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Prices Creek

Shire of Derby-West Kimberley

Prices Creek is a zinc, lead and base metals exploration project in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley, Western Australia. Its 13 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 1976 and 1992, most recently Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd in 1992.

Reports
13
Operators
4
companies on record
Worked
17yrs
1976 to 1992, 34 years ago
Main target
Zinc
3 commodities on record
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Prices Creek in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
Ground extent23 × 22 km
Report areas mapped5

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Exploration record on Prices Creek

Local government
Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
Commodities targeted
Lead 12 · Zinc 12 · Base Metals 1
Work on record
Diamond drilling 11 · Gravity surveys 7 · IP surveys 5 · Aerial colour photography 2 · Aerial magnetic surveys 2 · Sirotem surveys 2 · Soil sampling 2 · Geological interpretation 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Downloadable data
1 of 13 reports include a digital package
Report types
Annual 10 · Partial Surrender 2 · Final Surrender 1
Reports by decade
11970s
81980s
31990s

Exploration reports

13 WAMEX reports filed over Prices Creek.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A35800 1992 Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd Annual Report for the Period 01/05/91 - 01/05/92 Prices Creek Project M04/139-141
A35234 1992 Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd Prices Creek Joint Venture area, West Kimberley Mineral Field, WA. BHP Minerals International /Arimco NL 1990
A30562 1990 Bhp-Utah Minerals International Prices Creek J.V. Area. West Kimberley Mineral Field W.A. 1989 annual report (M1147/9)
A28324 1989 Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd Prices Creek Joint Venture. West Kimberley Mineral Field, WA. 1988 Annual Report. (E04/437 M04/139-141).
A21392 1987 Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd Prices Creek Project, Partial Surrender Report, March 1987, E04/23.
A21391 1987 Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd CR 5379 Prices Creek Joint Venture Exploration Licence E04/23 Annual report for 1986 BHP Minerals, Cyprus Mine
A17741 1986 Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd Prices Creek Joint Venture West Kimberley Mineral Field Western Australia Exploration Licence E04/23 Annual re
A17740 1986 Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd Prices Creek, E04/23, Partial Surrender Report, April 1986.
A15352 1984 Amoco Minerals Aust Co Prices Creek Joint Venture West Kimberley Mineral Field Western Australia Exploration Licence E04/23 Annual re
A11851 1983 Amoco Minerals Aust Co Prices Creek Project, Annual Report for the period 24/12/1981 to 23/12/1982, TR70/8043H.
A10606 1982 Amoco Minerals Aust Co Prices Creek Project, Annual Report for the period December 24th 1980 to December 23rd 1981, TR70/8043H.
A8364 1976 Carpentaria Exp Co Pty Ltd Prices Creek Project, Final Surrender Report, November 1976, MC04/1969-2012.
A24552 Bhp Minerals Pty Ltd Prices Creek Joint Venture Area - West Kimberley Mineral Field W.A. Annual report 1987. E4/23, M4/139-141

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