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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Oak Dam North-east. Annual reports for the period 18/1/2006 to 17/1/2011.
A relatively large but little-explored area of the central-eastern Stuart Shelf, which is almost wholly covered by scrubby sand dunes and swampy salt lakes, thereby making surface access very difficult despite it being located only ~30 km to 50 km km...-
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Published: 16 Mar 1911
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Island Dam, Stuart Shelf and Andamooka Ranges (the Stuart Shelf Project). Joint annual reports for the period 11/10/2009 to 30/6/2018.
Exploratory drilling carried out by BHP Billiton (BHPB) during the 2009-10 project reporting year took place at six prospects thought to have good IOCG mineralisation potential, based in part on earlier drilling results and also on refined target...-
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Published: 30 Aug 1918
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Acropolis South and North Roxby. Joint annual reports for the period 26/4/2003 to 3/5/2009.
Exploration for possible economic deposits of buried, Mesoproterozoic basement-hosted IOCG-U style mineralisation is being conducted over two separate multiple-block licence areas in the Olympic Dam district, EL 2931 (Acropolis South) and EL 2932...-
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Geochemical test survey, Gunyah Lake.
None of 10 elements tested gave geochemical anomalies over known mineralization in Gunyah Lake, throwing doubt on the usefulness of mud sampling as prospecting tool, especially where bedrock is Tregolana Shale. The method could work over areas of more...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
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Stuart Shelf Project. EL 1338 first [and Project second overall] partial surrender report, for the period 2/5/1975 to 16/6/1991.
TARGET: Possible buried base and precious metal deposits associated with aeromagnetic anomalies, and also with either coincident or unrelated gravity anomalies, lying within a relinquished sector of the large contiguous multi-licence area that Western...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : (for 10 exploration licences comprising) the Lake Torrens JV Project. Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2007 to 31/12/2011.
A group of ten, mainly adjoining licence areas occupying the plains surrounding the northern end of Lake Torrens, are now being jointly explored for possible economic buried Olympic Dam style IOCG related mineralisation that may have formed in the...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Eucolo Creek (also called the Churchill Dam Project). Annual reports for the period 31/1/2006 to 14/11/2018.
EL 3511 Eucolo Creek, of 528 square km, is situated near the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton within the Olympic Dam Domain, approximately 90 km south-west of the Olympic Dam IOCG-U deposit (3.98 billion tonnes at 1.1% Cu, 0.4 kg/t U3O8 and 0.5 g/t...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1918
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Andamooka (part of the Stuart Shelf Project). Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 2/5/1977 to 10/8/1979.
At the commencement of the term of the subject licence, exploratory/appraisal diamond drilling using a single rig was continued on the Olympic Dam gravity anomaly by the licensee for gathering more geological information to use to try to understand...-
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Intercept Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/5/2003 to 14/7/2013. [Index Part 2 of 2].
In March 2010, once the terms of the joint venture agreement had been finalised, Argo passed its complete data sets to Xstrata, who immediately commenced a re-logging of Argo's drill cores besides conducting comprehensive unconstrained 3-D modelling...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1913
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Andamooka North area (the Saddle Hill Project). First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/6/1996 to 6/6/1998.
Gravity and targeted mobile metal ion (MMI) soil geochemical surveys were carried out north-east of Olympic Dam, adjacent to WMC's tenements, to explore for Olympic Dam style mineralisation in Middle Proterozoic basement rocks at depth below the...-
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Lake Torrens South - Port Augusta area (part of the Torrens Project). First partial relinquishment report for the period 23/9/2002 to 22/9/2003.
Iron-oxide copper-gold mineralisation of either Moonta-Wallaroo or Olympic Dam style was the target of exploration in an area lying immediately north of Port Augusta. A review of historic exploration data and an evaluation of new and historic...-
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Published: 08 Oct 1903
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Crystal Brook - Port Pirie - Wandearah West - Redhill area (part of the Moonta North Project). Second partial relinquishment report, for the period 19/9/2000 to 18/9/2003.
Iron-oxide copper-gold mineralisation of either Moonta-Wallaroo or Olympic Dam style was the target of exploration in two separate areas located south of Port Pirie and east of Redhill. A review of historic exploration data and an evaluation of new...-
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Published: 17 Nov 1903
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Hesso and Bookaloo (part of the Torrens Project). Respective first partial surrender reports for the period 19/4/2002 to 18/4/2003.
Olympic Dam style iron-oxide copper-gold mineralisation hosted in Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic basement rocks of the Stuart Shelf, and Mount Gunson type younger Neoproterozoic sediment-hosted copper mineralisation, were the targets of...-
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Published: 06 Jun 1903
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Northern Spencer Gulf area. First partial relinquishment report for the period 23/9/2002 to 22/9/2003.
Iron-oxide copper-gold mineralisation of either Moonta-Wallaroo or Olympic Dam style was the target of exploration in an area extending southwards and eastwards from Port Augusta. A review of historic exploration data plus an evaluation of new and...-
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Published: 11 Nov 1903
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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. DPY2-02, Carrapateena mineral prospect. Project final report.
PACE Initiative Year 2 funding, to assist with drilling two deep holes on the Carra-east anomaly located near Salt Creek, 8 km west of where the Carrapateena Arm southern shoreline meets central Lake Torrens, was granted to RMG Services in May 2005....-
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Hesso, Bookaloo, Arcoona and Lake Torrens South (the Torrens Project). Annual reports and final reports to project licences' respective sequential full surrender or expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/9/2002 to 18/4/2006.
Olympic Dam or Moonta-Wallaroo style concealed iron-oxide copper-gold mineralisation hosted in Palaeoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic basement rocks of the Stuart Shelf, and Mount Gunson type younger Neoproterozoic sediment-hosted buried copper...-
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Published: 12 Oct 1906
