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Arkaroola. Progress and technical reports to licence renewal for the period 19/5/1972 to 18/5/1974.
Ongoing base metal exploration in the Arkaroola Station region of the north-eastern Flinders Ranges by licensee North Flinders Mines (NFM) has involved reviews of certain existing prospects, which has led to the entry of farminee Shell Minerals...-
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RB 51/00083;Amdel 00056 SADM/Amdel project: 1/1/24 : Billy Springs mine. Examination of zinc ore. Progress report and final report (Amdel Report 56).
A request was received from the Department of Mines, South Australia, for preliminary beneficiation investigations on a zinc ore from the Billy Springs Mine, M.L. 2882. The request was instigated by Messrs. Handley and Lademan, who requires an...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 49/00159 Billy Springs mine, also known as Mount Fitton mine.
The Billy Springs Mine, situated in the Northern Flinders Ranges is located on the north limb of a westerly pitching syncline. Within this main syncline, disharmonic folding has produced a central anticline flanked by synclines to the north and south....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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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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Prospect Hill. Progress reports from 8/5/85 to March 1989.
TARGET: Tin and base metals in sheared Middle-Proterozoic volcanics and granites.EXPLORATION: Two percussion drillholes (50 metres and 48 metres) and 17 channel chip sampling lines spread over 1 km tested the lode at the Southern Ridge prospect....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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Freeling Heights - Mount Adams area. Progress reports for the period 10/6/1968 to 9/12/1969.
As part of a regional search for economic uranium and copper mineralisation, the US-based company Kennecott Copper in November 1968 performed a semi-detailed airborne spectrometer survey of 550 line miles in the Shamrock Valley - Freeling Heights -...-
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Woolatchi, Boolkaree and Wittakilla. Joint first progress / final report to licence full surrender, for the period 23/11/1992 to 30/4/1993.
Exploration for Broken Hill type stratiform Pb-Zn and Olympic Dam style iron oxide - associated Cu-Au mineralisation within the covered extensions of the Mount Painter Inlier east of Moolawatana Homestead included an extensive low-level aeromagnetic...-
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Published: 18 May 1993
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Yerelina. Annual reports for the period 18/9/2012 to 17/9/2018.
An extensive covered area centred ~100 km north of Leigh Creek and lying immediately west of the exposed basement rocks of the Mount Painter Inlier is being explored for possible Mount Isa style stratiform or Mississippi Valley type stratabound...-
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Published: 13 Nov 1918
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Prospecting of anomalous zones as a follow-up to reconnaissance stream-sediment sampling SML 294 SA.
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Published: 01 Jan 1971
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Wooltana. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 19/3/1970 to 18/3/1972.
Renewed base metal exploration over part of the historic Yudnamutana Mining Field has targeted base metal anomalies previously found by Australian Selection in the Blue mine area. An area of about 80 square miles was assessed by reconnaissance stream...-
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Mount Serle - Angepena and Mount Saturday - Yudnamutana areas. Progress reports to licences' joint expiry/renewal, for the period 1/10/1966 to 30/9/1968.
Reconnaissance stream sediment geochemical sampling of the country surrounding two small historic copper mining areas located north-east of Blinman revealed several copper anomalies worthy of follow-up. Detailed geological mapping was carried out over...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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Bull 043 Regional And Economic Geology of the Mount Painter Province
The northern Flinders Ranges were opened up by pastoralists from about 1850 onwards; mineral discoveries date from about 1860 in the Mount Painter Province. The region has been one of desultory mining activities since that date, principally for...-
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RB 66/00019 Preliminary geochemical survey in the Yudnamutana area (Umberatana 1-mile sheet).
Geochemical soil sampling in the Yudnamutana area, between the smelters site and the Cockscomb mine, has outlined two distinct copper anomalies. One anomaly lies within the boundary of the Wywyana Formation, while the other lies along the contact...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 64/00108 Rock specimens and samples from the Mount Painter Province, grid K5.
The report records petrological, mineragraphic and analytical data provided by AMDEL on rocks collected during mineral investigations in the northern part of the Flinders Range, over parts of the Gardiner, Moolawatana, Umbertana, Paralana and Wooltana...-
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Published: 12 Jul 1967
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Willigan Hill. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 19/5/1969 to 18/5/1971.
A small area of rugged terrain located to the north-west of Freeling Heights in the Mount Painter district is being explored for possible economic base metal and uranium occurrences. Exploration has comprised helicopter radiometric coverage of the...-
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Report on a rotary-percussion drilling programme May 1970 Billy Springs zinc mine SML 82B South Australia.
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Published: 01 Jan 1970
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Wooltana. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 19/5/1969 to February 1971.
TARGET: Disseminated low grade, large tonnage deposits of copper, lead and zinc mineralisation formed in Adelaidean metasediments overlying Mesoproterozoic igneous rocks. EXPLORATION: 1:12,000 and 1:4,800 scale geological mapping, rock chip, soil and...-
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Report on Billy Springs mine SML 82B.
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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Report on investigation of zinc anomaly O'Donoghue's Castle mine area SML 294/zn anomaly. north of O'Donoghues's Castle, and near Mount McTaggart.
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Published: 01 Jan 1970
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Mount Fitton. Progress and final reports to licence amalgamation/renewal for the period 19/5/1969 to 31/1/1971.
After reviewing the existing Anaconda regional stream sediment geochemical anomalies, North Flinders Mines attempted to replicate the reported high zinc values in the north-east of the licence area, by conducting a higher density reconnaissance stream...-
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