Port Augusta. Progress and final reports for the period 26/10/1972 to 25/4/1974.
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Detailed follow-up to earlier regional stream sediment sampling, which had disclosed several robust kimberlitic garnet indicator anomalies in relatively featureless terrain, was successful in discovering three outcropping thin kimberlite sills in...

Detailed follow-up to earlier regional stream sediment sampling, which had disclosed several robust kimberlitic garnet indicator anomalies in relatively featureless terrain, was successful in discovering three outcropping thin kimberlite sills in the vicinity of Sugarloaf Dam and the El Alamein Ranges south-west of Port Augusta. However, no diamonds were found from subsequent trenching and bulk sampling of these intrusions, so the licence was relinquished.

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Record No mesac11839
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement EL 17
Tenement Holder Stockdale Prospecting Ltd
Operator
Geological Province Gawler Craton
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Stratigraphy
Commodity
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Geographic Locality: Port Augusta;Sugarloaf Dam;Corraberra Homestead;El Alamein Artillery Range;El Alamein Camp
Doc No: Env 02180

Geographic Locality: Port Augusta;Sugarloaf Dam;Corraberra Homestead;El Alamein Artillery Range;El Alamein Camp Doc No: Env 02180

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac11839
Citation Colchester, D.M.;Pallett, T.J.;Marx, W.T. Port Augusta. Progress and final reports for the period 26/10/1972 to 25/4/1974. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac11839

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