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Hanns Hill. Progress reports for the period 19/1/81 to 6/12/82.
Follow up to stream sediment sampling near Oodnadatta in the Mount Dutton area suggests that anomalous nickel, chromium and cobalt values are associated with ironstone, and anomalous niobium with geodes. No kimberlites were discovered.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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Mount Robinson. Progress reports for the period 19/1/81 to 6/12/82.
Stream sediment sampling southeast of Oodnadatta in the Mount Kingston area revealed no significant anomalies. Rare pyrope was identified in some samples, but no kimberlite were discovered.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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Orroroo. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 18/11/1971 to 28/9/1972.
In a continuation of diamond and base metal exploration of newly discovered carbonatite / kimberlite intrusive bodies in an area located immediately north of Orroroo, these bodies were examined petrographically and analysed to compare their...-
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Pualco West. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/10/1972 to 25/10/1973.
Reconnaissance and detailed bulk loam sampling undertaken to look for diamonds or kimberlite indicator minerals in the vicinity of the Pualco Anticline, plus spectrographic analyses of the derived heavy mineral concentrates for gold and base metals...-
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Published: 12 Dec 1973
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RB 93/00042 Orroroo bedrock drilling 1993.
Eighty three reverse circulation drill holes totalling 2615.5 metres were drilled on Quorn, Orroroo, Paratoo and Carrieton 1:100 000 sheets to determine bedrock geology and geochemistry below sedimentary cover. The program is a part of the South...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1993
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Black Hill Intrusive Complex (northern [Bower - Florieton] and southern [Cambrai] areas). Joint annual report plus final report to licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 17/2/2005 to 16/2/2007.
Inco Resources has been exploring the outcropping portion of the Ordovician Black Hill Intrusive Complex for possible Voisey's Bay style nickel, copper and platinum group element (PGE) mineralisation since 2004, when it signed a joint venture...-
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Frome River (part of the Copley Ni/Cu Project). Annual, partial surrender and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/10/2006 to 8/10/2009.
In a search for possible Voiseys Bay style magmatic nickel-copper mineralisation within an area of historical small scale surface mining activity located approximately 60-70 km north-east of Leigh Creek, the licensee conducted a brief campaign of...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Black Hill. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 26/8/2003 to 25/8/2008.
Inco Resources ('Inco') has been exploring the outcropping portion of the Ordovician Black Hill Intrusive Complex for possible Voisey's Bay style nickel, copper and platinum group element (PGE) mineralisation. This work commenced on 30/9/2004, when it...-
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Peake and Denison Ranges. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 17/2/1969 to 4/5/1971.
An airborne magnetic/radiometric survey was flown over the licence in 1969. Three anomalies located near Peake Homestead Ruins and the Coppertop mine gave disappointing ground survey uranium responses from traverses made with a hand-held...-
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Port Augusta - Wilkatana area. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/10/1969 to 4/8/1972.
An area surrounding the Emeroo Range, and extending from the vicinity of Port Augusta to 30 km west of Hawker, was explored by Utah for possible economic stratabound base metal deposits which it was thought could be associated with certain favourable...-
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Uro Bluff. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 16/4/1975 to 15/4/1977.
Stratiform copper sulphides, hosted within the basal Tapley Hill Formation, and extensions of known kimberlite bodies were targeted in this program. Reconnaissance and closer (down to 1 km x 1 km) spaced diamond and percussion drilling (28 and 83...-
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Eurelia - Carrieton area. Annual and progress reports to licence amalgamation/renewal for the period 5/8/1971 to 14/2/1972.
Ongoing exploration for possible economic stratiform copper deposits occurring in Late Proterozoic metasediments forming the Eurelia Anticline has concentrated on evaluating mainly the Copper Claim prospect plus four less attractive prospects, after...-
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RB 73/00008 Geological survey, Torrens Hinge Zone Project, Bute region. Report no. 1.
This report outlines the history and concept of the Torrens Hinge Zone project. An account is given of the regional geology, geophysics, geochronology and stratigraphic drilling in the Bute region and adjoining areas of northern Yorke Peninsula. An...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
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Data release - as updated : Florieton. Annual reports to the commencement of project licences' joint reporting, plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 5/11/2007 to 18/2/2015.
During initial exploration of the Florieton area, located approximately 40 km south-east of Burra, the compilation and reprocessing of available gravity and magnetic data were used to interpret the bedrock geology hidden under a widespread 150-200 m...-
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Oak Park. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 10/12/1996 to 9/10/1997.
Exploration targeting supergene copper of diapiric origin, 30 km south of Yunta, yielded anomalous Zn, Cu, Ni, Co, Mn and Ba from assaying of four rock chip grab samples. Reconnaissance ground Sirotem surveying indicated that cover sediments would not...-
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Eurelia. Progress and annual reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 30/10/1969 to 29/7/1971.
An exploration licence area covering 120 square miles in the vicinity of the Eurelia Anticline was taken up by Utah Development to search for possible economic Zambian Copperbelt-style stratiform copper deposits within upper Adelaidean metasedimentary...-
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Kapunda. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 11/12/1972 to 10/12/1973 [plus supporting data obtained from previous explorers].
The resumption of brownfields mineral exploration at the historic Kapunda copper mine and nearby prospects, undertaken by a new company, has targeted previously identified copper geochemical anomalies lying on the abandoned mine leases and along...-
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Mount Davidson. Progress, annual and final reports to licence expiry for the period 15/1/1970 to 14/1/1972.
Exploration for possible hydrothermal/stratabound replacement-type base metal deposits in an area located 28 miles north-east of Hawker, adjacent to the northern margin of the Worumba Diapir, has consisted of photogeological mapping of structures...-
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Published: 17 Jan 1972
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Mount Lyndhurst. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 12/5/1969 to 11/5/1970.
An area of numerous old copper workings located approximately 20 miles east of Lyndhurst was explored for possible economic nickel, copper, lead or zinc mineralisation, by conducting reconnaissance stream sediment sampling (155 samples) and IP...-
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Published: 30 Jun 1970
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Data release - as updated : Benda Range (part of the Manna Hill Project). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 6/5/2008 to 14/12/2017.
Exploration for possible economic vein-style and structurally controlled gold with Adelaidean bedrock sediments in an area located south of Manna Hill township was conducted using low cost remote sensing, geochemical and geophysical methods. The...-
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Published: 15 Jan 2018
