Desert Copper
Desert Copper is a base metals exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. Its 4 WAMEX reports were lodged by Hancock & Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd between 1986 and 1988.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Desert Copper, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 15 live and pending tenements sit over the Desert Copper ground, held under 10 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 Desert Copper
- Local government
- Shire of East Pilbara
- Commodities targeted
- Base Metals 4
- Work on record
- Aerial magnetic surveys 2 · Stream sediment sampling 2 · Percussion drilling 1 · Rock chip sampling 1 · Soil sampling 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Report types
- Annual 4
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A26135 | 1988 | Hancock & Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd | Annual report on Desert Copper, exploration licences 46/79, 46/83, 46/85 and 45/428, for period 24/7/87 to 23/ |
| A22255 | 1987 | Hancock & Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd | Annual report, Desert Copper, E46/79, E46/83, E46/85, E45/428, for the period 24 July 1986 to 23 July 1987 |
| A20002 | 1987 | Hancock & Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd | Annual report, E45/428, 46/79, 46/83, 46/85, Desert Copper, for period September 1985 to September 1986. |
| A16984 | 1986 | Hancock & Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd | Desert Copper Project, Annual Report for the period 24/07/1984 to 23/07/1985, E46/79, 83 & 85. |
Other projects in the Shire of East Pilbara
What does the exploration record say about Desert Copper?
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.