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RB 37/00018 Clarendon Dam Project - Geology of the reservoir area.
The Onkaparinga River, the largest watercourse draining the Mount Lofty Ranges from the east, south-east and south of Adelaide, already provides water for two reservoirs supplying the Metropolitan Area of Adelaide. These are Happy Valley Reservoir...-
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Published: 12 Feb 1954
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RB 51/00104 Quartzite deposits, sections 5451 and 5445 Hundred of Yatala.
Following a request for a geological survey of private property situated in Hundred Yatala, Sections 5451 and 5445 to aid in the determination of its quarry potential, a survey was initiated on September 26th and completed on October 19th, 1960....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 52/00073 Quartzite deposit, part sections 922, 935 and 946 Hundred of Adelaide.
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 52/00092 Report on sand and quartzite deposit, pt secns 38, 5393, 5407 Hd Yatala - J.C. Warburton.
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 59/00061 Quartzite deposit, Eagle Quarry.
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 59/00070 Coromandel Heights quartzite deposit (21/9/1964).
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 57/00090 Road metal deposit, secns 2969 and 5012 Hd Macclesfield and secn 713 Hd Kuitpo (27/11/1963).
Four road metal quarries have been mapped in detail. Reserves have been calculated and bulldozer cuts recommended to prove the thickness and attitude of the quartzites. The quartzites have not been evaluated as a source of aggregate for use in civil...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 60/00059 Report on Morialta quartzite deposit.
A geological investigation of a deposit of Stonyfell Quartzite has been carried out. One subunit appears to be a suitable source of civil engineering construction aggregate. An area in which quarrying could be commenced is suggested.-
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Published: 18 Mar 1965
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RB 49/00018 Quartzite deposit, section 593 Hundred of Alma.
A quartzite bed outcropping in section 593, Hundred Alma is part of a persistent horizon extending through this section to the north and to the south. Reserves within the area mapped exceed 100,000 yards. Diamond drilling is recommended to test the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 49/00067 Diamond drilling for road metal, section 593 Hundred of Alma.
One diamond drill hole was drilled to a depth of 140 feet. The best quality stone occurs between 30 and 129 feet. Reserves in excess of 100,000 yards have been proved. Core recovery from the hole was nearly 66% and is thought to indicate that the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 49/00145 Greenhill quarries.
Rock types mapped in the above area include arkosic ortho quartzites, arkosic sandstones and chloritic quartzite schists of the Stonyfell Quartzite formation in the Torrensian Series. Total available reserves of rock are estimated at over thirty...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 44/00048 Greenhill quarry.
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 44/00118 Report no. 1 on reconnaissance survey for location of alternative quarry sites between Hallett Cove and the Torrens River.
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 42/00045 Riverview quarries, Hundred of Yatala.
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 45/00054 Quartzite deposit, White Rock Quarries.
Quartzites, sandstones, phyllitic slates and quartz arkeritic dolomite belonging to the Stonyfell Quartzite and “upper phyllites” formations of the Torrensian series in the Adelaide System rocks occur in the above sections. Quartzite and sandstone...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 77/00014 Torrens Gorge weir disaster, 1958.
In the first years of settlement Adelaide's water supply was obtained directly from the River Torrens, or from shallow wells along its banks. This water became brackish in summer and caused serious health problems due to pollution. In any case the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 77/00120 Cleland Conservation Park water well completion report - Public Buildings Department.
A water supply well was completed at a depth of 110 m in a fractured sandstone aquifer. in Cle.land Conservation Park. Aquifer tests revealed that turbulent flow in joints and fractures predominated over laminar flow with increasing pumping rate....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 83/00098 Refraction seismic survey along part of the proposed quarry road / Modbury Corridor - South Australian Highways Department.
Shallow seismic survey of 10 spreads indicates 4 of 6 sites are rippable.-
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Published: 01 Nov 1983
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RB 79/00030 Geology of the Riverview quartzite quarry, sections 38, 5394, Hd of Yatala. Private Mine 31 (The Readymix Group SA).
Quartzites and sandstones in the Stonyfell Quartzite formation of the Adelaide System are quarried by the Readymix Group (S.A.) at Riverview quarry, 14 km north-east of Adelaide. Inferred geological reserves above the level of the nearby River Torrens...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 79/00063 Geology of the Eagle quartzite quarry.
Quartzite and sandstone of the Stonyfell Quartzite formation of the Burra Group are quarried by Quarry Industries Ltd at Eagle Quarry, located in the Adelaide Hills less than 10 km from the Adelaide GPO. The deposit is fault bounded to the west and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
