Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Parry (part of the Northern Flinders Ranges Magnesite Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 4/1/1999 to 3/1/2004.
Published: 25 Feb 1904 Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

Exploration Licence (EL) 2570 Mt Parry was granted to Magnesium Developments Limited on the 4 January 1999. Exploration within EL 2570 focussed on magnesite (MgCO3), which occurs within a sequence of interbeds with the Neoproterozoic, Skillogalee...

Exploration Licence (EL) 2570 Mt Parry was granted to Magnesium Developments Limited on the 4 January 1999. Exploration within EL 2570 focussed on magnesite (MgCO3), which occurs within a sequence of interbeds with the Neoproterozoic, Skillogalee Dolomite, “characterised by repetitive lithologies” of dolomite, magnesite, siltstone, and sandstone. The Leigh Creek magnesite deposits of EL 2570 extend northwest from Leigh Creek South town site 120 km, into the Willouran Ranges. The tenement is located 30 kilometres north-west of the town ship of Leigh Creek, 275 km north of Port Augusta. Exploration licence 2570 contains a portion of the Pug Hill deposit, a defined “World-Class” high-grade, low impurity, measured magnesite resource of 20 million tonnes averaging 42% MgO. In the two years to 3rd January 2002, reporting appears to cover all tenements, RLs and MLs held under the Northern Flinders Ranges Magnesite Project. Trail mining to extract a 100t magnesite bulk samples from the Mt Hutton Proven Ore Reserve was undertaken to the southeast of the tenement. Selective mining methods were utilised during the mining that differentiated between the steeply dipping tabular magnesite beds and the dolomite interburden. Once the bulk sample was assayed, they were able to demonstrate the close correlation between the actual measure ore grade and the grade estimated generated from a resource model, and with that verify the effectiveness of the selective mining technique. A number of Mineral Claims (MC 3236, 3237, 3240, 3243, 3244) and Retention Leases (RL 97, 98) have been applied for and pegged over EL 2570 at Pug Hill and Mt Playfair following earlier successful magnesite exploration and resource definition work. No work was completed on EL 2570 from 4th January 2002 to 3rd January 2004. As such no technical reports were submitted.

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Record No mesac25931
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
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Sponsor
Tenement
Tenement Holder Kelaray Pty Ltd
Operator SAMAG Ltd
Geological Province Adelaide Geosyncline
Mine Name Pug Hill magnesite deposit;Mount Playfair magnesite deposit
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Notes
Notes: This release to the public of the subject mineral exploration data, namely, company data which was acquired more than 5 years ago, is being done by DMITRE in accord with the provisions of Section 77D of the Mining Act 1971 and Regulation 88...

Notes: This release to the public of the subject mineral exploration data, namely, company data which was acquired more than 5 years ago, is being done by DMITRE in accord with the provisions of Section 77D of the Mining Act 1971 and Regulation 88 of the Mining Regulations 2011. Includes: - De Jongh, R. July 2001. Mt. Hutton Mining Study for SAMAG Pty Ltd. Minarco Pty Ltd – Consultants to the Resource Sector. Appx. 2. to Two-year annual report to 3rd January 2002. Pg. 383. - Badman, F.J. June 2001. Leigh Creek Haul Road: Supplementary Environmental Studies. Badman Environmental. Appx. 3. to Two-year annual report to 3rd January 2002. Pg. 425. - Biggins, S. December 2001. Beneficiation of Magnesite by Screening: Size by Assay Distribution of Magnesite Bulk Sample. Appx. 6 to Two-year annual report to 3rd January 2002. Pg. 807. Geographic Locality: Willouran Ranges;Mount Parry Doc No: Env 09868 Drillhole: PHDDH01 - PHDDH13;(218990 - 218993);(235424 - 235432)

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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/mesac25931
Citation Bigggins, S.;Owler, L.J. 1904. Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Parry (part of the Northern Flinders Ranges Magnesite Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 4/1/1999 to 3/1/2004. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac25931

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