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Wittakilla. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 17/10/1977 to 16/10/1978.
Created: 28 Oct 2024 Revised: 15 Dec 2024
Author: Smith, R.N.;Evans, R.J.

As part of a regional search for buried Olympic Dam - type base metal deposits, Western Mining attempted to test an isolated but sharply defined aeromagnetic anomaly noted just to the east of the southern end of Lake Callabonna. After first...

As part of a regional search for buried Olympic Dam - type base metal deposits, Western Mining attempted to test an isolated but sharply defined aeromagnetic anomaly noted just to the east of the southern end of Lake Callabonna. After first acquiring 56 line km of ground magnetic profiles over the anomaly, 3 rotary mud / RC precussion holes totalling approximately 390 m were drilled, but all were prematurely abandoned before reaching their magnetic basement target: the deepest and final hole, WKD1, was diamond cored over several short intervals. This hole was ended in Cretaceous sediments (? Marree Formation) at TD 253 m. No anomalous geochemical results were obtained from drill sample assays. Seismic data which became available immediately after the time of drilling showed that the magnetic basement was far deeper (at ~ 600 m) than expected.

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Record No mesac5607
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
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Tenement EL 364
Tenement Holder Western Mining Corp. Ltd
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Geological Province
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Stratigraphy
Commodity oil
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Geographic Locality: Northern Lake Frome Plains;Wittakilla;Lake Callabonna
Doc No: Env 03153
Drillhole: WKP1;WKP2;WKD1;Frome-Broken Hill Lake Cootabarlow 2
Geographic Locality: Northern Lake Frome Plains;Wittakilla;Lake Callabonna
Doc No: Env 03153
Drillhole: WKP1;WKP2;WKD1;Frome-Broken Hill Lake Cootabarlow 2
Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac5607
Citation Smith, R.N.;Evans, R.J. Wittakilla. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 17/10/1977 to 16/10/1978. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac5607

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