Alford South (part of the Alford Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/1/2014 to 6/1/2016.
Published: 14 Mar 1916 Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

An area on northern Yorke Peninsula centred ~16 km south-west of Alford and 9 km north-northeast of Wallaroo has been explored for possible buried economic IOCG type mineralisation which could have formed within Palaeoproterozoic or younger...

An area on northern Yorke Peninsula centred ~16 km south-west of Alford and 9 km north-northeast of Wallaroo has been explored for possible buried economic IOCG type mineralisation which could have formed within Palaeoproterozoic or younger basement rocks. During the first licence year, no work was done. Planned exploration was dependent upon the outcomes of reviews of basement structures and their geophysical expression then being performed in-house with particular regard to the company's adjacent EL 5212 Glenrae, which is located closer to the mineralised Alford Shear Zone. EL 5361 overlies mainly granite of the Tickera pluton; it was taken up because it contains irregularly shaped magnetic anomalies that may relate either to primary magnetite within the granite or to metasomatic alteration possibly associated with copper-gold mineralisation. The area has seen little past exploration activity and has scant historical drillhole information. During licence Year 2, it was decided that the existing geophysical survey data coverage on the tenement was enough for generating targets, but none of compelling interest could be identified. Consequently tenure of the area was allowed to lapse on expiry at the end of the year.

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Record No mesac26687
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement EL 5361
Tenement Holder Sandfire Resources NL
Operator
Geological Province
Mine Name
Stratigraphy
Commodity
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Geographic Locality: Northern Yorke Peninsula;Wallaroo North;Point Riley
Doc No: Env 12688

Geographic Locality: Northern Yorke Peninsula;Wallaroo North;Point Riley Doc No: Env 12688

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Use constraints License
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac26687
Citation Wynne, A.;Spina, L.;Stephens, D. 1916. Alford South (part of the Alford Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/1/2014 to 6/1/2016. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac26687

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Maintenance and Update Frequency
Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[137.5,-34],[138,-34],[138,-33.5],[137.5,-33.5],[137.5,-34]]]}
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