Hawker. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 5/12/83 to 4/6/86.
Published: 30 May 1986 Created: 28 Oct 2024 Revised: 07 Dec 2024

A single dodecahedral 0.375 mm x 0.3 mm microdiamond and several different kimberlitic indicator minerals were recovered during regional stream sediment and gravel sampling of an area surrounding and extending south-west of Hawker. Follow-up...

A single dodecahedral 0.375 mm x 0.3 mm microdiamond and several different kimberlitic indicator minerals were recovered during regional stream sediment and gravel sampling of an area surrounding and extending south-west of Hawker. Follow-up geological mapping, ground magnetic surveys and gravel sampling of the Calabrinda and Partacoona indicator anomalies were then undertaken, and numerous picroilmenite plus pyrope and zircon grains were recovered from two sets of samples taken on Calabrinda Creek and on Radford Creek, that respectively define likely kimberlite source areas of only 1 and 1.5 square km extent. Because both of these areas are largely covered by well-outcropping Cambrian limestone, the probability of any significantly large younger-emplaced kimberlite pipes occurring in them is low, and it is inferred that the sources of these heavy minerals are probably just some narrow dykes. Elsewhere in the licence, the lack of microdiamonds and the general unrepeatability of minor indicator mineral results may indicate that the majority of samples taken are reflecting a secondary weathering source such as Tertiary high-level gravels, Pleistocene gravels, or Quaternary alluvium in flood plain and low angle slope deposits.

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Record No mesac12506
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor Pontifex and Associates Pty Ltd
Sponsor CRA Exploration Pty Ltd
Tenement EL 1197
Tenement Holder CRA Exploration Pty Ltd
Operator
Geological Province Adelaide Geosyncline
Mine Name Warrakimbo mine
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Geographic Locality: Hawker;Calabrinda Creek;Radford Creek;Willochra Creek;Partacoona Homestead
Doc No: Env 05447

Geographic Locality: Hawker;Calabrinda Creek;Radford Creek;Willochra Creek;Partacoona Homestead Doc No: Env 05447

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac12506
Citation Howard, J.P.;Pontifex, I.R.;Le Messurier, L.A. 1986. Hawker. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 5/12/83 to 4/6/86. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac12506

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