Baratta mine. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 20/4/1977 to 17/3/1978.
Published: 03 Jul 1979 Created: 13 Nov 2024 Revised: 13 Nov 2024

The Bibliando Dome area 50 km east of Hawker was investigated by WMC because it showed similar regional gravity and magnetic features to those in the Olympic Dam area, and possessed minor but possibly significant Cu-Pb-Ag-Au mineralisation at the...

The Bibliando Dome area 50 km east of Hawker was investigated by WMC because it showed similar regional gravity and magnetic features to those in the Olympic Dam area, and possessed minor but possibly significant Cu-Pb-Ag-Au mineralisation at the Baratta and Eukaby mine workings. The core of this structure is not exposed, in comparison to those of other domal or diapiric structures in the region. Following the acquisition and interpretation of 120 line km of ground magnetic and gravity surveys along sixteen traverses, one precollared (to 84 m) stratigraphic diamond drillhole was put down to a total depth of 562.3 m, without reaching the magnetic basement or encountering any base metal mineralisation. The hole terminated within siltstones and fine-grained quartzites of an un-named unit underlying the Umberatana Group sequence. Estimated depth to magnetic basement is approximately 900 m at this locality, which proved to be beyond the capacity of the drilling rig used.

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Record No mesac4604
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
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Tenement EL 310
Tenement Holder Western Mining Corp. Ltd
Operator
Geological Province Adelaide Geosyncline
Mine Name Baratta mine
Stratigraphy Wilyerpa Formation
Commodity
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    Geographic Locality: East-central Flinders Ranges;Mount Davidson;Wilyerpa Hill;Bibliando Station;1977 Baratta Gravity Survey
    Doc No: Env 03001
    Drillhole: BTD1-BTP1
    Drillhole Unit No: 6734 00179

    Geographic Locality: East-central Flinders Ranges;Mount Davidson;Wilyerpa Hill;Bibliando Station;1977 Baratta Gravity Survey Doc No: Env 03001 Drillhole: BTD1-BTP1 Drillhole Unit No: 6734 00179

    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/mesac4604
    Citation Smith, R.N.;Evans, R.J.;Robson, D.F. 1979. Baratta mine. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 20/4/1977 to 17/3/1978. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac4604

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