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A petrographic study of regolith samples from the Challenger Project, Gawler Craton, South Australia.
60 weathered rock samples collected from the overburden to the Challenger gold deposit in South Australia have been studied using petrographic and carbonate staining methods. Most of the samples represent near-surface regolith materials taken from...-
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Published: 26 Feb 1998
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Unlocking South Australia's Mineral and Energy Potential - A Plan for Accelerating Exploration. Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry) : Year 3 partnership no. DPY3-22, Barton West heavy mineral sand prospect. Project final report.
Previous drilling in 2005, undertaken as part of another PACE project, DPY2-52, discovered significant occurrences of heavy mineral sands within an area of 15 km x 5 km in the southern part of EL 3092 (the Notrab prospect). These sands were...-
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Tarcoola. Data release made in lieu of a 25% first partial relinquishment at licence renewal: [Part 1 of 2] progress reports for the period 7/6/1978 to 19/4/1984.
In 1978 exploratory rotary drilling (11 holes, total 629 m) for inferred sediment-hosted roll-front uranium orebodies buried beneath salt lake topographic depressions east of Tarcoola intersected low levels of uranium (max 14 ppm) at fresh water /...-
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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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Mount Finke. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/3/1987 to 28/9/1989.
TARGET: Gold in the Mount Finke region. EXPLORATION: A photogeological study, aerial magnetic and radiometric surveys, image processing of aeromagnetic data reprocessed by the BMR, a regional geophysical interpretation, ground magnetic traverses,...-
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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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Malbooma (part of the Tarcoola Joint Venture Project). Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/1/1983 to 1/3/1985.
Following the partial relinquishment of 481 square km of EL 859 on 30/3/1983, exploration continued for stratiform Pb-Zn within the Carpentarian Tarcoola Beds within an east-west trending trough, or half-graben, seen on magnetics in the Wilgena Hill...-
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Published: 18 Oct 1984