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Ooloo mine prospect. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 23/10/1969 to 22/10/1970.
Published: 05 Oct 1970 Created: 11 Nov 2024 Revised: 11 Nov 2024
Author: Huxtable, D.A.;McKenzie, K.G.;Goudie, M.A.;Hallof, P.G.

14 lines of grid-based IP and resistivity profiling were carried out at the abandoned Ooloo silver-lead mine by contractor McPhar Geophysics, to try to detect any possible subsurface extensions of the mineralised lodes under alluvial cover....

14 lines of grid-based IP and resistivity profiling were carried out at the abandoned Ooloo silver-lead mine by contractor McPhar Geophysics, to try to detect any possible subsurface extensions of the mineralised lodes under alluvial cover. Several poorly resolved IP anomalies were interpreted, suggestive of disseminated mineralisation that is mainly within the subcrop area of a green siltstone host rock. Problems of low resistivity near-surface layers causing a deal of inductive coupling electrical noise are largely masking the mineralisation signal at this prospect, and it was suggested that more electrical survey experimentation would be required to try to improve the results. Being unwilling to commit to further expenditure here, the licensee elected to allow the licence to lapse at its expiry date.

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Record No mesac21164
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor McPhar Geophysics Pty Ltd
Sponsor Mid-East Minerals NL
Tenement SML 341
Tenement Holder Eastern Prospectors Pty Ltd
Operator Mid-East Minerals NL
Geological Province
Mine Name Ooloo mine prospect
Stratigraphy Billy Creek Formation
Commodity
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Notes: A preliminary summary report on the geology of the Ooloo silver-lead mine, written in 1969 by S. Chadwick, the chief geologist of licensee Mid-East Minerals, is now missing, and is presumed to be lost.
Geographic Locality: Northern Flinders...
Notes: A preliminary summary report on the geology of the Ooloo silver-lead mine, written in 1969 by S. Chadwick, the chief geologist of licensee Mid-East Minerals, is now missing, and is presumed to be lost.
Geographic Locality: Northern Flinders Ranges;Lyndhurst;Murnpeowie Station;Mount Freeling
Doc No: Env 01325

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Language English
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License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac21164
Citation Huxtable, D.A.;McKenzie, K.G.;Goudie, M.A.;Hallof, P.G. 1970. Ooloo mine prospect. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 23/10/1969 to 22/10/1970. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac21164

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