Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Frome North. Annual reports for the period 19/8/2013 to 18/8/2016.
Published: 08 Sep 1916 Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

An area in the south-west of the Frome Embayment, that is centred ~80 km south-southeast of the Beverley uranium mine, has been taken up to explore for possible buried palaeochannel and sandstone hosted roll front style secondary uranium...

An area in the south-west of the Frome Embayment, that is centred ~80 km south-southeast of the Beverley uranium mine, has been taken up to explore for possible buried palaeochannel and sandstone hosted roll front style secondary uranium mineralisation which may have formed within the Tertiary age Namba and Eyre formations. Potential was also thought to exist for unconformity style base metal mineralisation and gold deposits that could be associated with faulting within Lower Cambrian limestone. No field work was done during the first licence year. Activities were limited to a making literature review and compilation of historical exploration data. The occurrence of reduced and oxidised sediments was noted and considered encouraging, with planned exploration aiming to determine the position of target redox fronts. No field work was done during licence Year 2. During licence Year 3, in September 2015, to test the Tertiary strata near basement highs interpreted from historic airborne EM survey data, 2 vertical rotary mud open drillholes were put in to total depths of 264 m and 258 m respectively. Both holes encountered a sedimentary sequence comprising the Willawortina, Namba and Eyre formations, which is comprised mainly of silt and clay, with poorly developed sand beds. Both holes were terminated within Adelaidean metasediments. No significant radioactivity peaks were recorded on their wireline gamma ray logs (the maximum log reading was obtained at 183 m depth in hole MFN002, within the upper Eyre Formation).

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Record No mesac29168
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
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Tenement EL 5328
Tenement Holder Heathgate Resources Pty 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 DEM in accord with the provisions of Section 77D of the Mining Act 1971 and Regulation 88 of...

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 DEM in accord with the provisions of Section 77D of the Mining Act 1971 and Regulation 88 of the Mining Regulations 2011. Geographic Locality: Mount Frome;Martins Well Station Doc No: Env 12641 Drillhole: MFN001;MFN002

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac29168
Citation Barnes, J. 1916. Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Frome North. Annual reports for the period 19/8/2013 to 18/8/2016. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac29168

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