Ulooloo. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/7/1986 to 6/3/1989.

Published: 22 Feb 1989 Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

Author: Royle, D.Z.;McMickan, P.J.;Conor, C.H.H.

TARGET: Economic fine-grained, Telfer style gold mineralisation occurring as syngenetic stratabound deposits formed in sedimentary basins during or soon after periods of basin subsidence and instability. The eastern limb of the large, overturned Ulooloo Anticline was examined. EXPLORATION: Regional bulk cyanide leach (BCL) stream sediment, soil and rock chip geochemical sampling, aerial photography (1:40,000 scale) and regional (1:10,000 scale) and detailed (1:500 scale) geological mapping; follow-up geochemical sampling of gold anomalies at Mount Scrub and Basin Dam. RESULTS: The follow-up sampling was inconclusive. A NNE-trending BLEG gold anomaly with values of up to 12.9 ppb Au was indicated, extending for 3 km between the Ulooloo and Mingibbie copper prospects. The Twigham workings lie within stratabound quartz-limonite reefs hosted by laminated shale, while the Ulooloo alluvial goldfield sediments appear to be derived from narrow quartz-veined limonitic shales and/or gossanous horizons.

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Record No	mesac32160
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Artificial Intelligence And Image Processing Earth Sciences Engineering Environmental Management Environmental Science And Management Environmental Sciences Exploration Geochemistry Geochemistry Geology Geomatic Engineering Geophysics Historical Geology Image Processing Information And Computing Sciences Mineral Exploration Mineral Resource Geology Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources) Mineral System Geology Mineralogy And Crystallography Petrology Photogrammetry And Remote Sensing Physical Geography Policy And Administration Regional Geology Remote Sensing Resource Geology Sedimentology Soil Chemistry Soil Science Stratigraphy Surface Geology
Document Type	Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor
Sponsor	Austmin Gold NL
Tenement	EL 1344
Tenement Holder	Newmont Holdings Pty Ltd;Conquest Mines NL;Austmin Gold NL
Operator	Newmont Holdings Pty Ltd;Conquest Mines NL;Austmin Gold NL
Geological Province	Adelaide Geosyncline
Mine Name	Ulooloo Gold Field;Twigham reef workings;Twigham East reef workings;Mittopitta alluvial gold workings;Mingibbie copper prospect;Mount Scrub gold anomaly;Basin Dam gold anomaly
Stratigraphy	Appila Tillite Burra Group Cox Sandstone Member Tapley Hill Formation Tindelpina Shale Member Umberatana Group
Commodity	copper diamond gold industrial material kaolin precious metal
Notes	Notes: Conquest Mines NL was licence operator in a joint venture with Newmont that lasted for one year, between December 1987 and December 1988. Austmin Gold NL entered into a joint venture with Newmont during January 1989, replacing Conquest... Notes: Conquest Mines NL was licence operator in a joint venture with Newmont that lasted for one year, between December 1987 and December 1988. Austmin Gold NL entered into a joint venture with Newmont during January 1989, replacing Conquest Mines as exploration manager. Geographic Locality: Southern Flinders Ranges;Ulooloo Creek;Wittow Creek;Ulooloo Anticline;Gosses Ridge;Sheep-pen Creek;Penny Creek Doc No: Env 06756 More +
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac32160
Citation	Royle, D.Z.;McMickan, P.J.;Conor, C.H.H. 1989. Ulooloo. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/7/1986 to 6/3/1989. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac32160

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