Caralue Bluff. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 10/1/1997 to 9/1/2002.
Published: 13 Feb 1902 Created: 11 Nov 2024 Revised: 11 Nov 2024

Olympic Dam style Cu-Au-U mineralisation associated with Hiltaba age intrusives, and Tennant Creek style Au mineralisation associated with ironstone units in Hutchison Group metasediments, were the targets in the area surrounding the township of...

Olympic Dam style Cu-Au-U mineralisation associated with Hiltaba age intrusives, and Tennant Creek style Au mineralisation associated with ironstone units in Hutchison Group metasediments, were the targets in the area surrounding the township of Kimba. A program of calcrete geochemical sampling conducted over most of the licence at 800 m and 500 m centres delineated 16 low order (>5 ppb) gold anomalies. Infill sampling at 200 m and 100 m centres defined a single robust anomalous area having >9 ppb Au, with a peak value of 36 ppb Au, which has been dubbed the Waddikee prospect. Further infill calcrete sampling at 50 m centres defined targets which were tested by reverse circulation drilling (19 holes, total 1874 m) consisting of short fences of angled holes. Encouraging results included a best intercept of 19 m at 0.3 g/t Au from 100 m depth in hole 99WARC004A. Aeromagnetic data were obtained from a concurrent TEISA survey, with the Caralue Bluff JV in June 1999 flying 1790 line km of infill to 100 m line spacing. Interpretation of the data highlighted six target areas. A trial IP survey at Waddikee during January 2000 showed some promise in defining targets, as did low level Bi assaying of calcrete samples. Further infill calcrete sampling confirmed scattered anomalous values, but failed to define coherent areas. Following a 16-line IP survey of the southern part of the prospect in March 2000, a second reverse circulation drilling programme at Waddikie (18 holes, total 2621 m) tested strike extensions of the known mineralisation, and other targets defined by IP survey/magnetic survey/calcrete samples. This work failed to produce any upgrade to the tenor of the known mineralisation, and no other mineralisation was located.

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Record No mesac19365
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor Flagstaff Consultants Pty Ltd;Zonge Engineering and Research Organisation, Inc.;Solo Geophysics and Co.
Sponsor Acacia Resources Ltd
Tenement EL 2259
Tenement Holder Minotaur Gold NL;Acacia Resources Ltd;Anglogold Australasia Pty Ltd
Operator Minotaur Gold NL;Acacia Resources Ltd
Geological Province Gawler Craton
Mine Name Waddikee prospect;Stanley mine
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Commodity
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Notes: Includes:   - Hungerford, N., 1999. Geophysical interpretation of airborne survey, Caralue Bluff EL 2259, Kimba area, South Australia (Flagstaff Geoconsultants' report for Acacia Resources, July 1999). Appendix 6 to EL 2259 third annual...

Notes: Includes: - Hungerford, N., 1999. Geophysical interpretation of airborne survey, Caralue Bluff EL 2259, Kimba area, South Australia (Flagstaff Geoconsultants' report for Acacia Resources, July 1999). Appendix 6 to EL 2259 third annual report to 9/1/2000; p: 338-354; 7 fig. - England, R.N., 1999. Petrographic notes for 21 percussion chip samples from the Waddikee prospect, in the Cook Gap Schists, Eyre Peninsula, SA (consultant's report for Acacia Resources, January 2000). Appendix 7 to EL 2259 third annual report to 9/1/2000; p: 355-373; 3 fig, 5 ref. - Hungerford, N., 2000. Interpretation of IP data at the Waddikee prospect (Flagstaff Geoconsultants' report for Acacia Resources, January 2000). Appendix 9 to EL 2259 third annual report to 9/1/2000; p: 407-433; 19 fig. - Hungerford, N., 2000. Interpretation of [follow-up] IP [and resistivity] survey at the Waddikee prospect (Flagstaff Geoconsultants' report for Anglogold, April 2000). Appendix 4 to EL 2259 year 4 progress report to 30/9/2000; p: 529-541; 1 fig, 1 table. Geographic Locality: North-central Eyre Peninsula;Kimba;Caralue Bluff;Darke Peak;Lake Gilles;Bascombe Rocks;1999 TEiSA Area A6 Aerial Magnetic Survey;1999 TEiSA Area A6 Aerial Radioactivity Survey;1999 TEISA Area A6 Aerial Magnetic Survey - EL 2259 data and infill Doc No: Env 09325 Drillhole: 99WARC01 - 99WARC19;(365658 - 365677);00WARC20 - 00WARC37;(196621 - 196631);(196888 - 196894)

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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/mesac19365
Citation Mackay, C.R.;Freeman, H.L.;Belperio, A.P.;Clark, H.M.;Hungerford, N.;England, R.N.;Crosato, P.;Rau, B.;Standish, T.R. 1902. Caralue Bluff. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 10/1/1997 to 9/1/2002. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac19365

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