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Processing [including prior thin section examination] of 135 rock samples from the Musgrave Block to determine their suitability for undergoing K-Ar and Rb-Sr radiometric dating, and a discussion of subsequent dating results.
Report presents the basic data and geochronological age interpretations for 89 K-Ar and 64 Rb-Sr isotopic analyses, made on metamorphic, granitic and volcanic rock samples derived from parts of the Musgrave Block visited by SADME geologists between...-
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Published: 13 Mar 1984
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Musgrave Ranges, South Australia, January 2012 HyMap survey processing report.
The processed data are supplied with the following directory structure: INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING* (IMAGES FROM WHICH DELIVERY PRODUCTS ARE DERIVED) Decorrelation Stretch RGB (Principal Component Stretch) LO Mineral Maps (All non-thresholded Logical...-
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RB 86/00026 1:250 000 Geological Series - Explanatory Notes, ABMINGA, South Australia.
ABMINGA lies on the eastern edge of the Musgrave Block, which consists of Early to Middle Proterozoic gneisses and granites, intruded by dolerite dykes. A small area of folded and faulted Adelaidean and Cambrian sediments lies in the SW corner....-
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Published: 01 Apr 1986
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RB 79/00103 Interpretation of magnetic and gravity data in the Musgrave Block in South Australia.
The Musgrave Block is a large area of Precambrian crystalline basement situated in the north-western corner of South Australia, and extending into Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Geological mapping has revealed large areas of granulite...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 99/00033 Pukatja town water supply drilling and discharge testing, 1997.
Aerial photography and satellite imagery, plus an on-ground geological reconnaissance and a transient electromagnetic geophysical survey, were used to select sites for drilling water wells to provide a major expansion of the Pukatja town water supply....-
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Published: 01 Nov 1999
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RB 98/00019 Spencer Regions strategic water management study.
The availability of adequate water supplies is crucial to future development, particularly in the arid areas of the State. Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), as part of the Spencer Regions Strategic Water Management Study, has...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1998
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RB 96/00001 Mineral exploration and development in South Australia.
This mineral promotional brochure reviews significant historical developments in South Australia's mineral industry and canvasses the currently recognised mineral potential within the State, for the benefit of local and overseas interested companies...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1996
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RB 97/00022 Appraisal of the water resources of the Musgrave Block, South Australia.
The area of interest divides into two groundwater environments: a Mesoproterozoic hard rock environment containing fresh water in fractures and saprolite; and a younger sedimentary environment containing more saline water in...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1997
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RB 94/00030 Palaeodrainage and its economic potential in the Officer Basin and Musgrave Block.
NOAA-AVHRR images of the Officer Basin were used to enhance spectral signatures of interpreted palaeodrainage networks with potential economic significance in that region. A vast agglomeration of Tertiary palaeodrainage can be observed in the Officer...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1994
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RB 94/00031 Interpretation of NOAA-AVHRR satellite images over the ABMINGA 1:250 000 sheet, investigating the suspected kimberlite signatures in the SAEI aeromagnetic data.
A 400 m line spacing aeromagnetic survey was conducted over ABMINGA during 1992-1993 as part of the South Australian Exploration Initiative (SAEI). Short wavelength 'bullseye-dipole' anomalies observed on the aeromagnetics appear very similar to...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1995
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Ungalootanna Hill (part of the Musgrave Project). Annual and final reports to licence surrender, for the period 24/9/1997 to 1/10/2008.
Exploration of an area in the eastern Musgrave Ranges located 70 km north-east of Marla, 10 km south of Mount Irwin Homestead, and 22 km east of the Stuart Highway, has sought to find possible Giles Complex - hosted magmatic nickel sulphide and...-
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Published: 26 Jun 1908
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Warrataddy Hill (part of the ABMINGA Diamond Project and the Tieyon Ni/PGM Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 25/10/1993 to 16/3/2009.
Early work on the subject licence took place after 25/10/1993 as part of a regional search for possible shallowly buried diamondiferous kimberlites, conducted by Caldera Resources and Laura Holdings across a large tenement package which had been...-
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Mount Carulina and Trapeze Hill (the Oodnadatta Project). Joint annual reports plus succeeding single licence annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/3/1995 to 12/10/2009. [ Index Part 2 of 2 ].
[ Note - here is Part 2 of the abstract relating to 2 separately indexed parts ]. A new joint venture with Barrick Gold, pertaining to the renewed (as EL 3424) tenement, was signed on 8/2/2007, after which that company as operator undertook a 749...-
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Published: 09 Feb 1910
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Mount Darling. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/8/2004 to 2/8/2008.
An area located 3 km south of the South Australia/Northern Territory border and 50 km east of the Stuart Highway, on the eastern margin of the Musgrave Block, was considered prospective for nickel and platinoid metal mineralisation hosted by layered...-
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Published: 20 Dec 1908
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-17, Mount Moulden and Mount Harcus mineral prospects. Project final report.
As part of the PACE Year 2 collaboration between PIRSA and the minerals industry, PepinNini Minerals proposed and was granted part subsidy funding for an extensive drilling programme in the western APY Aboriginal Lands of South Australia, to examine...-
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Published: 16 Jun 1906
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Marla, Alberga River and Mount Weir areas (part of the Abminga Project). Combined final report at licences' joint surrender, for the period 21/6/2006 to 2/4/2009.
A basinal region located in the vicinity of Marla and extending for approximately 75 km to the north north-east, that borders the Musgrave Province, has been explored by farminee Eromanga Uranium under a joint venture agreement with licensee Maximus...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 5 partnership DPY5-18. Western Musgrave Province - Mount Caroline area magmatic nickel-copper-PGE and stratiform or epithermal / hydrothermal base metal mineral prospects. Final report.
In late 2008 PepinNini Minerals completed a stratigraphic drilling programme in the western Musgrave Province as an approved PACE Initiative Year 5 collaborative project with PIRSA. The programme was designed to investigate the Mount Caroline...-
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Published: 20 Jan 1909
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PACE 2020 Discovery Drilling 2012: Year 7 Drilling Partnership DPY7-15 - NiCul Minerals Limited, Central Musgrave Project, Woodroffe and Cooperinna areas Proterozoic basement magmatic Ni-Cu-Co-PGE sulphide mineralisation targets. Drilling final report.
Early in 2012, explorer NiCul Minerals Limited (NiCul) sought PACE Initiative funding from the South Australian Government to help it undertake a programme of stratigraphic and targeted mineral exploration drilling within EL 3931 Woodroffe and EL 4587...-
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Pine Ridge (part of the Central Giles Nickel Project). Annual reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 30/3/2007 to 9/6/2015.
A licence area located in South Australia's Far North-west Aboriginal Lands, approximately 140 km north-west of Marla, has been explored primarily for massive magmatic nickel sulphide deposits possibly associated with the Proterozoic Giles Complex...-
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Hamilton Creek. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 17/5/2010 to 16/5/2015.
A large area located in the far north of South Australia, abutting the Northern Territory border ~120 km north of Marla, and centred ~30 km east of the Stuart Highway wholly on Tieyon Station, has been explored for possible economic buried secondary...-
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