Venus Bay. Third partial surrender report, for the period 27/7/1994 to 26/1/1998.

Created: 29 Oct 2024 Revised: 07 Dec 2024

Author: Cooper, S.A.

Diamond and gold exploration undertaken on the two relinquished ground portions located north-west and east of Venus Bay on Eyre Peninsula, which total 530 square km in area, have comprised heavy mineral sampling, heavy mineral grain microprobing, drilling (four holes, total 334 m), petrology, palynology and orientation calcrete sampling. Kimberlitic ilmenites and pyrope garnets were found, but the thickness of Tertiary sediments precluded location of their source. Evidence of the activity of gold-mineralised fluids was found within drill core samples taken from deformed amphibolitic basement. No calcrete gold anomalies were located.

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Record No	mesac17945
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Basement Geology Drilling Engineering Earth Sciences Ecology Electrical And Electromagnetic Methods In Geophysics Energy Exploration Engineering Exploration Geochemistry Geochemistry Geology Geomatic Engineering Geophysics Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology Magnetics Mineral Exploration Mineral Resource Geology Mineral System Geology Mineralogy And Crystallography Paleontology Palynology Petrology Petrophysics Physical Geography Policy And Administration Resource Geology Resources Engineering Sedimentology Soil Chemistry Soil Science Stratigraphy Surface Geology
Document Type	Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement	EL 1951
Tenement Holder	Diamond Ventures NL
Operator
Geological Province	Eucla Basin Gawler Craton
Mine Name
Stratigraphy	Bridgewater Formation Calca Granite Garford Formation Hiltaba Suite Pidinga Formation Polda Formation Sleaford Complex
Commodity	diamond dimension stone gemstone gold granite ilmenite precious metal
Notes	Geographic Locality: Western Eyre Peninsula;Venus Bay;Talia;Port Kenny;Elliston;Courtabie Doc No: Env 09362 Drillhole: VB 07-1;(172050);VB 08-1;(172051);VB 09-1;(172052);VB 10-1;(172053) Geographic Locality: Western Eyre Peninsula;Venus Bay;Talia;Port Kenny;Elliston;Courtabie Doc No: Env 09362 Drillhole: VB 07-1;(172050);VB 08-1;(172051);VB 09-1;(172052);VB 10-1;(172053)
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac17945
Citation	Cooper, S.A. Venus Bay. Third partial surrender report, for the period 27/7/1994 to 26/1/1998. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac17945

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