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dc.contributor.authorHutt, Pen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-24T11:43:05Z-
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.identifier.govdocCR2013-0882en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://geoscience.nt.gov.au/gemis/ntgsjspui/handle/1/77693en_US
dc.description.abstractThis annual and final report covers EL24819 located on the east coast of Melville Island, part of the Tiwi Islands, in the Northern Territory. The area is prospective for zircon and rutile rich mineral sands however suitable exploration areas must be outside of environmentally sensitive beach, mangrove and river zones. The tenement was purchased by MZI Resources (previously Matilda Zircon) from Stirling Zircon Pty Ltd who obtained the tenements from the Administrator of Matilda Minerals in July 2009. No exploration work was conducted in the period. Efforts were directed at internal meetings to obtain surrender consent and the preparation of internal surrender documentation. Exploration activity for the previous period was limited to a desktop evaluation using Google Earth Pro to map the area of the sand bodies in the tenement. The methodology was to define sand bodies with an environmental offset from the beach of 200 metres and an offset of 100 metres from mangroves. This has been the offset used in earlier approved projects. The basis for a theoretical exploration target was developed from experience gathered from the previous three mining campaigns on the north coast of the Tiwi Islands. The depth of the mineralised sand bodies has been defined from mining on the north coast to be a maximum of two metres from the sand dune surface. Similarly the potential depth of mineralisation within the tenement is expected to be two metres. From previous mining programs the economic cut off for mineralisation has been determined to be 2 percent and hence this is the grade that may be assigned to a target area. Higher grades are possible but these tend to be lensoid and of limited extent. The actual area of potential sand bodies that may be mineralised was calculated using the Google Earth Pro area calculation method. No significant exploration targets were identified within the tenement based on the above methodology.en_US
dc.subject.classificationMineral sandsen_US
dc.subject.classificationZircon sandsen_US
dc.subject.classificationRutile sandsen_US
dc.subject.classificationRutileen_US
dc.subject.classificationZirconen_US
dc.subject.classificationReviewsen_US
dc.titleSixth annual and final report for period ending 9 October 2013en_US
dc.relation.isatmap100Conder 5174en_US
dc.relation.isatmap100Jahleel 5175en_US
dc.relation.isatmap100Cape Don 5275en_US
dc.relation.isatmap250Melville Island SC5216en_US
dc.relation.isatgeolprovinceMoney Shoal Basinen_US
dc.relation.isatgeolprovinceArafura Basinen_US
dc.description.stratnameVan Diemen Sandstoneen_US
dc.identifier.tenureEL24819en_US
dc.description.modifyhistory17/12/2013en_US
dc.description.modifyhistory24/01/2014en_US
dc.description.modifyhistory19/09/2017en_US
dc.contributor.holderStirling Zirconen_US
dc.identifier.collectionnameMinerals Exploration Reports (MEX)en_US
dc.identifier.govdocprefixCR2013en_US
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