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Ediacara. Progress reports and technical reports for the period November 1962 to April 1967.
TARGET: Mississippi Valley - type stratiform lead and copper mineralisation formed near the base of the Cambrian sedimentary sequence on the Ediacara structure. EXPLORATION: Initially, in 1962, the company reviewed the progress of then occurring SADM...-
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Published: 12 Apr 1967
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RB 2014/00002 Carbonate hosted Pb-Zn-Ag deposits. exploration using light hydrocarbons as pathfinders.
Surveys recently conducted in England, Ireland and Australia have shown that there are major spatial variations in the 'light' [molecular weight] hydrocarbon gas content of rocks which are closely related to the presence of underlying mineralisation....-
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Published: 01 Jul 1995
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Balcanoona and Wertaloona. Progress reports to licences' joint expiry/renewal, for the period 20/8/1965 to 19/8/1966.
Examination of an historically worked occurrence of stratiform base metal mineralisation near Balcanoona in the central Flinders Ranges, 50 miles east of Copley, has involved intensive geochemical sampling of abandoned mine adits, old dumps,...-
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Beltana - Aroona region. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 16/7/1971 to 15/7/1972.
Continuing prospect exploration work at the Beltana zinc orebody discovery has consisted of detailed geological mapping at 1:4 800 scale, rock chip sampling of outcropping Adelaidean and Cambrian sediments, field investigation of microgravity...-
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Mount Aroona. Progress reports for the period 23/9/1968 to 22/9/1970.
Exploration for Beltana - type stratabound, hydrothermal related base metal deposits in an area situated south-west of Copley consisted of regional, ground and helicopter-assisted geological mapping at 1:4800 scale, photointerpretation of structural...-
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Report on investigations in Wertaloona Special Mining Lease, South Australia.
Mapping at 1 inch:100 feet scale and chip sampling of oxidised copper mineralisation in joints and shears in quartzite revealed an area of very low grade mineralisation 2400 feet in length in which a small proportion of richer pockets average 0.54% Cu.-
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Published: 12 Sep 1963
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Beltana. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 14/12/1973 to 13/12/1975.
A geological and geochemical appraisal made of various mines and prospects in the Beltana area has sugggested that only those situated nearest the Nuccaleena Diapir are the most likely to yield drilling success in the search for significant extensions...-
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Ediacara Mineral Field. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 11/3/1968 to 14/1/1969.
A re-investigation of the remnant mineralisation potential of the Ediacara Mineral Field has involved a review of SA Department of Mines' (SADM) diamond drillhole data, the selective re-sampling of diamond drill core intervals for assay, detailed...-
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Angepena. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 18/12/1967 to 17/12/1969.
Geological and geochemical investigations undertaken in the vicinity of the historic Mucatoona copper occurrence indicate that the Angepena ?diapiric breccia zones have no potential for hosting economic mineralisation. There is only a marginal...-
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Kanyaka. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/8/1966 to 31/10/1967.
As part of a regional search for possible economic stratabound Early Palaeozoic base metal deposits, Kennecott Explorations carried out stream sediment sampling and geological mapping of the Kanyaka Syncline, plus more intensive near-mine exploration...-
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Published: 05 Oct 1967
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Ediacara Range. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 16/3/1973 to 15/3/1975.
Results of rotary percussion / diamond core drilling of 3 holes (total penetration 532.2 m, of which 341.2 m was cored) near the Black Eagle mine on the western margin of the Cambrian Ediacara Sub-basin, plus a reinterpretation of previous drilling...-
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Published: 07 Mar 1975
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ExpNotes PARACHILNA (v2): Explanatory Notes PARACHILNA (second edition, 1999), SH 54-13.
The PARACHILNA map area (31 to 32°S, 138 to 139.5°E) occupies the central Flinders Ranges which are made up of folded, mostly marine sedimentary Neoproterozoic and Cambrian rocks of the Adelaide Geosyncline, and adjoining plains underlain by Cainozoic...-
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