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West Lake Eyre. First progress report plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 25/1/1980 to 13/6/1980.
Created: 13 Nov 2024 Revised: 13 Nov 2024
Author: Price, D.G.;Raetz, M.C.;Rau, B.A.;Lowder, G.G.;Fander, H.W.

Dampier Mining's main objective in taking out this licence was to test a large magnetic complex, situated east of the Peake and Denison Ranges and west of Lake Eyre, for possible economic buried base and precious metal deposits. Grid-based ground...

Dampier Mining's main objective in taking out this licence was to test a large magnetic complex, situated east of the Peake and Denison Ranges and west of Lake Eyre, for possible economic buried base and precious metal deposits. Grid-based ground magnetic and gravity surveys were acquired to further define the interpreted major aeromagnetic features, and these provided two apparently coincident gravity and magnetic anomalies, which were rotary mud precollared through the artesian aquifer sedimentary sequence, and then diamond PQ/NQ core drilled into Precambrian basement by 2 holes totalling 504.9 m. The core containing steeply dipping metamorphic basement (interpreted as Peake Metamorphics) was sampled for geochemical and petrographic determinations, and the described epidote-amphibolitic and quartzofeldspathic gneisses were found to be un-mineralised.

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Record No mesac7383
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor Solo Geophysics and Co.;Lowder Geoscience;Central Mineralogical Services Pty Ltd
Sponsor The Broken Hill Pty Co. Ltd
Tenement EL 583
Tenement Holder Dampier Mining Co. Ltd
Operator The Broken Hill Pty Co. Ltd, Exploration Department
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Notes: The licence area comprises the retained part of former EL 369 also held by Dampier Mining (see related Envs 3195 and 3370).  A high volume influx of artesian groundwater caused the abandonment of the first drillhole, WLE1, before the...
Notes: The licence area comprises the retained part of former EL 369 also held by Dampier Mining (see related Envs 3195 and 3370).  A high volume influx of artesian groundwater caused the abandonment of the first drillhole, WLE1, before the basement was reached.
Geographic Locality: Western Lake Eyre Plains;Neales River;George Creek;Brinkley Springs;Umbum Creek;Lagoon Hill;Spring Hill;Primrose Hill;Anna Creek Station;Umbum Outstation ruins
Doc No: Env 03754
Drillhole: WLE1;(140853);WLE1a;(18247);WLE2;(16836)
Drillhole Unit No: 6241 00003;6241 00004;6140 00042

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac7383
Citation Price, D.G.;Raetz, M.C.;Rau, B.A.;Lowder, G.G.;Fander, H.W. West Lake Eyre. First progress report plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 25/1/1980 to 13/6/1980. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac7383

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