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RB 85/00061 Stuart Highway, pump-testing construction water supplies, Marla to NT border. Highways Department.
11 of 13 wells, in fractured rock aquifers were tested. Most showed drawdowns linear with the square root of time, and consequently long term yields are generally much smaller than airlift yields. 6 were found to have long term yields greater than 0.5...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1985
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RB 79/00004 North-West Aboriginal Reserves drilling programme 1978.
Twenty four water wells were drilled, and three existing water wells cleaned out, in the North-West Aboriginal Reserves during 1978. Sixteen of the new wells were successful in obtaining a groundwater supply suitable for their specified use, which was...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 99/00033 Pukatja town water supply drilling and discharge testing, 1997.
Aerial photography and satellite imagery, plus an on-ground geological reconnaissance and a transient electromagnetic geophysical survey, were used to select sites for drilling water wells to provide a major expansion of the Pukatja town water supply....-
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Published: 01 Nov 1999
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RB 98/00019 Spencer Regions strategic water management study.
The availability of adequate water supplies is crucial to future development, particularly in the arid areas of the State. Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), as part of the Spencer Regions Strategic Water Management Study, has...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1998
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RB 99/00022 Water wells, AP Lands, 1998. Site selection, drilling and testing.
Twenty-six sites for water wells to supply isolated homelands and small settlements were selected within the northwest Aboriginal lands of South Australia. Satellite imagery, aerial photography, viewing of the sites from a light aircraft, on-ground...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1999
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RB 97/00022 Appraisal of the water resources of the Musgrave Block, South Australia.
The area of interest divides into two groundwater environments: a Mesoproterozoic hard rock environment containing fresh water in fractures and saprolite; and a younger sedimentary environment containing more saline water in...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1997
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RB 91/00039 Pitjantjatjara - Ngaanyatjara lands, 1990 drilling.
Eight wells were drilled in the Pitjantjatjara Lands in SA, 10 in adjacent aboriginal lands in WA and 1 in the NT. In the Musgrave Block the best yields were obtained by drilling deep weathered zones on sizeable fault lines such as the Mann Fault....-
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Published: 01 Mar 1991
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Ungalootanna Hill (part of the Musgrave Project). Annual and final reports to licence surrender, for the period 24/9/1997 to 1/10/2008.
Exploration of an area in the eastern Musgrave Ranges located 70 km north-east of Marla, 10 km south of Mount Irwin Homestead, and 22 km east of the Stuart Highway, has sought to find possible Giles Complex - hosted magmatic nickel sulphide and...-
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Published: 26 Jun 1908
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Mount Darling. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/8/2004 to 2/8/2008.
An area located 3 km south of the South Australia/Northern Territory border and 50 km east of the Stuart Highway, on the eastern margin of the Musgrave Block, was considered prospective for nickel and platinoid metal mineralisation hosted by layered...-
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Published: 20 Dec 1908
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Claude Hills. Annual reports to licence expiry/re-issue over same area, for the period 4/12/2000 to 3/12/2005.
EL 2777 Claude Hills covers 1370 square km and is located at Surveyor General’s Corner (the SA, WA, NT State borders' triple point) and consists of 3 blocks. Early SADME work (1966) delineated 4.6 Mt of 1.5% Ni at the nearby Claude Hills/Mount Davies...-
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Hamilton Creek. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 17/5/2010 to 16/5/2015.
A large area located in the far north of South Australia, abutting the Northern Territory border ~120 km north of Marla, and centred ~30 km east of the Stuart Highway wholly on Tieyon Station, has been explored for possible economic buried secondary...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Davies (part of the Central Giles Nickel Project). Annual reports for the period 4/3/1999 to 23/9/2009.
A licence area located in South Australia's Far North-west Aboriginal Lands, and centred approximately 20 km to the south-east of the Surveyor Generals Corner at the borders of Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory, has been...-
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Hanging Knoll. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/10/1995 to 6/9/2003.
Mafic and ultramafic rocks of the Proterozoic Giles Complex, which have intruded highly metamorphosed basement units of the Musgrave Block in an area 300 km WNW of Marla, were considered to have potential to host massive Ni sulphide mineralisation,...-
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Published: 02 Apr 1903
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Abminga Diamond Project. Data release made at licence renewal [and project cessation]: progress reports and annual reports for the period 25/10/1993 to 17/3/2004.
The Abminga Diamond Project, undertaken by Caldera Resources NL, was granted exploration project status, including permission for EL joint reporting, in July 1996. This event followed up to two years of work by other operators on a number of...-
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East Deering Hills. Annual reports to licence surrender for the period 27/4/1994 to 25/9/2003.
Mafic and ultramafic rocks of the Proterozoic Giles Complex, which have intruded highly metamorphosed basement units of the Musgrave Block in an area 360 km WNW of Marla, were considered to have potential to host massive Ni sulphide mineralisation,...-
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Published: 02 Apr 1903
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West Mount Caroline. Annual reports to licence surrender for the period 26/9/2001 to 25/9/2003.
Mafic and ultramafic rocks of the Proterozoic Giles Complex, which have intruded into highly metamorphosed basement units of the Musgrave Block in an area 310 km WNW of Marla, were considered to have potential to host massive Ni sulphide...-
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Published: 02 Apr 1903
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Mount Chandler (Musgrave Ranges Project). Annual and final reports for the period 11/11/1996 to 10/11/1999.
Cu-Au-U prospects associated with shear zones and Kulgeran age granites have been identified in an area approximately 60 km north-west of Marla. Best assay results were obtained from the Indulkana Shear Zone, where rock chip sampling returned up to...-
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Hamilton Creek. First partial surrender report, for the period 17/5/2010 to 16/5/2014.
EL 4493 lies in the far north of South Australia, abutting the Northern Territory border, and is centred about 30 km east of the Stuart Highway. It falls entirely within the confines of Tieyon Station. Recently, a portion of the licence totalling 218...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Mount Harcus. Annual reports for period 27/6/2005 to 26/6/2010.
Mt Harcus EL3368 is located within the Palaeoproterozoic Musgrave Province. The region is recognised by PepinNini Minerals Ltd as prospective for magmatic Ni-Cu Sulphide mineralisation, platinum group metals, base metals, diamonds, and precious...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Davies (part of the Central Giles / Wingellina Nickel Project). Annual reports for the period 24/9/2009 to 23/9/2018.
Field work performed on the subject tenement during licence Year 8 included the conduct of Aboriginal heritage clearance surveys by the APY Traditional Owners to grant access for geological mapping and the acquisition of a trial seismic survey, as...-
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Published: 23 Nov 1918
