Sherlock
Sherlock is a nickel, copper and platinum group elements exploration project in the City of Karratha, Western Australia, earlier explored for base metals and gold. Its 8 WAMEX reports were lodged by 4 companies between 1981 and 2012, most recently Fortescue Metals Group Ltd in 2012.
Who has explored here
Companies that lodged reports over Sherlock, most active first.
Who controls this ground today
Today 25 live and pending tenements sit over the Sherlock ground, held under 18 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 Sherlock
- Local government
- City of Karratha
- Commodities targeted
- Base Metals 3 · Gold 3 · Copper 2 · Nickel 2 · Platinum Group Elements 2 · Tantalum 2 · Tin 2 · Uranium 1
- Work on record
- Geophysical interpretation 4 · Geological mapping 2 · Geological reconnaissance 2 · Aerial colour photography 1 · Aerial magnetic surveys 1 · Bulk sampling 1 · Costeaning 1 · Gravel sampling 1
- Resource declared
- Never on this record
- Reports with no exploration
- 1 of 8 record no work done
- Report types
- Annual 6 · Final Surrender 2
Exploration reports
| Report | Year | Operator | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| A95112 | 2012 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Sherlock E47/2174 Annual report for the period 28th of September 2011 to 27th September 2012 |
| A91852 | 2011 | Fortescue Metals Group Ltd | Annual Report for the Period 28 September 2010 to 27 September 2011, E47/2174 |
| A67408 | 2003 | Talisman Mining Ltd | First Annual Report for the period August 2002 - August 2003 Sherlock Project E47/1156 Technical Report 1005 |
| A66952 | 2003 | Talisman Mining Ltd | Sherlock Project, (1st) Annual Report for the year ending 24 March 2002, E47/1063. |
| A46295 | 1995 | Pilbara Mines Nl | Sherlock Project, Surrender Report Exploration Licence E47/614 for the period 25th October 1994 to 2nd Novembe |
| A43002 | 1994 | Pilbara Mines Nl | Sherlock Project, Annual Report for the period 26th October 1993 to 25th October 1994, E47/614. |
| A11854 | 1982 | Western Mining Corporation Ltd | Sherlock Project, Final Surrender Report for the period 24th October 1980 to 1st February 1983, DC47/164-200, |
| A10878 | 1981 | Western Mining Corporation Ltd | Sherlock Project, Annual Report for the period 24/10/1980 to 08/12/1981, DC47/164-200, 253-263. |
Other projects in the City of Karratha
What does the exploration record say about Sherlock?
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.