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RB 98/00003 Review of the Proterozoic geology and mineral potential of the Curnamona Province in South Australia.
The Curnamona Province is exposed in the Willyama, Mt Painter and Mt Babbage Inliers, but much is obscured by younger sedimentary cover. It comprises a late Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic succession (Willyama Supergroup) with some...-
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Published: 02 Feb 1998
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RB 99/00012 Geology of the Olary Domain, Curnamona Province, South Australia. Field guidebook to the Broken Hill Exploration Initiative excursion, 13 - 15 October 1998.
The Proterozoic Curnamona Province extends across eastern South Australia and western New South Wales, cropping out in the Willyama, Mount Painter and Mount Babbage Inliers. Most of the Province is, however, obscured by younger sedimentary cover. The...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1998
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RB 99/00016 Wollastonite in South Australia.
Wollastonite is a calcium silicate mineral of high temperature metamorphic or igneous origins, which lately has been found to have an increasing range of industrial applications. Its main producing country is China. At Ethiudna, in South Australia's...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1999
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RB 97/00017 Geology of the Olary Domain, Curnamona Province, South Australia, and Field Guide to 1997 Excursion Stops.
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Published: 01 Mar 1997
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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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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 5 partnership DPY5-21 - Mulyungarie area - Junction Dam Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary/volcanogenic base metal and precious metal mineral prospects. Project interim and final reports.
In 2008, as part of work being performed for it to earn a 51% interest in the Mundi Mundi Plains joint venture exploration licences, Teck Cominco identified two geophysical targets within South Australia on Kalkaroo EL 3328 which it thought were...-
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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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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-34, Drew Hill JV area Curnamona Group base metal mineral prospects. Project final report.
During early 2005, the Drew Hill joint venture partners conducted a regional base metal exploration programme over their mineral tenements located approximately 20-70 km north-east of Olary. Possible epithermal iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG)...-
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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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Curnamona Province.
CURNAMONA PROVINCE SUMMARY Age: Sedimentation - late Palaeoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic. Felsic and mafic volcanism - late Palaeoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic. Granitic intrusion - late Palaeoproterozoic to early...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2003
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Bundera Well. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/6/2000 to 26/6/2005.
Possible buried Palaeoproterozoic stratiform to stratabound Cloncurry style Cu-Au mineralisation was the principal objective of exploration undertaken over an area located approximately 60 km north-east of Olary. Other conceptual targets included...-
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Unlocking South Australia's Mineral and Energy Potential - A Plan for Accelerating Exploration. Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry) : Year 2 partnership no. DPY2-57, Eurinilla Dome copper-gold mineral prospects. Project final report.
Past drilling of the Eurinilla Dome by BHP, Lynch Mining and Havilah Resources has identified widespread anomalous Cu±Au±Co mineralisation flanking a central magnetic core, in an analogous geological setting to that of the Benagerie and Kalkaroo...-
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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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Togo Dam. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 9/1/1991 to 19/3/1993.
Exploration for Hunters Dam style stratiform lead-zinc mineralisation in the Benagerie area, in geochemically anomalous Palaeoproterozoic basement units equivalent to the Bimba Formation of the Willyama Supergroup, which overlies the magnetite - rich...-
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Published: 06 May 1993
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Curnamona base and precious metals JV Project area (including Benagerie and Kalkaroo). Combined annual reports for the period 1/1/2008 to 31/12/2012.
During the fifth year of the Curnamona Project, field activities were carried out only on Benagerie EL 3586, and consisted of the drilling of 2 inclined diamond cored holes for 424.3 mm (NPDD034 and NPDD035) at the North Portia prospect during August...-
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Macdonald Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/11/1979 to 12/11/1980.
Base metal exploration carried out over an area extending from 8 to 20 km north-northeast of Olary has consisted of a in-depth technical review of past exploration results, plus limited 1:10,000 scale geological mapping, bulk sampling of...-
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Bimbowrie Creek. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 14/2/1991 to 13/2/1993.
BHP Minerals took out a licence (in two parts) over the Bimbowrie Creek area, 25 km north-west of Olary, to search both for possible zinc-lead-silver and copper-gold deposits within inferred prospective units of the Palaeoproterozoic Willyama Complex....-
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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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