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Mount Mitchell. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 20/10/1980 to 19/10/1982.
Exploration was undertaken for lode and alluvial tin mineralisation which might exist within ground adjacent to the abandoned Mount Mitchell tin mine, and also for reef gold in altered granite and dolerites outcropping adjacent to the numerous small...-
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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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Bulgunnia, Gosse and Kingoonya (the Mentor Project). Data release made at the surrender of subsequent licences : annual reports for the period 27/10/1992 to 15/11/1997. [Index entry Part 1 of 2 - a very long abstract is split between these two parts].
The Gawler Joint Venture partners (Dominion Mining and Resolute Resources) have been exploring three near-contiguous areas located in the north of the Tarcoola - Kingoonya district, seeking possible economic concealed epithermal/mesothermal...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Bulgunnia (part of the Gawler JV Project). Annual reports for the period 19/11/1997 to 1/1/2013.
Within an area of the Wilgena and Christie Domains centred 40 km north of Tarcoola, exploration is continuing for Archaean to Proterozoic basement-hosted epithermal, hydrothermal and metamorphic type gold and base metal occurrences. Here an 841 square...-
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Burra. Progress reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 11/3/1971 to 20/1/1972.
Exploration of a Willouran inlier located near Spalding initially was aimed at finding low grade, large tonnage copper-molybdenum mineralisation of the type recently discovered at Anabama and Spilsby Island. Re-sampling of drill cores from 3 SADM...-
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Published: 07 Feb 1972
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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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PACE Copper Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 9 partnership DPY9-25 - Pidinga and Fig Tree Corner, western Gawler Craton, orogenic gold prospects. Drilling project final report.
An area centred ~70 km north-east of Yalata and lying ~30 km to the east of the Jacinth and Ambrosia heavy mineral deposits is being explored by Doray Minerals Limited under a joint venture agreement it has made with grant licensee Iluka Resources...-
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Ketchowla. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/11/1981 to 15/11/1983.
Exploration has been undertaken for possible economic porphyry - style copper-molybdenum (-gold) mineralisation in a magnetically complex area located on the western flank of the Ordovician Bendigo Granite batholith, north of Mongolata. Initial field...-
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Published: 06 Sep 1983
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Moonta-Wallaroo Joint Venture. History of exploration activities.
The Moonta project was initiated in 1959 and has been worked as a joint venture since the early 1960s. A large body of geological information has been accumulated, with factual input given by data obtained from geochemical exploratory drilling of ~...-
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Moonta. Progress reports to licence expiry/ renewal, for the period 9/2/1982 to 8/2/1987.
TARGET: Extensions to known mineralisation, lying beneath shallow cover; lode gold deposits. EXPLORATION: Geophysical surveys included : - aeromagnetic and radiometric surveys in April 1982 and May 1984 (line spacing: 300 metres; altitude: 120...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1987
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Moonta. Progress reports to licence sale, for the period 10/2/1987 to 12/3/1988.
Diamond and percussion drilling at the Poona copper-gold deposit has now defined an orebody with the potential to support a modest mining operation, by disclosing 206,000 tonnes of mineable reserves grading on average 6.45% Cu and 2 g/t Au. Diamond...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1988
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Investigation of the Kirkeeks Treasure mine, Koonamore Station, near Yunta, SA.
Pit face sampling and the drilling of a 347 foot diamond drill hole were completed at the Kirkeeks Treasure Mine. The drill hole DDK1 failed to intersect lode material. The most optimistic view of the prospect is that potential exists in the quartzite...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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Anabama Hill. Prospectivity report and data review for the period 2/1/1980 to 14/7/1980.
A memo received from Asarco's Arizona-based geologist Mr J H Courtright (27 December 1978) drew the attention of that company's Perth office staff to the similarities between the Anabama breccia pipes, which he had seen during a visit to the prospect...-
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Published: 14 Jul 1980
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RB 71/00129 Investigation of the Bendigo copper and molybdenum prospect. Report no. 1.
Oxidized copper minerals and molybdenite occur in quartz veins cutting sericitized granodiorite 2 miles (3km) east of Bendigo Homestead. Coincident copper soil and I.P. anomalies were tested by drilling. A zone of probable secondary copper,...-
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Published: 17 Aug 1971
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RB 72/00002;Env 01793 Investigation of the Bendigo copper and molybdenum prospect. Report no. 2. Drillhole information.
The report is a compilation of the drillhole data that was used to produce RB 71/129 (Bendigo prospect. Progress Report no. 1). It includes geological logs and geochemical results for rotary, percussion and diamond drilling completed at Bendigo for...-
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Published: 05 Jan 1972
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RB 72/00001 Investigation of the Bendigo copper and molybdenum prospect. Report no. 3.
Rotary drilling to a maximum depth of 90m in alluvium covered areas in the west and southeast of the Reserve did not intersect any significant concentrations of Cu or Mo. A zone of weathered granodiorite in the southeast of the Reserve contains weakly...-
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Published: 05 Jan 1972
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RB 73/00063 Investigation of the Bendigo copper and molybdenum prospect. Report no. 4 - Diamond drilling.
Two 300m deep diamond drill holes tested an induced polarisation anomaly at the Bendigo prospect. The holes intersected weakly sericitised granodiorite carrying minor sulphide mineralisation, mainly pyrite, in narrow quartz veins. The average metal...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
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RB 72/00131 Kia Ora-South Dam Project, BURRA 1:250 000 map sheet area. Reconnaissance drilling.
6 vertical rotary mud drillholes totalling 645 m were drilled south of the Bendigo prospect to test for suspected subcrop extensions of the Bendigo Granite beneath alluvium. The target areas were outlined by aeromagnetic anomalies. Two holes...-
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Published: 17 Jul 1972
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RB 73/00154 Report on drilling of the Kenmore 2 copper prospect, Kenmore Alberga.
Acid gneiss underlying soil displaying anomalous copper values was investigated by geological mapping, geochemistry, geophysics, rotary and diamond drilling. Subeconomic sulphide mineralization, thought to have originated as a stratabound deposit, was...-
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Published: 22 Jun 1973
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RB 72/00154 Progress report no. 1. Netley Hill copper and molybdenum prospect, Olary Anabama.
Netley Hill is part of the Anabama Granite, and consists of granite capped with greisen. Preliminary geological mapping, geochemical soil sampling and a reconnaissance induced polarisation survey have been carried out over the hill. Detailed results...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1972
