Watson Siding (South). Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 11/12/81 to 10/10/82.
Published: 16 Dec 1982 Created: 11 Nov 2024 Revised: 11 Nov 2024

In a search for possible concealed Olympic Dam type base metal deposits within an area located 80 km north-west of Yalata, the licensee investigated several previously identified contiguous magnetic and gravity anomalies by performing ground...

In a search for possible concealed Olympic Dam type base metal deposits within an area located 80 km north-west of Yalata, the licensee investigated several previously identified contiguous magnetic and gravity anomalies by performing ground magnetic and gravity profiling to estimate the probable depth to basement. Three diamond drillholes were put down within 30 m of each other over the most distinct geophysical anomaly: the deepest hole reached a maximum depth of 597 m before being abandoned, after it had penetrated into ? Lower Proterozoic metamorphic basement (chloritic schist) at 592 m depth. Nowhere was any significant mineralisation observed, and the target gravity and magnetic anomalies remain unexplained. Disseminated pyrite was intersected over the interval 484-550 m within inferred Upper Proterozoic clastics, and a poor quality lignitic carbonaceous Tertiary sequence was intersected between 56.7-76.5 m.

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Record No mesac11809
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor Pontifex and Associates Pty Ltd;R.K. Jones and Associates Pty Ltd
Sponsor Endeavour Resources Ltd
Tenement EL 946
Tenement Holder Endeavour Resources Ltd
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Commodity
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Geographic Locality: Nullarbor Plain;Watson Siding South
Doc No: Env 04589
Drillhole: WSWB;WS1;WS1A
Drillhole Unit No: 5236 00016;5236 00014;5236 00015

Geographic Locality: Nullarbor Plain;Watson Siding South Doc No: Env 04589 Drillhole: WSWB;WS1;WS1A Drillhole Unit No: 5236 00016;5236 00014;5236 00015

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac11809
Citation Pertzel, B.;Tahan, G.;Podolsky, M.;Pontifex, I.R.;Jones, R.K. 1982. Watson Siding (South). Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 11/12/81 to 10/10/82. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac11809

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