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A petrographic study of regolith samples from the Challenger Project, Gawler Craton, South Australia.
60 weathered rock samples collected from the overburden to the Challenger gold deposit in South Australia have been studied using petrographic and carbonate staining methods. Most of the samples represent near-surface regolith materials taken from...-
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Published: 26 Feb 1998
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RB 2006/00019 Previous exploration and mineral potential of ELA 2002/00154
ELA 2002/00154 is made up of three geographically separate sub-areas aligned in a north-easterly direction along the Bulgunnia Shear Zone. Neither the northern nor the central sub-areas have any basement rock outcrop, with the depth of younger cover...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2006
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RB 2007/00017 The geology of the Mulgathing Complex: from eastern Tallaringa to Glenloth Goldfield.
Reconnaissance investigations of outcropping rocks of the western and central Mulgathing Complex reveal a series of pelitic and psammitic sedimentary rocks, interleaved with generally mafic to intermediate composition meta-igneous lithologies. The...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2007
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RB 2013/00016 A user's guide to migmatites.
Migmatites are complex, high-grade crystalline rocks that have formed by partial melting. They have been recognised within the crustal rock record across most of geological time, are seen to be developed in various tectonic settings, and can affect a...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2013
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Perfection Well. Data release made at the full surrender of a subsequent licence : progress report and first annual report for the period 7/10/1994 to 6/10/1995.
An area centred ~80 km south of Coober Pedy was taken up to explore for possible buried economic copper-gold mineralisation which might have formed in association with acid volcanism of the Gawler Range Volcanics, because Minotaur's image...-
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Published: 05 Jan 1996
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Mulgathing. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 18/11/1968 to 17/11/1969.
Reconnaissance mapping and sampling of an area of poorly exposed Precambrian crystalline basement north of Kingoonya has shown that the regional geology is dominated by intensely folded, discontinuously outcropping banded iron formations that are...-
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Commonwealth Hill Station - East (part of the Commonwealth Hill Project). First partial surrender report, for the period 2/7/2007 to 1/7/2017.
Five small portions of the subject licence, with a combined total area of 143 square km, have been surrendered due to their now perceived diminished prospectivity for iron ore, gold, uranium and base metals. During the period of their tenure,...-
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Published: 04 Dec 2017
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Whymlet (part of the Mintabyng Project). Data release - as updated - made in lieu of submitting a second partial surrender report : annual reports for the period 29/11/2012 to 28/11/2020.
In late November 2012, three adjoining areas in the central Gawler Craton were taken up by Woomera Exploration Limited (WEX), an unlisted public company, for the purpose of minerals exploration. Within the subject licence area which is centred ~22 km...-
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Published: 27 Jul 2021
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RB 2013/00021 Reconnaissance LA-ICPMS zircon U-Pb geochronology from samples from the central-northern Gawler Craton.
The laser ablation - inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) U-Pb zircon geochronology data reported herein derive from three rock samples sourced from the central - northern Gawler Craton, South Australia. These samples have been...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2013
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RB 2009/00016 Compilation of Shrimp U-Pb geochronological data for the Mulgathing Complex, Gawler Craton, South Australia, 2007-2009.
This report book contains SHRIMP zircon U-Pb geochronological data obtained between July 2007 and June 2009, for 10 metasedimentary and meta-igneous rocks from the Mulgathing Complex of the north-estern Gawler Craton. The geochronological study was...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2009
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RB 2015/00029 What lies beneath the western Gawler Craton? [Eucla-Gawler Seismic Survey line] 13GA-EG1E Seismic and Magnetotelluric Workshop 2015. Extended abstracts [of technical presentations].
This compilation of written and associated oral papers that were presented for the “What lies beneath the western Gawler Craton? 13GA-EG1E Seismic and Magnetotelluric Workshop 2015” is an important step in building our geological understanding of one...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2015
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RB 2022/00008 Zircon LA–ICP–MS geochronological and geochemical results from the central-western Gawler Craton.
This report presents the results from zircon LA–ICP–MS U–Pb geochronological age determinations, and both trace and rare earth element abundance geochemical analyses, performed on fifteen outcrop and drill core samples originating from the...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2022
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RB 2015/00003 PACE Geochronology: Results of collaborative geochronology projects, 2013–2015.
The PACE Geochronology program fosters collaboration on projects of geological and metallogenic significance with focus on dating rocks and minerals from samples suggested by companies through a competitive proposal-based selection process. Successful...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2017
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RB 2015/00025 Zircon U-Pb geochronology from selected Paleoproterozoic igneous rocks of the Gawler Craton by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry.
This technical report presents laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS) U-Pb zircon geochronology data for 15 rock samples derived from locations spread across the Gawler Craton. The purpose of the subject dating project...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2015
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Commonwealth Hill, Commonwealth Hill Station - Central and East, and Aurora Tank areas (the Commonwealth Hill Project). Joint annual reports for the period 1/7/2013 to 30/6/2018.
During the sixth year of the project, base metals exploration was focussed on the Mars-Aurora Tank, Wirrida and Bundi prospects using ground gravity and IP survey methods. Some trial magnetotelluric and audio-frequency magnetotelluric survey profiles...-
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Published: 05 Sep 2018
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Wirrida (part of Minotaur's Commonwealth Hill joint venture project). Annual and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 29/9/1997 to 16/10/2006.[Index entry Part 1 of 2 - a very long abstract is split between these two parts].
Exploration of a long-held tenement package in the northern Gawler Craton was directed primarily at gold and also at platinum group metals, in specific work programmes executed under separate early joint venture arrangements made with Gawler Gold and...-
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Published: 10 Jan 2007
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The Lookout (part of the Mintabyng Project). Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/11/2012 to 9/6/2015.
In late November 2012, three adjoining areas in the central Gawler Craton were taken up by Woomera Exploration Limited (WEX), an unlisted public company, for the purpose of minerals exploration. Within the subject licence area, the easternmost of the...-
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Published: 23 Jun 2015
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Mount Sabine (part of the Mintabyng Project). Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/11/2012 to 9/6/2015.
In late November 2012, three adjoining areas in the central Gawler Craton were taken up by Woomera Exploration Limited (WEX), an unlisted public company, for the purpose of minerals exploration. Within the subject licence area, the central of the...-
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Published: 23 Jun 2015
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Wirrida (part of Minotaur's Commonwealth Hill joint venture project). Annual and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 29/9/1997 to 16/10/2006.[Index entry Part 2 of 2 - a very long abstract is split between these two parts].
Abstract (Continued from Part 1): Because of the presence of the highest gold concentration at the eastern end of the Target 14 aircore drill traverse, potential remains for delineating further mineralisation at this locality. In addition, the...-
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Published: 10 Jan 2007
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Mulgathing. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 8/8/2002 to 7/8/2005.
A small licence area located approximately 75 km north-west of Tarcoola was explored for possible economic Pt-Ni-Cu-Ti-Cr mineralisation formed in magnetic, layered mafic/ultramafic intrusive rocks, and for shear-related vein-type gold deposits in...-
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Published: 14 Feb 2007
