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RB 97/00009 South Australian Steel and Energy Project. Coober Pedy iron ore investigation. Peculiar Knob prospect.
As part of the South Australian Steel and Energy Project, MESA has targeted significant aeromagnetic anomalies in the search for a possible iron ore resource. At Peculiar Knob prospect, previous company exploratory drilling in 1985 of such a magnetic...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1997
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Hawks Nest. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 12/3/1999 to 11/3/2004.
An area comprising two separate sub-blocks centred ~115 km south-southeast of Coober Pedy and located to the west of the Stuart Highway is being explored for Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic banded iron formation iron ore mineralisation of economic...-
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Published: 05 Feb 1904
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The Northern Gawler Project. Data release made in lieu of submitting partial surrender reports for ELs 5566 and 5567 upon renewal of those licences : joint annual reports for the period 1/2/2015 to 31/1/2020.
Portions of two tenements located to the south and south-east of Coober Pedy were relinquished at the start of 2020, and all mineral exploration data previously acquired by licensee Southern Iron on these tenements and on four others that now comprise...-
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Published: 28 May 1920
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Ingomar (part of the Northern Gawler Project). Final report [no work letter] at licence's expiry/full surrender, for the period 10/4/2015 to 9/4/2021.
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Published: 14 Jun 1921
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Hawks Nest. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 12/3/2004 to 7/4/2009.
During licence Year 6, in November 2005, Mt Gibson Iron Limited (MGI) undertook a brief exploration campaign at Hawks Nest, acting under the terms of an access and option agreement which it had made with Felix Resources Limited, a company seeking to...-
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SADME/Amdel Project 1/1/209 : [petrographic] comparison of some Archaean and Proterozoic iron formations in SA. Progress reports 1 to 4, for the period December 1977 to July 1979.
A project to compare Gawler Craton iron formations of unknown age with those of known Archaean age (from geochronology) and with the Proterozoic, Lake Superior - type Middleback Range iron deposits has concentrated on characterising each formation by...-
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Published: 30 Jul 1979
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ComRev 008 Iron Ore in South Australia 2000
The iron-rich rocks of South Australia have been classified into six deposit types - residual, chemical sedimentary iron formations, Fe-skarn and, of lesser significance, hydrothermal, clastic and magmatic. Production has been overwhelmingly from...-
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ComRev 016 Iron Ore opportunities in South Australia 2014 (historical reference only)
A 2016 summary of iron ore opportunities within South Australia. Each mine, deposit or prospect has detailed resource information and a snap-shot of the associated companies at that time.-
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ComRev 015 The South Australian Resources Sector 2016 (historical reference only)
Gold: Gold mineralisation is widespread in South Australia and occurs in most geological provinces Copper: Many of the deposits in South Australia’s copper provinces are covered by a sequence of younger rocks that have effectively hidden many large...-
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ComRev 011 Uranium in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)
Australia has a substantial allocation of the world’s uranium resources, especially defined under the lower risk RAR (Reasonably Assured Resources) metric. Australia hosts 29% of the world’s uranium resources (RAR and inferred) recoverable at...-
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ComRev 009 Gold in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)
Gold mineralisation is widespread and occurs in most geological provinces of South Australia. Gold in South Australia is obtained from two types of primary deposits - quartz veins (reefs or lodges) and deposits worked mainly for base metals from which...-
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ComRev 010 Copper in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)
South Australia’s copper deposits are held within three significant regions, Gawler Craton, Curnamona Province and the Adelaide Geosyncline, which host 3 producing mines, 4 developing projects and over 40 copper prospects. Many of the deposits in...-
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ComRev 012 Iron Ore in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)
South Australia is the birthplace of the Australian iron ore industry. There are existing operational mines in the Middleback Ranges. There are a further two mines approved and twenty developing projects across the State with identified resources of...-
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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 4 partnership no. DPY4-07, Mirikata mineral prospects. Project final report.
The Mirikata EL 3537 joint venture partners, Newcrest Operations Ltd and PlatSearch NL, have completed a planned four hole drilling campaign over three separate magnetic and/or gravity anomalies located 30-40 km west-southwest of Prominent Hill on...-
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McDouall Peak. First annual report plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 24/10/2012 to 23/10/2013.
A small area centred ~100 km south-southeast of Coober Pedy has been explored for possible buried iron ore and base metal mineralisation, as previous companies' work had indicated the presence there of likely host Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic BIF...-
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Prominent Hill discovery - [drillhole URAN 1] : the best copper-gold intersection in 25 years.
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Mount Woods. Combined first progress/final report at licence full surrender, for the period 6/9/1979 to 5/12/1979.
Following an evaluation of existing subsurface data, 9 vertical percussion holes totalling 670 m were drilled to test discrete gravity anomalies in the Mount Woods area, in a search for Olympic Dam type mineralisation. The holes encountered...-
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Mount Woods. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/5/1962 to 30/4/1964.
An investigation of several well-defined and relatively high intensity aeromagnetic anomalies (up to 20,000 gammas), disclosed by an Aero Services Corp. 1962 regional survey conducted partly in the vicinity of Mount Woods, was undertaken in a search...-
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RB 2011/00010 A review of the Cairn Hill iron ore-Cu-Au deposit.
The Cairn Hill magnetite-copper-gold project, located 55 km south-east of South Australia’s far northern regional centre of Coober Pedy, has been developed by IMX Resources Ltd (IMX) and is the first large iron ore mine to be opened in South Australia...-
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Published: 01 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
