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RB 78/00117 Bumbarlow 1 - Well completion report.
Bumbarlow 1 (TD 720.33 m) aimed to test the lithology and petroleum potential of the Cambrian section in the central part of the eastern Arrowie Basin. It continuously cored a sequence over 300 m thick of flat-lying Proterozoic sediments interbedded...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1978
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RB 77/00143 Stratigraphic drilling in the eastern Arrowie Basin, 1975-1976.
The Arrowie is a sedimentary basin composed nearly entirely of unmetamorphosed Cambro-Ordovician detrital and carbonate strata. It covers a present-day area across the Flinders Ranges, westwards to Lake Torrens and eastwards to the New South Wales...-
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Published: 12 Dec 1977
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RB 81/00024 Progress report, CURNAMONA 1:250 000 sheet - Platform rocks, Benagerie Ridge and their Mesozoic and Cainozoic cover.
The Benagerie Ridge is a basement high which has been actively shedding detritus since Adelaidean times. It includes porphyry, with thin cover of Adelaidean rocks, flanked by Cambrian and possible Adelaidean sediments. The Cainozoic blankets the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 88/00020 1:250 000 geological series - Explanatory Notes CURNAMONA - South Australia.
The area mapped includes most of the area south of Lake Frome between the Flinders and Barrier Ranges, and part of the Olary Hills. Basin nomenclature has been revised for the Cainozoic. Drilling by CSR, Minad and Petromin NL has been used in the...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1988
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RB 98/00003 Review of the Proterozoic geology and mineral potential of the Curnamona Province in South Australia.
The Curnamona Province is exposed in the Willyama, Mt Painter and Mt Babbage Inliers, but much is obscured by younger sedimentary cover. It comprises a late Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic succession (Willyama Supergroup) with some...-
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Published: 02 Feb 1998
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RB 98/00021 Review of open file company exploration data from 1992 to mid-1997, Olary Domain, CURNAMONA 1:250 000 map sheet, South Australia.
This report comprises Open file company data, released since the previous MESA review (Yates and Randell, 1994) of the CURNAMONA 1:250 000 map sheet, includes exploration for base and precious metals (especially stratiform/stratabound Broken...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1997
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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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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-54, north Benagerie Dome copper-gold mineral prospects. Project interim and final reports.
In early 2005 Havilah Resources applied for and was successful in gaining PACE Initiative funding for part of the cost of certain exploration drilling on its Benagerie Dome acreage, to carry out a programme with these aims: 1). To confirm, better...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Kalkaroo. Annual reports submitted prior to licence sale and the commencement of the Curnamona Cu-Au Project, for the period 18/1/2000 to 9/5/2003.
During 2000-2001, the first year of renewed Kalkaroo EL 2720, joint venture operator Mount Isa Mines (MIM) continued with its geochemical and geophysical exploration of the Proterozoic basement which is concealed under 60-100 m depth of cover across...-
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Unlocking South Australia's Mineral and Energy Potential - A Plan for Accelerating Exploration. PACE Copper Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry) : Year 9 partnership no. DPY9-44 - Benagerie Dome. Drilling project final report.
A PACE Initiative - subsidised collaborative drilling programme has been completed by Havilah Resources Limited between February and June 2017 on its EL 5873 Benagerie and ML 6346 (Portia gold mine) ground holdings in the central western Curnamona...-
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Benagerie. Progress reports and annual reports, plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/11/1979 to 9/3/1989.
TARGET: Sedimentary uranium in Tertiary sandstone, plus Olympic Dam type copper-gold mineralisation and Broken Hill or Mount Isa type stratiform base metal mineralisation in the underlying basement rocks. EXPLORATION: Stratigraphic drilling (162...-
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Arrowie Block, PEL 5 and 6. Progress and annual reports for the period from July 1979 to February 1989.
Exploration included : - drilling of Moorowie 1, - 1984 Hogarth - ARR, 1985 Morphett - ARR, 1986 Fletcher - ARR and 1987 Mitchell - ARR Seismic Surveys, - experimental seismic survey on Lake Frome (November 1985), - processing of 1982...-
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Lake Namba. Progress and final reports for the period 4/11/1975 to 26/10/1981.
TARGET: Sedimentary uranium deposits in the Lower Tertiary sediments overlying the Mesozoic Frome Embayment and Cambrian Moorowie Syncline stratigraphic succession, adjacent to and overlying the western flank of the Proterozoic Benagerie Ridge....-
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ComRev 008 Iron Ore in South Australia 2000
The iron-rich rocks of South Australia have been classified into six deposit types - residual, chemical sedimentary iron formations, Fe-skarn and, of lesser significance, hydrothermal, clastic and magmatic. Production has been overwhelmingly from...-
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Lake Yantawena (East). Progress reports for the period 27/11/1970 to 26/11/1972.
An airborne scintillation spectrometer survey with follow-up ground radioactivity surveying, new geological and gamma logging of deep water bores, and subsequent road traverse drilling of 64 regional reconnaissance open rotary holes totalling 24,447...-
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ComRev 016 Iron Ore opportunities in South Australia 2014 (historical reference only)
A 2016 summary of iron ore opportunities within South Australia. Each mine, deposit or prospect has detailed resource information and a snap-shot of the associated companies at that time.-
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ComRev 015 The South Australian Resources Sector 2016 (historical reference only)
Gold: Gold mineralisation is widespread in South Australia and occurs in most geological provinces Copper: Many of the deposits in South Australia’s copper provinces are covered by a sequence of younger rocks that have effectively hidden many large...-
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ComRev 011 Uranium in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)
Australia has a substantial allocation of the world’s uranium resources, especially defined under the lower risk RAR (Reasonably Assured Resources) metric. Australia hosts 29% of the world’s uranium resources (RAR and inferred) recoverable at...-
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ComRev 009 Gold in South Australia 2016 (historical reference only)
Gold mineralisation is widespread and occurs in most geological provinces of South Australia. Gold in South Australia is obtained from two types of primary deposits - quartz veins (reefs or lodges) and deposits worked mainly for base metals from which...-
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