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Lady Buxton. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 22/7/1968 to 21/7/1970.
As part of a continuing regional search for economic deposits of uranium and other radioactive minerals within alluvial fan sediments deposited adjacent to and east of the Mount Painter Block basement outcrops, 32 rotary holes (total 16,218 feet) were...-
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Published: 21 Jul 1970
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Mulyungarie. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 13/5/1972 to 12/5/1973.
Ongoing exploration for possible economic sandstone-type uranium deposits formed in Tertiary palaeochannels in the Yarramba area, 50 km north-west of Cockburn, has included further open hole rotary drilling and downhole geophysical logging (176 holes...-
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RB 79/00114 Palaeodrainage systems in western South Australia. Their detection by Landsat imagery, stratigraphic significance and economic potential.
Two major palaeodrainage systems of Tertiary age, with watersheds of up to 35 000 square km and channel lengths of 200-250 km, have been recognised and delineated using LANDSAT imagery, during 1:250 000 scale geological mapping in western South...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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Mount Distance. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 3/9/1970 to 2/9/1971.
In a search for possible roll-front type secondary uranium deposits emplaced in piedmont alluvial sediments over an area adjacent to the north-western edge of the Mount Painter Block, the licensees drilled 6 scout vertical rotary holes totalling 2151...-
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Arkarula Well. Progress and final reports for the period 22/7/91 to 21/7/92.
TARGET: Alluvial gold in possible concealed palaeochannels under the Four Brothers area located immediately north of the Teetulpa Goldfield, 40 km north of Yunta. EXPLORATION: A literature review, reconnaissance geological mapping, geochemical...-
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Published: 21 Sep 1992
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Lake Blanche and Montecollina. Progress reports and joint final report to licences' expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/4/1988 to 3/7/1989.
Possible economic Quaternary mineral sands accumulations formed along inferred palaeo-shorelines on the northern and eastern margins of Lake Blanche, or in the meander belt of the Strzelecki Creek, were the object of exploration undertaken by...-
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Yarramba - Mulyungarie area. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 27/9/1973 to 26/9/1975.
Continuing exploration for possible sedimentary uranium deposits within buried Tertiary palaeochannels of the Yarramba and Mulyungarie areas, upstream from the Honeymoon deposit and in an area 50 km north-west of Cockburn, which was carried out...-
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Warana Hill - Areas 1-3. Joint annual reports to licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/6/2009 to 29/6/2011.
A conjoined multi-licence area located in the northern Strzelecki Desert, centred approximately 110 km north-northwest of Moomba, has been explored for possible economic buried Cenozoic heavy minerals sands (HMS) deposits, and also for shallow...-
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Tirari Desert (part of the Gypsum Cliffs Project). Combined first annual/final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/6/2013 to 20/6/2014.
EL 5277 is located in the Lake Eyre region approximately 110 km north of the settlement of Marree. The licence is one of five original applications that were made by Crossland Strategic Metals Limited (formerly Crossland Uranium Mines Limited) on...-
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Mona Downs Outstation (part of the Gypsum Cliffs Project). Combined first annual/final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/6/2013 to 20/6/2014.
An area centred ~300 km north of Marree, covering Quaternary and Recent alluvial deposits of the lower Warburton River - Kallakoopah Creek drainage system north-east of Lake Eyre North, was taken up to explore for possible rare earth element (REE)...-
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McGrath Hill (part of the Gypsum Cliffs Project). First annual and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/6/2013 to 20/6/2015.
EL 5279 is located in the Lake Eyre region approximately 245 km north of the settlement of Marree, and abuts the south-eastern corner of the Simpson Desert National Park. The licence is the northernmost one of five original applications that were made...-
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Published: 11 Aug 1915
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RB 2012/00004 MARREE, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SH54-5. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The MARREE mapsheet area includes the south-western portion of the Strzelecki Desert plus parts of the Tirari Desert, north-western Flinders Ranges and north-eastern Willouran Ranges, between latitudes 29 to 30 degrees S and longitudes 138 to 139...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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Lake Cootabarlow. Annual reports for the period 26/5/97 to 23/1/2001.
In the past, little detailed mineral exploration has been conducted over the area lying immediately to the north-east of Lake Frome, east of the Beverley uranium deposit. Although the area retains potential for uranium, base metal, celestite and...-
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Published: 23 Jan 1901
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Palaeodrainage and Cenozoic coastal barriers of South Australia (2nd edition).
Since the first edition of this map was released in May 2007, the collection by the Department's Geological Survey of much new geoscientific data and interpretations arising from South Australian regional surveys and exploration activities has...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1912
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Allandale. First annual report to licence renewal, for the period 5/12/1994 to 31/5/1995.
Following recognition of the likely young age of the sources of the Abminga area magnetic anomalies, and the discovery of a number of diamond indicator minerals in sediments to the west of the Peake and Denison Ranges, the Allandale joint venture...-
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Lake Millyera, Lake Callabonna and Lake Frome areas. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 31/10/1990 to 24/10/1994.
Field investigations were undertaken of reported occurrences of the rare strontium-bearing sulphate mineral celestite within lacustrine chemical sediments deposited along the western and southern margins of Lakes Frome, Callabonna and Blanche. The...-
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Lake Frome. Progress reports for the period 3/10/1968 to 9/6/1971.
TARGET: Uranium in Tertiary sediments. EXPLORATION: 56 rotary drillholes for a total of 31,690 feet. All drillholes were geophysically logged. Samples from selected water bores were analysed for radon and uranium. RESULTS: All drillholes ended in...-
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ExpNotes MARREE: Explanatory Notes MARREE
A new generation, second edition MARREE 1:250 000 scale geological map and its explanatory notes have been published. These documents represent the conclusion of the Geological Survey of South Australia's latest geological mapping program (1993 to...-
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ExpNotes STRZELECKI: Explanatory Notes STRZELECKI
The STRZELECKI 1:250 000 map area lies adjacent to the NSW border in the centre of the Strzelecki Desert, and covers some of the main hydrocarbon producing areas in SA around Moomba. Most of these oil and gas fields are located in the northern half of...-
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