: 14 Jun 1917
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Para Wirra. Quarterly reports to licence expiry for the period 5/11/1984 to 1/3/1988.
The licensee has performed mineralogical sampling, beneficiation testing, 1:1000 scale geological reconnaissance mapping and an economic evaluation of the Koraleigh micaceous haematite deposits located near Kersbrook, concentrating on establishing...-
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Geological investigations of clay, mica and sillimanite occurrences at Williamstown, and evolving mine development plans and alternatives. Progress reports for the period 6/10/1976 to July 1984.
Dataset contains Amdel - derived mineralogical and petrological data on the ore and host rocks, plus the mine operator's reports on its plans to resume and optimize production of the unique ore types known to exist in four current mine pits and their...-
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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 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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Myponga. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 15/9/1978 to 7/5/1979.
Exploration for hydrothermally emplaced, vein-type uranium ore deposits within Proterozoic basement of the Myponga Inlier and within overlying metasedimentary and lateritic detrital cover rocks, in an area located 60 km south-southwest of Adelaide,...-
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Published: 31 Jul 1979
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Montacute. Annual report to licence surrender for the period 21/2/2003 to 2/8/2004.
In a search for possible economic base and precious metal mineralisation associated with historic mines located on shear zones in Adelaidean strata, exploration comprising rock chip, soil and stream sediment sampling in the Montacute - Forest Range...-
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Gawler and Kersbrook - Mount Crawford areas. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 16/8/1977 to 15/11/78.
A strong radiometric anomaly, previously found in pre-Adelaidean basement schist near its contact with Adelaidean Woolshed Flat Shale metasediments at the Pine Ridge prospect, and situated within the Mount Crawford State Forest approximately 7 km...-
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Myponga. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 23/4/1970 to 28/1/1971.
In a continuation of uranium exploration being carried out over the oldest basement rocks forming inliers to the Adelaide Geosyncline within the southern Mount Lofty Ranges, several minor radiometric anomalies near Myponga, that were indicated by the...-
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Mount Crawford. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 29/1/1970 to 28/1/1971.
61 shallow exploratory drillholes were completed in two of nine areas within the lease where it was considered that drilling might uncover additional shallowly buried resources of good quality kaolin. Nine of these holes encountered useable kaolin.-
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Houghton. First partial surrender report for the period 22/10/2001 to 21/10/2005.
Three potentially gold and platinum / pallidium - bearing, known primary uranium-mineralised targets in the Palaeoproterozoic Houghton basement inlier, have been evaluated through the conduct of office-based geological and geophysical studies followed...-
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