Loxton (part of the Murray Basin Project). Third partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 25/5/1998 to 1/9/2017.
Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

An area located in the northern SA Murray Mallee region, covering an extent of ground surrounding Loxton, has been explored for possible buried accumulations of Tertiary heavy mineral sands which may have formed in the sedimentary cover. In total,...

An area located in the northern SA Murray Mallee region, covering an extent of ground surrounding Loxton, has been explored for possible buried accumulations of Tertiary heavy mineral sands which may have formed in the sedimentary cover. In total, 816 square km or ~50.7% of the area previously covered by EL 5358 has been relinquished in three separate sub-blocks due to it now being perceived as unlikely to contain economic HM mineralisation. The rationale for this action was based on current licensee Murray Zircon's review of drillhole data previously obtained within the now relinquished portions of the tenement, plus results the company itself had gained from its more recent drilling, assaying and geological interpretation done in adjacent areas. The earlier drilling on the relinquished ground had been conducted by former licence owner Australian Zircon during the period 1997 to 2011, when 45 vertical open RC aircore holes with a total penetration of 1595 m were drilled within the largest, eastern relinquished sub-block, primarily along road verges. The data obtained from these holes are appended to the subject report. No significant heavy mineral occurrences were encountered.

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Record No mesac29279
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor Murray Zircon Pty Ltd
Sponsor
Tenement
Tenement Holder Steiner Holdings Pty Ltd;Murray Basin Minerals NL;Southern Titanium NL;Australian Zircon NL;Murray Zircon Pty Ltd;Gold Fields Australasia Pty Limited
Operator Resource Development Corp. NL;Murray Basin Minerals NL;Southern Titanium NL;Australian Zircon NL;Murray Zircon Pty Ltd
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Geographic Locality: Murraylands;Loxton;New Residence;Berri;Yamba;Noora
Doc No: Env 09514
Drillhole: AAMT8017 - AAMT8020;(317829 - 317832);AAMT8022 - AAMT8027;(317833 - 317838);AAMT8298 - AAMT8303;(317839 - 317844);AAMT8506 - AAMT8534;(317845 -...

Geographic Locality: Murraylands;Loxton;New Residence;Berri;Yamba;Noora Doc No: Env 09514 Drillhole: AAMT8017 - AAMT8020;(317829 - 317832);AAMT8022 - AAMT8027;(317833 - 317838);AAMT8298 - AAMT8303;(317839 - 317844);AAMT8506 - AAMT8534;(317845 - 317873)

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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/mesac29279
Citation Pobjoy, R. Loxton (part of the Murray Basin Project). Third partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 25/5/1998 to 1/9/2017. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac29279

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Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
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