Mount Gunson. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/re-issue over a larger area, for the period 25/10/1979 to 20/12/1985.

Created: 11 Nov 2024 Revised: 11 Nov 2024

Author: Tonkin, D.G.;Langron, W.J.;Stokoe, G.C.;Alexander, G.K.;Purvis, A.C.;Nash, C.R.

As part of an ongoing search for extensions to the Cattlegrid orebody style of stratiform Cu-Fe-Mn mineralisation within its exploration licences on the Stuart Shelf, besides testing for any indications of Olympic Dam type Cu-U-Au deposits in the underlying basement, CSR Ltd conducted wide-ranging gravity, aerial magnetic and radiometric, ground magnetic, seismic, experimental Sirotem, magnetotelluric and IP, and biogeochemical and remote sensing surveys, plus photogeological and bedrock palaeotopographic mapping studies, stratigraphic drilling (148 percussion holes, total 17,757 m; 7 diamond holes, total 6066 m) and intensive geochemical sampling of drill cores and cuttings and groundwater occurrences. Despite obtaining a good understanding of the pre-Adelaidean basement relief in the region, and likely geological controls on stratabound ore genesis, the company was unable to find better than sub-economic and sparsely distributed base metal values in areas outside of known occurrences.

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Record No	mesac18620
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Basement Geology Drilling Engineering Earth Sciences Electrical And Electromagnetic Methods In Geophysics Energy Energy Exploration Engineering Environmental Sciences Exploration Geochemistry Geochemistry Geology Geomatic Engineering Geophysics Gravity Hydrogeochemistry Hydrogeology Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology Magnetics Mineral Exploration Mineral Resource Geology Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources) Mineral System Geology Mineralogy And Crystallography Petrology Petrophysics Physical Geography Policy And Administration Radiometrics Regional Geology Resource Geology Resources Engineering Sedimentology Seismology And Seismic Exploration Soil Chemistry Soil Science Stratigraphy Surfacewater Hydrology Volcanology
Document Type	Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor	Pacminex Pty Ltd;Solo Geophysics and Co.;I.R. Pontifex and Associates Pty Ltd;Baas Becking Laboratories;Hunting Geology and Geophysics (Australia) Pty Ltd
Sponsor	CSR Ltd
Tenement	EL 543 EL 951
Tenement Holder	CSR Ltd;Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd;Nissho-Iwai Co. (Aust.) Pty Ltd
Operator	CSR Ltd
Geological Province	Stuart Shelf
Mine Name	Mount Gunson copper mine;North manganese workings
Stratigraphy	Brighton Limestone Corraberra Sandstone Member Nuccaleena Formation Pandurra Formation Tapley Hill Formation Tent Hill Formation Tregolana Shale Member Whyalla Sandstone Wilmington Formation
Commodity	copper fluorite magnetite pyrite
Notes	Notes: Includes: - Revision of the McLeay Beds, Mount Gunson area, South Australia; - Reconnaissance structural investigation of the southern Stuart Shelf, South Australia. At its expiry on 20/12/1985, the subject EL 951 then covering 2107... Notes: Includes: - Revision of the McLeay Beds, Mount Gunson area, South Australia; - Reconnaissance structural investigation of the southern Stuart Shelf, South Australia. At its expiry on 20/12/1985, the subject EL 951 then covering 2107 square km was amalgamated with parts of CSR's adjoining EL 950 Charlinga and EL 952 Pandurra, and a replacement single new licence, EL 1319 Mount Gunson covering 2917 square km, was later re-issued to the company on 14/2/1986. See also Env 6962. Geographic Locality: Mount Gunson;Pandurra;Charlinga;Mount Moseley;Woocalla;Elizabeth Creek;Gunyah Lake;Dolomite Islands;Canegrass Dam;Pernatty Lagoon;Powerline Embayment;Lake Windabout;Lucas Hill;Lake Dutton Doc No: Env 03703 Drillhole: LW60 - LW66;LH1 - LH11;(304125 - 304134);LD24;(139678);EC6 - EC47;(20703 - 20706);(20710);(20711);(139788 - 139803);(262015);(262017 - 262019);OK136 - OK157;LY2;(256313);PY1 - PY4;(20712 - 20715);BM1;(262013);Vanguard 1;(18092) More +
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac18620
Citation	Tonkin, D.G.;Langron, W.J.;Stokoe, G.C.;Alexander, G.K.;Purvis, A.C.;Nash, C.R. Mount Gunson. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/re-issue over a larger area, for the period 25/10/1979 to 20/12/1985. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac18620

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