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Hawks Nest. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 20/2/1980 to 29/12/1982.
An area 100 km north of Kingoonya which exhibits a strong regional gravity high and other, intersecting pronounced crustal geophysical features was acquired to search for an Olympic Dam type of base/precious metals deposit. Semi-detailed and detailed...-
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Emmie Bluff. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 28/10/1978 to 11/2/1983.
Ongoing exploration for Olympic Dam-style Cu-Au-U mineralisation, over an area centred ~15 km south-east of Arcoona Homestead, during this period comprised 3D geophysical modelling of possible source geometries for, and RC drilling (10 holes, total...-
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Landsat thematic mapper study of the Yardea Dacite, Gawler Range Volcanics, YARDEA 1:250 000 scale map sheet.
The South Australian Department of Mines and Energy (SADME) commissioned the South Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (SACRS) to undertake a digital analysis of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data in an attempt to locate prospective areas for...-
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RB 91/00035 Geological investigations. Lake Labyrinth Goldfield, South Australia.
Production since 1912 totals 5206.4 grams from 146.3 tonnes of ore with average head grade of 35.6 g/t gold bullion. Gold was won from shear zones and ferruginous quartz veins within Archaean Kenella Gneiss. Sub-vertical shear zones and quartz veins...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1991
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RB 97/00039 Lineament tectonic data, South Australia, with a focus on the Cooper Basin.
The lineament mapping methods used by E.S.T. (Tim) O'Driscoll, which were a crucial factor in the discovery of Olympic Dam, the world's largest known Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, and of several other lesser Australian metallic orebodies, have now been applied...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1997
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Watraba (part of the Watraba Project). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 6/6/2005 to 3/4/2009.
Exploration of an onshore area located in the vicinity of Watraba aimed to discover beach or shallow marine placer concentrations of zircon-rich heavy mineral sands, possibly formed within significant thicknesses of prospective Upper Tertiary Ooldea...-
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Published: 20 May 1909
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South Vivian [Homestead]. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/6/2007 to 11/6/2009.
An area located on the northern Stuart Shelf between Olympic Dam and Prominent Hill, approx. 50 km south-southwest of the latter, has been explored for possible Olympic Dam type iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) deposits and for Canadian...-
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Published: 17 Oct 1909
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Eurilla Dam (part of the Wilcherry Hill JV Project). First partial surrender report for the period 10/10/2002 to 9/10/2005.
An area located to the west of Lake Gilles and 30 km north of Kimba, which forms part of the Wilcherry Hill Project targeting Hiltaba Suite intrusive-related epithermal/hydrothermal Cu-Au deposits of Olympic Dam type, has been explored for evidence of...-
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Published: 15 Dec 1905
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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. DPY1-12, Chianti mineral prospect. Project final report.
The subject report describes the results of drilling two fully cored rotary holes totalling 1161.10 m at the Chianti prospect, an unusually-shaped residual gravity anomaly located in Gunson Resources' EL 3264, 20 km north-east of the Mount Gunson...-
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Carnding. Data release made in lieu of submitting a second partial relinquishment report at licence expiry/renewal : progress reports and annual reports for the period 29/9/1994 to 16/1/2005.
Renewed brownfields gold exploration in an area situated 20-40 km north and west of the Tarcoola Goldfield, previously held in part by the licensee as EL 1848, was prompted by the May 1995 success of the Samantha/Resolute/Dominion corporate joint...-
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Published: 28 Jul 1905
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Commonwealth Hill, Perfection Well and Wirrida. Six-monthly progress, plus combined annual and final reports, to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/12/1993 to 18/7/2006.
Exploration for possible economic deposits of epithermal/hydrothermal gold, plus precious metals and base metals, which might have formed in poorly outcropping Archaean and Proterozoic basement, commenced with a detailed interpretation of SAEI imaged...-
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Published: 10 Sep 1906
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Lake Gilles (part of the Wilcherry Hill Project). First and second partial relinquishment reports, for the period 10/10/2002 to 9/10/2004.
Exploration for economic near-surface deposits of gold and base metals, in an area of possibly hydrothermally-altered Hiltaba Suite Mesoproterozoic basement located approximately 20 km north of Kimba, has comprised an assessment of previous...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1904
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Commonwealth Hill. Combined first annual and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/1/2007 to 1/1/2008.
An area located approximately 90 km north-west of Tarcoola was reviewed for its potential to harbour possible economic Cu-Au-U-REE mineralisation, Archaean basement structure-related mesothermal/hydrothermal gold, or near surface sedimentary roll...-
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Published: 15 Feb 1908
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-57, Streaky Bay area gravity highs and lows - IOCG and sedimentary uranium mineral prospects. Project final report.
As part of the PACE Initiative Year 3 subsidised drilling programmes, Minotaur Exploration proposed exploring a large tenement package in the Streaky Bay area simultaneously for Prominent Hill style iron oxide copper gold (IOCG) and palaeochannel...-
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Partridge Range (part of the Gibraltar Joint Venture Project). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 4/3/1997 to 3/12/2008.
Exploration of an area with poor basement outcrop, located approximately 45 km north-east of Tarcoola, primarily sought possible fault or breccia-hosted mesothermal gold +/- base metal mineralisation in likely multiphase Mesoproterozoic felsic...-
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Published: 12 Aug 1908
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Kottata Well and Broadacres (part of the Yaninee Project). Final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 29/9/2003 to 5/6/2008.
Mineral exploration in the Streaky Bay district has addressed the potential for finding Prominent Hill - style Proterozoic IOCG deposits, Phanerozoic iron-depleted gold mineralisation, and Tertiary palaeochannel - hosted sedimentary uranium...-
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ELs 4678 - 4689 (the Oodnadatta Project). Joint annual reports, plus final reports at licences' individual or joint full surrenders, for the period 22/2/2011 to 9/9/2014.
The Oodnadatta Project consisted originally of twelve exploration licenses covering 7125 square km in far northern South Australia, this mainly being ground situated to the south and south-east of Oodnadatta. Uranium Equities Limited (UEQ) believed...-
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Published: 28 Oct 1914
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ELs 4653 - 4661 (the Marla Project). Joint annual reports, plus final reports at licences' individual or joint full surrenders, for the period 25/1/2011 to 9/9/2014.
Nine licence areas occupying a 70 km x 30 km region overlying a west-northwest trending structural corridor situated along the northern margin of the Gawler Craton, have been explored for possible buried large-scale deposits of iron oxide - associated...-
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Published: 23 Oct 1914
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Nilginee Dam. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 2/7/1998 to 1/7/2001.
An area located 45 km west of Whyalla, which is underlain by Palaeoproterozoic and Archaean sediments, metasediments and intrusives, was inferred to have potential to host gold and base metal mineralisation. Interpretation of Landsat images and...-
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Unalla Hill, Moonaree and South Lake Gairdner (Lake Gairdner Project). Annual and final reports for the period 25/10/96 to 24/10/99.
Exploration targeted Olympic Dam style mineralisation associated with Hiltaba Suite intrusives and Gawler Range Volcanics at the southern end of Lake Gairdner, between Mount Ive and Moonaree. Sampling of poorly developed calcrete together with rock...-
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Published: 02 Dec 1998
