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Parabarana. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/5/1972 to 17/5/1974.
Under a joint venture agreement made between North Flinders Mines and Dampier Mining Co. (a BHP Exploration subsidiary), operative over the 7 square mile SML 705 between 14/9/1973 and 14/3/1974, at least 3500 feet of additional appraisal diamond...-
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Geological report no. 1 on the Cutana copper mine, Olary district, SA.
Secondary copper mineralisation at the Cutana copper mine appears to be limited to a length of about 30 feet at the surface, where historic workings have excavated a swell to 3 feet wide in a quartz-ironstone reef that otherwise narrows to 18 inches...-
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Published: 11 Feb 1971
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Weekeroo. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/10/1970 to 30/9/1971.
A detailed examination of mineralised rock sequences within the metamorphosed Precambrian basement and Adelaidean cover rocks of the Weekeroo area, and recording of their relationship to successive deformational events and resulting rock structures,...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1971
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Mount Fitton South. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 17/6/1968 to 16/6/1969.
Historic mining of mainly secondary copper ores plus some sulphides disseminated in granite and locally concentrated in fissure veins at Mount Fitton South has yielded about 2500 tons of material, but possible extensions of the better lodes remain...-
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Published: 05 May 1969
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Freeling Heights - Mount Adams area. Progress reports for the period 10/6/1968 to 9/12/1969.
As part of a regional search for economic uranium and copper mineralisation, the US-based company Kennecott Copper in November 1968 performed a semi-detailed airborne spectrometer survey of 550 line miles in the Shamrock Valley - Freeling Heights -...-
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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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Kalabity - Old Boolcoomata area [= Olary 'A' Farmin Block]. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 14/1/1971 to 13/1/1972.
As part of exploration for economic metallic mineral deposits within an area of partly outcropping Precambrian calcsilicate rocks present on Kalabity Station, a field reconnaissance of all known mineralised areas was carried out initially. The...-
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Manunda Creek. Combined first progress/final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/8/1977 to 22/8/1978.
Exploration for possible economic Olympic Dam - type epithermal/hydrothermal or Zambian Copperbelt - type stratabound/replacement base metal deposits, in an area located approximately 40 km south-east of Yunta, focussed on magnetic anomalies and...-
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Mingary (part of the Border JV Project). Fourth partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/6/2001 to 21/6/2016.
Continued exploration by Minotaur and its current joint venture partner Sumitomo Metal Mining Oceania, searching for possible economic buried silver-lead-zinc, copper-gold or gold only mineralisation which might have formed as primary...-
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RB 29/00008 Luxemburg gold mines.
A SADM geological survey of the Luxemburg group of abandoned gold/copper mines, 14 miles east of Olary, was carried out during October 1949 to determine their remaining prospectivity. The four major mining areas, discovered in 1887, had exploited...-
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Published: 08 Nov 1950
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Calico Dam. Progress and annual reports, and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 3/7/1989 to 23/7/1999.
Interpretation of sets of airborne magnetic / radiometric survey data acquired over Proterozoic metasedimentary and granitoid basement terrain in the Kalabity area identified three discrete radiometric anomalies, one of which was traced by rock chip...-
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Manna Hill (part of the Olary JV Project). Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal : annual reports and progress reports for the period 30/8/1996 to 29/8/2001.
Exploration for possible epithermal or hydrothermal gold and base metals mineralisation that may occur within Proterozoic metasediments in an area surrounding Manna Hill township, has been done in concert with related activities being undertaken on...-
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Published: 17 May 1901
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The petrology of a uranium-bearing adamellite body at Crocker Well, Olary Province, SA.
The petrology of a uranium-bearing adamellite body at Crocker Well in the Olary Province is described. The study of the adamellite has been carried out to investigate whether significant mineralogical or chemical trends are associated with the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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Mount Fitton. Progress and final reports to licence amalgamation/renewal for the period 19/5/1969 to 31/1/1971.
After reviewing the existing Anaconda regional stream sediment geochemical anomalies, North Flinders Mines attempted to replicate the reported high zinc values in the north-east of the licence area, by conducting a higher density reconnaissance stream...-
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Anabama [Copper-Molybdenum Project]. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 26/10/1972 to 25/10/1974.
Ongoing exploration by the SA Department of Mines of the copper and molybdenum - mineralised Anabama Granite batholith, which is located 20 km south-east of Manna Hill, has involved detailed geological mapping, soil and rock chip sampling, and the...-
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Radium Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 29/6/1972 to 28/6/1973.
Exploration for possible economic uranium and/or base metal mineralisation in the Radium Hill district consisted of a consultants' review of the exploration potential of the area based on data from existing mines and prospects, plus the conduct of a...-
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Published: 25 Jul 1973
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Plumbago - Glenorchy area [= Olary 'B' Farmin Block]. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 10/2/1972 to 9/2/1973.
In a search for possible remaining economic primary or secondary uranium deposits in an area of known such mineral occurrences located around Mount Victoria, a consultant was engaged by Esso Minerals to conduct detailed 1:12,000 scale geological...-
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RB 2017/00048 Geological Field Excursion Guide from Arkaroola to Sillers Lookout.
The 4WD vehicle journey of ~22 km length from Arkaroola Village to Sillers Lookout, along the world famous Ridgetop Track, presents the opportunity to view some amazing landscapes and associated geological features that the Arkaroola Pastoral Station...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2017
