Prospect Hill. Progress reports and annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 23/11/1990 to 22/11/1994.
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Continued evaluation of possible economic primary tin oxide mineralisation in the Prospect Hill area, 20 km north-west of Moolawatana Homestead, concentrated on infill channel geochemical sampling and mineragraphic/petrogenetic sampling of...

Continued evaluation of possible economic primary tin oxide mineralisation in the Prospect Hill area, 20 km north-west of Moolawatana Homestead, concentrated on infill channel geochemical sampling and mineragraphic/petrogenetic sampling of costeans dug over stream sediment and soil geochemical anomalies at the Southern Ridge tin prospect near White Well Bore. Other known tin occurrences in the Central Ridge and North Ridge areas were also reconnoitred to establish their comparative geological setting and prospectivity. During May 1994, a 13-hole percussion drilling programme totalling 461 m was undertaken, mostly on the Southern Ridge prospect, and also on the Central Ridge prospect. Economic intersections of cassiterite, plus a number of encouraging base metal and silver values, were encountered in several drillholes, with up to 6 m @ 2.33% Sn found in hole PHP15. This mineralisation occurs in quartz-biotite +- / fluorite / garnet / gahnite / magnetite / sulphide schists, where the sulphidic phases and cassiterite exist in textural equilibrium with associated silicates. Minor anomalous uranium, yttrium, tungsten and arsenic are also present in accessory mineral species. The mineralisation and adjacent wall rocks tend to be depleted in light rare earth elements and enriched in the heavy rare earths. A contemporary nearby SADME discovery of significant fluorite contained in a Cretaceous sandstone was visited and assessed. The fluorite occurs as a partial or complete replacement of calcite forming the sandstone intergranular matrix. Ultraviolet light tests showed that the fluorite does not fluoresce, so it is thought that locating any additional such deposits may prove difficult.

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Record No mesac21004
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement EL 1689
Tenement Holder Lynch Mining Ltd
Operator
Geological Province
Mine Name Southern Ridge prospect;Central Ridge prospect
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Commodity
Notes
Notes: Resumption of lapsed tenure of area previously held by Lynch Mining as EL 1583 (see Env 8201).
Geographic Locality: Northern Flinders Ranges;Moolawatana Plains;Prospect Hill;Petermorra Creek;White Well Bore
Doc No: Env 08398
Drillhole: PHP3...

Notes: Resumption of lapsed tenure of area previously held by Lynch Mining as EL 1583 (see Env 8201). Geographic Locality: Northern Flinders Ranges;Moolawatana Plains;Prospect Hill;Petermorra Creek;White Well Bore Doc No: Env 08398 Drillhole: PHP3 - PHP15

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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/mesac21004
Citation Teale, G.S.;Brewer, A.M. Prospect Hill. Progress reports and annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 23/11/1990 to 22/11/1994. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac21004

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