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Emmie Bluff. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 28/10/1978 to 11/2/1983.
Ongoing exploration for Olympic Dam-style Cu-Au-U mineralisation, over an area centred ~15 km south-east of Arcoona Homestead, during this period comprised 3D geophysical modelling of possible source geometries for, and RC drilling (10 holes, total...-
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RB 55/00006;Amdel 00126 Accessory minerals of South Australian granites.
The purpose of the work described was to compare and contrast the petrography, accessory minerals, and absolute ages of 25 granitic and allied rock samples collected from widely scattered localities in South Australia. The processes that are...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1961
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RB 93/00004 Tarcoola - Tallaringa bedrock drilling 1991. Summary.
Archaean and Early and Middle Proterozoic rocks of the north-western Gawler Craton have features which suggest good prospectivity for base metals, precious metals and other commodities. However, outcrop is poor and there has been relatively little...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1993
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RB 92/00039 Kingoonya bedrock drilling 1991.
36 reverse circulation drillholes totalling 1448 m (average depth 40.2 m) were drilled to determine the bedrock geology and geochemistry below sedimentary cover, in selected locations on the KINGOONYA 1:250,000 mapsheet area that had been recommended...-
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Published: 01 May 1992
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RB 96/00024 Gawler Ranges drilling report 1994.
The Mesoproterozoic Gawler Range Volcanics - Hiltaba Granite Suite - related Olympic Dam style Cu-U-Au mineralisation, and Menninnie Dam replacement style Pb-Zn-Ag mineralisation, have served to raise the prospectivity of rocks in and underlying the...-
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Published: 12 Sep 1996
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-04, Churchill Dam area iron oxide - associated copper-gold and uranium mineral prospect. Project interim and final reports.
EL 3511 licensee Debnal and its joint venture partner Venture Minerals are exploring an area of the eastern Gawler Craton having a predicted high potential for the discovery of Olympic Dam type iron oxide - associated copper-gold-uranium (IOCG-U)...-
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Heartbreak Hill. First partial surrender report, for the period 27/9/1996 to May 1999.
Regional and infill calcrete sampling over two now relinquished licence sub-areas lying respectively 10 km north and 25 km south-east of Tarcoola identified minor, slightly elevated Au and Cu values in both areas. Follow-up rock chip sampling and...-
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Poochera. Annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 8/1/1996 to 15/1/2000.
As part of a search for structurally related Ernest Henry - style Cu-Au mineralisation and other possible polymetallic deposits, analysis of aeromagnetic data obtained from an area 60-100 km east to north-east of Streaky Bay indicated the presence of...-
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Tarcoola - Tallaringa Bedrock Drilling Project.
Archaean, Early and Middle Proterozoic rocks of the north-western Gawler Craton have features which suggest good prospectivity for base metals, precious metals and other commodities. However, outcrop is poor and there has been relatively little...-
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Roopena and Iron Knob. Joint progress reports, joint annual reports and final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 22/4/1992 to 23/2/2000.
Exploration for Mount Isa style, Fe-oxide associated Cu-Au mineralisation has targeted Whyalla Group metasediments and associated Hiltaba Suite granitic intrusions within a 110 km long x 15 km wide, north - south aligned corridor situated west of...-
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Minnipa. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial relinquishment report : annual reports for the period 7/6/1996 to 6/6/1999.
Within an area spanning the Eyre Highway between Pygery and Karcultaby, acquisition of an airborne magnetic/radiometric survey was followed by calcrete geochemical sampling. Twenty-eight aircore holes (total 1616 m) were drilled at three prospects to...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1999
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Kokatha. Annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 20/10/1994 to 8/2/2001.
Calcrete, stream sediment, rock chip and soil geochemical sampling were carried out 30 km south-west of Kingoonya over magnetic features, Archaean metabasalts, and contacts of Hiltaba Suite with Gawler Range Volcanics. RAB drilling (80 holes, total...-
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Menninnie Dam (part of the Fleurieu - Menninnie Dam Exploration Joint Venture Project). Combined annual report for the 5-year period 24/9/2005 to 26/10/2010, plus annual reports for the period 27/10/2010 to 26/10/2012.
During the 5-year period 2005-2010, intensified exploration undertaken at Menninnie Dam was focussed on the discovery and delineation of structurally controlled hydrothermal Pb-Zn-Ag mineralisation. Carbonate-rich Hutchison Group metasediments forming...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Acropolis South and North Roxby. Joint annual reports for the period 26/4/2003 to 3/5/2009.
Exploration for possible economic deposits of buried, Mesoproterozoic basement-hosted IOCG-U style mineralisation is being conducted over two separate multiple-block licence areas in the Olympic Dam district, EL 2931 (Acropolis South) and EL 2932...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Nonning (latterly part of Terramin's Menninnie Zinc Project). Annual reports for the period 30/3/2006 to 30/11/2012.
An area centred ~70 km north of Kimba, which also lies about 7 km north of the Menninnie Dam lead-zinc-silver deposit, was taken up to explore for possible buried economic volcanic epithermal/hydrothermal Mesoproterozoic Fe-rich Cu-Au mineralisation...-
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Uno Range (part of the East Eyre Peninsula Project). First partial surrender report, for the period 1/8/2011 to 31/7/2018.
A licence consisting of two separate sub-blocks located ~30 km west-northwest of Iron Knob is being explored for possible economic buried Paris type epithermal/hydrothermal gold and silver mineralisation, as well as for Menninnie Dam type...-
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Published: 05 Oct 1918
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Data release (in part made in lieu of submitting a second partial surrender report) : Uno Range (part of the East Eyre Peninsula Project). Annual reports for the period 1/8/2011 to 31/7/2020.
A licence consisting of two separate sub-blocks located ~30 km west-northwest of Iron Knob is being explored for possible economic buried Paris type epithermal/hydrothermal gold and silver mineralisation, as well as for Menninnie Dam type...-
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Published: 18 Dec 1920
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Data release - as updated : Western Lake Gairdner. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/2/2011 to 21/2/2018.
An area centred ~100 km south-east of Tarcoola is being explored for possible economic buried Carrapateena or Prominent Hill style IOCG and polymetallic skarn style mineralisation which may be associated with zones of elevated relief seen in existing...-
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Published: 29 May 1918
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Data release - as updated : Lake Harris. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 15/2/2012 to 14/2/2019.
An area centred ~90 km south-east of Tarcoola and adjacent to the western shore of Lake Gairdner is being explored for possible economic buried Carrapateena or Prominent Hill style IOCG and polymetallic skarn style mineralisation which may be...-
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Published: 20 Mar 1919
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Morgans (part of the East Eyre Peninsula Project). Annual reports for the period 17/1/2012 to 16/1/2019.
An area of mainly covered bedrock consisting of two separate sub-blocks bordering the south-eastern Gawler Ranges, which is considered prospective for finding buried hypogene IOCG mineralisation and possible stratiform and metamorphic base metals in a...-
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Published: 21 Mar 1918