Skull Springs
Shire of East Pilbara
Skull Springs is a manganese and base metals exploration project in the Shire of East Pilbara, Western Australia. Its 19 WAMEX reports were lodged by 7 companies between 1974 and 2012, most recently Talisman Mining Ltd in 2012. Of those, 2 declare a resource.
Reports
19
Operators
7
companies on record
Worked
39yrs
1974 to 2012, 14 years ago
Main target
Manganese
2 commodities on record
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Skull Springs in the Shire of East Pilbara
Ground extent46 × 94 km
Report areas mapped11
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Skull Springs, most active first.
Valiant Consolidated Ltd 5Talisman Mining Ltd 4Shaw River Resources Ltd 3Portman Mining Ltd 3Pennant Resources Ltd 2Shaw River Resources Ltd Talisman Mining 1Sentinel Mining Co Inc 1
Who controls this ground today
Today 33 live and pending tenements sit over the Skull Springs ground, held under 10 names.
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- 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
Premium
- Whether that ground is meeting its expenditure commitments
- Dormant tenements and active forfeitures
- Mortgages, caveats and the expiry profile
Exploration record on Skull Springs
- Local government
- Shire of East Pilbara
- Commodities targeted
- Manganese 19 · Base Metals 3
- Work on record
- Geological reconnaissance 5 · Rock chip sampling 3 · Geological mapping 2 · Grab sampling 2 · Gravity surveys 2 · Mineral resource estimate 2 · Percussion drilling 2 · RC drilling 2
- Resource declared
- Yes, in 2 reports: A42324 (1994), A34966 (1991)
- Downloadable data
- 4 of 19 reports include a digital package
- Reports with no exploration
- 4 of 19 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 10 · Final Surrender 8 · Non-statutory 1
Reports by decade
11970s
11980s
81990s
2000s
82010s
Exploration reports
19 WAMEX reports filed over Skull Springs.
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Most recent reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A94466 | 2012 | Talisman Mining Ltd | Skull Springs E46/0764 Surrender Report for the period 21 May 2008 – 02 June 2012 |
| A94465 | 2012 | Talisman Mining Ltd | Skull Springs E45/3269 Surrender Report for the period 18 June 2009 – 02 June 2012 |
| A94464 | 2012 | Talisman Mining Ltd | Skull Springs E45/3268 Surrender Report for the period 18 June 2009 – 02 June 2012 |
| A94463 | 2012 | Talisman Mining Ltd | Skull Springs E45/3220 Surrender Report 11 February 2009 – 02 June 2012 |
| A89994 | 2011 | Shaw River Resources Ltd | Skull Springs Project, Annual Report for the period 11/02/2010 to 10/02/2011, E45/3220. |
| A87488 | 2010 | Shaw River Resources Ltd | Talisman Mining JV Skull Springs Project, Annual Report to the Department of Mines and Petroleum for the Perio |
| A87487 | 2010 | Shaw River Resources Ltd; Talisman Mining Ltd | Skull Springs Project, Annual Report to the Department of Mines and Petroleum for the Period 18/06/2009 to 17/ |
| A86863 | 2010 | Shaw River Resources Ltd | Skull Springs Project, Annual Report to the Department of Mines and Petroleum for the Period 11/02/2009 to 10/ |
| A57226 | 1999 | Valiant Consolidated Ltd | Annual and Final Report for Period Ending 22 August 1999 Mining Lease M46/169 Pilbara Mineral Field |
| A53248 | 1997 | Valiant Consolidated Ltd | Annual Report of Exploration Activities Mining Lease M46/169 Skull Springs for period 21/08/1996 to 20/08/1997 |
| A45332 | 1995 | Portman Mining Ltd | Skull Springs Project, Annual Report M46/127 for period 09/06/1994 to 08/06/1995. |
| A42324 | 1994 | Valiant Consolidated Ltd | Skull Springs Project, Final Surrender Report for the period 13th October 1993 to 12th October 1994, M46/132. |
| A39294 | 1993 | Valiant Consolidated Ltd | Skull Springs Project, Annual Report for the period 13th October 1992 to 12th October 1993, M46/132. |
| A38901 | 1993 | Valiant Consolidated Ltd | Final Report, Exploration 46/305 Skull Springs Project, Period 7th January 1993 to 12th August 1993 |
| A34966 | 1991 | Portman Mining Ltd | Skull Springs Project, Annual & Final Surrender Report for period 8th March 1990 to 30th November 1991,E46/20 |
| A32230 | 1990 | Pennant Resources Ltd | Skull Springs Project, Annual Report for the period ending 7th March 1990, E46/205. |
| A29282 | 1989 | Pennant Resources Ltd | Annual report on exploration completed in mining leases M46/34-37, Skull Springs Area, Period ending 23 July 1 |
| A4864 | 1974 | Sentinel Mining Co Inc | Skull Springs Project, Non-statutory Report: Skull Spring Assay Data & Ore Classification, ( after de la Hunty |
| A39626 | Portman Mining Ltd | Skull Springs Project, Annual Report for the period 9th June 1992 to 8th June 1993, M46/127. |
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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.