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Antro, Ameroo, Plumbago, Telechie Dam and Pimpena (the North Ltd Olary Project). Joint annual reports and final report to licences' joint surrender, for the period 12/7/1993 to 24/9/1996.
Exploration for Broken Hill style stratiform Zn-Pb-Ag and/or Roxby Downs - Cloncurry style discordant Cu-Au and Zn deposits, in the Bimbowrie - MacDonald Hill - Telechie Dam - Boolcoomata area, north-west of Olary, comprised ground magnetic and...-
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RB 93/00048 Review of company mineral exploration, CURNAMONA 1:250 000 sheet, South Australia.
Company exploration within the CURNAMONA 1:250 000 sheet area was reviewed by the study of data incorporated in the open file reports on 42 Special Mining Leases, 80 Exploration Licences and one group of Mining Leases dating from 1961. This data...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1994
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RB 94/00024 Graphite in South Australia - A review of production, use and geology.
South Australian graphite is reviewed in the light of published information on world deposits. A high quality coarse flake product has been mined at Uley on southern Eyre Peninsula. Geophysical investigations of deposits near Kimba are warranted, to...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1994
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Emu Dam (formerly Billeroo West). Data release in lieu of partial relinquishment upon licence renewal (as EL 2878) : annual reports for the period 4/11/1996 to 3/11/2001.
Exploration for possible economic Early Proterozoic stratabound Pb-Zn-Ag deposits of Broken Hill type, and for Olympic Dam style, Middle Proterozoic Benagerie Ridge volcanogenic sediment - hosted, epithermal / hydrothermal Cu-Au-Mo(-U) occurrences of...-
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Kalabity (part of the Strathearn Joint Venture Project). Data release at licence expiry/full surrender : progress reports and annual reports for the period 4/7/1988 to 15/10/2003.
The initial manager of the joint venture, CRA Exploration Pty Ltd (CRAE), targeted a range of copper, gold and uranium mineralisation styles, including vein-style uranium associated with carbonate rocks (Kintyre model), Olympic Dam style...-
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Mingary. Progress reports and annual reports, plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/11/1984 to 26/2/1996.
Exploration Licence 1258 "Mingary" was granted to Mount Isa Mines Ltd in November 1984. The area, of 1185 square km lying 40 km north-east of Olary, had been the subject of exploration of the Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary basement for Broken Hill...-
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Strathearn, Yarramba, South Eagle and Billeroo Creek areas (part of the Strathearn Joint Venture Project). Data release in lieu of partial relinquishment at licence expiry/renewal : progress and annual reports for the period 3/5/1991 to 9/4/2000.
Exploration carried out in the South Eagle - Yarramba area, located 40-80 km north-east of Olary and 50-150 km west-northwest of Broken Hill, has targeted stratabound Pb-Zn-Ag and Cu-Au mineralisation in Proterozoic rocks of the Willyama basement....-
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South Eagle. Progress and annual reports for the period 22/6/87 to 21/12/90 [i.e. to the start of the joint reporting on ELs 1352, 1382, 1412 and 1487].
Exploration for possible buried, stratiform, Palaeoproterozoic Willyama Group Ag-Pb-Zn ore deposits, over an area located 8-20 km north to north-northeast of Boolcoomata Homestead, comprised ground magnetic, Sirotem and IP surveys plus petrology,...-
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Strathearn (part of the Olary Joint Venture Project). Quarterly progress reports for the period 20/8/1986 to 19/5/1991.
Exploration for stratiform - stratabound, Broken Hill type Ag-Pb-Zn mineralisation in the buried Lower Proterozoic basement to the Strathearn area, 60 km north of Olary, comprised aeromagnetic and gravity data interpretations, ground magnetic, Sirotem...-
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Published: 30 May 1991
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Kalkaroo. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/7/1994 to 14/7/2000.
