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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Manunda. Annual reports submitted until the commencement of joint reporting on the Razorback Ridge Iron Ore Project, for the period 10/12/2007 to 9/12/2009.
The banded iron formations associated with various tillite in South Australia have been recognised as being potential sources for iron however the low-grade nature of these bands has been one of the limiting factors in why they have not been...-
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Anabama. First partial surrender report, for the period 14/8/2015 to 13/8/2017.
Half of a small licence area located in the Anabama district has lately been surrendered. The ground had been taken up to explore for possible economic buried base metal mineralisation that might have formed on and near the south-eastern margin of the...-
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Published: 12 Dec 1917
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Wiawera. Second partial surrender report, for the period 13/12/1996 to 12/6/2001.
Sheeted vein type gold, Telfer style gold, and BIF hosted gold and base metals were the targets of exploration carried out in Adelaidean sediments of the Anabama - Radium Hill area. Work included an interpretation of aeromagnetic survey data, auger...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Iron Peak. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 12/11/2003 to 11/11/2008.
The banded iron formations associated with various Neoproterozoic tillites in South Australia have for some time been recognised as being potential sources for iron ore, however, the low grade nature of the iron mineralisation within these bands has...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2009
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Manunda, Tiverton Outstation, Iron Peak and Pualco Range (the Razorback Ridge Iron Ore Project, later the Mawson Iron Project). Joint annual reports for the period 10/12/2009 to 9/12/2016.
Three adjoining licence areas in the Baratta Trough within the northern Nackara Arc have been taken up to explore for possible economic buried Neoproterozoic metasedimentary semi-stratabound iron ore. Central EL 4267 covers ~3 km strike length of the...-
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Anabama. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/8/2015 to 13/8/2019.
A small area covering the eastern end of the historic Anabama copper prospect in the Benda Range south of Manna Hill has been explored for possible buried economic, epithermal/hydrothermal structurally controlled copper-gold mineralisation that may...-
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Published: 11 Oct 1919
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Border JV Project. Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2015 to 31/12/2016.
During the first year of joint reporting for the five licences which are now subject to an amalgamated exploration expenditure agreement, work commenced with the acquisition of 31 line km of ground magnetic survey data over 9 proposed drill sites for...-
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Netley Gap. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/7/2016 to 5/7/2019.
A small licence comprising two separate sub-blocks located 4 km and 22 km south-east of Winnininnie on the Barrier Highway has been explored for possible buried economic, epithermal/hydrothermal structurally controlled copper-gold mineralisation that...-
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Published: 04 Sep 1919
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Wharton Hill. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/4/2016 to 13/4/2020.
An area covering the western end of the historic Anabama copper prospect in the Benda Range, south-west of Manna Hill, has been explored for possible buried economic, epithermal/hydrothermal structurally controlled copper-gold mineralisation that may...-
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Published: 05 Jun 1920
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Iron Peak. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/3/1986 to 11/3/1987.
Stratabound gold in rocks of the Adelaidean metasedimentary sequence was the target of exploration undertaken on Manunda Station, about 45 km south-east of Yunta. No significant gold values were detected in a programme of stream sediment bulk...-
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Copperlinka. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 24/1/1983 to 23/3/1989.
TARGET: Gold . as Telfer-style stratabound mineralisation at the contact between Tapley Hill Formation and Tarcowie Siltstone; . as mineralisation of large scale, placer type in the Appila Tillite and Wilyerpa Formation; and . as hydrothermally...-
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Manunda Creek. Combined first progress/final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/8/1977 to 22/8/1978.
Exploration for possible economic Olympic Dam - type epithermal/hydrothermal or Zambian Copperbelt - type stratabound/replacement base metal deposits, in an area located approximately 40 km south-east of Yunta, focussed on magnetic anomalies and...-
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RB 2018/00039 Origin, classification and modes of emplacement of Sturtian glaciomarine megaclasts of the MacDonald Corridor, Bimbowrie Conservation Park, near Olary, South Australia.
Ten glacial megaclasts, unique perhaps from a global perspective, have been identified in the half-graben rift of the MacDonald Corridor. The MacDonald Corridor is the most easterly of four half-grabens containing Neoproterozoic low-grade...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2018
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Olary (latterly part of the Olary Project). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 21/1/2008 to 20/01/2015.
A large area located immediately south and south-west of Olary has been explored initially for possible economic buried primary epithermal to mesothermal copper-gold and gold only mineralisation that might have formed in Adelaidean and older bedrock,...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1915
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Tiverton Outstation. Annual reports submitted until the commencement of joint reporting on the Razorback Ridge Iron Ore Project, for the period 17/9/2007 to 16/9/2009.
The banded iron formations associated with various tillite in South Australia have been recognised as being potential sources for iron however the low-grade nature of these bands has been one of the limiting factors in why they have not been...-
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RB 2006/00014 Geology of the Olary Domain Curnamona Province South Australia 2006 Field Guide and Excursion Stops
This field guidebook provides brief geological summaries to sites in South Australia that were visited during the 2006 Broken Hill Exploration Initiative pre-conference excursion. Figures show the location of the field area and approximate location of...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2006
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RB 2014/00003 Geology and mineral resources of Bimbowrie Conservation Park – the MacDonald Corridor and adjacent parts of the Palaeo- to Mesoproterozoic basement.
Former sheep station ‘Bimbowrie’, situated in the Olary Ranges, South Australia, was purchased by the South Australian Government as a conservation park in 2004. It has had a long history of mining, mineral exploration and geoscientific investigation....-
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Published: 01 Jan 2014
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Wiawera. First partial surrender report, for the period 13/12/1996 to 12/12/1998.
As part of exploration for sheeted vein, stratabound Telfer style and banded iron formation hosted Homestake style gold and base metal deposits in metasediments of Adelaidean age, a programme of soil auger drilling and calcrete sampling conducted 20...-
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Anabama Hill. Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 29/8/1995 to 28/8/1996.
Gold and base metal exploration near Anabama Hill comprised an interpretation of open file aeromagnetic survey data, and follow-up ground geological reconnaissance. Although the area was found to be prospective for concealed bedrock mineralisation, it...-
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Published: 13 Oct 1996