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Poochera. Annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 8/1/1996 to 15/1/2000.
As part of a search for structurally related Ernest Henry - style Cu-Au mineralisation and other possible polymetallic deposits, analysis of aeromagnetic data obtained from an area 60-100 km east to north-east of Streaky Bay indicated the presence of...-
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Wynbring South. First annual report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/6/1999 to 31/5/2000.
A review of existing calcrete geochemistry within the Yellabinna Regional Reserve, 80 km south-west of Tarcoola, suggested that weakly elevated Cu, Au and Ni values can be correlated with areas of better calcrete development and associated higher Ca...-
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Ceduna. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 31/8/1996 to 17/7/2000.
Joint venture exploration over an area extending for 40, 35 and 50 km respectively west, north and east of Ceduna targeted Archaean and Proterozoic Yarlbrinda - style Au and Ernest Henry / Olympic Dam style Cu-Au associated with shear zones and...-
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Penong B area and Yumbarra (part of the Eucla Basin Project tenement Group 2). Joint final report at licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/11/2012 to 15/11/2017.
Two adjoining areas located north of Koonibba were taken up to explore this part of the south-eastern Eucla Basin for possible buried economic marine placer deposits of heavy mineral sands (HM), because they were believed to contain shallow or exposed...-
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Published: 12 Sep 1917
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PACE Copper Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 9 partnership DPY9-25 - Pidinga and Fig Tree Corner, western Gawler Craton, orogenic gold prospects. Drilling project final report.
An area centred ~70 km north-east of Yalata and lying ~30 km to the east of the Jacinth and Ambrosia heavy mineral deposits is being explored by Doray Minerals Limited under a joint venture agreement it has made with grant licensee Iluka Resources...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Fowlers Bay (part of the Western Gawler JV Project). Annual report for the period 9/3/2015 to 8/3/2018.
During the 2015-2016 licence year, the Western Gawler JV Project exploration operator Western Areas Limited (WSA) conducted the first part of a regional reconnaissance bedrock drilling campaign targeting aeromagnetic anomalies which were interpreted...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Fowlers Bay. Annual reports for the period 11/10/2004 to 8/3/2015.
An area centred about 40 km north-west of Fowlers Bay is being explored for possible buried economic nickel-copper mineralisation that may be hosted in a craton boundary setting by ultrabasic intrusive igneous bodies, in a manner similar to that of...-
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RB 2001/00004 CHILDARA bedrock drilling program.
Fifty-eight shallow aircore holes totalling 2140.5 m were drilled by PIRSA's Mineral Resources Group in the Ceduna area during November 1999 to as part of a programme designed to assist regional mapping and geological interpretation of the CHILDARA...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2001
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Ceduna. Partial surrender report for the period 31/8/1996 to 30/8/1997.
Evaluation of SAEI aeromagnetic data for an area south-east of Ceduna, and surface calcrete sampling on a 1 km regional grid for anomalous Au-Cu-Ni, in a search for buried Ernest Henry / Olympic Dam style Cu-Au mineralisation, identified an area of...-
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Poochera. Partial surrender report for the period 8/1/1996 to 7/1/1999.
An aeromagnetic survey was followed by soil and calcrete sampling in the Poochera - Wirulla area, over possible southerly extensions to the Yarlbrinda Shear Zone. Only slightly elevated Au and Cu values were returned, and follow-up sampling in one...-
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Insights into tectonic evolution of the western Gawler Craton - Childara bedrock drilling.
The understanding of the tectonic evolution of the western Gawler Craton has been greatly enhanced by recent drilling in an area of poor basement exposure. Fifty-eight air-core holes (totalling 2140.5 m) were completed near Ceduna on the CHILDARA...-
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Streaky Bay. Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 8/12/1992 to 3/8/1995.
Gold and base metal exploration carried out to the east and south-east of Streaky Bay comprised the acquisition during February 1994 of an airborne magnetic-radiometric survey flown at 300 m line spacing, and later on of regional and infill ground...-
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Petina. Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/9/1994 to 1/9/1995.
Exploration for basement-hosted Cu-Au and Pb-Zn deposits, 40 km north-east of Streaky Bay, comprised ground magnetic and TEM surveys and one RC drillhole (66 m) over a single airborne magnetic anomaly, chosen for investigation from 2 generated from...-
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Kalanbi. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 2/12/1985 to 19/8/1986.
The mineralisation potential for platinum group elements within several concealed mafic and ultramafic intrusions was the target within an area taken out north of Ceduna. Limited resampling of stored bottomhole cores from 7 prior CRAE aircore...-
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Published: 09 Jul 1986
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The Venus Bay Project. Respective joint annual and subsequent individual [for Venus Bay] annual reports to that remaining licence's expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/4/2002 to 16/9/2012.
Renewed diamond exploration has been conducted in a part of the western Eyre Peninsula where numerous kimberlite indicator mineral (KIM) anomalies occur in surficial sediments, and where the four adjoining licence areas involved lie in close proximity...-
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Published: 26 Nov 2012
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RB 2022/00008 Zircon LA–ICP–MS geochronological and geochemical results from the central-western Gawler Craton.
This report presents the results from zircon LA–ICP–MS U–Pb geochronological age determinations, and both trace and rare earth element abundance geochemical analyses, performed on fifteen outcrop and drill core samples originating from the...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2022
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ExpNotes YARDEA: Explanatory Notes YARDEA, SI 53-03.
The YARDEA 1:250,000 scale regional geological map area straddles the southern margin of the Gawler Ranges on northern Eyre Peninsula. The only major township within the area is Minnipa, with Kimba and Wudinna both located immediately south of the...-
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Toondulya Bluff. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/1/2004 to 14/7/2013.
A licence area centred about 100 km north-east of Streaky Bay township, on the south-western perimeter of the Gawler Ranges, was taken up to explore for possible economic buried IOCG mineralisation or Tunkillia stye fracture controlled lode gold...-
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Published: 06 Nov 2013
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Kulliparu. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/1/2010 to 20/1/2013.
An area located approximately 60 km east of Streaky Bay was taken up primarily because of old reports of gold prospectivity in the north of the tenement area at and near the historic Kattata mine. Marmota Energy considered that regional geological...-
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Published: 19 Feb 2013
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Ceduna (part of Eucla Basin tenement Group 2). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/4/2006 to 17/4/2017.
The remnant portion of EL 4962, which is centred ~30 km north-east of Ceduna, has now been fully surrendered owing to a perceived lack of prospectivity for economic detrital zircon entrapped there within Tertiary Eucla Basin sediments. During the...-
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Published: 14 Jun 2017
