Wompinie. Progress and final reports for the period 1/4/79 to 30/3/81.

Published: 01 Jan 1981 Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

Author: Cotton, B.J.;Loxton, R.F.;Emptage, H.;Robinson, P.;Annett, R.

Exploration undertaken north of Mingary, initially directed towards uranium in basement, was thereafter mainly conducted for disclosing economic stratiform base metal sulphides, and consisted of geological mapping, soil and rock chip sampling, ground magnetic, helicopter-borne spectrometric, and grid-based VHEM and pulse EM surveys. Drilling of 20 percussion holes totalling 1215 m at Shorts Dam tested PEM anomalies below severely deformed gossans. Best results included 9 m of 0.1% Co, 5 m of 0.27% Co, 6 m of 0.24% Zn and 7 m of 0.18% Cu. A gravity survey in this area showed that a significant anomaly occurs associated with massive sulphides intercepted in several holes.

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Record No	mesac31492
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Drilling Engineering Earth Sciences Electrical And Electromagnetic Methods In Geophysics Engineering Environmental Sciences Exploration Geochemistry Geochemistry Geology Geomatic Engineering Geophysics Gravity Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology Mineral Exploration Mineral Resource Geology Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources) Mineral System Geology Petrology Policy And Administration Radiometrics Regional Geology Resource Geology Resources Engineering Soil Chemistry Soil Science Stratigraphy
Document Type	Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor	Hunting and Associates;Solo Geophysics and Co.
Sponsor	Esso Australia Ltd. Minerals Department
Tenement	EL 457
Tenement Holder	Esso Exploration and Production Australia Inc.
Operator	Esso Australia Ltd. Minerals Department
Geological Province	Curnamona Province Willyama Inliers
Mine Name	Shorts Dam prospect;Ameroo Hill prospect;Wompinie prospect
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Commodity	copper uranium
Notes	Notes: Includes: - Loxton, R.F., December 1976. Report on the regional photogeological mapping of the Willyama Block in South Australia, based on the study of small-scale colour aerial photographs (Hunting and Associates consultant's report for... Notes: Includes: - Loxton, R.F., December 1976. Report on the regional photogeological mapping of the Willyama Block in South Australia, based on the study of small-scale colour aerial photographs (Hunting and Associates consultant's report for Esso, indexed separately). Appendix 2 to EL 457 annual report to 30/3/80; p: 55-77; 1 fig, 6 ref. - Wompinie. Report on the regional photogeological mapping of the Willyama Block in South Australia, based on the study of small - scale aerial photographs Geographic Locality: Mingary;Oonartra Well;1976 Wompinie Aerial Radioactivity Survey Doc No: Env 03448 Drillhole: SP1 - SP12;SR1 - SR8 More +
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac31492
Citation	Cotton, B.J.;Loxton, R.F.;Emptage, H.;Robinson, P.;Annett, R. 1981. Wompinie. Progress and final reports for the period 1/4/79 to 30/3/81. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac31492

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