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Venus Bay. First partial relinquishment report for the period 26/4/2002 to 25/4/2004.
Exploration for possible diamondiferous kimberlite in the Venus Bay area of western Eyre Peninsula, located approximately 45 km south-east of Streaky Bay and 70 km north of Flinders Island, has formed part of a regional search by Orogenic Exploration...-
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Colton. Combined third annual / final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/4/2002 to 25/4/2005.
Exploration for possible diamondiferous kimberlite in the Colton area of western Eyre Peninsula, located approximately 95 km south-east of Streaky Bay and 35 km north-east of Flinders Island, has formed part of a regional search by Orogenic...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-10, Watraba (eastern Eucla Basin) heavy mineral sands prospect. Project final report.
This partly PACE-funded drilling project aimed to discover a heavy mineral sand deposit along the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin in the EL 3363 Watraba project area, located 40 kilometres north to north-west of Ceduna. Drilling tested an...-
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Published: 18 Dec 1906
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Nundroo (latterly part of the Eucla Basin Heavy Mineral Sands Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/9/2014 to 15/9/2019.
An area comprising two separate blocks located ~20 km west and ~45 km north of Fowlers Bay has been explored for possible buried Pleistocene reworked heavy mineral sands (HM) marine placer mineralisation that may have become concentrated within the...-
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Published: 19 Sep 1919
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Nundroo. Second partial surrender report, for the period 16/9/2014 to 15/9/2017.
Two separate areas covering parts of the Nundroo Range, a prominent south-west facing, yet effectively previously undrilled, preserved palaeogeomorphic beach ridge /coastal dune features which lies ~10 km west of Fowlers Bay and extends for 70 km to...-
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Published: 12 Sep 1917
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 9 partnership DPY8-30 - Eucla Basin Eocene and Pleistocene low-stand beach ridge marine heavy mineral placer prospects. Drilling project final report.
The Nundroo Range and Bookabie Range are prominent south-west facing, yet effectively previously undrilled, preserved palaeogeomorphic beach ridge /coastal dune features which are located ~200 km west of Ceduna and ~100 km south of the...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Yanerbie. Annual reports for the period 7/3/2011 to 6/3/2015.
A small area centred ~6 km south of Streaky Bay is being explored for economic-sized gypsum deposits similar to those occurring at Lake Purdilla, located ~10 km to the south. No work was done during licence Year 1. During the second year of tenure,...-
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Published: 09 Jul 1915
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Wirrulla, Cungena, Mortana, Kolballa and Calca. Joint progress reports and joint final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 18/8/1989 to 17/12/1991.
TARGET: Possible heavy mineral sands emplaced within Tertiary sediments in the Wirulla, Poochera, Inkster and Streaky Bay areas. EXPLORATION: Reconnaissance 10-15 km spaced and infill 100 m spaced reverse circulation drilling to pre-Tertiary basement...-
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Kyancutta. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 6/9/1985 to 5/9/1986.
Marketable quality gypsum was the major commodity sought in Recent salt lakes and marginal dunes of a large swamp in the Kyancutta area. Reconnaissance mapping, plus hand or power auger drill sampling of the near-surface sediments, has identified...-
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Chadee Curra Plains (north-western Eyre Peninsula). Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 6/9/1985 to 5/6/1986.
An evaluation of the commercial potential of known gypsum, salt and silica sand occurrences located within coastal dunes and palaeo-lakeshore terraces 15 km north-east of Venus Bay on Eyre Peninsula initially comprised aerial photographic...-
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RB 65/00020 Stratigraphy of Late Cainozoic deposits in South Australia.
This paper sets out the stratigraphy of late Cainozoic deposits in the southern part of South Australia. The study includes the Murray, St Vincent and Spencer Gulf, West Coast and Eucla Basins and the adjoining uplands. Work has been concentrated on...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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Streaky Bay. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 28/7/1980 to 27/5/1982.
In an area located east-southeast of Streaky Bay township, the target mineral commodities were uranium, base metals, gold, tin, tungsten, tantalum and lignite; kaolinite was recognised as a secondary target later during the exploration programme. 25...-
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Published: 30 Mar 1982
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Venus Bay. Third partial surrender report, for the period 27/7/1994 to 26/1/1998.
Diamond and gold exploration undertaken on the two relinquished ground portions located north-west and east of Venus Bay on Eyre Peninsula, which total 530 square km in area, have comprised heavy mineral sampling, heavy mineral grain microprobing,...-
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ExpNotes LINCOLN: Explanatory Notes LINCOLN, SI 53-11.
The LINCOLN 1:250,000 scale regional geological map area covers southern Eyre Peninsula and includes numerous islands lying off its eastern, southern and western coasts. The region encompasses a complex geological history and contains a variety of...-
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