Exploration work carried out 60 km north-west of Broken Hill initially sought Olympic Dam type Fe oxide Cu-Au mineralisation associated with granitoid equivalents of the Hiltaba Suite, and subsequently, Ernest Henry style stratiform Pb-Zn-Ag...-
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Drew Hill. First partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 4/10/1989 to 3/2/1994.
Exploration undertaken in the relinquished portion of a licence area located north-east of Olary, searching for possible economic Palaeoproterozoic stratiform base and precious metal deposits, has comprised a 2526 line km detailed aerial magnetic and...-
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Kalabity. Data release in lieu of partial relinquishment at licence expiry/renewal : progress reports, and successive joint venturers' final reports, for the period 6/10/1978 to 14/3/1988.
This release details exploration conducted between 1978 and 1988 for uranium, base and precious metals in the Early Proterozoic rocks of the Willyama Complex, north of Olary. Initial work on searching for uranium included airborne helicopter...-
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Whey Whey Creek (the Black Elephant Project). Data release to accompany first partial surrender at licence expiry/renewal : annual reports for the period 9/10/2006 to 8/10/2011.
A tenement area located 25 km south-west of Olary was taken up for exploration because in the licensees' opinion it is favourably located on the southern margin of the Curnamona Craton, and covers Willyama Supergroup metasediments and metavolcanics...-
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RB 2002/00036 Draft report on the structure and lithostratigraphy of the Ameroo Hill area, Olary Domain, South Australia
Approximately 30 square km of outcrop of Palaeoproterozoic basement rocks in the vicinity of Ameroo Hill were geologically mapped by the author at 1:10,000 scale, with the aim of identifying meso- and macroscopic rock structures and lithologically...-
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Published: 27 Jun 2002
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RB 2009/00018 BHEI 2009 - OLARY field excursion to Ameroo Hill, Tommie Wattie [Bore] and the Walparuta Inlier. [September 25-26, 2009].
The Curnamona Province is the southern remnant of the Palaeoproterozoic Pb-Zn belt, and represents but a small fragment of the original superbasin. Geological data supports the idea of the basin being a rift, with sediments in the Broken Hill Domain...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2009
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RB 2009/00010 Curnamona Province exploration review and mineral systems.
Uranium has been the mainstay of mineral exploration and mining in the Curnamona Province of South Australia since the early prospecting activity at Radium Hill in 1906 and Mount Painter in 1910. Larger scale mining and exploration began after the...-
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Published: 01 Jun 2009
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Lake Charles area. Data release made in lieu of a partial relinquishment of ground at licence expiry/renewal : progress and annual reports for the period 20/10/1993 to 30/8/1998.
Exploration of an area of the Olary Block centred 100 km north of Mingary is targeting possible economic buried analogues of Mount Isa Block, Western Succession - type stratiform Pb-Zn-Ag mineralisation associated with Palaeoproterozoic metasediments...-
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Published: 22 Sep 1998
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Mulyungarie (part of the Yarramba Joint Venture Project). Data release upon first partial relinquishment and in consequence of a transfer of licence ownership : progress and technical reports for the period 4/7/1978 to 2/5/1991. [ Index Part 2 of 2 ].
After the signing of a new joint venture agreement for the three Yarramba Project tenements (EL 1004 South Eagle, EL 1352 Strathearn and the subject EL 1060 Mulyungarie) in early 1986, the CSR-led partners began exploration for possible Olympic Dam -...-
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Published: 31 May 1991
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Macdonald Hill. First annual report for the period 12/7/1993 to 11/7/1994.
Exploration for Cloncurry and Broken Hill-style Cu-Au and Zn deposits in the Ameroo Hill-McDonald Hill area, north-west of Olary, comprised the acquisition of ground magnetic surveys, detailed geological mapping and the resultant interpretation of...-
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Mulyungarie. Data release at first partial surrender: annual reports for the period 1/12/2000 to 30/11/2004.
Exploration of an area of shallowly covered Curnamona Province metalliferous basement rocks abutting the South Australia / New South Wales border, approximately 80 km north-east of Olary, has addressed good potential for discovering a range of base...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1904
