Paratoo. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/3/1988 to 30/2/1990.
Published: 19 May 1990 Created: 13 Nov 2024 Revised: 13 Nov 2024

TARGET: Possible economic, open-pit mineable stratiform low grade gold and copper deposits within Adelaidean units of the Nackara Arc, in an area lying west of and including Yunta. EXPLORATION: A detailed geological field reconnaissance, review...

TARGET: Possible economic, open-pit mineable stratiform low grade gold and copper deposits within Adelaidean units of the Nackara Arc, in an area lying west of and including Yunta. EXPLORATION: A detailed geological field reconnaissance, review of previous exploration data, and an economic re-evaluation of mineralisation at the Paratoo copper prospect, leading to suggestions for future drilling to delineate untested sections of the prospect's oxidised zone. RESULTS: Inconclusive, no follow-up undertaken. Several previously unrecorded small copper mine workings were located. An alternate consultant's recommendation was advanced to abandon copper lode drilling at Paratoo and instead target possible supergene - enriched, epithermal / diapiric - emplaced gold in the axial part of the Whydown Dome structure, where intersecting regional lineaments, fold breccias and igneous intrusions may have engendered a suitable metallogenetic setting.

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Record No mesac32360
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor Oxford Resources Pty Ltd;JLC Exploration Services
Sponsor Fairview Gold Pty Ltd
Tenement EL 1470
Tenement Holder Mount Street Securities Ltd;Yunta Gold Pty Ltd;Fairview Gold Pty Ltd;Empire Mines NL
Operator Mount Street Securities Ltd;Fairview Gold Pty Ltd;Empire Mines NL
Geological Province
Mine Name Nob copper mine;Paratoo copper prospect;Robertson's mine;Whydown copper prospect
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Commodity
Notes
Notes: Includes:   - Curtis, J.L., 30/11/1989. Paratoo Project, SA - technical assessment, November 1989 (geological consultant's report for Fairview Gold). Attachment to EL 1470 quarterly progress report to 30/11/1989; 2 appx, 5 fig, 9 ref,...

Notes: Includes: - Curtis, J.L., 30/11/1989. Paratoo Project, SA - technical assessment, November 1989 (geological consultant's report for Fairview Gold). Attachment to EL 1470 quarterly progress report to 30/11/1989; 2 appx, 5 fig, 9 ref, tables, 1 plan. Geographic Locality: Paratoo;Yunta;Dare Hill;Oak Park Homestead;Whydowne Dome;Paratoo Anticline;Buttamuck Anticline;Coolawantinnie Hill Doc No: Env 08049

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Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

Citations

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License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac32360
Citation Greene, F.F.;Rich, J.;Curtis, J.L. 1990. Paratoo. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/3/1988 to 30/2/1990. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac32360

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Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
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