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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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Emu Dam (formerly Billeroo West). Data release in lieu of partial relinquishment upon licence renewal (as EL 2878) : annual reports for the period 4/11/1996 to 3/11/2001.
Exploration for possible economic Early Proterozoic stratabound Pb-Zn-Ag deposits of Broken Hill type, and for Olympic Dam style, Middle Proterozoic Benagerie Ridge volcanogenic sediment - hosted, epithermal / hydrothermal Cu-Au-Mo(-U) occurrences of...-
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Billeroo West. Progress and technical reports for the period 30/6/80 to 7/11/87.
TARGET: Sedimentary uranium in Tertiary palaeochannels, plus Olympic Dam or sedex type base and precious metal deposits in the Proterozoic basement. EXPLORATION: Ground magnetic, gravity and SIROTEM surveys, one 600 metre deep diamond drill hole (BW...-
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Published: 24 Dec 1987
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Culberta Bore. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 26/1/1978 to 25/1/1980.
The potential for finding economic Olympic Dam style copper-uranium mineralisation beneath the Strzelecki Desert cover in an area located 30 km east of Lake Frome was investigated by a review of prospectivity factors, and by the acquisition of...-
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Published: 11 Apr 1980
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[East of] Lake Frome area (part of the Benagerie Ridge JV Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 10/10/2002 to 9/10/2012.
EL 3019 located in the Curnamona Province of South Australia covers a portion of the north-south trending buried palaeotopographic high known as the Benagerie Ridge. The north-south elongate licence area occupies part of Quinyambie Station, and is...-
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Coombs Springs. First annual report, submitted prior to the start of project joint reporting, for the period 13/11/2006 to 12/11/2007.
A small area centred ~140 km north-northwest of Olary is being explored for possible buried Tertiary palaeochannel or sheet sandstone-hosted, roll-front style sedimentary uranium mineralisation, as well as for possible Mesoproterozoic basement-hosted...-
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Published: 04 Jan 1908
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Culberta Bore and Curraworra Bore. Annual reports and combined final report to licences' respective expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/4/2005 to 12/4/2010.
An area located approximately 50 km south-west of Quinyambie has been explored for possible economic, buried IOCG style mineralisation within Proterozoic basement rocks underlying the north-eastern margin of the Benagerie Ridge. In addition, after...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Moolawatana. Annual reports for the period 27/1/1999 to 24/09/2015.
A dispersed three-part licence area located on the plains between Lake Callabonna and Lake Frome, and centred approximately 33 km east of Parabarana Hill, is being explored for possible economic primary gold and base metal deposits associated with...-
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Published: 04 Jun 1909
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Benagerie Ridge Areas A to E (initially the Curnamona IOCG Project, and later becoming part of the Curnamona South Uranium Project). Joint annual reports to licences' respective or joint (final) surrender, for the period 25/5/2005 to 9/6/2015.
Five conjoined exploration licences covering the buried central and northern Benagerie Ridge basement province that is comprised predominantly of Mesoproterozoic volcanic and intrusive rocks, have been explored for possible economic iron oxide -...-
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Published: 14 May 1915
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RB 2004/00019 Review of open file company exploration data, from 1997 to mid-2003 Curnamona 1:250 000 map sheet, Olary Domain South Australia
Open file company exploration information, released since the previous exploration review (McCallum, 1998) on the CURNAMONA 1:250,000 mapsheet area [note: this scale of mapsheet has its name conventionally written in capitals], is reviewed in this...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2004
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RB 2015/00011 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia – Third edition.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2013–2014, South Australia produced 4399 t of uranium, representing 80% of Australia’s total uranium production of 5512 t, and equating to 9.2% of the world’s total...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2015
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RB 2012/00009 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia – Second edition.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2010–11, South Australia produced 4276 t of uranium, representing 60% of Australia’s total uranium production of 7035 t, and equating to 11% of the world’s total...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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RB 2008/00004 Definitions of Mesoproterozoic igneous rocks of the Curnamona Province: the Ninnerie Supersuite.
The Curnamona Province has been host to widespread magmatic activity, with several periods of granite emplacement recorded, variously extending from the late Palaeoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic. Mesoproterozoic granites and volcanic rocks occur...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2008
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RB 2009/00014 Uranium and uranium mineral systems in South Australia.
South Australia is well recognised as being significantly enriched in uranium. During 2008/2009, South Australia produced 4 613 t of uranium, representing 45% of Australia's total uranium production of 10 311 t, and equating to 9.5% of the world's...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2010
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Curnamona, Frome Downs, Billeroo Creek and Mulyungarie (the Curnamona Uranium JV Project). Joint annual reports and final report to licences' joint surrender, for the period 20/2/1997 to 19/2/2002.
Exploration for sedimentary uranium in Tertiary palaeochannels was carried out on four partly contiguous licences located immediately south and east of Lake Frome. Research of historic data, including an evaluation of the results from 309 existing...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-19, Honeymoon area base metal and hard rock uranium mineral prospects. Project final report.
EL 2937 licensee Southern Cross Resources has utilised PACE Initiative Year 2 funding assistance to carry out a collaborative drilling project to test 2 primary base metal/uranium targets within Willyama Group basement at a location 5 km south-east of...-
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South Australian Uranium Occurrences Map (revised 7th edition). See plan 204086-001.
The subject uranium occurrences map highlights all known uranium mineral occurrences throughout the state. It was compiled in ArcGIS using various corporate datasets. Deposits and occurrences have been classified using a mineral systems - based...-
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Published: 01 Feb 2015
