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Landsat thematic mapper study of the Yardea Dacite, Gawler Range Volcanics, YARDEA 1:250 000 scale map sheet.
The South Australian Department of Mines and Energy (SADME) commissioned the South Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (SACRS) to undertake a digital analysis of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data in an attempt to locate prospective areas for...-
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RB 97/00057 Gawler Craton excursion guide - September 21-26, 1997.
This 5-day field excursion was mounted by the GSSA to inform government and industry participants about significant newly identified geological features within the central Gawler Craton which are the subjects of ongoing study. The itinerary chosen...-
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Published: 19 Sep 1997
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Bond Hill. Annual reports to licence surrender for the period 17/5/2002 to 3/6/2005.
An area located between Lakes Acraman and Gairdner was taken up to explore for possible buried iron oxide - associated copper-gold deposits hosted by subcropping basement rocks of the Gawler Range Volcanics (GRV). The licensee had noted a lack of...-
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Published: 14 Apr 1905
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Kolendo. First annual and final report to licence expiry for the period 10/3/2004 to 9/3/2005.
Gawler Range Volcanics outcrop and subcrop near some NW-SE trending regional magnetic lineaments passing south-east of Lake Gairdner, were investigated for possible shear-related epithermal / hydrothermal gold occurrences. Limited rock chip and soil...-
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Scrubby Hill. First partial surrender report for the period 19/4/2007 to 18/4/2009.
An area located approximately 110 km north of Kimba, on the eastern margin of Lake Gairdner, is being explored for possible buried iron oxide - associated copper-gold±uranium (IOCG-U) mineralisation formed within the Mesoproterozoic or older basement...-
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Published: 04 Sep 1909
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Wipipippee Hill. First partial surrender report, for the period 3/5/2012 to 2/5/2016.
Two separate blocks of ground in the centre and the east of EL 4865, together comprising ~43% of the original area of the licence, have now been relinquished. To date, exploration work undertaken generally on the licence has focused on data...-
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Toondulya Bluff. First annual and final report for the period 21/9/99 to 1/2/2000.
Detailed gravity survey results obtained over a regional anomaly recognised 90 km north-east of Streaky Bay were not typical of an iron oxide body likely to host a Cu/Au deposit, but were more consistent with an expected gravity signature of a mafic...-
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Tanner Dam. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/6/1996 to 15/10/2002.
The Tanner Dam Project was acquired to explore for concealed structural-related gold mineralisation, and Olympic Dam / Mount Leyshon - type hydrothermal or epigenetic base metal deposits, both associated with Gawler Range Volcanics and Hiltaba Suite...-
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Published: 16 Jan 1903
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Unalla Hill, Moonaree and South Lake Gairdner (Lake Gairdner Project). Annual and final reports for the period 25/10/96 to 24/10/99.
Exploration targeted Olympic Dam style mineralisation associated with Hiltaba Suite intrusives and Gawler Range Volcanics at the southern end of Lake Gairdner, between Mount Ive and Moonaree. Sampling of poorly developed calcrete together with rock...-
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Published: 02 Dec 1998
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Yardea. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/6/1996 to 6/6/1998.
Regional calcrete geochemical sampling carried out approximately 140 km north-east of Streaky Bay has outlined a northeasterly-trending 5 km x 1.5 km area containing weakly anomalous gold values of 3-9 ppb Au (Toondulya prospect), which appear to be...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Nonning (latterly part of Terramin's Menninnie Zinc Project). Annual reports for the period 30/3/2006 to 30/11/2012.
An area centred ~70 km north of Kimba, which also lies about 7 km north of the Menninnie Dam lead-zinc-silver deposit, was taken up to explore for possible buried economic volcanic epithermal/hydrothermal Mesoproterozoic Fe-rich Cu-Au mineralisation...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Mount Kolendo [not "Taringa"] (part of the Menninnie Zinc Project). Annual reports for the period 21/2/2011 to 20/2/2013.
An area located adjacent to the southern margin of the Gawler Ranges, that includes some exposures of Mesoproterozoic Gawler Range Volcanics (GRV), and which at its southern boundary lies approximately 15 km north-east of the Menninnie Dam Pb-Zn-Ag...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Gairdner - Unalla Hill (part of the Mount Ive Project). Annual reports for the period 7/6/2013 to 6/6/2015.
A licence consisting of three separate small sub-blocks located on the northern part of Mount Ive Station is being explored primarily for buried economic, basement hosted and structurally controlled hydrothermal Ag-Zn-Pb and epithermal Au-Ag-(Cu) vein...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Tanner (part of the Mount Ive Project). First annual report for the period 01/8/2014 to 31/7/2015.
A licence area centred on Tanners Dam which is located ~26 km south-west of Lake Gairdner is being explored primarily for buried economic, basement hosted and structurally controlled hydrothermal Ag-Zn-Pb and epithermal Au-Ag-(Cu) vein style...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Thurlga. First annual report for the period 28/11/2014 to 27/11/2015.
A large area of the southern Gawler Ranges comprising two separate sub-blocks has been taken up to allow Menninnie Metals to conduct further regional exploration to try to delineate structurally controlled hydrothermal Ag-Zn-Pb and epithermal...-
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Charba Hill, Peltabinna Hill and Unalla Hill. Joint progress reports plus joint final report to licence full surrender, for the period 22/12/1989 to 14/11/1990.
TARGET: Possible epithermal gold and base metal deposits associated with volcanic centres; related hydrothermal alteration deposits; and diamonds. EXPLORATION: Regional and follow-up geochemical sampling (gravel, stream sediment and rock chip, plus...-
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Published: 10 Dec 1990
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Kolendo, Taringa, Nonning, Wipipippee and Menninnie Dam (the Menninnie Project). Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2013 to 31/12/2016.
The Menninnie JV Project area consists of five contiguous exploration licences, and is considered prospective for Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu-Au-Mo-U deposits associated with past epithermal, porphyry, IOCG and skarn - forming geological environments. It lies in a...-
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Eureka Bluff. Annual reports and combined 4th-5th annual/final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 29/11/2005 to 28/11/2010.
An area located 50 km north-northeast of Wudinna, and situated on the southern margin of the Gawler Ranges, has been explored for possible economic deposits of both Olympic Dam style epithermal copper-gold-uranium and Tanami style orogenic lode gold,...-
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Published: 28 Feb 1911
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Tanner Dam. Annual reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 17/11/2008 to 10/1/2012.
As part of a search for possible economic vein style primary uranium mineralisation associated with the Gawler Range Volcanics and an inferred underlying granitoid pluton, and for possible sandstone-hosted palaeochannel type secondary uranium...-
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Published: 09 Feb 1912
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Kolendo. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/4/2007 to 11/4/2010.
Exploration of a small area surrounding Kolendo Homestead has focussed on potential iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) style mineralisation and epithermal style gold mineralisation associated with the Gawler Range Volcanics (GRV). The licence...-
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Published: 23 Aug 1910