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Title: | Annual Report MC 27285, MC 27286 and MC 27287 Priscilla JV Group for the period 13 July 2011 to 12 July 2012 |
Title Holder / Company: | Biddlecombe, RM Thundelarra Exploration |
Report id: | CR2012-0682 |
Tenure: | MC27285; MC27286; MC27287 |
Year: | 2012 |
Author: | Bajwah, ZU |
Abstract: | The Priscilla Group of tenements is located about 180 SE of Darwin and approximately 40 km NE of Pine Creek in the central part of Pine Creek Orogen. This group of tenements was granted on 13 July 2011 to R.M Biddlecombe for a period of 10 years and will expire on 12 July 2021. It has a total area of 84 Hectares. The project area is located within central part of the Pine Creek Orogen which is a folded sequence of Palaeoproterozoic pelitic and psammitic sediments with interlayered cherty tuff units. Mafic sills of the Zamu Dolerite (~1.87Ga) intruded the lower sequence of the package. These rocks have been intruded by the late-orogenic Palaeoproterozoic granites, causing wide spread contact/thermal aureole metamorphism, which contains most of the gold mineralisation, uranium and base metals mineralisation in the Orogen. These MCs lay over an area of tightly folded meta-sedimentary rocks assigned to the Mt Bonnie Formation and Gerowie Tuff of the South Alligator Group and the Burrell Creek Formation of the Finniss River Group. The tenement covers the northern extent (the north plunging Yam Creek Anticline) of a doubly plunging antiform known as the Golden Dyke Dome. The major regional Hayes Creek Fault cuts the antiform towards southeast of the project area. During the reporting period, a review of geological and geophysical data was undertaken together with geological and structural mapping by consultant geologist. A number of field visits were undertaken for ground-truthing. The main aim of this project was to understand geomorphological, geological and structural setting of uranium, gold and base metals mineralisation. This involved incorporation of remote sensing imagery, high resolution geophysical data, photo-geological interpretation and mapping the structural setting of the project area. Geological, structural and geophysical data interpretation has highlighted mineral potential of the project area. In the next reporting period, soil/rock sampling program will be undertaken to test the potential for gold, uranium and base metals mineralisation. If successful, target areas in conjunction with geophysical and geological information will be tested by RC drilling. |
Date Added: | 21-Nov-2019 |
Appears in Collections: | Minerals Exploration Reports (MEX) |
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