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Progress report on the ABC Prospect at 31st October, 1953

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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This prospect was discovered by Geologist A.B. Clark on the 3rd September, 1953 at a point 11 miles distant and on a bearing of 33 degrees from the Katherine Post Office. Following its discovery a reservation was taken out on behalf of the Bureau of Mineral Resources to protect the area. Detailed geological and geophysical investigations have since been undertaken in the area, and costeaning by hand labour and bulldozer has also been done. The examination and testing of the prospect is not yet complete but a summary of the information concerning the prospect available at 31st October 1953 is given below.

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Title Progress report on the ABC Prospect at 31st October, 1953
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/7138c384-0074-4ff8-a416-e16114af4962
Contact Point
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Progress report on the ABC Prospect at 31st October, 1953". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/progress-report-on-the-abc-prospect-at-31st-october-1953