Big Spring
Big Spring is a diamond and rare earth elements exploration project in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley, Western Australia. Its 7 WAMEX reports were lodged by 3 companies between 1977 and 1997, most recently Dioro Exploration Nl in 1997.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Big Spring , most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 3 live and pending tenements sit over the Big Spring ground, held under 2 names.
- Which tenements sit over this ground, and who holds each
- The area they cover and when they expire
- The main holders here, by number of titles
- Whether that ground is meeting its expenditure commitments
- Dormant tenements and active forfeitures
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Big Spring
- Local government
- Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
- Commodities targeted
- Diamond 7 · Rare Earth Elements 1
- Work on record
- Geological reconnaissance 2 · Garnet 1 · Indicator minerals 1 · Stream sediment sampling 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Report types
- Annual 3 · Final Surrender 2 · Non-statutory 2
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A51030 | 1997 | Dioro Exploration Nl | Big Spring Project, 1997 Surrender Report for Exploration Licence E04/1000, April 1997. |
| A36698 | 1990 | Fire Hills Gold Nl | Big Spring Project, Non-statutory Report:Diamond & Rare Earth Prospects in Western Australia, May 1990, E04/5 |
| A11769 | 1983 | Cra Exploration Pty Ltd | Big Spring Project, Final Surrender Report for the year ending 31/05/1982, MC04/1848-1851, 2149-2150. |
| A8938 | 1980 | Cra Exploration Pty Ltd | Big Spring Project, Annual Report for the year ending 31/12/1979, MC04/1848-1851, 2149-2150 ( Big Spring) & |
| A7606 | 1978 | Cra Exploration Pty Ltd | Big Spring Project, Annual Report for the year ending 31/12/1977, MC04/1848-1851, 2149 & 2150, |
| A13583 | 1977 | Cra Exploration Pty Ltd | Big Spring Project, Non-statutory Report: Geophysical Tests, Lennard River, WA, for the year ending 31/12/1977 |
| A7264 | 1977 | Cra Exploration Pty Ltd | Big Spring Project, Annual Report for the year ending 31/12/1976, MC04/1848-1851 & MC04/2149-2510. |
Other projects in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
What does the exploration record say about Big Spring ?
NextMaps reads the WAMEX reports over a chosen area into a referenced prospectivity assessment: the geology, the historical programs, the drill intercepts and geochemistry, and the untested gaps, with every claim cited back to its source report. New accounts include a free report. How the reports work.
Get the free report Open this ground on the mapTenure 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.