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Watson Siding (South). Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 11/12/81 to 10/10/82.
In a search for possible concealed Olympic Dam type base metal deposits within an area located 80 km north-west of Yalata, the licensee investigated several previously identified contiguous magnetic and gravity anomalies by performing ground magnetic...-
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Published: 16 Dec 1982
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Blue Gum Hill, Kangaroo Island. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 19/4/1973 to 29/1/1974.
In ongoing exploration of the base metal potential of a small licence area located 34 km west of Kingscote, 5 inclined shallow diamond drillholes totalling 399 m were put down on significant anomalies located by IP surveys and/or geochemical soil...-
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Published: 29 Jan 1974
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Pichi Richi Pass [south of Quorn]. Progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/12/1992 to 1/12/1997.
Diamond exploration undertaken over a much dissected 460 square km area of the south-central Flinders Ranges between Stirling North and Mount Arden comprised aeromagnetic interpretation and heavy mineral processing of a regional suite of 170+ stream...-
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RB 37/00149 Appraisal of Torrens barite mine, Hundred of Onkaparinga.
In February 1951, South Australian Barytes Limited became interested in this mine, held under claim by Reginald John Alfred Larsson and requested an inspection by Department of Mines officers. This request was repeated, and endorsed by Larsson in...-
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Published: 17 Jun 1954
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RB 55/00006;Amdel 00126 Accessory minerals of South Australian granites.
The purpose of the work described was to compare and contrast the petrography, accessory minerals, and absolute ages of 25 granitic and allied rock samples collected from widely scattered localities in South Australia. The processes that are...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1961
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RB 60/00082 Coober Pedy Opalfield.
Mapping of the Coober Pedy Opalfield has shown that opal occurrence, although erratic, is not entirely unpredictable. Several groups of workings are present in an area of about 150 square miles. The host rock is a distinctive pink and white...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1965
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RB 45/00118 Final report on iron ore prospecting, Corunna area, Iron Knob district.
In an area of limited basement outcrop located between 2 and 5 miles north-northwest of Iron Knob township, the Department's surface traverse channel sampling (969'), percussion boring (643’) and diamond drilling (1270’) tested a low grade...-
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Published: 04 Dec 1957
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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 77/00144 Chrysoprase and moss agate deposits Mount Davies area, North West Province. Report no. 2.
Report criticises the methods, presentation and conclusions of a non-professional chrysoprase mining feasibility study prepared for the Commonwealth Government Opposition by parliamentary advisor J.P. West.-
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Published: 13 Dec 1977
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RB 78/00086 Andamooka Opalfields. A geological guide for the opal prospector.
During May - September 1978, 66 shafts were sunk under subsidised mining programmes to encourage testing of new areas. The new fields of Stans Hill and Yarloo West were established subsequent to the discovery of opal in Shafts 17 and 49.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 96/00001 Mineral exploration and development in South Australia.
This mineral promotional brochure reviews significant historical developments in South Australia's mineral industry and canvasses the currently recognised mineral potential within the State, for the benefit of local and overseas interested companies...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1996
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Ferguson [Siding]. Data release made in lieu of submitting a third partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal: annual reports for the period 6/9/2000 to 5/9/2005.
Exploration of an area located about 50 km west of Kingoonya, looking for possible Archaean to Proterozoic mafic intrusive and shear-related economic gold and base metal mineralisation, has lately been hampered financially by the exit of Mount Isa...-
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Published: 09 Sep 1905
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-14, Pernatty Lagoon area (eastern Gawler Craton) IOCG mineral prospects. Project final report.
PACE proposal DPY3-14 aimed to discover a new iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) mineralised magmatic centre, similar to the Olympic Dam setting, within the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton. The Pernatty Lagoon project is located less than...-
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Published: 20 Sep 1906
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Mabel Creek. Annual and final progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 3/12/1999 to 2/12/2003.
As part of an exploration project targeting possible large-scale opal occurrences hidden at depth beneath marine shale outcrops in the Stuart Range 'Breakaway' country, the subject licence was taken up to cover certain ground lying adjacent to the...-
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Published: 25 Jun 1903
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Mount Willoughby. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 11/1/2001 to 10/1/2005.
Exploration for opal, carried out in an area of the Stuart Range located approximately 130 km north-northwest of Coober Pedy, has included a compilation of geological and opal occurrence data, photogeological interpretation of aerial photographs,...-
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Ely Hill and Ant Hill. Combined and separate annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 10/1/1997 to 17/12/2004.
The subject adjacent licence areas, located approximately 55 km north-northeast of Coober Pedy, were the first tenements taken out for regional opal exploration under the provisions of the newly proclaimed South Australian Opal Mining Act 1997. The...-
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Published: 17 Dec 1904
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Parndana. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/10/2006 to 26/10/2008.
Exploration for possible economic stratiform/syngenetic base metal deposits and/or structurally controlled epithermal/hydrothermal gold and uranium occurrences within Lower Cambrian metasediments over the central section of Kangaroo Island included...-
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Published: 22 Apr 1909
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Coffin Bay (originally part of the Wanilla JV Project). Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/3/2005 to 2/3/2010.
A tenement in the Coulta district of south-western Eyre Peninsula has lately been explored by International Metals, after its prior research had outlined seven areas there as being of prime interest in a search for Archaean greenstone units which...-
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Published: 20 May 1910
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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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Investigation of the Mutooroo copper mine, South Australia.
The Mutooroo mine was the largest copper producer in the Olary Province, until its closure in 1914. Recent geophysical work and drilling have discovered a deeper massive sulphide body of over 8 million tonnes, averaging 1.66% Cu, with an unknown...-
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