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RB 97/00028 Reconnaissance granite sampling of the Mesoproterozoic Hiltaba Suite granite on northern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, for dimension stone.
Reconnaissance sampling of Mesoproterozoic Hiltaba Suite granite on northern Eyre Peninsula, to identify all potentially quarryable granite varieties, was carried out by MESA during 1996/97. A total of 157 outcrops were inspected and 99 samples...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1998
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RB 90/00054 Provenance and accumulation of coarse-grained sand on Silica Beach, Baird Bay, Eyre Peninsula.
Silica Beach, 45 km SSE of Streaky Bay, is the source of a well sorted and well rounded, very coarse-grained sand, extracted in limited quantities since 1970 for filtration and other uses at Whyalla Steelworks. Sand and gravel are derived locally from...-
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Published: 01 May 1990
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Lake Labyrinth (part of the Gawler Joint Venture Project). Data release made at the surrender of a subsequently renewed licence (EL 3252) : annual reports for the period 27/7/1994 to 26/7/1999.
Exploration for possible economic buried magmatic/epithermal/hydrothermal/metamorphic gold and copper deposits, which may have formed within Archaean and Proterozoic basement rocks in an area located approximately 24 km north-west of Kingoonya,...-
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Streaky Bay Lakes. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal on 18/2/1999: progress reports for the period 19/2/1993 to 18/2/1995.
At the subject licence's Year 6 expiry/renewal on 18/2/1999, a partial relinquishment of 190 square km or ~49.35% of the former area of EL 2489 was effected, in the form of two separate ground portions covering its northern and southern ends. To...-
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Published: 13 Mar 1900
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Cocunda and Calca (Poochera Kaolin Project). Progress reports, annual reports, and final reports to licences' full surrender, for the period 12/5/1986 to 28/3/2002.
Kaolin, derived mainly from deep weathering of Hiltaba Suite granites, was the principal target of exploration in the area south and south-west from Poochera, near Streaky Bay on western Eyre Peninsula. Following a review made of historic drillhole...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mullaquana (part of the Mullaquana, later called Samphire, Uranium Project). Annual reports for the period 20/11/2009 to 19/11/2018.
During licence Year 4, UraniumSA undertook the following work on EL 3652: - pattern drilling of 232 rotary mud holes totalling 18,416 m, targeting the Blackbush and Plumbush prospects. - core drilling totalling 876 m in 8 holes, to characterise...-
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Published: 03 Dec 1918
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Whichelby. Annual reports for the period 18/9/2012 to 17/9/2015.
An area centred ~20 km east of Streaky Bay is being explored for bulk commodity industrial minerals deposits including gypsum and kaolin. The Carey’s Well kaolin deposit (Measured Resource 16.3 Mt of “bright white” kaolinised granite) is located ~8 km...-
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Published: 08 Feb 1916
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Hall. Annual reports for the period 23/7/2013 to 22/7/2015.
An area extending inland between Baird Bay and Venus Bay, 50-80 km South-east of Streaky Bay, has been taken up to explore for significant buried occurrences kaolin associated with the deep Cenozoic weathering of Proterozoic granite, in order to...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Gunson (part of the Mount Gunson Project). Annual reports for the period 15/7/1994 to 17/10/2008 [ Index Part 4 of 4 ].
During licence Year 12, following encouraging results made by its continuing exploratory drilling, Gunson Resources was able to negotiate a joint venture over the Mount Gunson Project tenements with Falconbridge Limited through its subsidiary Noranda...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Tootla. Annual reports for the period 6/6/2009 to 13/10/2015.
During the 2009-2010 reporting year, Great Southern Kaolin Pty Ltd (GSK)'s activities comprised: - commissioning the pilot plant at the fabrication site in Kingaroy, Qld, in May-June 2010, and processing about 2 t of kaolinised granite through it to...-
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Whichelby (part of the Poochera Kaolin Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/9/2012 to 17/9/2022.
The Great White Kaolin Project (previously the Poochera Kaolin Project), until recently, comprised four Exploration Licences operated by Andromeda Industrial Minerals Pty Ltd, namely, EL 6096 Whichelby, EL 6202 Mount Hall, EL 6426 Mount Cooper and EL...-
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Published: 03 Dec 1922
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Thermoluminescence studies of a uraniferous Tertiary palaeochannel, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia. (Appendix 1 to progress report on EL 1214, Dunn Hill, for period ending 18/2/1986).
The research project's aims were : 1. to apply thermoluminescence (TL) methods to the uraniferous Narlaby Palaeochannel 2. to study the granite palaeochannel basement as a possible source of uranium. Artificial TL applied to 162 samples revealed...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Commonwealth Hill, Commonwealth Hill Station - Central and East, and Aurora Tank areas (the Commonwealth Hill Project). Joint annual reports for the period 1/7/2013 to 30/6/2018.
During the sixth year of the project, base metals exploration was focussed on the Mars-Aurora Tank, Wirrida and Bundi prospects using ground gravity and IP survey methods. Some trial magnetotelluric and audio-frequency magnetotelluric survey profiles...-
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Published: 05 Sep 1918
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SADM / Amdel Project 1/1/122 : Geochronology of the younger granites of the Gawler Block and its north-western margin. Progress reports 1-32 for the period 10/7/1969 to 2/3/1982.
A SADM project to attempt to determine the ages of the youngest granites of the Gawler Block, of its north-western margin, and of known subsurface granites in the Officer and Eucla Basins, was initiated with Amdel in July 1969. The project aims to...-
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Wudinna and Chilpuddie Hill. Progress reports and partial relinquishment/final reports, respectively, for the period 30/7/1985 to 29/7/1990.
TARGET: Exploration in the Minnipa - Kyancutta region for uranium in Recent lake sediments, heavy mineral sands in Tertiary palaeochannels, base and precious metals in basement rocks, and diamonds associated with possible kimberlitic intrusions....-
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Published: 02 Aug 1990
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Nilginee Dam. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 15/3/1993 to 14/3/1998.
A low-lying small area situated 40 km west of Whyalla has been explored primarily for economic gypsum occurrences within Recent surficial sediments, while latterly, a search for metallic minerals has also commenced, via a geological survey of basement...-
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Oak Dam (part of the Gawler Craton Joint Venture Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 17/7/2006 to 16/7/2011.
EL 3603, located on the Stuart Shelf approximately 50 km south of Olympic Dam, was taken under licence to explore for possible economic iron oxide - associated copper-gold-uranium (IOCG-U) deposits of Olympic Dam style that may have formed in...-
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Published: 28 Sep 1911
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Tarcoola. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 2/6/2003 to 1/6/2008.
Exploration Licence 3089 is located in the central Gawler Craton and is centred near the township of Tarcoola. Continuation of tenure over the same area, from former ELs 1827 and 2510, was renewed by Gravity Capital Ltd on 2/6/2003, and full licence...-
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Peterlumbo, Botenella Range, Lake Gilles [West], Eurilla Dam, Wilcherry Hill, Uno, Mount Miccollo and Tin Hut Hill (the Wilcherry Hill Project). Joint annual reports for the period 6/6/2002 to 31/10/2008. [Index Part 1 of 2].
Aquila Resources took up ownership of the much previously-explored ground comprising the Wilcherry Hill Project with the intent of exploring for the first time the iron oxide - associated copper-gold & uranium (IOCG-U) mineralisation potential of...-
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Published: 31 Dec 1908
