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Date range: 1980-2022, 04/1980-08/1990

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Category type: Mining Engineering Commodity: Iron Geological province: Adelaide Geosyncline

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  • RB 37/00039 Report on the Copper King ochre deposits (near Beltana).

    The Copper King orebody, located approximately 10 miles north-northeast of Beltana township, is a massive deposit of iron carbonate, the upper portion of which has been altered by oxidation and hydration to oxides of iron. The deposit was worked...
      Document Published: 09 Mar 1954
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  • RB 37/00149 Appraisal of Torrens barite mine, Hundred of Onkaparinga.

    In February 1951, South Australian Barytes Limited became interested in this mine, held under claim by Reginald John Alfred Larsson and requested an inspection by Department of Mines officers. This request was repeated, and endorsed by Larsson in...
      Document Published: 17 Jun 1954
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  • RB 60/00064 O'Donoghues Castle copper prospect, Balcanoona Station.

    Irregular oxidised orebodies up to about 3 feet thick, containing copper carbonates, quartz, sphaerocobaltite (cobalt carbonate) and wad (hydrated manganese oxide), occupy both shear zones aligned parallel with bedding, and crush zones developed...
      Document Published: 26 Mar 1965
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  • RB 60/00071 (Report on the) Ukaparinga (Unaparinga) copper mine, Williamstown.

    Copper carbonates are sporadically distributed throughout steeply dipping mica schist in a zone up to about 70 ft. wide. The host rocks have been regarded as overturned metamorphosed Burra Group (Torrensian) beds resting on the Aldgate Sandstone...
      Document Published: 05 Apr 1965
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  • Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Kanmantoo. Progress reports, annual reports and technical reports for the period 1/1/1998 to 2/11/2008.

    Exploration Licence (EL) 2663 Kanmantoo is located on the eastern flank of the Adelaide Hills, and exists as two separate blocks forming a belt up to 10 km wide and approximately 75 km long that covers an area dominated by outcropping and subcropping...
      Document Published: 16 Dec 1908
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  • Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Iron Peak. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 12/11/2003 to 11/11/2008.

    The banded iron formations associated with various Neoproterozoic tillites in South Australia have for some time been recognised as being potential sources for iron ore, however, the low grade nature of the iron mineralisation within these bands has...
      Document Published: 01 Jan 2009
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  • Olary (part of the Braemar Iron Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/cancellation, for the period 20/9/2010 to 19/9/2015.

    A licence area in the Olary district comprising three separate sub-blocks has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore occurrences within partly concealed Neoproterozoic bedrock. The subject ground was taken up by Wentworth Metals...
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  • Manunda, Tiverton Outstation, Iron Peak and Pualco Range (the Razorback Ridge Iron Ore Project, later the Mawson Iron Project). Joint annual reports for the period 10/12/2009 to 9/12/2016.

    Three adjoining licence areas in the Baratta Trough within the northern Nackara Arc have been taken up to explore for possible economic buried Neoproterozoic metasedimentary semi-stratabound iron ore. Central EL 4267 covers ~3 km strike length of the...
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  • Data release - as updated : Mutooroo (part of the Border Project). Annual reports [but excluding three separately held joint annual reports] and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/4/2007 to 18/4/2020.

    During licence Year 11 (2007-2008), exploration activities on renewed EL 3745 included: • acquiring 1.9 line km of TEM profiles at Dingo prospect; • acquiring 21.4 line km of ground magnetic survey coverage at 1-metre station spacing on three...
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  • ComRev 008 Iron Ore in South Australia 2000

    The iron-rich rocks of South Australia have been classified into six deposit types - residual, chemical sedimentary iron formations, Fe-skarn and, of lesser significance, hydrothermal, clastic and magmatic. Production has been overwhelmingly from...
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  • ComRev 016 Iron Ore opportunities in South Australia 2014 (historical reference only)

    A 2016 summary of iron ore opportunities within South Australia. Each mine, deposit or prospect has detailed resource information and a snap-shot of the associated companies at that time.
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  • ComRev 015 The South Australian Resources Sector 2016 (historical reference only)

    Gold: Gold mineralisation is widespread in South Australia and occurs in most geological provinces Copper: Many of the deposits in South Australia’s copper provinces are covered by a sequence of younger rocks that have effectively hidden many large...
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  • ComRev 011 Uranium in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)

    Australia has a substantial allocation of the world’s uranium resources, especially defined under the lower risk RAR (Reasonably Assured Resources) metric. Australia hosts 29% of the world’s uranium resources (RAR and inferred) recoverable at...
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  • ComRev 009 Gold in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)

    Gold mineralisation is widespread and occurs in most geological provinces of South Australia. Gold in South Australia is obtained from two types of primary deposits - quartz veins (reefs or lodges) and deposits worked mainly for base metals from which...
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  • ComRev 010 Copper in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)

    South Australia’s copper deposits are held within three significant regions, Gawler Craton, Curnamona Province and the Adelaide Geosyncline, which host 3 producing mines, 4 developing projects and over 40 copper prospects. Many of the deposits in...
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  • ComRev 012 Iron Ore in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)

    South Australia is the birthplace of the Australian iron ore industry. There are existing operational mines in the Middleback Ranges. There are a further two mines approved and twenty developing projects across the State with identified resources of...
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  • Olary (latterly part of the Olary Project). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 21/1/2008 to 20/01/2015.

    A large area located immediately south and south-west of Olary has been explored initially for possible economic buried primary epithermal to mesothermal copper-gold and gold only mineralisation that might have formed in Adelaidean and older bedrock,...
      Document Published: 01 Apr 1915
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  • Yednalue. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/2/2012 to 12/2/2016.

    During licence Year 11 (2012-2013), David Miller rehabilitated his three drillsites that had been used in April 2011, delivered representative drill samples from his six holes to the DMITRE Drill Core Library, and further considered the logistics of...
      Document Published: 10 Feb 1916
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  • RB 2007/00006 The geology and mineral potential of the PORT AUGUSTA [mapsheet] area, eastern Gawler Craton.

    The PORT AUGUSTA 1:250,000 mapsheet area covers the north-eastern part of the Eyre Peninsula, the northern Spencer Gulf and the south-western Flinders Ranges, and extends from latitude 32°00'S to 33°00'S and longitude 136°30'S to 138°00'S. The main...
      Document Published: 01 Apr 2007
  • RB 2013/00019 Characteristics of porphyry Cu deposits and their potential as exploration targets in South Australia.

    Porphyry Cu-(Au-Mo) deposits are typically large tonnage (>150 Mt) and low grade (<1% Cu) deposits which tend to occur in clusters, and the potential for discovering giant-sized such deposits makes them valuable exploration targets. Worldwide,...
      Document Published: 01 Nov 2013
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