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RB 88/00052 Mittopitta Goldfield seismic refraction survey 1988.
5 profiles were recorded to define the extent of a subsurface alluvial channel. The western limit is controlled by outcropping Adelaidean bedrock, while to the east interpreted depths of 30-40 metres to bedrock were indicated. To date the eastern...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1988
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RB 95/00037 Stonefield bedrock drilling, 1995.
Twenty-three vertical open RC drillholes with a total penetration of 2663 m were drilled by MESA during February and March 1995 along four W-E traverses in the Stonefield area near Truro, to determine bedrock geology and geochemistry below sedimentary...-
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Published: 01 May 1997
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Lilydale. First annual report and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 10/3/2004 to 6/7/2005.
Exploration for possible concealed porphyry style Cu-Au deposits of a kind similar to the nearby Blue Rose prospect surface skarn occurrence was undertaken over an area of the eastern Nackara Arc, 50 km south-east of Yunta. Work comprised inspection...-
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Published: 06 Jul 1905
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Morialpa. Progress, annual and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 9/2/2003 to 8/2/2006.
Subsequent to a partial relinquishment of ground and related data release made in August 2003, ongoing exploration conducted over a small area located about 25 km north-northwest of Manna Hill township, looking for possible Zambian type stratiform...-
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Outalpa Hill. Data release made upon the full surrender of a subsequent licence : progress reports to licence expiry, for the period 15/7/1988 to 8/8/1994.
Exploration for possible economic gold occurrences in an area surrounding Outalpa Hill in the Olary Ranges, 25 km north of Manna Hill township, has been conducted initially by a private prospecting syndicate with the assistance of industry...-
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Giles Nob. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/7/1983 to 7/7/1988.
Exploration for possible economic gold deposits in an area located approximately 25 km south of Olary addressed three principal objectives: . hydrothermally-sourced gold within quartz-albite-dolomite vein stockworks formed in phyllitic siltstones of...-
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Princess Royal, Burra West, Burra North, Florieton, Mount Bryan, Burra Central, Mongolata, Redbanks, Hallett Hill and The Gums (the Burra Project tenement group). Joint annual reports for the period 1/5/2009 to 30/4/2017.
A multi-licence project area centred on the historic abandoned Burra copper mine is being explored for possible economic, buried Burra type copper oxide and copper carbonate mineralisation that may have formed within Neoproterozoic metasedimentary...-
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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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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Mount Grainger (part of the Mount Grainger JV Project). Annual reports for the period 25/10/1996 to 24/10/2000.
Exploration over a structurally complex part of the Nackara Arc region centred ~30 km north-east of Peterborough has sought economic Telfer-type gold deposits hosted within folded domal structures in Adelaidean strata, which have been intruded during...-
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Hardy (part of the Blue Hills Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 5/10/2017 to 4/10/2022.
The Hardy licence [wrongly named ‘Altimeter’ by the licensee] is situated within the eastern Adelaide Fold Belt north-east of Burra, and is centred 30 km east of Oodla Wirra near the north-western margin of the Murray Basin. The area was considered...-
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Published: 02 Oct 1922
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Martins Well. Annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/1/2019 to 1/1/2021.
An area centred ~80 km east-northeast of Hawker, in the vicinity of the Martins Well Diapir, has been explored for possible economic buried epigenetic occurrences within Adelaidean metasediments of gold, silver, cobalt, copper and manganese...-
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Published: 07 Jun 1921
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Hallett. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/5/2013 to 22/5/2018.
Exploration for possible buried vein style copper-gold mineralisation, that may have formed in contact metamorphosed hornfelsic rocks adjacent to an inferred buried Delamerian or younger mafic intrusive body, has been conducted in a preliminary...-
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Published: 22 May 1918
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Craigie Plains [not 'Eudunda']. Annual report from 22/2/2016 to full surrender 08/03/2023.
Exploration licence 5747 covers 955 square km located ~ 110 km north-east of Adelaide, on the eastern side of the Mount Lofty Ranges. It forms part of SeeSaw Resources “Bower Project” and forms a down-facing “horseshoe” shape that loops from Craigie...-
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Published: 08 May 1923
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Clare. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 14/2/86 to 13/8/87.
TARGET: Copper and gold in structurally controlled replacement zones within Torrensian Burra Group sediments. EXPLORATION: Rock chip sampling in an area of previously reported anomalous gold in fine-grained sediments, and the conduct of complex...-
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Published: 10 Oct 1987
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Anabama North and Anabama (the Anabama JV Project). Data release made at licences' joint full surrender: joint annual reports for the period 1/5/2008 to 18/12/2014.
An area centred ~50 km south-east of Manna Hill township on the Barrier Highway was taken up to explore for possible economic buried epithermal, VHMS style copper-gold or other base and precious metal mineralisation which could have formed within...-
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Ulooloo. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/7/1986 to 6/3/1989.
TARGET: Economic fine-grained, Telfer style gold mineralisation occurring as syngenetic stratabound deposits formed in sedimentary basins during or soon after periods of basin subsidence and instability. The eastern limb of the large, overturned...-
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Published: 22 Feb 1989
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Australia Plains [not 'Brownlow']. Annual reports from 22/2/2016 to full surrender 08/03/2023.
Exploration Licence 5744 covers 661 square km located ~120 km north-east of Adelaide, on the eastern side of the Mount Lofty Ranges. It forms a part of SeeSaw Resources' Brownlow Project. Basement outcrop within the tenement is limited to Adelaidean...-
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Published: 08 May 1923
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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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Terowie. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/10/1974 to 20/10/1976.
Known, previously worked anomalous surface copper, lead, zinc and gold occurrences within gossanous basal Burra Group metasediments located on the flanks of the overturned Ulooloo Anticline, have been investigated with 1:2500 scale geological mapping,...-
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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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