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Copperlinka. Progress and annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/4/1991 to 6/6/1997.
Exploration for possible large, potentially open cut - mineable disseminated quartz vein - type syngenetic gold and base metal deposits within a licence area located near Outalpa, 150 km south-west of Broken Hill, has comprised geological mapping,...-
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RB 79/00115 Byilkaoora 1. Well completion report.
SADME Byilkaoora no. 1 was drilled on the northeastern margin of the Officer Basin, in the Mt Johns Range, with the principal objective of coring a complete stratigraphic section of the Observatory Hill Beds. Good hydrocarbon source-rock potential...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 93/00015 Soil Air CO2/O2 Project. Progress report 6, Olary area.
TARGET: The aim was to test if analyses of soil air and subterranean gases sampled via drill holes could define zones of known and unknown mineralisation. EXPLORATION: Soil air carbon dioxide and oxygen measurements were assessed as a guide to...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1993
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Mount Kolendo [not "Taringa"] (part of the Menninnie Zinc Project). Annual reports for the period 21/2/2011 to 20/2/2013.
An area located adjacent to the southern margin of the Gawler Ranges, that includes some exposures of Mesoproterozoic Gawler Range Volcanics (GRV), and which at its southern boundary lies approximately 15 km north-east of the Menninnie Dam Pb-Zn-Ag...-
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Mount Neville. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 17/3/1969 to 16/3/1970.
Inspection of an area showing diapiric and fault disturbance within upper Adelaidean and Lower Cambrian metasediments in the vicinity of Mount Neville sought to find barite deposits of sufficiently high grade and quantity to resemble those of the...-
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Murray Basin. Final report, Project ADI RD02-289 [Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
Hillgrove Resources Ltd (HGO) has identified a large number of geophysical targets through the south-east Cambro-Ordovician basement of South Australia prospective for Cu-Au mineralisation and covered by the Tertiary-Quaternary Murray Basin sediments....-
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Published: 12 Sep 1922
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SADM / Amdel Project 1/1/177 : Geochemistry of South Australian copper gossans and other ironstones. Progress reports 1 and 2 for the period May 1976 to August 1977.
85 samples of potential mineral deposit- related surface ironstones (68 copper gossans, 6 lead-zinc gossans and 11 false gossans) were analysed chemically and examined mineragraphically in polished section to try to determine geological parameters...-
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Published: 12 Aug 1977
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Cattlegrid mine and surrounding lease areas. Mine planning calculations of deposit reserves, including those of orebody extensions, plus a report on a review of copper resources, for the period 1983-1984.
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PACE Copper Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 9 partnership DPY9-25 - Pidinga and Fig Tree Corner, western Gawler Craton, orogenic gold prospects. Drilling project final report.
An area centred ~70 km north-east of Yalata and lying ~30 km to the east of the Jacinth and Ambrosia heavy mineral deposits is being explored by Doray Minerals Limited under a joint venture agreement it has made with grant licensee Iluka Resources...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Kolendo, Taringa, Nonning, Wipipippee and Menninnie Dam (the Menninnie Project). Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2013 to 31/12/2016.
The Menninnie JV Project area consists of five contiguous exploration licences, and is considered prospective for Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu-Au-Mo-U deposits associated with past epithermal, porphyry, IOCG and skarn - forming geological environments. It lies in a...-
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Geochemical test survey, Gunyah Lake.
None of 10 elements tested gave geochemical anomalies over known mineralization in Gunyah Lake, throwing doubt on the usefulness of mud sampling as prospecting tool, especially where bedrock is Tregolana Shale. The method could work over areas of more...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
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Geochemical mud sampling and drilling, Pernatty Lagoon.
A regional lakebed mud sampling survey of Pernatty Lagoon (474 samples) revealed copper anomalies in the north-western lagoon area, near the Mystery Workings and the Dolomite Islands. Detailed sampling (989 samples) in this part of the lagoon...-
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Published: 24 Sep 1972
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 8 partnership DPY8-21 - Yerelina Gladstone Mining Field sediment-hosted and structurally controlled hydrothermal/replacement style stratabound base metal prospects. Final report.
High-grade silver-lead-zinc mineralisation formed within the Neoproterozoic Tapley Hill Formation (THF) was historically mined 100 years ago at Yerelina in the northern Flinders Ranges. Despite the existence of numerous poorly documented small-scale...-
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Published: 08 Dec 1915
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Price. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 24/2/1975 to 23/2/1977.
In continuing regional exploration conducted over north-eastern Yorke Peninsula, further reconnaissance stratigraphic drilling and wireline geophysical logging (in 3 vertical rotary percussion holes totalling 373 m) was carried out in May 1976 to test...-
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RB 00650 Recovery of cadmium and zinc from smelter fumes and dust. Third report for Consolidated Zinc Pty Ltd. combined with RB 00650A record - Mound springs bores, Coward Springs area.
A sample of flue dust from the Hot Gas Precipitator at the Broken Hill Associated Smelters, Port Pirie, was received on 16/7/1959. The flue dust was stored in a completely sealed 12 gallon drum, and samples were withdrawn as required. This material...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Kimba Gap, Ironstone Hut, Ironstone Hill, Stony Hill, Gilles Downs and Minbrie areas (the Northern Eyre Peninsula Project). Joint annual reports for the period 2/12/2005 to 31/1/2013.
Exploration for possible economic occurrences of magnetite and/or haematite iron ore formed in concealed Proterozoic basement to the west of the Middleback Range is being carried out by Northern Eyre Peninsula Project (NEPP) joint venturer Centrex...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Beltana / Copley. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 15/4/1994 to 24/6/2003.
A portion of the central Flinders Ranges covering the Beltana Diapir and its surrounds has been taken up mainly to explore for possible economic buried hydrothermal replacement type or epigenetic stratabound base metal mineralisation, with magnesite...-
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Published: 23 Dec 1914
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Burra Hill (part of the Burra South Project). Annual reports submitted until the commencement of project licences' joint reporting, for the period 1/5/2006 to 30/4/2009.
Within a small licence area centred about 15 km south-south-east of Burra township in the northern Mount Lofty Ranges, Copper Range initially targeted near-surface copper oxide mineralisation associated with an altered and brecciated contact zone...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Bulloo Creek [ not Bulloo South ] (part of the Drew Hill Joint Venture Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 17/6/1994 to 28/9/2005.
Exploration for Kalkaroo or Portia style copper-gold deposits, and for Broken Hill type stratiform lead-zinc-silver deposits, both possibly formed within the Palaeoproterozoic basement intrusive rocks and high grade metasediments in an area lying...-
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Domes and diapirs, mineral exploration, Central Flinders Zone, Adelaide Geosyncline.
This paper synthesizes the findings of Frontier's exploratory efforts over the past three years, and makes recommendations for an ongoing exploration programme following and consequent to the economically unsuccessful outcome of drilling Blinman nos 1...-
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