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Summary of exploration on the Gunsight uranium-copper prospect, portion (of) SML 704, South Australia, to 30/6/1973.
Surface copper carbonate mineralization occurring along a presumed shear zone was initially discovered some 4 miles southwest of the Parabarana Cu prospect by North Flinders Mines in late 1971, during a programme of detailed geochemical stream...-
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Emu Hill. Progress and annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/4/1991 to 21/4/1996.
Diamond exploration undertaken north-west of Moolawatana included the acquisition of airborne magnetic / radiometric and ground magnetic surveys, plus soil, stream sediment, gravel, loam and rock chip sampling, and aircore/diamond drilling (25 holes,...-
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Manguri (part of the Mount Woods Joint Venture Project). Annual reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 13/12/1999 to 4/10/2006.
Possible craton margin magmatic nickel deposits or iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) type large base and precious metal deposits within buried Proterozoic basement were targeted in an area lying just to the north-west of Coober Pedy. Delays...-
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Published: 20 Nov 1906
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PACE Copper Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 9 partnership DPY9-42 - Mount Woods Project area, Gawler Craton: assessing the potential for ISGC style mineralisation within the Mount Woods Inlier. Drilling final report
Historically, exploration undertaken for finding Iron Oxide - associated Copper-Gold (IOCG) mineralisation on the eastern Gawler Craton, over the long period since the discovery of the Olympic Dam deposit in July 1975, has targeted positive gravity...-
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Coober Pedy south-east - Mount Brady Mafic Intrusive Complex exploratory drilling programme. Final report, Project ADI RD02-293 [part of Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
In an area centred ~40 km south-east of Coober Pedy, following its processing of open file GCAS aeromagnetic data (Region 8A/8B) using Vector Residual Mag Intensity (VRMI) and high frequency residual gradients, the licensee had identified two untested...-
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Published: 30 Jun 1922
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Hawks Nest. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 12/3/2004 to 7/4/2009.
During licence Year 6, in November 2005, Mt Gibson Iron Limited (MGI) undertook a brief exploration campaign at Hawks Nest, acting under the terms of an access and option agreement which it had made with Felix Resources Limited, a company seeking to...-
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SADME/Amdel Project 1/1/209 : [petrographic] comparison of some Archaean and Proterozoic iron formations in SA. Progress reports 1 to 4, for the period December 1977 to July 1979.
A project to compare Gawler Craton iron formations of unknown age with those of known Archaean age (from geochronology) and with the Proterozoic, Lake Superior - type Middleback Range iron deposits has concentrated on characterising each formation by...-
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Published: 30 Jul 1979
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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 4 partnership no. DPY4-07, Mirikata mineral prospects. Project final report.
The Mirikata EL 3537 joint venture partners, Newcrest Operations Ltd and PlatSearch NL, have completed a planned four hole drilling campaign over three separate magnetic and/or gravity anomalies located 30-40 km west-southwest of Prominent Hill on...-
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Warriner Creek and Trumpeter (part of the Lake Eyre Joint Venture Project). Annual reports plus later combined annual reports to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 20/12/1999 to 22/9/2010.
Exploration for possible economic buried iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) deposits in two areas located approximately 100 km south-east of Coober Pedy has sought to delineate and test a number of linear and elliptical geophysical anomalies...-
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Published: 05 Aug 1910
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Amdel Ltd project - Fluid inclusion studies of South Australian ores, rocks and minerals. Progress reports nos 1 to 6 for the period 7/5/1976 to 3/4/1980.
In September 1975 the South Australian Department of Mines accepted a proposal from Amdel Ltd to purchase and set up some microthermometry apparatus, in order to commence fluid inclusion studies of selected rock types and minerals in South Australia....-
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SML 705, Parabarana copper prospect. Final report.
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-35, Mount Woods Inlier, Kangaroo Dam platinoid metals mineral prospect. Project final report.
A programme of five diamond drillholes totalling 1740.6 m has recently been completed on EL 3445 at the Kangaroo Dam prospect, to follow up anomalous platinum and palladium metal values encountered within the Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary basement...-
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Compeera Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/5/1980 to 19/8/1981.
Exploration for buried Middle Proterozoic basement - hosted Cu-U-Au mineralisation similar to that found at Olympic Dam, and for possible younger buried Adelaidean sediments, was undertaken over a basement high in the Mount Purvis area. Diamond...-
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Parabarana copper prospect. Report on detailed mapping carried out in April-May 1972, and a reviewed geological interpretation of exploratory work done over the period 19/5/1969 to August 1972.
In May of 1969 the mineralized Parabarana area was secured by North Flinders Mines Ltd, and during the last three years, it has been the subject of a comprehensive exploration programme. Exploration methods have included: 1. A stream sediment survey...-
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