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Wallaroo and Moonta mines and smelters, Yorke's [sic] Peninsula, South Australia. History, nature and methods.
A detailed account of the large scale copper mining and processing operations occurring in the 'Copper Triangle' region of South Australia in the few years following the end of the First World War. The included metrics and pictorial coverage of many...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1921
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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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Mount Allalone. Progress and annual reports for the period 14/6/89 to 31/7/95.
Base metal exploration of two lead-zinc mineralized areas previously discovered by Billiton and WMC within Hutchison Group metasediments near Mt Allalone, northwest of Buckleboo on central Eyre Peninsula, comprised ground magnetic and EM surveys, RAB...-
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Published: 02 Nov 1995
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RB 83/00011 Moonta Wallaroo mining field - Production statistics 1860 to 1938.
9.1 million tonnes of crude ore and 2.5 million tonnes of dressed ore, averaging 3.39 and 3.61% copper respectively, were produced from 1890 to 1923. Output totalled 336 000 tonnes of copper and 1682 kg of fine gold. Some of the gold was purchased...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1983
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RB 77/00058 Geochemical appraisal of the Bunyeroo Formation, COPLEY 1:250 000 sheet.
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 98/00026 Partial leach geochemical survey, Monarto South, South Australia.
A partial leach soil geochemical survey has been conducted over shallowly buried Cambrian Kanmantoo Trough metasediments in the Monarto South area. The survey was designed to cover a aeromagnetic high anomaly, that is interpreted to be related to a...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1998
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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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Porter Hill. Annual reports for the period 26/8/1998 to 26/5/2000 (the commencement of the Lake Torrens Project joint reporting period) : part of a data release made on 31/12/2006 upon a subsequent partial surrender.
Following the detection in late 1997, by reconnaissance mobile metal ion partial leach analytical methods, of anomalous base and precious metal concentrations in the soil above several low amplitude magnetic anomalies on Tasman Resources' EL 2340, the...-
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Published: 25 Oct 1999
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[ Report on drilling ] Evaluation of the East Lagoon orebody, Mount Gunson, South Australia.
This report presents the results of ore definition drilling derived from 60 percussion and diamond drill holes put down over the central and southern parts of the East Lagoon orebody, and gives the methodology for calculating currently mineable ore...-
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Mines in Burnside - their historical significance.
This report on the history and condition of the abandoned pioneer silver-lead mines at Glen Osmond on Adelaide's eastern outskirts was prepared for the Burnside suburban council to allow it to make an informed discussion about the possibility of...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 4 partnership DPY4-56, northern Olympic Domain: Sloane Hill silver and IOCG mineral prospect. Project final report.
A PACE Initiative Year 4 subsidised drilling project carried out on Mount Eba Station, in an area located approximately 30 km south of the Prominent Hill mine, initially targeted a wide above background silver geochemical anomaly returned by sampling...-
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Published: 18 Dec 1907
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Data release - as updated : Statton Hill (part of the Baratta Project). Annual reports, first partial surrender report and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 8/10/2007 to 14/1/2016.
Copper and gold exploration has been conducted within an area centred about 80 km east of Hawker, which it was thought had potential for epigenetic vein style mineralisation within buried Adelaidean sandstone and shale strata, formed in a stratabound...-
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Published: 19 Jan 1916
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Carappee Hill. Data release made in lieu of submitting a licence second partial surrender report : annual reports for the period 10/10/1995 to 16/10/2003.
Palaeoproterozoic metasediments of the Hutchison Group, and Lincoln Complex granitoids, were the targets of exploration for gold, base metals and granite dimension stone in an area 40 km south of Kimba. Initial calcrete sampling indicated that...-
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Winnininnie (part of the Manna Hill Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/4/2013 to 18/4/2015.
A small area centred ~14 km north-east of Yunta that straddles the Barrier Highway has been explored for possible economic vein-style and structurally controlled gold which may have formed within Adelaidean bedrock sediments. During the 2013-2014...-
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Published: 02 Jul 1915
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Data release - as updated : World's End. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/3/2009 to 2/3/2016.
An area centred about 30 km south-east of Burra has been explored for possible buried economic Burra style copper mineralisation and for Mongolata Goldfield type alluvial and reef gold. The host metasedimentary unit to the Monster mine, the...-
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Published: 16 Mar 1916
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Data release - as updated : One Tree Hill (part of the Manna Hill Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 5/11/2007 to 4/11/2017.
Exploration for possible economic vein-style and structurally controlled gold with Adelaidean bedrock sediments in an area located between the towns of Yunta and Manna Hill was conducted using low cost remote sensing, geochemical and geophysical...-
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Published: 15 Dec 1917
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Data release - as updated : Benda Range (part of the Manna Hill Project). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 6/5/2008 to 14/12/2017.
Exploration for possible economic vein-style and structurally controlled gold with Adelaidean bedrock sediments in an area located south of Manna Hill township was conducted using low cost remote sensing, geochemical and geophysical methods. The...-
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Published: 15 Jan 1918
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The Hummocks. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 30/6/2009 to 17/8/2017.
EL 4278 was Southern Uranium's first mineral exploration foray into the northern Yorke Peninsula. The subject tenement was pegged in January 2009 in order to secure ground surrounding the northern reaches of the Pine Point Fault. This particular...-
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Published: 31 Aug 1917
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : The North-western Murray Basin Project. Joint annual reports for the period 29/8/2006 to 28/8/2012.
Twelve licence areas owned and operated by Gold Fields Australasia (GFA), comprising two subareas respectively located approximately 50 km east of Burra and 15 km south-east of the Benda Range, on the eastern edge of the Adelaide Fold Belt, are being...-
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Published: 29 Sep 1912
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Mount Grainger (part of the Mount Grainger JV Project). Annual reports for the period 25/10/1996 to 24/10/2000.
Exploration over a structurally complex part of the Nackara Arc region centred ~30 km north-east of Peterborough has sought economic Telfer-type gold deposits hosted within folded domal structures in Adelaidean strata, which have been intruded during...-
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