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Mount Sheila

Shire of Ashburton

Mount Sheila is an iron ore and diamond exploration project in the Shire of Ashburton, Western Australia. Its 17 WAMEX reports were lodged by 2 companies between 1992 and 2003, most recently Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd in 2003. Of those, 3 declare a resource.

Reports
17
Operators
2
companies on record
Worked
12yrs
1992 to 2003, 23 years ago
Main target
Iron
2 commodities on record
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Mount Sheila in the Shire of Ashburton
Ground extent46 × 24 km
Report areas mapped5

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Mount Sheila, most active first.

Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd 13Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd 4

Who controls this ground today

Today 46 live and pending tenements sit over the Mount Sheila ground, held under 11 names.

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Exploration record on Mount Sheila

Local government
Shire of Ashburton
Commodities targeted
Iron 11 · Diamond 8
Work on record
Indicator minerals 6 · Gravel sampling 5 · Aboriginal site surveys 4 · Electron microprobes 4 · RC drilling 4 · Aerial EM surveys 3 · Bulk sampling 3 · Geological reconnaissance 3
Resource declared
Yes, in 3 reports: A51550 (1997), A48320 (1996), A38632 (1993)
Downloadable data
12 of 17 reports include a digital package
Reports with no exploration
1 of 17 record no work done
Report types
Annual 14 · Final Surrender 3
Reports by decade
81990s
92000s

Exploration reports

17 WAMEX reports filed over Mount Sheila.
Rather than open these one by one on the DMPE site, have the record over this ground read into one cited report, free for new accounts.
Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A67859 2003 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Final Surrender Report for the period ending 2003 Mount Sheila Project E47/720
A67840 2003 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Final Surrender Report for the period ending 2003 Mount Sheila Project E47/536
A67720 2003 Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd Third Annual Report for the period ending 8th August 2003 Mount Sheila 3, E47/1009 Pilbara Iron Ore Programme
A66811 2003 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Combined Annual Report for the period 9 May 2002 to 8 May 2003 Mt Sheila Project E47/536,720 GDSR No.4322
A65432 2002 Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd Relinquishment Report For The Period Ending 5th September 2002 E47/1007 Mt Sheila 1 & E47/1008 Mt Sheila 2, Di
A65360 2002 Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd Second Annual Report for the Period Ending 8th August 2002 E47/1007 Mt Sheila 1, E47/1008 Mt Sheila 2 & E47/10
A64866 2002 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Combined Annual Report Exploration Licences E47/536 & & E47/720 Report for The Period 9th May 2001 to 8th May
A63707 2001 Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd First Annual Report for the period ending 8th August 2001 E47/1007 Mt Sheila 1, E47/1008 Mt Sheila 2 & E47/100
A62717 2001 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Mt.Sheila Project Area Exploration Licences E47/536 & E47/720 West Pilbara Mineral Field Western Australia Com
A58457 1999 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Mt Sheila Project Combined Annual Report Exploration Licence s E47/536,720, Report for the Period 9/5/1998 to
A55065 1998 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Detrital and Associated Resources at Mount Sheila, Combined Annual Report 1997/1998 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd E4
A51550 1997 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Detrital and Associated Resources at Mt Sheila Combined Annual Report 1996 to 1997 E47/536 and E47/720 West Pi
A48320 1996 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Mt Sheila Exploration Licences E47/536 & E47/720 West Pilbara Mineral Field Western Australia Annual report fo
A44844 1995 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Mt Sheila Project, Annual Report for the period 9/5/94 to 8/5/95, E47/536.
A41492 1994 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Annual report for the period 09/05/93-08/05/94 Mt Sheila Project E47/536
A38632 1993 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Annual Report for the period 09/05/92-08/05/93 Mt Sheila Project E47/536
A36349 1992 Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd Annual Report for the Period 09/05/91 - 08/05/92 Mt Sheila Project

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What does the exploration record say about Mount Sheila?

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Tenure data sourced from the DMPE public registers and SLIP WA (© Government of Western Australia, CC BY 4.0). Compiled by NextMaps. Verify against primary sources before reliance.