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Summary of the previous exploration for stratiform copper and proposed follow-up exploration in the Yudnamutana Hill area, South Australia.
This report summarises the relevant results of previous copper exploration in the Yudnamutana Hill area by Utah Exploration Co. and Australian Aquitaine Petroleum Pty Ltd, and suggests an ongoing exploration programme for stratiform copper. It also...-
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RB 60/00064 O'Donoghues Castle copper prospect, Balcanoona Station.
Irregular oxidised orebodies up to about 3 feet thick, containing copper carbonates, quartz, sphaerocobaltite (cobalt carbonate) and wad (hydrated manganese oxide), occupy both shear zones aligned parallel with bedding, and crush zones developed...-
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Published: 26 Mar 1965
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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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Manners Well. Combined first annual/final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/10/2018 to 1/10/2019.
An intensely faulted and folded area centred ~65 km north-east of Parachilna, where extensive hydrothermal alteration is evident in the Neoproterozoic bedrock, and where considerable past small-scale surface mining activity has occurred, but where no...-
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Narrina. Combined first annual/final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/10/2018 to 1/10/2019.
An intensely faulted and folded metasedimentary area centred ~50 km east-northeast of Blinman, where extensive hydrothermal alteration is evident in the Neoproterozoic bedrock, and where considerable past small-scale surface mining activity has...-
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Yongala. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 4/4/79 to 3/10/80.
In a search for possible concealed kimberlitic, carbonatitic or Cu-U-bearing igneous breccia intrusions within the Adelaidean fold belt succession, across a narrow north-south trending area west of Peterborough, 6 structurally disrupted localities...-
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Mount Norwest (part of the Willouran Ranges Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/cancellation, for the period 8/9/2010 to 7/9/2013.
A search primarily directed at assessing the stratiform copper and magnesite potential of an area centred 50 km south-west of Marree has consisted mainly of office studies comprising the collection and review of open file geoscientific data. Early in...-
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RB 2007/00006 The geology and mineral potential of the PORT AUGUSTA [mapsheet] area, eastern Gawler Craton.
The PORT AUGUSTA 1:250,000 mapsheet area covers the north-eastern part of the Eyre Peninsula, the northern Spencer Gulf and the south-western Flinders Ranges, and extends from latitude 32°00'S to 33°00'S and longitude 136°30'S to 138°00'S. The main...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2007
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Port Pirie. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 21/8/1979 to 30/6/1982.
Continuing exploration for possible buried Mount Gunson and Olympic Dam type copper deposits, or other stratabound base metal occurrences within shelfal facies of Adelaidean sediments or in the pre-Adelaidean Wandearah Formation Carpentarian age...-
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Prince Alfred mine. Second partial surrender report, for the period 9/4/1998 to 8/10/1999.
Areas near the Prince Alfred mine, located approximately 70 km north of Orroroo, were relinquished on the basis of them having either a non-prospective mineral association or too low values of trace metal geochemistry. Anomalous copper and traces of...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1999
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Montacute. Annual report to licence surrender for the period 21/2/2003 to 2/8/2004.
In a search for possible economic base and precious metal mineralisation associated with historic mines located on shear zones in Adelaidean strata, exploration comprising rock chip, soil and stream sediment sampling in the Montacute - Forest Range...-
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Willouran Hill. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 24/8/1998 to 23/8/2000.
A review of previous exploration indicated prospectivity for secondary Cu mineralisation near old workings in the Willouran Hill area, approximately 20 km south-west of Marree. A more systematic evaluation of anomalous Au was also considered to be...-
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River Wakefield - Blyth area. First and final report at licence surrender for the period 10/8/1977 to 9/3/1978.
In a search for possible economic, near-surface Zambian Copperbelt - style syngenetic, stratiform base metal deposits, geochemical samples were taken at 2 m intervals from 39 shallow auger boreholes drilled to an average depth of 14 m into Lower...-
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Scott Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/3/1982 to 17/3/1983.
In a search for possible concealed Olympic Dam type deposits in an area of the Adelaide Geosyncline which straddles part of the south-western margin of the Curnamona Province, two geophysical (gravity/magnetic) targets identified at Bibliando Dome and...-
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Mining leases held over various Mount Lyndhurst Diapir copper mine prospects. Six-monthly returns for the period January - June 1974.
8 diamond drillholes totalling 1597 feet were drilled to test for buried lode extensions at the Avondale lead-zinc mine and for hydrothermal copper mineralisation possibly associated with diorite dykes at the Belliack prospect, where anomalous rock...-
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Wadnaminga. Progress report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/10/1970 to 31/12/1970.
No work - previous data reviewed only.-
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Published: 15 Jan 1971
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Yunta. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/11/1970 to 11/11/1971.
Exploration of an area that surrounds Yunta township, seeking possible economic hydrothermal gold or base metal deposits, has consisted of regional and detailed (1:4800 scale) geological mapping, plus stream sediment geochemical sampling (514...-
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Published: 05 May 1971
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Manna Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 8/10/1970 to 7/10/1971.
Exploration for possible economic base metal sulphides hosted within a 10 square mile block of Carpentarian basement schists and gneiss, or within adjoining younger Adelaidean metasedimentary cover rocks, in an area located just north and west of...-
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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 2021
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Burra Project licence group. Data release made in lieu of submitting partial surrender reports for ELs 6102, 6103, 6158, 6305 and 6306 : joint annual reports for the period 25/1/2018 to 2/12/2020 plus initial annual annual report.
To date exploration in the Burra region of the Adelaide Geosyncline has focussed on historic copper-gold oxide workings, with the aim of delineating further mineralisation along strike, or sulphide mineralisation at depth. Lately however, rather than...-
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Published: 04 Feb 2021
