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Bundulla. Progress reports for the period 24/5/79 to 19/10/82.
Airborne and ground magnetic surveys were conducted in the Bundulla area of the Nullarbor Plain (SA), prior to drilling a prominent circular aeromagnetic feature. 2 percussion/rotary mud holes, each drilled to TD 369.5 m, penetrated crystalline...-
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RB 96/00043 Report on a transient electromagnetic survey around Garford Palaeochannel, SA.
There are no known major groundwater resources in the Garford area, which borders the Barton and Ooldea Ranges dunefield and Great Victoria Desert southwest of Coober Pedy. The groundwater that is used by graziers for stock watering occurs in...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1996
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Watraba (part of the Watraba Project). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 6/6/2005 to 3/4/2009.
Exploration of an onshore area located in the vicinity of Watraba aimed to discover beach or shallow marine placer concentrations of zircon-rich heavy mineral sands, possibly formed within significant thicknesses of prospective Upper Tertiary Ooldea...-
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Published: 20 May 1909
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-10, Watraba (eastern Eucla Basin) heavy mineral sands prospect. Project final report.
This partly PACE-funded drilling project aimed to discover a heavy mineral sand deposit along the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin in the EL 3363 Watraba project area, located 40 kilometres north to north-west of Ceduna. Drilling tested an...-
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Published: 18 Dec 1906
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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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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : North-western Eyre Peninsula (eastern Eucla Basin) heavy mineral sands exploration tenement group [Group 3]. Joint annual reports for the period 1/7/2004 to 31/5/2010. [Index part 2 of 2].
Within the subject south-eastern Eucla Basin tenements, Iluka's ongoing exploration has targeted the Tertiary-aged beach sands deposited during the five marine incursions that occurred from the Middle Eocene to the Pliocene, with a focus on exploring...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1910
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Dunn Hill, Wallala Hill and Mount Centre. Progress report plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 14/2/1989 to 16/6/1989.
TARGET: Possible heavy mineral placer or sedimentary uranium deposits within the Narlaby Palaeochannel in the Nunjikompita - Hiltaba areas on western Eyre Peninsula. EXPLORATION: Reverse circulation drilling traverses (50 holes totalling 1213 m),...-
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Published: 31 Jul 1989
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Wirrulla, Cungena, Mortana, Kolballa and Calca. Joint progress reports and joint final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 18/8/1989 to 17/12/1991.
TARGET: Possible heavy mineral sands emplaced within Tertiary sediments in the Wirulla, Poochera, Inkster and Streaky Bay areas. EXPLORATION: Reconnaissance 10-15 km spaced and infill 100 m spaced reverse circulation drilling to pre-Tertiary basement...-
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Kolballa. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 31/8/1990 to 15/7/1992.
TARGET: (Stockdale) Diamonds in the Elliston region, related to possible kimberlite primary sources that may be associated with the deep-seated Polda Trough structural feature; (BHP) Mineral sands in Tertiary sediments. EXPLORATION: Stockdale...-
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Indooroopilly. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 23/2/1977 to 19/10/1977.
TARGET: Possible sedimentary uranium occurrences where radiometric anomalies are associated with playa lakes in the lower reaches of the Garford Palaeochannel. EXPLORATION: Ground magnetic and radiometric surveys over 4 lakes, ground reconnaissance...-
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Cummins. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 11/11/1971 to 10/11/1972.
In order to appraise a potentially economic discovery of very pure, high reflectivity kaolin clay located near Kapinnie on southern Eyre Peninsula, a drilling programme is planned by Endeavour Oil which aims to outline around 33 million tons of kaolin...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1972
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Fowlers Bay North. Annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/8/2008 to 3/8/2010.
Within an area located approximately 110 km north-west of Ceduna, exploration has primarily been directed at assessing the heavy mineral sands potential of Tertiary Eucla Basin shoreline sediments, with an additional objective of determining the base...-
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Published: 31 May 1911
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Wildingi Claypan (part of the Central Gawler Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 5/10/2005 to 13/1/2015.
Two separate small areas located just north of Comet Outstation, that were originally taken up to explore for possible diamonds and Triassic-Jurassic kimberlite intrusions that could be associated with intensely faulted shallow basement, have also...-
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Published: 19 Dec 1914
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Data release - as updated : Ooldea. Annual reports, fourth partial surrender report, and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/11/2003 to 1/4/2016.
A small licence area located 170 km north-northwest of Fowlers Bay in far western South Australia is being explored for possible large occurrences of high grade IOCG mineralisation that may be hosted by Proterozoic basement rocks, and for Tertiary...-
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Published: 21 May 1916
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : North-western Eyre Peninsula (eastern Eucla Basin) heavy mineral sands exploration tenement group [Group 3]. Joint annual reports for the period 1/7/2004 to 31/5/2010. [Index part 1 of 2].
As part of a continuing search for possible economic, zircon-rich Tertiary marine placer mineral sands deposits within its tenement holdings in the eastern Eucla Basin, licensee Iluka Resources carried out scout drilling on ELs 3163, 3201 and 3203...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1910
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Ooldea. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/9/1986 to 1/9/1991.
Exploration for heavy-mineral sand in Tertiary sediments on the south-western flank of the Ooldea Range comprised geological reconnaissance and RC drilling (81 holes, total 1204 m). Up to 3% titaniferous heavy minerals were reported from drill samples.-
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Tallacootra. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/11/1975 to 2/8/1976.
A largely soil and dune-covered area bordering the eastern side of the Nullarbor Plain near Lake Tallacootra was investigated initially for possible Precambrian metasedimentary iron ore ocurrences, that may be associated with a number of narrow...-
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ExpNotes BARTON: Explanatory Notes BARTON
Shallow Precambrian crystalline basement underlies the greater part of the BARTON 1:250 000 map area. Thicker Neoproterozoic, Cambrian and Carboniferous Permian sediments occur in the northwest, with the southern margin bounded by the Karari Fault...-
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Murat Bay (part of the Watraba Project). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 6/6/2005 to 3/4/2009.
Exploration of an onshore area located immediately north of Murat Bay aimed to discover beach or shallow marine placer concentrations of zircon-rich heavy mineral sands, possibly formed within significant thicknesses of prospective Upper Tertiary...-
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Published: 22 May 1909
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Ooldea. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/11/1972 to 15/11/1973.
In a search for possible economic roll-front sedimentary uranium deposits thought to be hosted by Middle Eocene Pidinga Formation fluvial and lacustrine terrestrial sediments deposited in the eastern Eucla Basin, 13 scout RAB/RC open holes were...-
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