Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Mount Brady (part of the Mount Woods Project). Annual reports for the period 10/7/2007 to 9/7/2011.
Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

A very small, ~90 square km licence area centred ~40 km south-east of Coober Pedy is being explored for possible economic IOCG or other types of metallic mineralisation that may have formed in concealed Proterozoic basement rocks. During the...

A very small, ~90 square km licence area centred ~40 km south-east of Coober Pedy is being explored for possible economic IOCG or other types of metallic mineralisation that may have formed in concealed Proterozoic basement rocks. During the first licence year, on 9/5/2007, IMX Resources flew a detailed helimag airborne magnetic survey totalling just 3.101 line km to cover EL 3830 along flight lines that were 50 m or 100 m apart, using a sensor mean height above the ground surface of 20 m. The survey was intended to outline possible BIF horizons which might have magnetite iron ore potential. In May 2008, the company drilled a single vertical RC hole of 112 m depth to test the WS22 gravity anomaly located north-west of Cairn Hill, which it was thought might represent palaeochannel sediments with possible sedimentary uranium potential. 18 x 4-metre drill cuttings composite samples were assayed for a 22 element suite, and were logged for radioactivity using a hand-held scintillometer. Three water wells were rotary mud drilled at sites adjacent to the Cairn Hill mine export haul road to look for groundwater supplies (to use for then current road construction and for ?future dust mitigation). The holes were terminated upon reaching solid bedrock. Drill cuttings from these holes were logged by IMX. No exploration work was done during licence Year 2, but construction of the haul road from the Cairn Hill mine was completed, including an underpass which was built beneath the existing Stuart Highway that runs along the licence's western boundary. 30% of the original licence area was partially relinquished in June 2009. During licence Year 3, in May 2010, joint venture partner OZ Minerals acquired a small part, 349.4 line km, of a large Falcon airborne gravity gradiometer survey that was flown over most of the Mount Woods Project area. The AGG data were acquired along flight lines 200 m apart, using a mean sensor height of 80 m above the ground surface. A preliminary dataset only has been received by the end of the reporting period. It confirmed an interpretation which IMX had made from the previously-acquired helimag magnetic data: that there is a major geological boundary running approximately E-W across the centre of the Mount Brady EL 3830. Basement rocks in the southern portion of the EL have been down-faulted relative to those in the northern half. The airborne gravity gradiometer data also emphasised the presence of major ENE- and NNW-trending lineaments, besides defining some broadly coincident gravity and magnetics features, but also revealing several gravity anomalies that do not coincide with magnetic highs. During licence Year 4, no field work was done because activities were focussed on other parts of the Mount Woods Project acreage; however, the airborne gravity and magnetic data were fully processed.

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Record No mesac26020
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor Geosolutions Pty Ltd;Southern Geoscience Consultants Pty Ltd
Sponsor IMX Resources Ltd
Tenement EL 3830
Tenement Holder Goldstream Mining NL;IMX Resources Ltd;OZ Minerals Ltd
Operator Goldstream Mining NL;IMX Resources Ltd
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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. The Mount Brady area abuts the northern boundary of IMX Resources' (former name Goldstream Mining) EL 3445 (Kangaroo Dam). This forms part of a broader tenement package held by IMX Resources over the Mount Woods Inlier that has been actively explored for IOCG deposits as well as for Ni/PGE and uranium mineralisation. IMX is a major explorer in this area, having spent several million dollars over the last few years and having identified economical iron ore and associated Cu-Au mineralisation at Cairn Hill. Numerous regional targets exist elsewhere on the Mount Woods Project acreage which are prospective for additional iron ore as well as for high grade IOCG-style deposits. Drilling done by Goldstream Mining on EL 2760 Kangaroo Dam immediately south of Mount Brady has intersected Ni-PGE mineralisation associated with alteration believed to be related to mafic intrusive bodies. This represents a previously, unrecognised target style in the Mount Woods Inlier, and South Australia generally. Regional aeromagnetic interpretations have identified preliminary targets around the southern margin of a probable mafic intrusive body. In April 2010, a joint venture was entered into between IMX and OZ Minerals Ltd (OZL) on all of the IMX exploration licences in it’s Mt Woods Project area, including the subject EL 3830. As a result of the agreement, with certain conditions, OZL’s interest became 51% of the JV for the duration of the JV. With the exception of iron ore, OZL is now operator and manager of exploration. IMX retains all rights to exploitable iron ore. Geographic Locality: Southern Stuart Range;Mount Brady;Woomera Prohibited Area;2007 Mount Brady Aerial Magnetic (helimag) Survey;2010 Coober Pedy Aerial Gravity (Falcon) Survey [part];2010 Coober Pedy Aerial Magnetic Survey [part] Doc No: Env 11638 Drillhole: MWRC019;(262820);WPB01;WPB02;WPB08

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Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac26020
Citation Chai, A.;Hodgson, G.;Sawyer, M.;Doyle, T. Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Mount Brady (part of the Mount Woods Project). Annual reports for the period 10/7/2007 to 9/7/2011. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac26020

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