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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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Mount Chambers. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 13/9/1988 to 12/9/1989.
TARGET: Downdip extensions of known Cambrian stratabound mineralisation occurring at the Eric lead-zinc prospect, principally along a mineralised, disconformable interpreted syn-depositional palaeosurface developed within the Wilkawillina Limestone....-
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Published: 14 Nov 1989
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Parachilna. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 2/4/1970 to 1/4/1971.
Reconnaissance geochemical sampling of the eastern PARACHILNA mapsheet area for sediment-hosted base metal deposits has succeeded in locating several well-defined areas of interest, although approximately two-thirds of the SML area appears to be...-
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Geology and ore genesis, Beltana mine.
Zinc silicate (willemite) mineralisation occurs in a host rock of Lower Cambrian Ajax Limestone, which represents part of a sequence of Proterozoic to Middle Cambrian sediments that rests unconformably on folded lower Adelaidean Willouran siltstones...-
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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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Puttapa. Progress reports for the period 11/1/1969 to 15/7/1970.
Ongoing base metal exploration to look for further analogues to the Beltana willemite discovery, carried out over an area located east of the Puttapa Rail Siding, has consisted of semi-detailed 1:4800 scale geological mapping and geochemical stream...-
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Reaphook Hill. Final report at licence surrender, for the period 1/12/1965 to 13/5/1968.
The reported presence of high geochemical zinc values in the Parachilna Formation rocks exposed there prompted Kennecott Explorations to include the Reaphook Hill outlier of Lower Cambrian sediments into its regional investigation of the stratiform...-
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Published: 25 Mar 1967
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Mount Mantell. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/9/1966 to 28/2/1967.
As part of a regional stratiform base metals exploration programme, the conduct of a helicopter-assisted stream sediment geochemical sampling survey (506 samples assayed) did not reveal any anomalies of interest.-
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Published: 28 Feb 1967
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Mount Lyall. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 1/5/1969 to 24/3/1971.
The Third Plain zinc silicate (willemite) deposit, located 14 miles south-east of Blinman, has been newly assessed by North Flinders Mines for its economic potential. Originally discovered by Kennecott Explorations in late 1966, and evaluated by them...-
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Balcanoona South. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/9/1966 to 28/2/1967.
Reconnaissance stream sediment geochemical sampling undertaken in the western half of the licence area, limited grab sampling of outcrop specimens from the visually copper-mineralised Wearing Dolomite Member noted in the eastern half, and follow-up...-
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Published: 15 May 1967
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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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Balcanoona examination, South Australia, August 1965 - July 1966 [Special report on SML 89].
Exploration carried out near an historically worked small occurrence of stratiform base metal mineralisation near Balcanoona in the central Flinders Ranges, 50 miles east of Copley, aiming to follow up reported surface geochemical anomalies, has...-
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Willochra. Progress report to licence surrender for the period 1/12/1965 to 31/5/1966.
As part of a regional investigation of the stratiform base metal mineral potential of Cambrian strata in South Australia, Kennecott has undertaken a geochemical reconnaissance of the Parachilna Formation and Wilkawillina Limestone strata present in...-
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Published: 23 May 1966
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Parachilna - Mernmerna area. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/6/1966 to 14/11/1969.
Continuing exploration for Ediacara - type, Early Palaeozoic carbonate sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits in the Bunyeroo Gorge - Parachilna Gorge area of the Flinders Ranges comprised regional and detailed stream sediment, rock chip and soil...-
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Published: 13 May 1969
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Reaphook Hill. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 1/12/1965 to 30/11/1966.
Systematic stream sediment sampling and follow-up surface rock chip sampling has been carried out across the Reaphook Hill outlier of Lower Cambrian sediments to investigate the economic potential of previously reported high geochemical zinc values in...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1966
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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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Warraweena. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 20/1/1971 to 19/1/1973.
Exploration for Mississippi Valley - style Cu-Zn-Pb orebodies in the vicinity of the old Sliding Rock Mine, 15 miles east of Beltana, comprised detailed geological mapping, grid-based soil and outcrop sampling, interpretation of previous Electrolytic...-
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Published: 24 Jan 1973
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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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