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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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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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RB 36/00116 Geology of the East Painter uranium deposit.
The East Painter uranium deposits were extensively explored by the South Australian Department of Mines during the period 1946 to 1950. Work accomplished comprised driving of five edits and drilling thirty four surface and underground diamond drill...-
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Published: 11 Jan 1954
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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 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 77/00024 Fluorite in the vicinity of Mount Gee, Mount Painter Province.
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Published: 18 Feb 1977
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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 78/00118;Amdel 01236 Behaviour of potassium during weathering of potash-rich granite rocks at Mount Painter.
Electron microprobe analysis was carried out on 3 brecciated samples to establish whether feldspar grains have identifiable overgrowths and if these are consistent with the feldspar having grown in low temperature, low pressure conditions.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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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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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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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Arkaroola. Annual reports for the period 5/12/2008 to 3/12/2015.
During the 2008-2009 licence year, most of the new work done consisted of appraisal rotary mud drilling at Four Mile East (112 holes for 24,460 m) and Four Mile West (113 holes for 19,120 m), with the addition of one NQ diamond cored hole (AKC093) for...-
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Published: 20 Jan 1916
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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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Yerelina (part of the Sawmill Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/3/2013 to 11/3/2018.
An area centred ~100 km north-east of Leigh Creek was taken up to explore for possible economic buried secondary uranium mineralisation that could be present within Cenozoic to Mesozoic palaeochannels which cross the area and originate from known...-
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Published: 24 Apr 1918
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Mount Fitton. Third partial surrender report, for the period 20/9/2010 to 19/9/2019.
The south-western portion of EL 5731 Mount Fitton has now been relinquished. It lies proximal to Adelaidean sedimentary cover to the Mount Painter Inlier basement rocks, which sediments were thought to have the potential to host SEDEX or MVT style...-
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Published: 18 Jun 1920
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Fitton. Annual reports for the period 20/9/2010 to 19/9/2018.
An area comprising two separate sub-blocks located in the northern Flinders Ranges, which adjoins outside the western outcrop edge of the Mount Painter Inlier, has been taken up to explore for possible buried primary, bedrock-hosted vein or breccia...-
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Published: 13 Nov 1918
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Umberatana. Combined first annual/final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/11/2016 to 1/11/2017.
A small area considered prospective for pegmatite - hosted lithium mineralisation which could have formed within (?)Cambrian granites was taken up in the vicinity of known Li - anomalous pegmatites in the Umberatana Station area, ~80 km east of Leigh...-
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Published: 04 Oct 1917
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Mount Fitton. Second partial surrender report ['no work' letter], for the period 20/9/2010 to 19/9/2017.
26 square km or ~24.5% of the former area of EL 5731, being the northern end of the licence's southern sub-block, has been surrendered due to its now perceived diminished prospectivity for uranium. No work has taken place on the surrendered ground...-
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Published: 30 Oct 1917
