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Mount Frome. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 22/10/1973 to 21/10/1974.
A re-investigation of base metal geochemical anomalies detected during Electrolytic Zinc Co.'s former stream sediment and rock chip sampling programme conducted near an historic copper-lead mine prospect at Mount Chambers in the eastern Flinders...-
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Published: 06 Sep 1974
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Mount Bayley. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 22/7/1971 to 21/7/1972.
A small area located 15 km north-east of Beltana was explored for possible economic stratabound or epigenetic/hydrothermal base metal deposits associated with Adelaidean and Cambrian calcareous/dolomitic strata and Willouran diapiric structures. Work...-
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Ediacara. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 13/11/1971 to 12/11/1972.
During June-July 1972, 35 shallow vertical rotary percussion drillholes for a total penetration of 877 m were completed within the Ediacara Fault Zone to test for economic base metal mineralisation, the majority of the holes being sited at locations...-
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RB 54/00075 Ediacara silver-lead-copper Mineral Field. (Mineralisation investigation) Progress report no. 1.
Lead and copper mineralisation occurs in rocks of Cambrian age in the Ediacara Mineral Field. Rich pockets of ore minerals of limited extent occur in the Transition beds and in the overlying carbonates, associated with breccias or turbidites....-
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Published: 19 Mar 1962
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RB 60/00004 Source and distribution of heavy metals in Cambrian and Marinoan shelf sediments in South Australia.
The sedimentary environment of Cambrian and Marinoan shelf sediments in South Australia is outlined. Tables are presented showing the distribution of Cu and Pb in the various facies of these sediments. Low grade copper mineralisation in some Marinoan...-
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Published: 06 Jan 1965
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RB 86/00018 Base metal exploration Flinders Ranges National Park. Final report, Stages 1 and 2. Volume 1 (of 2).
Exploration for Mississippi Valley type (MVT) lead zinc along the western margin of the Park has been confined to the upper part of the Wilkawillina Limestone of the Cambrian Hawker Group, where surface lead, zinc and copper mineralization and karstic...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1986
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RB 90/00078 South Australia - Exploration Towards 2000. Seminar, Adelaide, 13 December, 1990. Extended abstracts.
A seminar designed to heighten industry interest in South Australia as a place in which to search for minerals and petroleum was organised by the Department of Mines and Energy at the Australian Mineral Foundation on 13 December 1990. A number of data...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1990
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RB 91/00101 Lead-zinc drilling investigations, 1989. Wirrealpa area, SA.
Potential target areas for Mississippi Valley style lead zinc mineralization were drill tested by 31 open drill holes totalling 825 metres. Postulated eastern extensions of low grade, flat-lying lead (-zinc) mineralisation were confirmed at the Eric...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1991
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RB 88/00041 Review of lead-zinc mineralization in South Australia - Adelaide Geosyncline and inliers, Stuart Shelf.
Mineralization is widespread both geographically and stratigraphically, but many areas are under-explored. Past exploration was generally focussed on copper. Further investigation is recommended in the following units and areas: . Cambrian - Hawker...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1988
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Wilkawillina (part of the Flinders Ranges Project). Annual reports submitted until the commencement of joint reporting for all six Project licences, for the period 5/8/1999 to 3/8/2002.
A large area centred on the Wilkawillina Gorge of Ten Mile Creek, in the central Flinders Ranges near Oraparinna, is being explored for possible buried economic zinc silicate (willemite) epigenetic or replacement mineralisation of Beltana type, as...-
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Mount Deception (part of the Flinders Ranges Project). Fourth partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal for a fourth term, for the period 14/10/1999 to 27/4/2015.
Two small ground portions together totalling 20.9 square km or ~42% of the former area of EL 4480 have been relinquished in partial fulfilment of the terms of the 2014 Flinders Ranges Project tenements' Amalgamated Expenditure Agreement made with...-
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Published: 11 Dec 1915
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Goddard, Mount Deception, Parachilna, Yandina Hill and Ben Lomond (the Flinders Ranges Project). Joint annual reports for the period 14/10/1999 to 27/4/2018.
A group of jointly reported tenements in the northern Flinders Ranges region is being explored for economic base metal mineralisation that might have formed within Late Proterozoic to Middle Cambrian continental rift margin sediments, probably with...-
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Published: 25 Jun 1918
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Reaphook Hill and Mount Frome (part of the Flinders Ranges Project). Respective early annual reports, for the period 17/1/2000 to 16/1/2002.
Two adjoining licence areas located ~50-70 km to the east and south-east of Blinman are being explored for possible economic buried willemite (zinc silicate), scholzite (zinc phosphate) and other base metal mineralisation associated with particular...-
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Reaphook Hill and Mount Frome (a tenement group having amalgamated expenditure commitments, which is part of the Flinders Ranges Project). Joint annual reports for the period 4/8/2001 to 1/7/2015.
During the third year of exploration nominally ending on 1/7/2002 [and subsequent to the starting date of 5/3/2002 for the application of provisions of the Flinders Ranges Project's multi-tenement Amalgamation of Expenditure Agreement (AEA), whence...-
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Published: 07 Aug 1915
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Ediacara, Blinman and Wilkawillina (part of the Flinders Ranges Project). Joint annual reports for the period 3/12/2001 to 31/12/2009.
During the first year of combined reporting for exploration licence 2675 “Ediacara”, 2593 “Blinman’ and 2627 “Wilkawillina”, the exploration focus was primarily on the Ediacara tenement. During mid-1999, Perilya reviewed the Ediacara Mineral Field,...-
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Published: 22 Mar 1910
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Willochra area. Annual technical report for the period ending 21 July 2018.
Exploration licence 5821 the “Willochra” is located 50 km north-east of Port Augusta. The tenement has the potential to host large-scale zinc, lead and copper stratiform sedimentary mineralisation (SEDEX deposit). Stratiform zinc (+/- lead and...-
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Reaphook Hill (part of the Flinders Ranges Project). Sixth partial surrender report, for the period 4/8/1997 to 29/8/2019.
The northern portion of EL 6132, comprising ~0.59% of its former area, was relinquished by the JV partners on 18/7/2019. The only work performed within the now relinquished ground has consisted of reconnaissance + infill surface geochemical sampling...-
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Published: 10 Sep 1919
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Parachilna (part of the Flinders Ranges Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/10/1999 to 18/8/2017.
Following on from a previous data release for the subject licence that covered the period October 1999 to December 2010, this report deals with Perilya's activities performed since then, i.e. surface geochemical sampling and portable XRF spectroscopic...-
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Published: 08 Oct 1917
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Mount Frome (part of the Flinders Ranges Project). Fifth partial surrender report, for the period 17/1/2000 to 29/8/2019.
Four separate portions of EL 5773, together comprising ~56% of its former area, were relinquished by the JV partners on 29/8/2019. The only work performed within the now relinquished ground has consisted of reconnaissance + infill surface geochemical...-
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Published: 10 Sep 1919
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Frome. Annual reports for the period 4/11/2015 to 3/11/2018.
During the 2015-2016 period, reconnaissance portable XRF instrument soil spectrochemical sampling, plus limited rock chip sampling, was continued on the subject tenement. Work concentrated on infill sampling at Erragoonah Hill and over Aster...-
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Published: 21 Dec 1918