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RB 94/00034 Review of diamond resources in South Australia.
Diamonds were first found in South Australia at the Echunga Goldfield by gold panners in 1859. Reports of 50 saleable diamonds and possibly up to 200 diamonds are recorded through to 1900. Since then one diamond of reasonable size has been found...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1994
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Boolcunda and Hawker (part of the Springfield Project). Annual and joint annual reports to licences' respective expiry/renewal, for the period 22/7/1991 to 7/8/2002.
Exploration for diamonds and also for possible ultramafic igneous intrusion - related base metal mineralisation is being conducted in the area surrounding the small Permo-Triassic fluvioglacial sedimentary basin at Springfield in the southern Flinders...-
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Springfield, Glen Oak, Willochra, Gilbert Hill, Quorn, Radford Creek and Kanyaka (the Springfield district tenement group within the Flinders Ranges Project). Joint annual report for the period 1/1/2011 to 31/12/2013.
Work said to have been completed during the 2011 reporting period included an inspection and limited sampling of retained historic Utah drill cores from the Copper Claim area, checking of the preliminary resource estimates made by Utah from its drill...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Eurelia Diamond Project. Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2014 to 17/11/2018.
Since taking over ownership of five licences that previously formed parts of Flinders Mines' Springfield Project, by a purchase agreement that took force in June 2014, Diamond Resources has been working to define, identify and prioritise advanced...-
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Published: 31 Dec 1918
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Morgan Creek (part of Orroroo North Project). Progress and relinquishment reports for the period 12/4/82 to 11/4/84.
Seven 25 kg stream sediment samples were obtained for detailed heavy mineral studies as part of a search for the source of a nearby palaeoplacer diamond deposit, which has only recently been discovered in Triassic basal conglomerates deposited within...-
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Data release - as updated : Eurelia Diamond Project. Joint final report [no work letter] at the full surrenders of four of five project licences, for the period 1/1/2014 to 7/4/2016.
Regarding the now fully surrendered four subject licences, there was no work to report for the last two years when they had project joint reporting status, nor for during the prior period since 1/1/2011 when initially they had individual reporting...-
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Published: 17 Nov 1915
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Carrieton North (part of the Orroroo North Project). Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal as of a larger new tenement, for the period 19/1/1982 to 27/4/1986.
TARGET: Palaeo-alluvial diamonds in the Triassic Boolcunda Basin. EXPLORATION: Initial soil sampling and ground magnetic surveys of geochemical and geophysical anomalies; comprehensive regional and follow-up heavy mineral stream sediment sampling of...-
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Cradock (part of the Orroroo North Project). Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 12/8/1980 to 17/6/1991.
TARGET: Diamonds, base metals, gold and precious metals in the Cradock-Carrieton and Orroroo areas. EXPLORATION: Regional drainage heavy mineral sampling, bulk sampling and costeaning, mineralogical and sedimentological studies, localised...-
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Published: 25 Jul 1991
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RB 98/00036 The 'G2' [Lineament] diamond trail field excursion, 15-18 February 1999. Excursion guide
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Published: 01 Dec 1998
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Willochra (part of the Springfield Project). Fourth partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 18/8/1998 to 24/9/2008.
A detailed helicopter-borne aeromagnetic survey was conducted by Flinders Diamonds over the Springfield Basin region during 2008 in a search for buried kimberlite pipe and dyke magnetic targets. The survey was flown at a nominal height of 30 m, with a...-
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Gilbert Hill (part of the Springfield Project). Third partial surrender report for the period 18/11/2008 to 31/7/2013.
The only work performed on the now relinquished portion of EL 4208 consisted of one ground magnetic traverse acquired during 2008, as part of a larger project-wide ground magnetic surveying programme. The digital magnetic data for this particular...-
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Quorn, Glen Oak, Gilbert Hill and Willochra (all part of the Springfield Project). Joint partial surrender report for the overall period 4/11/2005 to 17/11/2009.
A detailed helicopter-borne low level magnetic survey was conducted over the Springfield Basin region during 2008 in search of kimberlite pipe and dyke targets. It was flown along north-south lines spaced 100 m apart, with a nominal sensor height...-
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The Springfield Project. Data release at licences' partial relinquishment / full surrender: licences' combined annual reports re. diamond exploration activities for the period 1/1/2001 to 1/8/2011. [Index Part 1 of 2].
In ongoing diamond exploration of the Flinders Diamonds Ltd (FDL) Springfield Project tenement group, the licensee undertook exploratory drilling for kimberlite in the Springfield and Boolcunda Basins, and at the former Eurelia prospect of Stockdale...-
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Published: 09 Nov 1911
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The Springfield Project. Data release at licences' partial surrender/ full surrender: licences' combined annual reports re. diamond exploration activities for the period 1/1/2001 to 1/8/2011. [Index Part 2 of 2].
During 2005, consultant geomorphologist Richard Russell was contracted by FDL to undertake a study of existing 'unsourced’ kimberlite indicator mineral (KIM) anomalies that occur in the northern part of the Springfield Project area. The initial aim of...-
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Published: 09 Nov 1911
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Willochra and Carrieton (part of Flinders Diamonds' Springfield Project). Respective licence annual reports submitted until the commencement of project licences' joint reporting, for the period 18/8/1998 to 17/8/2002.
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RB 2012/00006 A review of kimberlites and related rocks in South Australia.
There are currently around 200 primary kimberlitic rock occurrences known in South Australia, located within seven discrete kimberlite provinces. These provinces span a distance of 400 km across the state, from the western side of Eyre Peninsula in...-
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Published: 01 Mar 2012
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Nackara Arc, South Australia - An under-explored diamond province? A new perspective on applied exploration.
Regional studies and diamond exploration activities conducted in the Nackara Arc region of South Australia demonstrate that it is a favourable tectonic environment for diamondiferous kimberlitic pipes to occur which is similar to that of the AK1...-
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