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University student thesis : Detailed geological investigation of the Burra open pit, Burra, SA.
Detailed geological and structural mapping of Samin's partly excavated new Burra open cut was performed by the author at a scale of 1:480 during the period December 1972 to end of January 1973. By the latter date the pit had been excavated downwards a...-
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Williamstown. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 16/12/1971 to 15/12/1972.
Exploration for possible stratiform or hydrothermal, fault-associated copper deposits in the area of basal Adelaidean metasediments lying to the north of known such mineralisation at the abandoned historic Ukaparinga mine, immediately north of...-
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Published: 12 Apr 1973
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Anabama Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/11/1980 to 6/11/1982.
In order to further test a large Delamerian granite pluton for its potential to host an economic porphyry molybdenum deposit of the Climax, Colorado type (following initial exploratory drilling and IP surveys that had been carried out by the SA...-
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South Warren Reservoir. Progress report to licence expiry for the period 10/10/1973 to 9/10/1974.
The Ukaparinga and Southern Hills prospects lie within EL 99, a small exploration tenement located near the Warren Reservoir, 20 km south-east of Gawler. The included Ukaparinga mine area is privately held under three mineral claims, over which...-
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Published: 20 Aug 1974
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Mount Bayley. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 22/7/1971 to 21/7/1972.
A small area located 15 km north-east of Beltana was explored for possible economic stratabound or epigenetic/hydrothermal base metal deposits associated with Adelaidean and Cambrian calcareous/dolomitic strata and Willouran diapiric structures. Work...-
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Keyneton. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 17/6/1972 to 16/6/1973.
During the current licence term Aquitaine conducted ongoing evaluation of its recent placer scheelite mineral discovery near Keyneton, south-east of the Barossa Ranges. Additional field reconnaissance, rock chip sampling and petrological study, much...-
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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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Copperlinka. Progress and annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/4/1991 to 6/6/1997.
Exploration for possible large, potentially open cut - mineable disseminated quartz vein - type syngenetic gold and base metal deposits within a licence area located near Outalpa, 150 km south-west of Broken Hill, has comprised geological mapping,...-
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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...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1954
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RB 77/00051;Env 03054 Porphyry style copper/molybdenum mineralization at Anabama Hill and the Cronje Dam copper prospect.
For a project to determine the base metal potential of known copper-mineralised igneous rocks which outcrop in an area located approximately 59 km south-west of Olary, the South Australian Government has completed detailed mapping, geochemical...-
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Published: 17 May 1977
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RB 99/00008 Burra miners 1860 - 1865 - An index to two Burra Burra mines' copper day books, July 1860 - November 1861, October 1863 - December 1865.
Burra was the largest metalliferous mine in Australia between 1845 and 1860, and employed up to 1,000 men and boys. The workforce was predominantly Cornish, Burra being the first significant concentration of Cornish immigrants in Australia. The...-
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Published: 01 May 1999
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Review of Mineral exploration activity, 2003 and 2004.
2003 activity: Expenditure by companies on mineral exploration licences in South Australia for calendar year 2003 was $37.0 million, a slight increase on the $35.7 million spent in 2002. Mineral exploration drilling metreage, a key indicator of...-
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Primrose Hill. First partial relinquishment report for the period 13/8/2007 to 12/8/2008.
In a search for possible economic buried IOCG type mineralisation within inferred Proterozoic basement, a new regional gravity survey incorporating the subject EL 3890 Primrose Hill and Minotaur's adjacent EL 3944 Sunny Creek was undertaken in July...-
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Primrose Hill. Annual and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 13/8/2007 to 12/8/2009.
Exploration of an area located approximately 60 km north of William Creek, looking for possible economic buried iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) mineralisation within inferred concealed Proterozoic basement east of the Peake and Denison...-
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Published: 12 Oct 1909
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Port Broughton, Redhill and Mount Remarkable - Port Augusta areas (part of the Moonta North Project ELs combined reporting group). Annual reports and joint final report at licences' surrender, for the period 19/4/2002 to 22/5/2006.
Economic deposits of iron-oxide associated copper-gold mineralisation of the Moonta-Wallaroo or Olympic Dam style, hosted in Palaeoproterozoic basement rocks of the Moonta Sub-domain, were targeted by exploration in three now surrendered licences,...-
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Mount Denison and Mount Charles (the Peake and Denison Project). Data release made upon the expiry/full surrender of subsequent licences : respective annual and joint annual reports for the period 1/6/1994 to 31/5/1999. [ Index Part 1 of 2 ].
[ Note - here is only Part 1 of an abstract relating to 2 separately indexed parts ]. The subject two areas covering the northern outcropping Peake and Denison Ranges basement inliers were taken up by Pancontinental Mining to test for possible...-
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The Kapunda mine, 1842 - 1912.
The subject report, drawing on numerous contemporary accounts, sketches and photographs of the historic Kapunda copper mine, clearly demonstrates that despite this mine being much smaller and earlier than the better-known 'monster' Burra mine, its...-
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Mount Norwest. Annual and final reports to licence surrender for the period 29/9/2004 to 15/4/2008.
A structurally complex area located 50-70 km south-west of Marree was taken up to explore for possible diamonds, this strategy being based on recognition of apparently favourable geological criteria for the presence of diamond-bearing kimberlites and...-
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Published: 26 Aug 1908
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The Neales River Project. Data release at licences' joint surrender on 1/12/2008: combined first annual report for the period 17/5/2007 to 16/5/2008.
As part of a regional search for possible economic buried Olympic Dam type IOCG-U deposits emplaced along the north-eastern margin of the Gawler Craton, adjacent to the Peake and Denison Inliers, Barrick Gold has acquired infill helicopter-borne...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-02, Blue Rose mineral prospect Target 2 - replacement type, Manto style Cu-Au sulphide. Project final report.
The Blue Rose prospect on EL 2938 is being explored for replacement type, Manto - style Cu-Au sulphide vein bodies in receptive host rocks adjacent to intrusive dykes and stocks inferred to exist on the northern side of the Anabama granite pluton...-
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Published: 15 May 1906
