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RB 78/00117 Bumbarlow 1 - Well completion report.
Bumbarlow 1 (TD 720.33 m) aimed to test the lithology and petroleum potential of the Cambrian section in the central part of the eastern Arrowie Basin. It continuously cored a sequence over 300 m thick of flat-lying Proterozoic sediments interbedded...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1978
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RB 77/00037;RB 00802 Palynology of selected samples from the Poontana Structure, Frome Embayment.
18 drill cuttings samples taken from 4 mineral exploration holes were examined for making palynological age determinations. 11 samples were variously identified as being sediments of Middle Miocene freshwater or Early Cretaceous marine facies.-
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Published: 23 Mar 1977
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RB 90/00077 Skeleton 2. Well completion report.
Skeleton 2 penetrated sediments of the eastern Lake Eyre Basin, the Frome Embayment, and granitic basement of the Mount Painter Ridge. The hole records the southernmost known occurrence of Cadna-owie Formation in the Frome Embayment. Unexpectedly,...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1990
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Mundaerno South. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/7/2007 to 22/7/2014.
A small area centred ~33 km north-west of Cockburn and ~26 km south-southeast of the Honeymoon deposit has been explored for possible buried, calcrete hosted secondary uranium deposits that may have formed in Quaternary valley fill sediments, and also...-
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Published: 20 Feb 1914
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Paralana Creek (part of the Beverley Project). Annual reports for the period 29/9/2009 to 15/11/2015.
Work undertaken on EL 4378 during the 2009-2010 reporting year included the drilling of 478 vertical rotary mud holes totalling 132,960 m, and core drilling totalling 4117 m performed in 16 of these holes for stratigraphic unit / resource...-
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Published: 24 Dec 1915
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Lake Callabonna area (part of the Lake Elder Project). First partial surrender report, for the period 19/3/1998 to 18/3/2001.
Exploration for sedimentary uranium consisted of research and compilation of previous drilling data, including lithological logs, gamma logs and redox interface distribution maps. Such information compiled from six historical drillholes located in...-
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Yarramba. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 8/3/1976 to 7/3/1978.
Ongoing exploration for sedimentary uranium ore deposited in buried 1.5 - 6 km wide and 50 m thick Tertiary palaeochannels in the Yarramba area, located adjacent to the SA-NSW border 50 km northwest of Cockburn, included three detailed and...-
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Published: 17 Apr 1978
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Curnamona [Sedimentary Uranium Exploration] Project. Joint annual report for the calendar year 2012.
During 2012, Afmeco conducted a fourth exploratory drilling campaign spread over six of its eight Curnamona Project tenements, which was designed to test the extensions of the Erudina, Yarramba and Coolibah Palaeochannels, as well as probing in basin...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Lake Callabonna. Annual reports for the period 6/12/2013 to 5/12/2018.
In continuing exploration of a fragmented licence area consisting of four separate small sub-blocks located just short distances to the south and south-east of Lake Callabonna, the JV partners are pursuing the same targets as previously, including...-
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Published: 22 Jan 1919
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Frome North. Annual reports for the period 19/8/2013 to 18/8/2016.
An area in the south-west of the Frome Embayment, that is centred ~80 km south-southeast of the Beverley uranium mine, has been taken up to explore for possible buried palaeochannel and sandstone hosted roll front style secondary uranium...-
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Published: 08 Sep 1916
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : North Mulga, Wooltana and Paralana areas (Frome Basin Project). Joint annual reports for the period 24/9/2012 to 31/12/2018.
The continuation of Heathgate's programme of exploration for economic buried Tertiary sediment-hosted uranium mineralisation within part of the north-western Frome Embayment during 2012-2013 has comprised exploratory drilling of 36 vertical rotary mud...-
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Benagerie. Progress reports and annual reports, plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/11/1979 to 9/3/1989.
TARGET: Sedimentary uranium in Tertiary sandstone, plus Olympic Dam type copper-gold mineralisation and Broken Hill or Mount Isa type stratiform base metal mineralisation in the underlying basement rocks. EXPLORATION: Stratigraphic drilling (162...-
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Curnamona. First partial surrender report for the period 2/7/1976 to 1/7/1977.
In a search for possible economic sedimentary uranium deposits, a resistivity survey and a 19 hole, 2818 m reconnaissance open hole rotary drilling and downhole geophysical logging programme were carried out in parts of the Tertiary Curnamona...-
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Published: 25 Jul 1977
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Lake Namba. Progress and final reports for the period 4/11/1975 to 26/10/1981.
TARGET: Sedimentary uranium deposits in the Lower Tertiary sediments overlying the Mesozoic Frome Embayment and Cambrian Moorowie Syncline stratigraphic succession, adjacent to and overlying the western flank of the Proterozoic Benagerie Ridge....-
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Lake Coontayunta. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 4/1/1979 to 18/12/1979.
An exploration licence area covering the projected northerly trending, buried portion of the Precambrian Benagerie Ridge basement was taken up by CRA to explore principally for possible secondary sandstone-hosted uranium mineralisation in Tertiary and...-
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Published: 30 Nov 1979
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RB 2015/00011 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia – Third edition.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2013–2014, South Australia produced 4399 t of uranium, representing 80% of Australia’s total uranium production of 5512 t, and equating to 9.2% of the world’s total...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2015
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RB 2012/00009 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia – Second edition.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2010–11, South Australia produced 4276 t of uranium, representing 60% of Australia’s total uranium production of 7035 t, and equating to 11% of the world’s total...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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RB 2009/00010 Curnamona Province exploration review and mineral systems.
Uranium has been the mainstay of mineral exploration and mining in the Curnamona Province of South Australia since the early prospecting activity at Radium Hill in 1906 and Mount Painter in 1910. Larger scale mining and exploration began after the...-
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Published: 01 Jun 2009
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RB 2009/00014 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2008/2009, South Australia produced 4 613 t of uranium, representing 45% of Australia's total uranium production of 10 311 t, and equating to 9.5% of the world's...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2010
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Honeymoon Uranium Project update.
The Honeymoon and East Kalkaroo sedimentary uranium deposits, located approximately 400 km north-east of Adelaide and 75 km north-west of Broken Hill, are natural concentrations of uranium minerals occurring in the Tertiary age Yarramba Palaeochannel,...-
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