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Comet Outstation, Gina Outstation, Commonwealth Hill Station - Central and East, and Aurora Tank areas (the Commonwealth Hill Project). Joint annual reports for the period 15/12/2008 to 30/6/2013.
A group of contiguous exploration licences centred ~100 km south-west of Coober Pedy are being explored principally for epithermal and Challenger-style gold mineralisation hosted by covered Archaean basement rocks, as well as for any economic base...-
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Published: 31 Aug 1913
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Commonwealth Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/non-renewal, for the period 9/8/2012 to 8/8/2017.
An area centred ~20 km north of the Challenger gold mine has been explored for possible buried primary Challenger type basement gold lodes and also for secondary roll-front style uranium mineralisation that may be hosted in buried Tertiary fluvial...-
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Published: 14 Nov 1915
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Lake Anthony. Quarterly reports, first joint annual report (with SML 711) and joint final report to licence full surrender, for the period 1/9/1971 to 31/5/1973.
An area located just to the east of the edge of the Nullarbor Plain, occupied by many scattered large and small salt lakes surrounded by sand dunes, with Precambrian basement [of the western Gawler Craton] subcropping near the surface, has been...-
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Published: 26 Jun 1973
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Pimbaacla, Tallaringa, Lake Acraman no. 1 and Lake Acraman no. 2 areas. Combined joint first progress / final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 9/9/1968 to 8/3/1969.
A field investigation to detect possible sources for some radioactivity anomalies located in four separate areas, that were recognised on one mile - spaced regional north - south airborne radiometric survey data profiles which had been flown by the...-
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Wirrida. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/4/1980 to 6/6/1983.
A large area centred ~95 km north of Tarcoola was explored initially by grant licensee Afmeco for possible buried economic epithermal / hydrothermal / fault controlled primary uranium mineralisation that may have formed in outcropping or shallowly...-
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Mount Eba, Lake Labyrinth and Gosse Range areas (north of Kingoonya). Progress reports and final report to licences' joint surrender, for the period 13/11/1979 to 22/2/1984.
After conducting low level aeromagnetic and radiometric surveys plus ground magnetic and gravity surveys during 1980 and 1981, in a search for possible syngenetic or stratiform base and precious metal deposits, Amoco drilled 6 rotary percussion holes...-
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Commonwealth Hill Station - East (part of the Commonwealth Hill Project). Second partial surrender report, for the period 2/7/2007 to 1/7/2019.
Two portions in the north and south of the subject licence area, with a combined total area of 45 square km, have been surrendered due to their now perceived diminished prospectivity for iron ore, gold, uranium and base metals. During the period of...-
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Published: 30 Jan 1920
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Commonwealth Hill area (the Eaglehawk Joint Venture Project). Annual reports for the period 22/6/2012 to 21/6/2017.
An area centred ~115 km south-west of Coober Pedy is being explored for possible economic buried precious and/or base metal mineralisation (including iron ore) that may exist in predominantly buried Archaean or younger Proterozoic basement rocks, as...-
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Published: 29 Aug 1917
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Tarcoola and Malbooma. Data release made in lieu of a partial relinquishment at licences' expiry/renewal: progress reports for the period 7/6/1978 to 19/1/1983.
Exploration work included geophysical surveys, reprocessing of airborne radiometric data, and rotary and diamond drilling (237 holes totalling 5975 m; total depths from 3-55 m) in a search for sedimentary uranium in Tertiary palaeochannels, and gold...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1983
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Warrior (part of the Central Gawler Project). Annual reports for the period 17/2/2010 to 20/6/2015.
During the sixth licence year, in February 2011, new licence owner Marmota Energy Limited ('Marmota') undertook a reconnaissance biogeochemical survey at the Pundinya prospect, collecting 54 x 30 g grab samples of vegetation of Mulga trees, in the...-
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Published: 06 Oct 1915
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Commonwealth Hill Station - Central (part of the Commonwealth Hill Project). Second partial surrender report, for the period 11/5/2007 to 10/5/2017.
Six separate portions of the subject licence, with a combined total area of 35 square km, have been surrendered due to their now perceived diminished prospectivity for iron ore, gold, uranium, PGEs and base metals. During the period of their tenure,...-
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Published: 04 Dec 1917
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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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Jumbuck Outstation (Commonwealth Hill Station). Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 25/4/1979 to 24/4/1981.
Anomalies defined from an 800 m E-W line - spaced airborne magnetic survey that was flown in the Jumbuck Outstation area were resolved by ground magnetic survey follow-up and then were tested in 17 rotary percussion drillholes totalling 1398 m. The...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Lake Labyrinth West - Lake Harris West area (the Glenloth JV Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 25/5/1998 to 10/7/2008.
Continued exploration for Archaean lode-style gold and Mesoproterozoic Hiltaba Suite granite-related hydrothermal Cu-Au within the retained southern former subarea 'B' of EL 2518 located ~40 km south-east of Tarcoola, where there is also potential...-
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Published: 08 Oct 1908
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Carnding. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 5/7/2005 to 4/7/2009.
EL 3369 is located in the central Gawler Craton, and is centred approximately 35 km west and west-northwest of Tarcoola. The licence area consists of two geographically separate [by ~5 km] blocks – exploration activity in the eastern block has...-
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Data release - as updated : Muckanippie. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/10/2005 to 23/2/2019.
EL 3438 Muckanippie is located in the northern Gawler Craton, on the western margin of the Gawler Range Volcanics Domain, and is centred approximately 60 km north-west of Tarcoola. Basement outcrop on the licence area is sparse, with a thin cover of...-
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Published: 25 Feb 1919
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Trial Well. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 15/6/79 to 4/1/82.
TARGET: An assessment of the potential for uranium and lignite deposits within the Eocene Pidinga Formation, and separate investigations of coincident, possible Olympic Dam target type magnetic and gravity anomalies in the crystalline Precambrian...-
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Warrior. Progress reports for the period 4/4/79 to April 1982.
The licence was relinquished following conduct of intensive exploration in the Malbooma area since 1973. Drilling of 514 percussion holes (totalling 21 355 metres) and 29 cored holes (totalling 1 111 metres) defined widespread uranium mineralisation,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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Lake Harris. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/9/1996 to 12/9/2000.
The area lying immediately south of lakes Gairdner and Harris was considered prospective for concealed Olympic Dam style Cu-Au mineralisation hosted in Archaean to Mesoproterozoic basement rocks of the Gawler Craton. Acquisition of a regional 1 km x...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Painted Hill, Birthday Hill, White Hill, Mount Hawker, The Twins and Balta Baltana (the Mount Woods Project). Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2011 to 31/12/2018.
Exploration activities undertaken on the Mount Woods Project during 2011 comprised: - ongoing target generation and geological interpretation - continued geological and structural interpretation of the Mount Woods Inlier - drilling of 80 rotary...-
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Published: 28 Feb 1919
