Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Beltana / Copley. Annual reports for the period 24/11/2013 to 23/11/2018.
Published: 21 Jan 1919 Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

A partial surrender of 64 square km in 2 blocks representing 13% of the total tenement was undertaken at the renewal of the lease. During licence Year 21 (to 23/11/2014), exploration attention returned to the Red Range prospect in the south of...

A partial surrender of 64 square km in 2 blocks representing 13% of the total tenement was undertaken at the renewal of the lease. During licence Year 21 (to 23/11/2014), exploration attention returned to the Red Range prospect in the south of the tenement. Activities included making detailed pXRF soil spectrochemical scans (1846 readings made along east-west traverses 100 m apart) and collecting rock chip geochemical samples (108) to laboratory assay for major and trace elements. The work defined an extensive anomalous base metal trend over the 6 km length of the prospect. Several more intensely anomalous areas (>1000 ppm Zn) were also revealed within the overall trend. These surface zinc anomalies, unlike those at other prospects in the licence area, show a strong correlation with lead. The rock chip assay results showed a value distribution pattern similar to what was returned by the soil pXRF scans. Limited soil pXRF scans (95 readings) were made on the Aroona Gate prospect, but they failed to extend the anomalous area beyond that originally identified in late 2013. During licence Year 22, activity took place on the Red Range, Iron Blow, Anaconda, Mount Bayley and Southwest Aroona prospects. It mostly consisted of pXRF soil scanning plus complementary rock chip sampling. In all, a total of 5298 pXRF scan readings were taken and 80 rock chip samples collected. Several base metal anomalies were detected at the Southwest Aroona and Anaconda prospects. Infill soil pXRF scans (273) made at Red Range aimed to define the limits of the previously identified soil anomaly. The scan results indicated that there is an abrupt termination to the anomaly in the north over <100 m, and a more gradual termination in the south over 500 m. No significant results were returned from scans made over the historic Iron Blow Cu-Ag-Pb mine located ~5 km north of Red Range, and therefore no rock chip samples were taken. No further work was envisaged there. On the Anaconda/Copper King prospects, soil pXRF scans detected several anomalies with peak values up to 12,549 ppm Zn and 3750 ppm Pb, and one reading of 3573 ppm Cu was made near the Copper King workings. At Mount Bayley, where surface geochemistry sample coverage across the entire synclinal structure was incomplete, pXRF scans were made along traverses 1 km apart, with a closer spaced (400 m) traverses read over a small area to the north-west (previously referred to AST-08). A total of 378 pXRF readings were made, but no significant anomalies were detected. Southwest Aroona saw the most extensive soil pXRF scanning work (4040 readings), in order to cover the area between the Aroona II and Reliance deposits; 64 rock chip samples were also collected. Elevated Zn and Pb readings were obtained in four places, including within a discontinuous 2.5 km long anomalous zone which gave maximum readings of 14,251 ppm Zn and 3438 ppm Pb. During licence Year 23, activities occurred across most of the tenement. Soil pXRF scans (5217) and rock chip sampling (88) were continued, and RC drilling was done at the Red Range prospect as PACE Initiative approved collaborative drilling project DPY3-91, partly subsidised by DSD. The most promising pXRF readings were obtained from the Emu and Copper King prospects, suggesting that previous such work had been inadequate. Weakly anomalous copper was seen near the southern margin of the Beltana Diapir in soil around historic copper workings. At Red Range, in August-September 2016, 6 inclined RC holes for 494 m (RRC003 – 008) were drilled into strong soil pXRF anomalies, but the assay results obtained from samples of covered bedrock were disappointing (2000 ppm Pb+Zn associated with haematised limestone and a third >1000 Pb+Zn. During the reporting period to 23rd November 2017, work on the tenement include infill soil XRF surveys (2588 readings) at several prospects along the Aroona trend as well as the Emu and Moolooloo-Aristotle areas. At the Sundown and Wallrider targets south of the Beltana Mine rock chip sampling (62 samples) was completed for major and trace element analysis. Significant results were returned from the Emu prospect where a north-northeast trending zinc anomaly was identified at the north end of the prospect which may potentially warrant drill testing. Anomalous rock chip results from the Sundown prospect may also warrant additional drilling. A reverse circulation drilling program was attempted in the South Moolooloo and North Moolooloo area in late 2017 however the program had to be deferred to 2018 due to damage occurring to the drill rig during mobilisation. During the 2018 reporting period exploration activities undertaken on EL 5367 saw the completion of reconnaissance pXRF soil surveying and rock chip sampling over several prospects, along with a short RC drilling campaign undertaken at the South and North Moolooloo prospects. A total of 2148 soil pXRF readings were made, along with collection of 54 rock chip samples for multi-element analysis. A total of 7 RC holes for 606 m were drilled, with 126 samples collected for assay. Work was also undertaken at the North Moolooloo deposit as part of an evaluation for the potential development of the deposit including consultation with Native Title holders, DEM and landowners, along with ecological and pit optimization surveys. Surveying completed over the Cu King prospect further refined a north trending zone of anomalism. A single hole, BTC757, was completed at South Moolooloo targeting a previously identified pXRF anomaly, failed to intersect any significant mineralisation with only weakly elevated Zn (4834 ppm) returned over a 9 m interval within the Woodendina dolomite. The aim of the remaining drilling at North Moolooloo was to further define the deposit with infill and extensional drilling, targeting up- and down- dip extension of mineralisation and along strike to the north. No ore grade mineralisation was intersected; however a broad 1-4% Zn zone was returned from the target area. In late 2017 as a result of a sustained increase in zinc prices and general industry market conditions, a decision was made to pursue potential development options for the North Moolooloo zinc silicate deposit. Several studies and initiatives were subsequently undertaken aimed at preparation of a preliminary Mining Proposal in support of potential Mining Lease application.

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Record No mesac30112
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
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Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
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Tenement EL 5367
Tenement Holder Australian Coloured Oxides Pty Ltd;Perilya Freehold Mining Pty Ltd
Operator Perilya Ltd
Geological Province
Mine Name Red Range prospect;Aroona Gate prospect;Southwest Aroona prospect;Emu prospect;Anaconda prospect;Copper King mine;Iron Blow mine;Mount Bayley prospect
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Geographic Locality: West-central Flinders Ranges;Beltana Hill;Puttapa Station;Myrtle Springs Station;Mount Scott;Mount Aroona
Doc No: Env 09294
Drillhole: RRC003 - RRC008;(294581 - 294586)

Geographic Locality: West-central Flinders Ranges;Beltana Hill;Puttapa Station;Myrtle Springs Station;Mount Scott;Mount Aroona Doc No: Env 09294 Drillhole: RRC003 - RRC008;(294581 - 294586)

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac30112
Citation Rogers, D. 1919. Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Beltana / Copley. Annual reports for the period 24/11/2013 to 23/11/2018. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac30112

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