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Parabarana. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/5/1972 to 17/5/1974.
Under a joint venture agreement made between North Flinders Mines and Dampier Mining Co. (a BHP Exploration subsidiary), operative over the 7 square mile SML 705 between 14/9/1973 and 14/3/1974, at least 3500 feet of additional appraisal diamond...-
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Yudnamutana. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 24/6/1972 to 23/6/1973.
As part of continuing exploration for possible economic buried stratiform / hydrothermal copper mineralisation in the Yudnamutana Mining Field, the target lower Callanna Group strata were geologically mapped, petrologically studied and geochemically...-
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Progress report on exploration within [Brindana] Schist Belt Areas 3 - 10, Mount Painter and Mount Babbage Blocks, South Australia.
Marathon Petroleum's exploration investigations of EL 871 during 1982 were aimed at a detailed follow-up of prospective horizons and geochemical targets located in 1981. Rock chip assaying of selected lithologies, in particular quartz-garnet/gahnite...-
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Arkaroola. Progress and technical reports to licence renewal for the period 19/5/1972 to 18/5/1974.
Ongoing base metal exploration in the Arkaroola Station region of the north-eastern Flinders Ranges by licensee North Flinders Mines (NFM) has involved reviews of certain existing prospects, which has led to the entry of farminee Shell Minerals...-
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EL 82 Yudnamutana, SA. Progress and final reports from 20/7/1973 to 19/7/1974.
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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Mount Pitt. Progress and final reports for the period 6/4/81 to 5/10/81.
As part of a regional search for economic small-scale deposits of rare earth metals in the Mount Painter district, geochemical prospecting revealed several atypically high background niobium values, in stream sediments derived from watercourses known...-
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Mount Painter, Mount Gee and Mount Ward. Progress reports and technical reports to licences' respective expiry/full surrender, for the period 31/6/1965 to 29/11/1985.
Exploration disclosed widespread uranium mineralisation, with drill-indicated reserves of 6 million tonnes, at an average grade of 0.8 kg / tonne U3O8, existing in 5 major deposits. About 625 drill holes totalling 53,000 m tested these major deposits...-
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Beneficiation of monazite ore.
Beneficiation of a bulk sample of monazite ore taken from Monazite Hill, from an orebody containing in excess of 5 million tons of ore with a monazite content of 5-6%, yielded poor results.-
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Emu Hill. Partial relinquishment report, June 1994.
Exploration for diamonds and base metals, 25 kilometres west of Mount Fitton, comprised an airborne magnetic-radiometric survey with heli-mag and ground follow-up, together with gravel, stream sediment, BLEG and soil sampling. Results indicated poor...-
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RB 55/00040 The Wooltana Volcanic Belt, South Australia.
Mapping of the Wooltana Volcanic Belt in the northern Flinders Ranges of South Australia has shown that 2000 feet of Willouran trachytic lavas, with minor andesites and rhyolites, outcrop along the southern margin of the Mount Painter complex and...-
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Published: 31 Jul 1962
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RB 41/00134 Mineral investigations in the Mount Painter region. Progress report.
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Published: 06 Jan 1956
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RB 45/00073 Uranium occurrences in the Mount Painter area.
Brief inspection of uranium occurrences at the East Painter, Shamrock and Commonwealth Mines were carried out during August, 1957. A corundum-monazite occurrence was also visited. Recommendations for further work are made.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 80/00117 SADME Mount Painter diamond drilling - 1976 - Corelogs and petrographic descriptions.
The southern portion of the Mount Painter Inlier contains large volumes of granitic breccia of uncertain origin. 3 vertical exploratory diamond drillholes were sited near Mount Gee and Mount Painter to determine the depth of this breccia, and to...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1981
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RB 80/00102 Geology of a portion of the southern Mount Painter Inlier.
Geological mapping has defined a northeasterly fault trend in the Radium Creek Metamorphics and Older Granite Suite basement. Pods of granitic breccia have developed along these faults, and to the east and NE of Mount Painter, they contain uraniferous...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1980
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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 88/00041 Review of lead-zinc mineralization in South Australia - Adelaide Geosyncline and inliers, Stuart Shelf.
Mineralization is widespread both geographically and stratigraphically, but many areas are under-explored. Past exploration was generally focussed on copper. Further investigation is recommended in the following units and areas: . Cambrian - Hawker...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1988
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RB 89/00048 Review of SADME diamond drilling and company exploration at Parabarana copper prospect, northern Mount Painter Block.
During intensive exploration for an economic copper resource in the Parabarana Hill area from 1968-1975, North Flinders Mines Ltd approached SADM for direct assistance in proving the indicated deposit. SADM drilled 2 diamond drill holes, from...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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Prospect Hill. Progress reports and annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 23/11/1990 to 22/11/1994.
Continued evaluation of possible economic primary tin oxide mineralisation in the Prospect Hill area, 20 km north-west of Moolawatana Homestead, concentrated on infill channel geochemical sampling and mineragraphic/petrogenetic sampling of costeans...-
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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 1 partnership no. DPY1-18, Super Nova IOCG mineral prospect. Project interim and final reports.
This PACE-subsidised drilling project aimed to discover a new copper-gold mineralised Iron Oxide Copper Gold (IOCG) magmatic centre, similar to that which forms the setting of the Olympic Dam deposit, but lying within the northern margin of the...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1905
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Ooloo mine prospect. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 23/10/1969 to 22/10/1970.
14 lines of grid-based IP and resistivity profiling were carried out at the abandoned Ooloo silver-lead mine by contractor McPhar Geophysics, to try to detect any possible subsurface extensions of the mineralised lodes under alluvial cover. Several...-
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Published: 05 Oct 1970
