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Port Augusta. Progress and final reports for the period 26/10/1972 to 25/4/1974.
Detailed follow-up to earlier regional stream sediment sampling, which had disclosed several robust kimberlitic garnet indicator anomalies in relatively featureless terrain, was successful in discovering three outcropping thin kimberlite sills in the...-
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RB 80/00021 Geochemical reconnaissance of the Gawler Range Volcanics (YARDEA, GAIRDNER, TARCOOLA and PORT AUGUSTA).
The Gawler Range Volcanics show only trace amounts of molybdenum, silver and tin. In the Tarcoola area, significant amounts of tin in altered granite near Warna Rock Hole and high silver and lead values at Pinding Rocks are worthy of follow up....-
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Published: 01 Apr 1980
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RB 92/00037 Review of mineral exploration, KINGOONYA 1:250 000 map area.
This report was prepared as a summary of all open file mineral exploration data from the KINGOONYA 1:250000 mapsheet area that are held in the SADME records management Envelope system. The aim of the holdings review was to describe past exploration,...-
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Published: 29 Nov 1991
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RB 92/00046 Interpretation of magnetic and gravity data, KINGOONYA 1:250 000 map area.
This interpretation of magnetic and gravity data covering KINGOONYA was undertaken as part of an interpretation of the northern Gawler Craton, and was carried out without reference to any previous geophysical interpretation. Most of the work is based...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1992
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Hope. Annual reports for the period 12/4/2002 to 14/3/2019.
Exploration of an area located on western Eyre Peninsula between Sheringa and Mount Hope is continuing, with the intent of discovering economic buried base and precious metal deposits of volcanogenic sediment-hosted massive sulphide (VHMS) style...-
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 8 partnership DPY8-09 - Margaret Dam, southern margin, Peake and Denison Inliers, kimberlite diamond prospect. Drilling project final report.
Monax Alliance's Margaret Dam Project is located on their EL 5347 Francis Creek, which is centred approximately 40 km south of William Creek in northern South Australia. The initial project work done for licence operator Monax Mining by geophysical...-
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Cocunda and Calca (Poochera Kaolin Project). Progress reports, annual reports, and final reports to licences' full surrender, for the period 12/5/1986 to 28/3/2002.
Kaolin, derived mainly from deep weathering of Hiltaba Suite granites, was the principal target of exploration in the area south and south-west from Poochera, near Streaky Bay on western Eyre Peninsula. Following a review made of historic drillhole...-
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The Western Eyre Peninsula JV Project. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report for EL 2662, and a final report at the surrender of EL 2711: joint annual reports for the period 26/8/1994 to 11/4/2002.
A high amplitude, linear N-S trending magnetic feature, dubbed the Coffin Bay Magnetic Anomaly, and the recognition of basement lithologies analogous to those of metallogenically prospective late Archaean terranes in Canada, were the impetus for...-
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Published: 17 Jun 1902
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Kapinnie (part of the Brimpton Lake Project). Annual reports for the period 5/3/2010 to 4/3/2019.
No field work took place on EL 4231 during 2010-2011. Activities undertaken by Lymex during the reporting period have comprised reviewing all past calcrete sampling geochemical data in conjunction with continuing compilation of other relevant...-
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Hillside [Farm] area (part of the Brimpton Lake Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/7/2011 to 25/7/2018.
An area located north-east of Mount Hope on south-western Eyre Peninsula continued to be explored for possible economic buried Archaean intrusive igneous body - related nickel mineralisation associated with the Polda Basin margin, and Archaean...-
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Published: 10 May 1918
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Barton Siding (North). Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/6/1979 to 4/1/1988.
Carpentaria's exploration for Olympic Dam - type base and precious metal mineralization included the acquisition of aerial magnetic (Geoex Pty Ltd, March 1979), helicopter-borne gravity (Layton Geophysical, September 1979) and ground magnetic surveys,...-
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Goode Homestead. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 6/12/1982 to 5/12/1984.
TARGET: Possible diamondiferous kimberlites, Olympic Dam style Cu-Au-U mineralisation, and base metals associated with chemosedimentary iron formations. EXPLORATION: Ground magnetic and gravity surveys, rock chip and loam sampling, and stratigraphic...-
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Published: 11 Mar 1985
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Charba Hill, Peltabinna Hill and Unalla Hill. Joint progress reports plus joint final report to licence full surrender, for the period 22/12/1989 to 14/11/1990.
TARGET: Possible epithermal gold and base metal deposits associated with volcanic centres; related hydrothermal alteration deposits; and diamonds. EXPLORATION: Regional and follow-up geochemical sampling (gravel, stream sediment and rock chip, plus...-
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Published: 10 Dec 1990
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Lonesome Dam, Lagoon Waterhole, Willys Hole, Turkeys Nest Bore, Leonard Rise and Pile Hill. Joint progress reports and final report to licences' joint surrender, for the period 8/7/1986 to 11/11/1990.
TARGET: The Coober Pedy Ridge was investigated for possible iron ore, diamond and Olympic Dam-style Cu-Au-U mineralisation. EXPLORATION: Examination of available water bore data, aerial magnetic and radiometric surveys, aerial photography, a regional...-
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Published: 27 Sep 1990
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Brimpton Lake. First annual report plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 18/6/2012 to 20/3/2014.
An area centred ~20 km north-west of Cummins has been explored for possible economic buried Archaean intrusive related nickel mineralisation associated with the Polda Basin margin, for Archaean VHMS style zinc mineralisation, and for magnetite iron...-
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Published: 11 Feb 1914
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Billa Kalina, Welcome Creek, Millers Creek, Margaret Creek and Francis Swamp (the Billa Kalina G2 Diamond Project). Data release made at remaining licences' joint partial surrender: joint annual reports for the period 25/2/2006 to 29/8/2012.
As part of continuing diamond exploration on the subject five licences, more of the first pass sampling program was completed by Flinders Diamonds in August 2006 via aircore drilling of 47 vertical holes for an aggregate 1852 m aimed at penetrating to...-
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Published: 10 May 1912
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Shell Lagoon. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/1/2001 to 7/5/2010.
Exploration for possible diamondiferous kimberlites in an area located immediately north-west and west of Woomera was undertaken to follow up promising reports of numerous kimberlitic indicator minerals detected by CRA Exploration in previous work...-
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Published: 08 Jun 1912
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RB 2005/00007 Lake Gairdner “section 12 determination” – Mineral Potential
The proposed Lake Gairdner 'section 12 determination' area has the potential to host significant mineral deposits. The area lies close to two major geological boundaries; to the immediate north is the Yerda Shear Zone, and to the west, the Yarlbrinda...-
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Published: 01 May 2005
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RB 2014/00006 Geology of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet (6432).
The revised digital geology map of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet and accompanying geological descriptions in this report are the first components of the 2nd edition PORT AUGUSTA 1:250 000 map sheet to be completed. The subject map sheet occupies the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2014
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Gibraltar Rocks. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 16/3/1981 to 15/6/1982.
Coal exploration performed by CRA in the eastern part of the Mulgathing Trough comprised a literature review, stratigraphic interpretation of previous drillhole and geophysical data, and the planning of a 6-hole rotary exploratory drilling programme...-
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Published: 15 Jun 1982
