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Glenloth Well. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/3/1973 to 29/3/1974.
Two inclined percussion holes were drilled at the Mount Mitchell tin prospect for a total penetration of 504 feet. The aim was to test a discrepancy between subsurface sample negative tin assay results obtained by the Department of Mines, and good...-
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Published: 21 Feb 1974
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Gosse and Kingoonya (part of the Mentor Project, and later the Kingoonya Project). Data release made at joint partial relinquishment upon licences' expiry/renewal: annual reports for the period 3/12/1997 to 28/9/2008. [Index Part 2 of 2].
In continuing exploration carried out by Mount Isa Mines Exploration (MIM) during 1998 on EL 1792 / 2467 Gosse and EL 1798 / 2466 Kingoonya, additional calcrete sampling and RC drilling (25 holes for 1590 m total penetration) took place at four...-
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Bulgunnia, Gosse and Kingoonya (the Mentor Project). Data release made at the surrender of subsequent licences : annual reports for the period 27/10/1992 to 15/11/1997. [Index entry Part 1 of 2 - a very long abstract is split between these two parts].
The Gawler Joint Venture partners (Dominion Mining and Resolute Resources) have been exploring three near-contiguous areas located in the north of the Tarcoola - Kingoonya district, seeking possible economic concealed epithermal/mesothermal...-
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Tarcoola. Data release made in lieu of a 25% first partial relinquishment at licence renewal: [Part 2 of 2] progress reports for the period 19/7/1984 to 6/12/1990. Part 1 of 2 also included.
Exploration of the Tarcoola Gold Field by Aberfoyle Resources began in mid-1984, following a partial relinquishment of other ground at licence renewal, when some promising gold assay values were detected from rock and mine dump sampling. Geological...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Gunson (part of the Mount Gunson Project). Annual reports for the period 15/7/1994 to 17/10/2008 [ Index Part 4 of 4 ].
During licence Year 12, following encouraging results made by its continuing exploratory drilling, Gunson Resources was able to negotiate a joint venture over the Mount Gunson Project tenements with Falconbridge Limited through its subsidiary Noranda...-
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Structural studies of the Tarcoola gold deposit.
An investigation of tectonic controls of gold mineralisation in quartz veins at Tarcoola recommended the further study of : - brecciated zones (in which reefs and veins exhibit an increased gold concentration) to establish their structural...-
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Geology of the Tarcoola gold prospect, South Australia.
Gold mineralisation at the Tarcoola prospect occurs within quartz veins occupying extensional fractures and faults cutting through the quartz sandstone and claystone of the Late Proterozoic Tarcoola Formation. Most of the past gold production has...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1987
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Tarcoola Project reverse circulation rotary percussion drilling, Tarcoola, South Australia.
The March-April 1987 drilling programme, of 25 angled RC holes totalling 2437 m, tested the gold content of the known mineralised quartz veins and also attempted to determine the distribution of gold within the surrounding Tarcoola Formation....-
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RB 75/00002 Notes on the TARCOOLA 1:250 000 preliminary geological map.
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Published: 09 Jan 1975
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Lake Labyrinth (part of the Tarcoola Joint Venture Project). Second and third partial surrender reports, for the period 31/10/2001 to 8/2/2009.
Exploration for possible buried epithermal or hydrothermal gold deposits within the large variety of Archaean, Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic basement rocks present in an area located from 20-30 km east of Tarcoola has targeted the potential of...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Glenloth area (the Tarcoola JV Project). Annual reports for the period 11/7/2008 to 2/11/2018.
A biogeochemical sampling survey consisting of 20 lines (407 samples) was undertaken by the JV partners during August 2009, targeting buried gold mineralisation. Black Oak and Pearl Bluebush were the dominant deep-rooted plant species sampled and, to...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Tarcoola. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 2/6/2003 to 1/6/2008.
Exploration Licence 3089 is located in the central Gawler Craton and is centred near the township of Tarcoola. Continuation of tenure over the same area, from former ELs 1827 and 2510, was renewed by Gravity Capital Ltd on 2/6/2003, and full licence...-
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Tarcoola Goldfield geological investigations. Reports on drilling and geological studies made over the period January 1987 to October 1988.
The main focus of a recently begun gold exploration programme on the Tarcoola Goldfield has been the Tarcoola Blocks mine, where gold occurs in subvertical quartz reefs, up to 2 m wide, which cross-cut folded Mid-Proterozoic sandstone and carbonaceous...-
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RB 2019/00015 LA–ICP–MS geochronology from the Tarcoola Goldfield region 2018–2019.
The Tarcoola Goldfield region is located in the central Gawler Craton, and forms the northern portion of the Central Gawler Gold Province. Gold deposits underlying the Tarcoola Ridge and adjacent areas have been exploited by in excess of 50 historic...-
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Published: 01 May 2020
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Tarcoola. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/3/1973 to 29/3/1974.
Detailed, 1:1200 scale geological mapping was carried out over the 126 square mile Tarcoola Goldfield, but it excluded the old mine workings and focussed instead on five areas which Abadon thought might have potential for discovering downfaulted...-
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Published: 20 Feb 1974
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Detailed geological report on Mount Mitchell tin deposit and progress report on SML 681 for Abadon Holdings NL.
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Tarcoola. Annual reports for the period 2/6/2008 to 29/7/2018.
During the first year of renewed EL 4167, in October and November 2008, Stellar Resources Ltd ("Stellar") completed a 5 hole, 1286.9 m RC and 2 hole, 157.1 m diamond cored inclined drilling programme at the Coolybring prospect which is located...-
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Published: 11 Sep 2018
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Whymlet (part of the Mintabyng Project). First partial surrender report, for the period 29/11/2012 to 2/6/2015.
In late November 2012, three adjoining areas in the central Gawler Craton were taken up by Woomera Exploration Limited (WEX), an unlisted public company, for the purpose of minerals exploration. Within the subject licence area which is centred ~30 km...-
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Published: 16 Jun 2015
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Lake Labyrinth. Fourth partial surrender report, for the period 31/10/2001 to 8/2/2011.
Exploration for possible buried epithermal or hydrothermal gold deposits within the large variety of Archaean, Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic basement rocks present in an area located 20 km east of Tarcoola has targeted the potential of a...-
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Published: 27 Jun 2011
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RB 2002/00028 Gawler Craton, 2002. State of play. [Notes to accompany viewing of the ancillary] Drill core display.
This geotechnical workshop of seminars and core displays, which was held over two days on 5-6 December 2002, aimed to highlight recent collaborative research between PIRSA [MER], Geoscience Australia and the South Australian mineral industry that has...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2002
