East Nullarbor Regional Reserve (Watson Joint Venture Project). Data release at licence expiry/full surrender: annual reports & partial surrender reports submitted until the start of project licences' joint reporting, for the period 3/3/2005 to 2/3/2008.
Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

An area centred approximately 200 km north-west of Ceduna was taken up initially to explore for possible buried nickel mineralisation, and subsequently was farmed out to companies interested in assessing its base/precious metal and sedimentary...

An area centred approximately 200 km north-west of Ceduna was taken up initially to explore for possible buried nickel mineralisation, and subsequently was farmed out to companies interested in assessing its base/precious metal and sedimentary uranium potential. The only new work which took place on the subject tenement during the reporting period was the acquisition of 25 Hz TEMPEST aerial electromagnetic and magnetic data by joint venturer Uranium Equities, as part of a project-wide, 2162 line km coverage flown during May 2007 along 1 km spaced east-west lines at a nominal flight elevation of 120 m. Inversion modelling of the EM data delineated part of a large basal Tertiary palaeodrainage system present beneath the Nullarbor Limestone, which from evidence gained by Iluka Resources on the adjoining EL 3323 appears to be geochemically anomalous in uranium, based on recently reported assay results from drillhole cuttings samples and groundwater samples. A drilling programme targeting sedimentary uranium, to test areas of palaeochannel constriction (possible reductant traps for roll-front style sedimentary uranium deposits) and where tributaries converge, has been recommended.

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Record No mesac24317
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor Fugro Airborne Surveys Pty Ltd
Sponsor International Metals Pty Ltd;Uranium Equities Ltd
Tenement EL 3313
Tenement Holder International Metals Pty Ltd;Hillgrove Exploration Pty Ltd;Silver Swan Group Ltd;Iluka Resources Ltd;GE Resources Pty Ltd
Operator InterMet Resources Ltd;Silver Swan Group Ltd;Uranium Equities Ltd
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Geographic Locality: Eastern Nullarbor Plain;Nullarbor Regional Reserve;Watson Palaeochannel;2007 Jacinth Aerial EM Survey;2007 Jacinth Aerial Magnetic Survey
Doc No: Env 11230

Geographic Locality: Eastern Nullarbor Plain;Nullarbor Regional Reserve;Watson Palaeochannel;2007 Jacinth Aerial EM Survey;2007 Jacinth Aerial Magnetic Survey Doc No: Env 11230

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/mesac24317
Citation Coppin, T.;Ferris, G.M.;Marsland-Smith, A.;Lawrence, M. East Nullarbor Regional Reserve (Watson Joint Venture Project). Data release at licence expiry/full surrender: annual reports & partial surrender reports submitted until the start of project licences' joint reporting, for the period 3/3/2005 to 2/3/2008. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac24317

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Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
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