Benagerie. Progress reports and annual reports, plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/11/1979 to 9/3/1989.

Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

Author: Hall, D.H.;Borton, D.J.;Gibbs, D.;Wegmann, D.;Elliott, P.J.;Dashlooty, S.A.;Higgins, M.L.;Morrison, R.J.;Teale, G.S.;Barbour, W.R.;Lynch, J.E.;Pontifex, I.R.;Rutter, H.;Anderson, D.C.;Ellis, G.K.;Edser, G.;Casey, L.M.;Yeaton, J.W.

TARGET: Sedimentary uranium in Tertiary sandstone, plus Olympic Dam type copper-gold mineralisation and Broken Hill or Mount Isa type stratiform base metal mineralisation in the underlying basement rocks. EXPLORATION: Stratigraphic drilling (162 holes totalling 15,213 m) for finding and delineating uranium orebodies. The base metal potential was evaluated by ground magnetic, gravity, IP and Sirotem surveys, plus a regional geological and geophysical assessment. Drill testing consisted of 31 open holes (total 2782 m) and 11 diamond drill holes (total 1811 m). RESULTS: A number of thin zones of patchy uranium mineralization were defined. Shallow rotary drilling and relatively wide-spaced stratigraphic diamond drilling into metasomatised and altered Precambrian low grade metasedimentary basement rocks disclosed several highly anomalous concentrations of copper, molybdenum, zinc, gold and silver near Benagerie Homestead, which are associated with a north-south trending fault zone and broad magnetic anomaly. Discrete IP and Sirotem anomalies which were tested by drilling were satisfactorily explained by the conductive nature of the host rocks to the sub-economic mineralisation.

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Record No	mesac32138
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Basement Geology Drilling Engineering Earth Sciences Electrical And Electromagnetic Methods In Geophysics Energy Energy Exploration Engineering Environmental Sciences Exploration Geochemistry Geochemistry Geology Geomatic Engineering Geophysics Gravity Hydrogeochemistry Hydrogeology Magnetics Mineral Exploration Mineral Resource Geology Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources) Mineral System Geology Mineralogy And Crystallography Petrology Petrophysics Physical Geography Policy And Administration Radiometrics Resource Geology Resources Engineering Soil Science Stratigraphy Surfacewater Hydrology
Document Type	Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor	Geoex Pty Ltd;Solo Geophysics and Co.;Amdel Ltd;Geophysical Exploration Consultants Pty Ltd;Pontifex and Associates Pty Ltd
Sponsor	Marathon Petroleum Australia Ltd
Tenement	EL 549 EL 957 EL 1391
Tenement Holder	Marathon Petroleum Australia Ltd;Pan Australian Mining Ltd;Billiton Australia Ltd
Operator	Marathon Petroleum Australia Ltd;Pan Australian Mining Ltd;Billiton Australia Ltd
Geological Province	Benagerie Ridge Curnamona Province Eromanga Basin Frome Embayment Lake Eyre Basin
Mine Name	Benagerie prospect
Stratigraphy	Eyre Formation Marree Subgroup Namba Formation
Commodity	copper lead uranium
Notes	Notes: Contains copy of RB 819 (fiche: 1, p: 3-8). Includes: - Rutter, H. (Geophysical Exploration Consultants Pty Ltd), 1982. A study of the regional geophysics from the Frome area in South Australia, for Marathon Petroleum Australia Ltd. (... Notes: Contains copy of RB 819 (fiche: 1, p: 3-8). Includes: - Rutter, H. (Geophysical Exploration Consultants Pty Ltd), 1982. A study of the regional geophysics from the Frome area in South Australia, for Marathon Petroleum Australia Ltd. ( Appx 1 to prog rep, 7/1/83 to 7/6/83.) fiche: 12, p: 649-662; 2 fig, vol 5; - Teale, G.S., 1984. Summary report on the Frome Project area : origin of mineralization and associated lithologies and suggestions for further exploration. (In : quarterly rep, 8/1/84 to 7/4/84.) fiche: 15,16, p: 857-876; 1 fig, 8 plates, vol 6; - Rutter, H. (Geophysical Exploration Consultants Pty Ltd), 1985. The Frome area of South Australia : an analysis of the regional gravity and magnetic data, for Pan Australian Mining Ltd. (Appx 1 to quarterly rep, 8/4/85 to 7/7/85.) fiche: 16,25, p: 902-912, 4 plans; vol 6. Geographic Locality: Eastern Lake Frome Plains;Benagerie Homestead;Lake Carnanto Palaeochannel;1978 Benagerie Aerial Magnetic Survey;1978 Benagerie Aerial Radioactivity Survey Doc No: Env 03713 Drillhole: BE1-BE161;(145804 - 145875);(154111 - 154199);BE165C-BE167C;(129507 - 129509);BE168-BE198;(145876 - 145893);BE-W1;DDH-Mu-2;DDH-BH2;(104357);DDH-BH3;(104358);BDD88B4;(104360);Lake Charles bore More +
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac32138
Citation	Hall, D.H.;Borton, D.J.;Gibbs, D.;Wegmann, D.;Elliott, P.J.;Dashlooty, S.A.;Higgins, M.L.;Morrison, R.J.;Teale, G.S.;Barbour, W.R.;Lynch, J.E.;Pontifex, I.R.;Rutter, H.;Anderson, D.C.;Ellis, G.K.;Edser, G.;Casey, L.M.;Yeaton, J.W. Benagerie. Progress reports and annual reports, plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/11/1979 to 9/3/1989. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac32138

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