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Mount Frome. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 22/10/1973 to 21/10/1974.
A re-investigation of base metal geochemical anomalies detected during Electrolytic Zinc Co.'s former stream sediment and rock chip sampling programme conducted near an historic copper-lead mine prospect at Mount Chambers in the eastern Flinders...-
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Published: 06 Sep 1974
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Warraweena. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/6/1973 to 21/9/1974.
Geological mapping, further surface geochemical sampling, test IP surveys and limited shallow diamond drilling (2 holes, total 201.3 m, including 147 m of NQ/BQ wireline coring) were done over a previously identified stream sediment zinc anomaly at...-
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Elder Range. Progress reports to licence surrender, for the period 17/2/1972 to 11/4/1972.
Exploration for possible economic fluorite deposits in an area south-west of Wilpena Pound consisted only of a rapid geochemical rock chip sampling programme. No encouraging results were obtained, so the ground was surrendered.-
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RB 37/00039 Report on the Copper King ochre deposits (near Beltana).
The Copper King orebody, located approximately 10 miles north-northeast of Beltana township, is a massive deposit of iron carbonate, the upper portion of which has been altered by oxidation and hydration to oxides of iron. The deposit was worked...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1954
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RB 37/00143 Report on the geological reconnaissance survey of the southern portion of the Eucla Basin and of part of the Warburton Ranges.
The Eucla Basin (or Nullarbor Plains Basin) is the name that has been given to that sedimentary basin which corresponds to much the same area as the geographical region, the Nullarbor Plains of Australia. Since one of the major rock-types of the basin...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1954
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RB 37/00150 Report on reconnaissance survey of limestone deposit on section 466, Hundred Anne - County Victoria.
The Highways and Local Government Department have requested a survey to determine the extent of a limestone deposit northward from Section 466, Hundred Anne. This limestone has been quarried by the Hallett District Council from the southern side of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1954
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RB 38/00019 Geological survey of road metal deposit on section 680, Hundred of Willunga, County Adelaide.
At the request of the Highways and Local Government Department the limestone deposit on Section 680, Hundred of Willunga, was surveyed by the writer. A topographic survey with a theodolite was made by M.B. Langsford (Surveyor and Draftsman, Department...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1954
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RB 38/00110 The Gap stone quarry, Hd Glen Roy.
An Inspection was made of this quarry in response to a request from the Commissioner of Highways. A plane-table survey was carried out in November 1954 by C.J.R. Kingsbury, datum for the levelling being taken at the creek-bed below the collapsed...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1954
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RB 41/00022 Geological survey of limestone deposit, Point Turton (2/8/1955).
The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited is interested in deposits of hard limestone or marble with low phosphorous content close to or within Spencers Gulf. It is presumed that the hard limestone is required for use as a flux. The Point Turton...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 51/00015 Second Valley limestone deposits.
A geological survey of deposits of marble situated in section 1564, Hundred Yankalilla adjacent to the township of Second Valley has been under taken with the assistance of Surveyor, M.G. Orian. The deposits are exposed over the north western slopes...-
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Published: 03 Aug 1960
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RB 59/00155 Brachina limestone deposit.
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 56/00053 Ediacara Mineral Field.
This paper deals briefly with the geology and mineralisation of the Ediacara Mineral Field, which is located about 300 miles north of Adelaide in the Mount James Range. The field was discovered some time prior to 1872. Total recorded production for...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 49/00038 Geological investigations, Myponga Dam construction phase. Progress report no. 4. Stability and water tightness of faulted limestone on left abutment.
Exploration of the limestone of the left abutment by mapping, adits and five diamond drill holes has revealed extensive bedding plane faults, shears and shear tension joints. Fracturing and brecciation caused by the fault movements has allowed deep...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 50/00100 Noarlunga limestone deposit diamond drilling.
A deposit of limestone situated adjacent to the south bank of the River Onkaparinga, 4 miles NE of Noarlunga, has been tested by diamond drilling to prove its suitability for road building. The good quality of the stone has been confirmed, although...-
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Published: 22 Mar 1960
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RB 44/00063 Myponga Dam Project - Geological investigation of the tunnel route on the proposed pipeline from the reservoir.
Detailed geological examination of the area in the vicinity of the proposed tunnel has shown that, provided suitable precautions are taken, there are no geological factors which will prevent the successful construction of a tunnel through the ridge...-
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Published: 02 May 1957
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RB 45/00009 Blue limestone deposit, near Yankalilla.
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 47/00116 Geological investigations, Myponga Dam construction phase report no. 2.
Further geological investigations at the dam site, particularly on the left bank, have delineated the width of limestone present and by means of an exploratory adit have shown that solution cavities are relatively rare. Cavities are of two types;...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 47/00033 Progress report on the geological aspects of foundation excavation, Myponga Dam.
New geological features disclosed by excavations for the foundations of the left abutment are described. These are more abundant limestone, a minor fault, more extensive jointing and a solution cavity at the intersection of a joint and a minor fault....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 87/00035 Overland Corner Limestone (Cornerstone) Quarry mineral tenure, production and geology, sections 33, 73, 75, Hd Parcoola, Co. Young.
Cornerstone quarry, 180 km NE of Adelaide, was excavated in Miocene Morgan Limestone in the northern bank of the Murray River for building stone to construct the Overland Corner Hotel in 1858. From 1945 to 1958, 6 000 tonnes of ashlars were produced...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1987
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RB 78/00006 Progress report on the geology of part of the Worumba Anticline.
The Worumba Anticline is a regional fold in the gradational zone between the Olary Arc and the broader folding of the central Flinders Ranges. The limbs of the anticline comprise complete upper Adelaidean successions, of which the Holowilena...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
