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Outalpa. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 8/6/1972 to 15/4/1973.
Exploration of an area located approximately 10 miles north of Manna Hill, seeking possible economic Zambian Copperbelt style stratabound copper deposits, has consisted only of an orientation geochemical survey followed by field inspection of...-
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Pualco West. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/10/1972 to 25/10/1973.
Reconnaissance and detailed bulk loam sampling undertaken to look for diamonds or kimberlite indicator minerals in the vicinity of the Pualco Anticline, plus spectrographic analyses of the derived heavy mineral concentrates for gold and base metals...-
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Published: 12 Dec 1973
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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...-
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Published: 26 Mar 1965
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Hammond. First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/6/2018 to 6/6/2020.
An area centred ~55 km east of Port Augusta was taken up to explore for possible economic near-surface cobalt mineralisation, after historic records of geochemical sampling that returned elevated cobalt values were found during searches of SARIG open...-
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Published: 02 Aug 1920
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Manners Well. Combined first annual/final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/10/2018 to 1/10/2019.
An intensely faulted and folded area centred ~65 km north-east of Parachilna, where extensive hydrothermal alteration is evident in the Neoproterozoic bedrock, and where considerable past small-scale surface mining activity has occurred, but where no...-
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Macclesfield (part of the Mount Barker Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/4/2016 to 5/6/2019.
An area surrounding the township of Macclesfield, and lying a short distance south-east of Terramin Limited's Bird-in-Hand historic gold mine redevelopment project, has been explored for inferred sediment-hosted primary gold mineralisation that may...-
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Published: 13 Jun 1919
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Echunga (part of the Mount Barker Project). Annual reports, first partial surrender report and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 7/7/2016 to 5/6/2019.
An area surrounding the historic Echunga goldfield locality, and lying a short distance south-east of Terramin Limited's Bird-in-Hand historic gold mine redevelopment project, has been explored for inferred sediment-hosted primary gold mineralisation...-
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Published: 13 Jun 1919
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Cutana. Annual reports for the period 10/12/2009 to 9/12/2018.
An area consisting of three separate sub-blocks located ~20 to 35 km north-east of Olary and ~20 km east of Cutana is being explored for possible economic gold as basement shear and vein hosted style deposits, as well as for possible extensions of the...-
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Meadows (part of the Mount Barker Project). First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/4/2017 to 19/4/2019.
A small area covering part of the Meadows Fault scarp and part of the adjoining Tertiary-Recent Meadows Basin has been explored for inferred sediment-hosted primary gold mineralisation that may have formed in favourable Neoproterozoic bedrock...-
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Published: 13 Jun 1919
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Kanyaka. First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/6/2018 to 6/6/2020.
A large area centred ~40 km north-east of Quorn has been explored for possible economic near-surface cobalt mineralisation, after historic records of geochemical sampling that returned elevated cobalt values were found during searches of SARIG open...-
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Published: 02 Aug 1920
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Martins Well. Annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/1/2019 to 1/1/2021.
An area centred ~80 km east-northeast of Hawker, in the vicinity of the Martins Well Diapir, has been explored for possible economic buried epigenetic occurrences within Adelaidean metasediments of gold, silver, cobalt, copper and manganese...-
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Published: 07 Jun 1921
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Narrina. Combined first annual/final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/10/2018 to 1/10/2019.
An intensely faulted and folded metasedimentary area centred ~50 km east-northeast of Blinman, where extensive hydrothermal alteration is evident in the Neoproterozoic bedrock, and where considerable past small-scale surface mining activity has...-
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Bangor. Combined first annual/final report at licence full surrender, for the period 23/8/2018 to 22/11/2019.
A large area centred ~20 km east-northeast of Port Germein, covering ground at the southern end of the Flinders Ranges, has been explored for possible altered sediment - hosted gold deposits of disseminated, Carlin style which are genetically...-
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Published: 14 Oct 1919
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Whyte-Yarcowie. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/3/2017 to 22/3/2022.
An area of the Adelaide Fold Belt centred on the township of Whyte Yarcowie has been explored for possible buried economic hydrothermally emplaced cobalt mineralisation that might be associated with manganese oxides hosted by altered dolomitic...-
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Published: 31 Mar 1922
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Walparuta Project geophysical program: acquisition and interpretation of high resolution airborne magnetic / radiometric and ground gravity surveys. Final report, Project ADI RD02-264 [part of Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
This report details the field acquisition and data processing, inversion and interpretation stages of the Walparuta geophysical program conducted in December 2021. The work was focussed on the Walparuta Project area, located 20 km north of Manna Hill...-
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Published: 28 Apr 1922
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Port Augusta - Wilkatana area. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/10/1969 to 4/8/1972.
An area surrounding the Emeroo Range, and extending from the vicinity of Port Augusta to 30 km west of Hawker, was explored by Utah for possible economic stratabound base metal deposits which it was thought could be associated with certain favourable...-
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Eurelia - Carrieton area. Annual and progress reports to licence amalgamation/renewal for the period 5/8/1971 to 14/2/1972.
Ongoing exploration for possible economic stratiform copper deposits occurring in Late Proterozoic metasediments forming the Eurelia Anticline has concentrated on evaluating mainly the Copper Claim prospect plus four less attractive prospects, after...-
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Wyacca (part of the Hawker Project). Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/1/2006 to 17/1/2011.
EL 3492 was originally taken out to cover the historic copper workings at Wyacca, located 40 km east of Hawker, as part of an exploration project addressing possible economic shallow oxide copper mineralisation associated with old mines and workings...-
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Published: 06 Apr 1911
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Blinman Dome geological appraisal. Progress report to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 20/7/1981 to 19/1/1982.
The occurrence of copper mineralisation in the Blinman area was reviewed, and the results and interpretations made for recent company exploration work have been critically assessed. Recommendations are made for investigating certain shallow depth...-
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Willouran Hill. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 24/8/1998 to 23/8/2000.
A review of previous exploration indicated prospectivity for secondary Cu mineralisation near old workings in the Willouran Hill area, approximately 20 km south-west of Marree. A more systematic evaluation of anomalous Au was also considered to be...-
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