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RB 61/00024 Amphibolite deposit, Tumby Bay district. First report - Highways and Local Government Department.
Mapping of amphibolite outcrop and float indicates that there is in excess of 100,000 cu. Yards of material possibly suitable for screenings. Gravels and clays may obscure material which would substantially increase these reserves. Two diamond...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 79/00047 Port Lincoln planning study, engineering geology investigation.
The area surrounding Port Lincoln can be divided into three main physiographic regions, the aeolianite plain, the coastal plain, and the highlands. Soil types range from shallow, well-drained terra rossa overlying the aeolianite, to imperfectly...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 80/00124 Drilling of dolomite for road sealing aggregate, Lipson, Eyre Peninsula. Sections 413, 414 Hundred Yaranyacka, County Flinders - Highways Department.
160 000 m3 of stone in situ is required to supply crushed rock and sealing aggregate. Diamond drilling of 2 calcrete hard, grey dolomite outcrops 4.5 km NW of Lipson revealed a deep weathering profile in section 413. Inferred reserves at the northern...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 89/00051 Cowell Jade Province: Detailed geological mapping and diamond drilling of jade and ornamental marble outcrops, 1982-1987. Volume 1.
Detailed mapping undertaken between 1982 and 1987 of 48 known jade outcrops located in the Cowell - Cleve area, and diamond drilling of 3 jade outcrops and 2 ornamental marble prospects, has identified many factors controlling nephrite formation. The...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1992
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RB 96/00012 Dryland salinity investigation, Toolillie Gully. Progress report no. 1 - Drilling programme.
Dryland salinisation is degrading land and water resources of Lower Eyre Peninsula. It decreases land production capabilities, water quality, and the general aesthetics of the environment. Interdepartmental investigations into the occurrence and...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1996
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RB 91/00073 Tod River Reservoir preliminary geotechnical study.
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Published: 01 Jul 1991
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Carappee Hill. Data release made in lieu of submitting a licence second partial surrender report : annual reports for the period 10/10/1995 to 16/10/2003.
Palaeoproterozoic metasediments of the Hutchison Group, and Lincoln Complex granitoids, were the targets of exploration for gold, base metals and granite dimension stone in an area 40 km south of Kimba. Initial calcrete sampling indicated that...-
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Mount Olinthus. Annual report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 6/3/1995 to 5/3/1996.
Base metal mineralisation, indicated by newly discovered shafts at the historic Atkinson Pb-Ag-Cu-Zn mine, was the impetus for exploration in the upland area 20 km north-west from Cowell. Grab samples collected from shafts, stockpiles and dumps varied...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Carappee Hill. Annual reports for the period 20/2/2010 to 19/2/2019.
The continuation during 2010 of exploration of the Palaeoproterozoic bedrock in a small area located 60 km west-northwest of Cowell has mainly consisted of the conduct of three shallow drilling campaigns and the examination and analysis of downhole...-
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Published: 25 Feb 1919
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Carappee Hill. Annual reports for the period 17/10/2003 to 19/2/2010.
Paleoproterozoic metasediments of the Hutchison Group, and Lincoln Complex granitoids, were the targets of exploration for gold, base metals, and granite dimension stone in an area 40 km south of Kimba. In reporting year 3 for EL 2858, no field work...-
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Published: 04 Mar 1910
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Cowell nephrite deposit. Technical appraisal reports submitted during the period 1970 to 1988.
A consultant geologist's reports prepared in 1970 for by mining lease optionholder Murumba Minerals NL describe his detailed mapping of the then known jade (nephrite) deposits within the Cowell Jade Province. Two potentially mineable deposits were...-
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Published: 08 Dec 1980
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Middleback Range and Moonabie Hills. Joint annual reports for the period 1/2/2007 to 30/1/2019, plus surrender reports to 9/7/2023.
Project Connelly is designed to target haematite mineralisation on OneSteel's mining and exploration leases, including EL 3516 Middleback Range, with the aim of adding to the haematite reserve. In addition to the exploration programme, reserve...-
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Published: 29 Mar 1918
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Bull 033 The Geology and Iron Ore Resources of the Middleback Range Area
This report deals comprehensively with the physiography, prospect geology, and ore genesis, and includes an assessment of the iron ore reserves and other mineral resources of an area which has been almost the sole source of the iron ore used in...-
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ComRev 008 Iron Ore in South Australia 2000
The iron-rich rocks of South Australia have been classified into six deposit types - residual, chemical sedimentary iron formations, Fe-skarn and, of lesser significance, hydrothermal, clastic and magmatic. Production has been overwhelmingly from...-
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RB 71/00011 Reconnaissance survey for road metal. Hundreds of Hutchison, Koppio and Yaranyacka, County Flinders.
Dolomitic marble deposits occur at 3 localities, with Locality 1 at Pillaworta Homestead preferred.-
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Published: 02 Feb 1971
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RB 61/00032 Dolomite deposit, secn 66 Hd Yadnarie - Highways Department.
A dolomite deposit situated in section 66, Hundred of Yadnarie, near the township of Cleve, was mapped to asses reserves. Two diamond drillholes (D.D. 1 and D.D. 2 drilled to a depth of 160 and 199.5 feet respectively) were drilled to procure samples...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 61/00120 Dolomite deposit near Cleve, diamond drilling (4/11/1965).
A ferruginous dolomite deposit four miles northwest of Cleve has been tested by diamond drilling for the Highways and Local Government Department. Much of the core recovered was fresh dolomite, but leached dolomite, kunkar capping and low core...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Middleback Range. Annual reports for the period 5/10/1995 to 30/1/2007 [Index part 2 of 3].
After Helix Resources farmed into the Middleback Range in mid-1998, seeking to determine the iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) mineralisation potential of that region, where no previous such exploration had occurred, it undertook systematic...-
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Published: 25 Jan 1908
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RB 2000/00033 Mineral potential of the proposed Gawler Ranges National Park.
In late 1999, the South Australian Government approved the purchase of 1000 square km of land in, and adjacent to, the Gawler Ranges, for the creation of the Gawler Ranges National Park. This land has significant mineral potential, and has been...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2000
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Mangalo. Annual reports to licence expiry for the period 16/4/97 to 15/4/2002.
Work undertaken to delineate metasedimentary iron ore resources within an area roughly 40 km north-west of Cowell was reported in an earlier release of data made on partial surrender of the licence (see open file Env 9794). No further work has been...-
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