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Virgin Creek

Shire of Derby-West Kimberley

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.

Reports
6
Operators
4
companies on record
Worked
13yrs
1985 to 1997, 29 years ago
Main target
Zinc
2 commodities on record
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Virgin Creek in the Shire of Derby-West Kimberley
Ground extent32 × 27 km
Report areas mapped3

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Virgin Creek, most active first.

Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd 3Western Metals Ltd 1Esso Australia Ltd 1Esso Exploration Aust Inc 1

Who controls this ground today

Today 12 live and pending tenements sit over the Virgin Creek ground, held under 2 names.

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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
Reports by decade
11980s
41990s

Exploration reports

6 WAMEX reports filed over Virgin Creek.
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
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.

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What does the exploration record say about Virgin Creek?

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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.