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Strathearn. First partial surrender report, for the period 20/8/1986 to 17/5/1994.
Exploration for possible Broken Hill type mineralisation formed within the Bimba Formation, in an area located 70 kilometres north-west of Olary, has comprised the acquisition of ground magnetic, EM, IP and Sirotem surveys, plus the drilling of 43 RC...-
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RB 98/00003 Review of the Proterozoic geology and mineral potential of the Curnamona Province in South Australia.
The Curnamona Province is exposed in the Willyama, Mt Painter and Mt Babbage Inliers, but much is obscured by younger sedimentary cover. It comprises a late Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic succession (Willyama Supergroup) with some...-
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Published: 02 Feb 1998
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RB 93/00048 Review of company mineral exploration, CURNAMONA 1:250 000 sheet, South Australia.
Company exploration within the CURNAMONA 1:250 000 sheet area was reviewed by the study of data incorporated in the open file reports on 42 Special Mining Leases, 80 Exploration Licences and one group of Mining Leases dating from 1961. This data...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1994
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Shorts Dam. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/6/1997 to 18/6/2002.
Gold, and copper or other base metal mineralisation hosted by Proterozoic metasediments of the Willyama Supergroup and by intrusive Mesoproterozoic granitoids, was the target of exploration in the Boolcoomata area, 40 km north-east of Olary. Regional...-
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Published: 30 Nov 1902
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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 2 partnership no. DPY2-57, Eurinilla Dome copper-gold mineral prospects. Project final report.
Past drilling of the Eurinilla Dome by BHP, Lynch Mining and Havilah Resources has identified widespread anomalous Cu±Au±Co mineralisation flanking a central magnetic core, in an analogous geological setting to that of the Benagerie and Kalkaroo...-
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Walparuta. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/6/2010 to 20/6/2019.
A small area centred ~30 km west of Olary has been explored for possible economic buried primary stratiform base metal sulphide mineralisation, vein barite mineralisation and also for epithermal copper-gold deposits that may have formed in...-
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Glenorchy. Progress reports for the period 3/10/85 to 2/4/87.
An assessment of the uranium and base metal potential of an area located 75 km north of Yunta included the inspection of historic uranium prospects, geological mapping at 1:25,000 scale, rock chip and groundwater sampling, reprocessing of aerial...-
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Billeroo Creek. Progress reports for the period 17/5/88 to 16/2/91.
TARGET: Broken Hill-style Pb-Zn mineralisation in the northern Olary region. EXPLORATION: Ground magnetics, an IP survey and rotary drilling (21 holes, total 1475 m). RESULTS: Low levels of copper and gold were present at the Waltherco Hut prospect.-
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Published: 06 Mar 1991
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Olary North. Progress reports for the period 1/8/1965 to 31/7/1967.
Reconnaissance (20.8 line km) and follow-up (66.4 line km) IP surveys, ground magnetic surveys (18.1 line km) and regional and detailed geological mapping (1:12,000 scale) were carried out. 782 semi-regional stream sediment samples, and 1038 follow-up...-
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Published: 14 Mar 1967
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Mutooroo. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 5/1/1990 to 9/12/1992.
TARGET: Lead-zinc-silver and copper-gold mineralisation in the Mutooroo area of the Willyama Inliers, 55 km east of Olary. EXPLORATION: Airborne EM surveying (~450 line km flown across strike, 75 Hz, at 300 m line spacing) with ground follow-up moving...-
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Published: 04 Jan 1993
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Mutooroo copper prospect. Economic evaluation.
Diamond drilling of the Mutooroo copper prospect located near Cockburn in South Australia has outlined probable ore reserves of 9.2 million tonnes at 1.7% copper. The ore is massive sulphide and there are no associated metal values (e.g. silver, gold,...-
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South Eagle. Progress reports for the period 3/5/82 to 21/3/88.
Following a change in exploration focus in late 1985, from the search for sedimentary uranium to looking for possible Broken Hill style stratiform Ag-Pb-Zn base metal mineralisation within concealed Palaeoproterozoic basement rocks, in the Kalkaroo...-
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Published: 02 May 1988
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Plumbago and Bimba. Progress reports, partial relinquishment reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 24/9/1978 to 25/1/1984.
Exploration for stratiform base metals in the Bimba Formation, and later for gold associated with banded iron formations of the Willyaman migmatitic Middle Gneiss Suite, has consisted of regional and detailed geological mapping, and mine tunnel,...-
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Published: 27 Jan 1984
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Olary region. Progress and annual reports for the period 23/9/1976 to 22/9/1978.
Intensive exploration of granitoid environs in the Crocker Well area has outlined new areas of, and extended known areas of, primary uranium mineralization. A regional field evaluation was also made of the Glenorchy and Plumbago areas, leading to the...-
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Kalabity - Boolcoomata region. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/7/1968 to 30/6/1970.
The sources of previously reported noteworthy radiometric anomalies located near Old Boolcoomata Homestead, which had been detected in 1962 during a SADME/BMR aerial scintiilometer survey, were investigated by the present joint venturers along with...-
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Published: 31 Jul 1970
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Assessment of the Radium Hill area and recommendations for further exploration.
The Radium Hill uranium mine is situated in eastern South Australia, 90 km west-southwest from Broken Hill. Production of radium prior to World War I was followed by uranium production from 1954 to 1961. During this latter period 974,732 tons of ore...-
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RB 74/00001 Tetonics and regional geology of the Willyama, Mount Painter and Denison Inlier areas. In: Knight, C.L. - Economic geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea. 1, Metals.
The three areas of crystalline Precambrian rocks which are the subjects of this paper are associated with Palaeozoic fold belts and granites and have been described as 'Blocks' on the Tectonic Map of Australia (1971 Ed.) The writer now believes that...-
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Published: 04 Jan 1974
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Ethiudna. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report : annual reports and technical reports for the period 10/1/1996 to 21/2/2004.
The Olary Domain is considered prospective for Olympic Dam and Ernest Henry style iron oxide copper-gold-uranium mineralisation associated with Mesoproterozoic granitoids, as well as for Broken Hill style stratiform lead-zinc-silver mineralisation in...-
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Published: 18 Oct 1904
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Sunset Ridge (Manna Hill Feldspar Project). Annual reports to licence surrender, for the period 18/1/2005 to 6/7/2011.
An assessment has been made of the economic potential of several adjacent albite feldspar deposits jointly known as the Manna Hill occurrence, which are associated with pegmatites formed within the eastern Weekeroo Inlier near Weekeroo Hill,...-
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RB 2006/00017 Geological notes on the Coppertop, Montstephen, southern Morialpa and southeastern Plumbago Inliers
Four areas on the south-western margin of the Palaeo-Mesoproterozoic Willyama Inliers were mapped in detail to elucidate the nature of their lithostratigraphy, structure and mineralisation. These basement inliers are composed of...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2006
