Virgin Creek
Virgin Creek is a zinc and lead exploration project in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley, Western Australia. Its 6 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 1985 and 1997, most recently Western Metals Nl in 1997.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Virgin Creek, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 12 live and pending tenements sit over the Virgin Creek 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 Virgin Creek
- Local government
- Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
- Commodities targeted
- Zinc 6 · Lead 5
- Work on record
- Diamond drilling 4 · Gravity surveys 4 · Aerial magnetic surveys 2 · Aerial radioactivity surveys 1 · Geological mapping 1 · Ground EM surveys 1 · IP surveys 1 · Rock chip sampling 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Downloadable data
- 1 of 6 reports include a digital package
- Report types
- Annual 2 · Partial Surrender 2 · Final Surrender 1 · Non-statutory 1
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A51085 | 1997 | Western Metals Nl | Virgin Creek, E04/1023 1996 Annual report Reporting period 06/02/96 to 05/02/97 Tenement E04/1023 WCR 036 |
| A37606 | 1993 | Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd | Virgin Creek Project, Final Surrender Report for the period 27/11/1987 to 17/11/1992, E04/437. |
| A37416 | 1992 | Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd | Partial Relinquishment Report. E04/437. Virgin Creek, WA. Period 27/11/90 to 26/11/91 |
| A33548 | 1991 | Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd | Virgin Creek Project, Partial Surrender Report, April 1991, E04/437. |
| A15877 | 1985 | Esso Australia Ltd | Virgin Creek Project, Annual Report for the period 24/01/1984 to 24/01/1985, E04/68. |
| A20392 | Esso Exploration Aust Inc | Airborne geophysical survey for Virgin Creek. |
Other projects in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
What does the exploration record say about Virgin Creek?
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.