Update on Geophysical Data Acquisition November 2016

LocationStateSurvey% CompleteGravity StationsFlight LinesSpacingGround ClearanceComments

Coonabarabran

NSW

Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric

TBA

N/A

Estimated 50 000 line km: east-west;
11 200km²

250m

80m agl

The proposed survey covers parts of the Nyngan and Gilgandra 1:250 000 standard map sheets.

Wiluna

WA

Gravity

100%

Approx 17 000

N/A

2.5km

N/A

The survey covers parts of the Bullen, Trainor, Nabberu, Wiluna, Sir Samuel, Madley, Herbert, Robert standard 1:250000 Map Sheets.

Data acquisition commenced on 21 August and completed on 21 September. The preliminary final data were supplied to GA on 25 October for assessment.

Daly Basin

NT

Gravity

100%

Approx 2 537

N/A

4,2 and 1 km

N/A

The survey covers parts of the Cape Scott, Pine Creek, Port Keast, Fergusson River and Katherine 1:250 000 standard map sheets. The survey mobilised on 12 July and finished data acquisition on 6 August. The data were released via GADDS on 21 October 2016..

Musgraves - PACE Area

SA

Airborne EM

100%

N/A

8 489

2 km

A nominal 120m for the transmitter and 80 m for the receiver

The survey covers parts of the Mann, Woodroffe, Birksgate and Lindsay 1:250 000 standard Map Sheets. The survey started flying on 18 August and finished data acquisition 17 September.  The final data for acceptance are expected to be delivered to GA in the third week of November..

Musgraves - CSIRO Area

SA

Airborne EM

100%

N/A

7 182

2 km

A nominal 50m for the transmitter and receiver

The survey covers parts of the, Woodroffe, Alberga, Lindsay and Everard 1:250 000 standard Map Sheets. The survey commenced flying 14 September and finished data acquisition on 13 October.

Isa Region

QLD

Airborne EM

91%

N/A

16 880

2/2.5km

40m agl for the receiver

The survey started flying on 9 August. The survey was 91% completed as at 25 October 2016.

East Kimberley

WA

Airborne Gravity

34%

N/A

Approx. 38 000 E-W
82 690 km²

2.5km

160m agl

The survey covers the Gordon Downs, Mount Ramsay (pt), Dixon Range, Lansdowne (pt), Lissadell, Cambridge Gulf (pt) and Medusa Banks (pt) 1:250 000 Standard Map Sheets. The survey commenced flying on 8 October. The survey was 34% complete as at 23 October.

Ord-Keep Rivers

WA-NT

Airborne EM

TBA

N/A

6 126

Various

TBA

The proposed survey covers the Port Keats, Auvergne and Cambridge Gulf 1:250 000 Standard Map Sheets. The Quotation Request was released on 19 August and closes on 5 September 2016. The survey data are expected to be collected in October 2017.

Western Tiers

TAS

Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric

TBA

N/A

28 000 E-W
5 093 km²

200m E-W

80m agl

The proposed survey covers the Launceston and Oatlands 1:250 000 Standard Map Sheets. The survey is expected to commence in February 2017.

Mount Isa Inlier

QLD

Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric

TBA

N/A

Est, 121 000 line km

100m E-W

60m agl

The proposed survey area covers parts of the Cloncurry, Julia Creek, Duchess, McKinlay, Boulia and Mackunda 1:250 000 Standard Map Sheets.

PACE Copper Initiative

Oodnadatta (region 2), Lake

Torrens (region 3), Ooldea (region 4) areas

SA

Airborne Magnetic and Radiometric

TBA

N/A

Oodnadatta: 240 240 line km over 43 680 km²

Lake Torrens: 161 380 line km over 29 360 km²

Ooldea: 208 560 line km over 37 920 km²

200m E-W

60m agl

The Quotation Request for the three regions closed on 25 October 2016.
Oodnadatta covers the Wintinna, Oodnadatta, Murloocoppie, Warrina 1:250 000 Map Sheets.
Ooldea covers the Ooldea, Barton, Nullarbor, Fowler and Nuyts 1:250 000 Map Sheets.

Lake Torrens covers the Andamooka and Torrens 1:250 000 Map Sheets.

Stavely

VIC

Gravity

TBA

3 465

N/A

200 m station spacing on 14 individual traverses

N/A

The Quotation Request closed on 20 October.  The proposed survey covers the Horsham, Hamilton, Ballarat, Portland and Colac 1:250 000 Map Sheets.

 

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