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RB 46/00221 Ground scintillation survey in the Radium Hill area, South Australia.
Several anomalous radioactive areas were located and uranium mineralisation shown to be in association with five of them. These areas require further investigation by geological mapping to determine whether or not there are possibilities of economic...-
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Published: 26 Jun 1958
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Outalpa Hill. Data release made upon the full surrender of a subsequent licence : progress reports to licence expiry, for the period 15/7/1988 to 8/8/1994.
Exploration for possible economic gold occurrences in an area surrounding Outalpa Hill in the Olary Ranges, 25 km north of Manna Hill township, has been conducted initially by a private prospecting syndicate with the assistance of industry...-
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Investigation of the Mutooroo copper mine, South Australia.
The Mutooroo mine was the largest copper producer in the Olary Province, until its closure in 1914. Recent geophysical work and drilling have discovered a deeper massive sulphide body of over 8 million tonnes, averaging 1.66% Cu, with an unknown...-
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Ore [reserve] calculation, Mutooroo mine.
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Data release - as updated : Whey Whey Creek (latterly part of the Walparuta Project). Annual reports plus final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/7/2013 to 17/7/2020.
A very small (35 square km) area located ~35 km west-northwest of Olary and covering part of the Weekeroo Inlier is being explored for possible buried epigenetic stratiform Broken Hill type Pb-Zn-Ag and VHMS (volcanic hosted massive sulphide) style...-
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Report on Dome Rock copper prospect, SA. Summary, stages 1, 2 and 3 results.
The area of interest for base metal exploration lies within a complex of Archaean metamorphic rocks intruded by undifferentiated granitic rocks of Archaean-Proterozoic age. The main exploration target is copper, but moderately rich silver, cobalt and...-
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Luxemburg Well. Progress and final reports for the period 4/11/83 to 3/11/84.
Diamond drillcore obtained from the Luxemburg mine area, which was drilled by Sundowner Minerals Pty Ltd in 1969-70, was assayed and identified as consisting of altered pyroxenite, altered granitoids (adamellite, granodiorite, tonalite), and altered...-
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Outalpa Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 16/11/1984 to 1/3/1988.
Exploration for possible economic deposits of massive crystalline andalusite and sillimanite, formed within Palaeoproterozoic Willyama Complex muscovite-quartz schists and gneisses in an area of partly exposed basement north-west of Olary, has...-
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Mutooroo copper prospect. Economic evaluation.
Diamond drilling of the Mutooroo copper prospect located near Cockburn in South Australia has outlined probable ore reserves of 9.2 million tonnes at 1.7% copper. The ore is massive sulphide and there are no associated metal values (e.g. silver, gold,...-
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Crocker Well. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/7/1966 to 30/6/1968.
Renewed uranium exploration and prospect evaluation activities carried out in the Crocker Well - Mount Victoria region of the Olary Province has aimed to substantiate previous SA Department of Mines' derived uranium deposit data, and to evaluate the...-
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Plumbago and Bimba. Progress reports, partial relinquishment reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 24/9/1978 to 25/1/1984.
Exploration for stratiform base metals in the Bimba Formation, and later for gold associated with banded iron formations of the Willyaman migmatitic Middle Gneiss Suite, has consisted of regional and detailed geological mapping, and mine tunnel,...-
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Published: 27 Jan 1984
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Olary region. Progress and annual reports for the period 23/9/1976 to 22/9/1978.
Intensive exploration of granitoid environs in the Crocker Well area has outlined new areas of, and extended known areas of, primary uranium mineralization. A regional field evaluation was also made of the Glenorchy and Plumbago areas, leading to the...-
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Assessment of the Radium Hill area and recommendations for further exploration.
The Radium Hill uranium mine is situated in eastern South Australia, 90 km west-southwest from Broken Hill. Production of radium prior to World War I was followed by uranium production from 1954 to 1961. During this latter period 974,732 tons of ore...-
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Plumbago. Partial surrender report for the Crocker Well and Radium Hill areas, for the period 23/9/1976 to 12/3/1981.
Intensive shallow RAB and percussion pattern drilling of highly sheared and deformed Early Proterozoic granitoid rocks, seeking economic, low grade but large tonnage Rossing style deposits of vein-type uranium ore, particularly in association with a...-
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Published: 12 Mar 1981
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RB 74/00044 Willyama, Mount Painter and Denison Inliers. Sundry mineralization in SA. In: Knight, C.L. - Economic geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea. 1, Metals.
Mineralized crystalline basement underlying racks deposited in the Adelaide Geosyncline is exposed in the widely separated Willyama, Mount Painter and Denison Inliers. Many small scattered deposits of enriched secondary copper carbonate ore were...-
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Published: 07 Feb 1974
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RB 2004/00009 Radium Hill uranium mine and low level radioactive waste repository management plan. Phase 1 - Preliminary investigation, 2004.
This report is Phase 1 of a management plan for the 'Radium Hill Mine Site and Low-Level Radioactive Waste Repository', and is essentially a preliminary investigation to establish a greater understanding of the characteristics of the site. Phase II...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2004
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Radium Hill copper prospect, Olary area, SA. Progress and technical reports for the period 1/12/1965 to 30/11/1967.
Evaluation of the subsurface potential of the abandoned Dalkey mine copper workings at Radium Hill was carried out through surface investigations, IP surveying and percussion and diamond drilling (2162 feet, including 989 feet of wireline coring) of...-
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Crocker Well [ore processing] feasibility study.
Of recent times the client Electrolytic Zinc Co. has sought increased reserves of ore at Crocker Well with a view to making it a profitable uranium mining venture. Although definite limits of ore reserves and grades have still not yet been...-
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HandBk 003 - A Guide to the Geology and Mineral Resources of South Australia. Ludbrook, N.H. 1980 South Australia. (reprinted version)
South Australia has had a very long geological history traceable back for over 2000 million years. It has areas of ancient basement rocks and of younger rocks representing most of the geological column, which are exposed at the surface or have been...-
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Curnamona Province basement regional geology 3D Model (3D pdf version 1).
The Curnamona Province basement 3D Geological Model is a product of PIRSA's early 3D modelling trials conducted using 3D GeoModeller software. The work began with identifying the statigraphic units that were to be modelled. Due to the regional scale...-
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