Woomera. First partial surrender report, for the period 14/1/2013 to 13/1/2015.
Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

An area located immediately south and east of Woomera township has been acquired to search for possible buried economic stratabound deposits of copper or other metals that may have formed in the Neoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic cover sequence of...

An area located immediately south and east of Woomera township has been acquired to search for possible buried economic stratabound deposits of copper or other metals that may have formed in the Neoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic cover sequence of the Stuart Shelf. The exploration model being followed adopts new ideas about the deposition of Cattle Grid style copper sulphide mineralisation from reduced metal-bearing fluids, where those fluids came into contact with oxidised rocks, such as iron oxide-cemented redbeds. A required relinquishment of 25% of the licence area at the end of its second year was made during January 2015. Examination of available remote sensing data identified one possible target in the now relinquished portion of the licence. This spectral anomaly (Waypoint 4) is located about 4 km north-west of Marsella Hill, and appears as a darker area on Google Earth and ASTER false colour imagery. A field inspection showed that it coincides with a canegrass swamp. The probable cause of the dark feature is the sun shadow thrown by tall vegetation growing in the swamp, rather than any geological influence.

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Record No mesac25848
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor David Tonkin and Associates Pty Ltd
Sponsor THZ Pty Ltd
Tenement EL 5152
Tenement Holder THZ Pty Ltd
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    Geographic Locality: Woomera;Pimba;Arcoona Plateau;Arcoona Station;Marsella Hill
    Doc No: Env 12722

    Geographic Locality: Woomera;Pimba;Arcoona Plateau;Arcoona Station;Marsella Hill Doc No: Env 12722

    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/mesac25848
    Citation Tonkin, D.G. Woomera. First partial surrender report, for the period 14/1/2013 to 13/1/2015. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac25848

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    Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
    Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[136.5,-31.5],[137,-31.5],[137,-31],[136.5,-31],[136.5,-31.5]]]}
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