Macdonald Hill. Progress and final reports for the period 8/5/84 to 20/3/85.
Created: 13 Nov 2024 Revised: 13 Nov 2024

The exploration target in an area located 20 km east-northeast of Olary was economic gold mineralization within Early Proterozoic ironstone and pyritic lode horizons. Drilling results and samples from previous work in the Green and Gold and...

The exploration target in an area located 20 km east-northeast of Olary was economic gold mineralization within Early Proterozoic ironstone and pyritic lode horizons. Drilling results and samples from previous work in the Green and Gold and Wilkins prospects underlined the poddy and discontinuous nature of the banded iron formations. Aeromagnetic interpretation and ground magnetics were undertaken to try to identify concealed, potentially gold-bearing quartz-magnetite(-pyrite) lodes of the type known to be copper mineralised over the surrounding district. However, bedrock RAB and auger drilling (61 holes, total 773 m) downgraded the potential for finding near-surface economic mineralization.

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Record No mesac33217
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement EL 1236
Tenement Holder Shell Co. of Australia Ltd
Operator Billiton Australia
Geological Province Willyama Inliers
Mine Name Green and Gold mine;Wilkins prospect;MacDonald Hill mine
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Geographic Locality: MacDonald Hill;Cutana Homestead;MacDonald Fault
Doc No: Env 05717

Geographic Locality: MacDonald Hill;Cutana Homestead;MacDonald Fault Doc No: Env 05717

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac33217
Citation Dashlooty, S.A. Macdonald Hill. Progress and final reports for the period 8/5/84 to 20/3/85. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac33217

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