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Report on the Shamrock uranium prospect.
Uranium mineralisation was first discovered at the old Shamrock Copper Mine during a systematic search of old mine dumps by the South Australian Department of Mines in 1955. Follow-up investigations located a small high-grade uranium lode (Valley...-
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Mount Misery. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/11/1981 to 29/11/1985.
Stratabound, chemically precipitated Telfer - type replacement style vein gold was the target of exploration undertaken over an area 25 km north-west of Yunta, which contains good exposures of Neoproterozoic Umberatana Group clastic metasediments that...-
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Lilydale. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report : progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal over a much reduced area, for the period 5/1/1988 to 4/1/1993.
Initial exploration carried out near Lilydale Homestead, 80 kilometres south-east of Yunta, targeted possible Starra-style gold in the Braemar Ironstone facies. Flying of an airborne semi-detailed magnetic and radiometric survey identified magnetic...-
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Red Lake. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 23/2/1978 to 2/1/1983.
Exploration undertaken on ground situated east of Pernatty Lagoon has included the acquisition of extensive ground magnetic and gravity surveys plus a small aerial magnetic and radiometric survey, and performing many specific gravity and magnetic...-
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Bendigo Station (the Fairview Joint Venture). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/11/1992 to 8/11/1995.
As part of continued exploration over a 48% reduced licence area from prior EL 1416 (see Env 8585 for relinquishment report), 36 exploratory inclined RC drillholes (total penetration 3404 m) evaluated nine high-priority aeromagnetic targets, with some...-
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Antro, Ameroo, Plumbago, Telechie Dam and Pimpena (the North Ltd Olary Project). Joint annual reports and final report to licences' joint surrender, for the period 12/7/1993 to 24/9/1996.
Exploration for Broken Hill style stratiform Zn-Pb-Ag and/or Roxby Downs - Cloncurry style discordant Cu-Au and Zn deposits, in the Bimbowrie - MacDonald Hill - Telechie Dam - Boolcoomata area, north-west of Olary, comprised ground magnetic and...-
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Bendigo Station. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 6/8/1987 to 5/8/1992.
Copper and gold exploration comprising outcrop, stream sediment and soil geochemical sampling, and the conduct of ground magnetic and IP surveys, plus RC percussion (67 vertical holes, total 6624 m) and diamond cored tail drilling (in 2 holes, total...-
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Published: 02 Jul 1992
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RB 37/00094 Report of examination of clay deposits on Oulnina Station, (near) Manna Hill.
Two small deposits of white to pale-coloured claystone, discovered in creek banks located respectively 10.5 and 12 miles south of Manna Hill township, were inspected for the local station owners. It was found that the beds of clean claystone are very...-
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Published: 28 Apr 1954
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RB 58/00122 Report on investigation of aeromagnetic anomaly, sections 72A, 5924 Hundred of Onkaparinga, County Adelaide.
Geological mapping, on a scale of 1" represents 440 feet and sampling of Lower Marinoan and Upper Sturtian sediments was carried out as a result of anomalous aeromagnetic values occurring within the sections listed above. From surface investigations a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 77/00126 Shallow seismic refraction survey over proposed stream gauging sites near Hawker SA. 1) Mernmerna Creek. 2) Boolcunda Creek.
Shallow seismic refraction traverses were carried out over six proposed sites for stream gauging near Hawker in South Australia. The results have determined bedrock topography and the depth to the water table at each site. The subsurface was clearly...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 98/00015 Clare Valley groundwater resources. Progress report 1 - Hydrogeology, drilling and groundwater monitoring.
A fundamental question remains to be answered in the Clare Valley. How much water can be safely extracted without causing depletion of the groundwater resources? This question is being addressed by a major investigation into the groundwater...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1998
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RB 98/00014 Clare Drilling. Phase 2 - June 1997.
Phase Two of a drilling program at Clare, South Australia was undertaken in June, 1997. A total of 6 bores were drilled, 4 of these at existing locations established during Phase One drilling in January, 1996, and a further 2 at Watervale Oval as...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1998
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RB 91/00067 Clare Auburn (district) groundwater resources.
Groundwater usage has increased substantially because of a change from dry-grown grape varieties to those needing irrigation. Regional dewatering caused by excessive extraction is unlikely because of the nature of the aquifers, but local usage...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1991
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RB 88/00057 Torrens Hinge Zone Project - Bute region. Second and final report.
The Torrens Hinge Zone Project aimed to demonstrate the existence of prospective metalliferous rocks beneath the Cainozoic cover, to stimulate exploration and to investigate the transition between the Adelaidean sequences of the well-exposed Adelaide...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1988
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RB 93/00041 Burra - Nackara Arc bedrock drilling programme. Terowie area.
As part of the SAEI (South Australian Exploration Initiative), thirty reverse circulation drill holes totalling 1123 m (av 37.4 m) were drilled on the Terowie 1:50 000 mapsheet area to determine bedrock geology and geochemistry below Quaternary cover,...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1993
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AMIRA Project P544: Proterozoic sediment-hosted copper deposits. Quarterly progress reports and final report for the period July 2000 to October 2003.
The original objectives of this project were: 1) To understand the processes responsible for transporting, concentrating and fixing copper and other ore constituents during sedimentary basin evolution 2) To document the various stages and paragenesis...-
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Morialpa. Progress, annual and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 9/2/2003 to 8/2/2006.
Subsequent to a partial relinquishment of ground and related data release made in August 2003, ongoing exploration conducted over a small area located about 25 km north-northwest of Manna Hill township, looking for possible Zambian type stratiform...-
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Giles Nob. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/7/1983 to 7/7/1988.
Exploration for possible economic gold deposits in an area located approximately 25 km south of Olary addressed three principal objectives: . hydrothermally-sourced gold within quartz-albite-dolomite vein stockworks formed in phyllitic siltstones of...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Manunda. Annual reports submitted until the commencement of joint reporting on the Razorback Ridge Iron Ore Project, for the period 10/12/2007 to 9/12/2009.
The banded iron formations associated with various tillite in South Australia have been recognised as being potential sources for iron however the low-grade nature of these bands has been one of the limiting factors in why they have not been...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Yeltacowie (part of the Mount Gunson Project). Annual reports for the period 30/7/2003 to 6/10/2009.
The subject EL 3112 ground represents the continuation of tenure by Gunson Resources, over the same area, from its former EL 2516 Yeltacowie (for which see the relevant licence reports previously released in Envs 9530 and 9715). This replacement...-
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