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Amdel service work report on uranium-lead [radiometric] dating of an outcrop sample [of the Boucaut Volcanics].
An absolute age of 677 Ma +/- 12 Ma was determined from analyses of six selected zircon grains separated from the subject volcanic rock sample, but the result is strongly affected by the need to impose large corrections to the data to compensate for...-
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Published: 06 Oct 1988
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RB 79/00136 Geochronological investigations of the Willyama Complex, South Australia.
Attempts to date granites and metamorphics within the Outalpa (Willyaman) Inlier of South Australia were made in order to determine isotopic ages of events within the Proterozoic Olarian Orogeny. Two conformable adamellitic to granodioritic gneisses...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 77/00051;Env 03054 Porphyry style copper/molybdenum mineralization at Anabama Hill and the Cronje Dam copper prospect.
For a project to determine the base metal potential of known copper-mineralised igneous rocks which outcrop in an area located approximately 59 km south-west of Olary, the South Australian Government has completed detailed mapping, geochemical...-
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Published: 17 May 1977
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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 94/00028 South Australian record of a Rodinian epicontinental basin and its mid-Neoproterozoic breakup (+/-700 Ma) to form the Palaeo-Pacific Ocean.
The Neoproterozoic Adelaidean System and overlying Cambrian rocks are a thick succession of terrestrial and shallow marine sediments that were deposited on older continental crust near the eastern edge of the exposed Precambrian rocks in Australia....-
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Published: 01 Aug 1994
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Mount Denison and Mount Charles (the Peake and Denison Project). Data release made upon the expiry/full surrender of subsequent licences : respective annual and joint annual reports for the period 1/6/1994 to 31/5/1999. [ Index Part 1 of 2 ].
[ Note - here is only Part 1 of an abstract relating to 2 separately indexed parts ]. The subject two areas covering the northern outcropping Peake and Denison Ranges basement inliers were taken up by Pancontinental Mining to test for possible...-
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Milang [Homestead]. First partial surrender report for the period 25/8/2005 to 24/8/2006.
Exploration for a range of mineral commodities over relinquished parts of a licence area situated 80 km north-east of Orroroo has mainly targeted the Cainozoic to Mesozoic cover rocks for possible sedimentary gold, uranium, mineral sands and...-
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Published: 14 Sep 1906
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Giles Nob. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/7/1983 to 7/7/1988.
Exploration for possible economic gold deposits in an area located approximately 25 km south of Olary addressed three principal objectives: . hydrothermally-sourced gold within quartz-albite-dolomite vein stockworks formed in phyllitic siltstones of...-
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Peake and Denison Ranges. Data release made at subsequent licences' expiry/full surrender : annual reports for the period 12/7/1993 to 11/7/1995.
An area covering most of the northern outcropping Peake and Denison Ranges basement inliers was taken up by Pancontinental Mining to test for possible economic occurrences of lead-zinc and copper-gold mineralisation (broadly matching Mount Isa Block,...-
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Lilydale, SA. Progress report and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/4/1969 to 31/3/1971.
An airborne scintillometer reconnaissance with ground-based follow-up, a geochemical study of groundwater, and open-hole rotary mud drilling (10 vertical holes, total 3205 feet) plus downhole wireline geophysical logging failed to locate significant...-
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Burra Project licence group. Data release made in lieu of submitting partial surrender reports for ELs 6102, 6103, 6158, 6305 and 6306 : joint annual reports for the period 25/1/2018 to 2/12/2020 plus initial annual annual report.
To date exploration in the Burra region of the Adelaide Geosyncline has focussed on historic copper-gold oxide workings, with the aim of delineating further mineralisation along strike, or sulphide mineralisation at depth. Lately however, rather than...-
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Published: 04 Feb 1921
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Bindyi South. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 24/11/2017.
An area located immediately south of Bindyi Homestead on Koonamore Station was taken up to explore for possible economic stratabound iron ore (magnetite) hosted by metamorphosed Adelaidean glacial sedimentary strata of the Yudnamutana Subgroup....-
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Published: 24 Nov 1917
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Curnamona Province.
CURNAMONA PROVINCE SUMMARY Age: Sedimentation - late Palaeoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic. Felsic and mafic volcanism - late Palaeoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic. Granitic intrusion - late Palaeoproterozoic to early...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2003
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Morialpa. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report : progress reports and annual reports for the period 16/12/1995 to 8/8/2003.
Initial exploration for stratiform Cu-Au mineralisation hosted within Adelaidean sediments in the Morialpa area, 40 km north- west of Olary, comprised soil, stream sediment, rock chip and ironstone lag geochemical sampling, and 1:10,000 scale...-
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Published: 29 Aug 1903
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Geochronological synthesis of southern Australia - Part 1 The Curnamona Province, and Part 2 The Gawler Craton (SADME Data Package.).
The review reports in this data package present a synthesis of geochronological information for southern Australia, i.e. South Australia and geologically associated areas in New South Wales and Victoria. The data given represent the outcomes of much...-
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Published: 19 Sep 1997
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Olary (part of the Braemar Iron Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/cancellation, for the period 20/9/2010 to 19/9/2015.
A licence area in the Olary district comprising three separate sub-blocks has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore occurrences within partly concealed Neoproterozoic bedrock. The subject ground was taken up by Wentworth Metals...-
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Bindyi [Homestead]. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 24/11/2017.
A licence consisting of two separate small subareas, both located in the Yunta - Nillinghoo district, was taken up to explore for possible economic stratabound iron ore (magnetite) hosted by metamorphosed Adelaidean glacial sedimentary strata of the...-
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Published: 24 Nov 1917
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Manna Hill. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 24/11/2017.
A licence consisting of three separate small subareas located just north of the Barrier Highway between Manna Hill and Winnininnie was taken up to explore for possible economic stratabound iron ore (magnetite) hosted by metamorphosed Adelaidean...-
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Published: 24 Nov 1917
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Mount Grainger (part of the Dawson Project). First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/11/2017 to 1/11/2019.
A small area extending north-south between Mount Grainger and Oodla Wirra, which at its northern end surrounds the historical mine workings of the Mount Grainger Goldfield, has been explored for possible sediment-hosted gold, after the licensee used...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1919
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Yerka Hill. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 16/7/2019.
A very small licence area located 13 km north-west of Olary township was taken up to explore for possible economic stratabound iron ore (magnetite) hosted by metamorphosed Adelaidean glacial sedimentary strata of the Yudnamutana Subgroup. During...-
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Published: 16 Jul 1919
