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Source-rock analysis of Skillogalee Dolomite, Burra Group, Adelaide Geosyncline.
6 selected drill core samples and 2 fossiliferous outcrop samples of Neoproterozoic Burra Group carbonate/dolomitic sediments from the Willouran Ranges were subjected to laboratory source rock analysis to determine their organic richness, kerogen type...-
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Published: 03 Mar 1986
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RB 79/00132 Dolomite aggregate deposit, Crystal Brook, secn 736 Hd Crystal Brook - Highways Department.
Two deposits comprising gently dipping dolomitic sediments of the Skillogalee Dolomite were located during reconnaissance for construction materials for the Crystal Brook bypass. The southern deposit, 4 km northeast of Crystal Brook, was subsequently...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 84/00062 Petrography of forty two specimens from within and south of the Burra open cut copper mine.
Includes a discussion about probable processes of mobilisation and recrystallisation of the dolomitic sediments, and describes the evidence found for the presence of a pyroclastic component in many of the non-carbonate sedimentary rock samples.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1984
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RB 80/00037 Geology of the Montacute dolomite quarry, sections 330, 332, 833, Hundred Onkaparinga. PMs 136, 137 - The Readymix Group (SA).
Reserves of 12.1 million tonnes of dolomite are indicated, but are conditional upon removal of 2.2 million tonnes of waste dumps and of 5.8 million tonnes of phyllite.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 84/00005 Petrography of eight rocks from the Wangianna sheet.
Sediments deposited in environment similar to present day inland drainage system.-
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Published: 01 Feb 1984
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RB 79/00064 Dolomite aggregate deposit, Warnertown, sections 307 and 308, Hd Napperby.
Two deposits comprising gently dipping dolomitic sediments of the Skillogalee Dolomite formation were located during a reconnaissance for construction materials for the Crystal Brook bypass. The southern deposit near Crystal Brook was subsequently...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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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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Mineralogical data on SAMAG magnesite project - targeted deposits in the northern Flinders Ranges of South Australia.
Outcrop and drill core samples of magnesite-rich strata obtained from the Myrtle Springs and Witchelina deposits were examined petrographically to characterise the mode of occurrence and sedimentary history of the contained magnesitic material. A...-
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Published: 04 Aug 1999
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Willouran Ranges (part of the SAMAG Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/11/1998 to 18/11/2003.
Known magnesite beds existing within the Adelaidean Skillogalee Dolomite in the far north-western Flinders Ranges, and extending into the Willouran Ranges over a strike distance of 120 km heading north-westwards from Leigh Creek South township, have...-
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Paratoo. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 24/2/1984 to 23/2/1987.
Rotary percussion drilling (61 vertical holes totalling 2895 m), which was designed to try to delineate possible remnant oxidised copper ore reserves at the Paratoo copper mine, 20 km south-west of Yunta, has defined an Inferred mineral resource of...-
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Published: 03 Jul 1987
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Geology of the Willippa Anticline, central Flinders Ranges.
In the central Flinders Ranges, Neoproterozoic and early Palaeozoic rocks are found outcropping within a series of broad, open, dome and basin-shaped folds. This region contains most of the diapiric structures in the Adelaide Geosyncline, many, but...-
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Progress reports on exploration of seven mining claims in the Big Lode mine area, for the period January 1971 to December 1972.
An area of 1.2 square km surrounding the Big Lode mine historic copper workings was reserved for 18 months under tenure of seven Mining Claims, to allow for the detailed geological mapping of rock structures possibly controlling observed secondary...-
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RB 71/00144 Palaeoecological interpretation of South Australian Precambrian stromatolites.
Despite the palaeoecological emphasis of most recent stromatolite research outside the USSR, controversy still exists regarding the environmental restriction of these organosedimentary structures and in some cases, analogies with modern occurrences...-
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Published: 16 Sep 1971
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RB 74/00205 Report on stromatolitic boulders in Precambrian diamictite, northwestern Tasmania.
Two types of stromatolitic boulders occur in a diamictite of possibly Late Precambrian age in north-western Tasmania. The first type comprises dark grey dolomites containing the stromatolite Baicalia cf. B. burra, generally well preserved. The...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 2012/00004 MARREE, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SH54-5. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The MARREE mapsheet area includes the south-western portion of the Strzelecki Desert plus parts of the Tirari Desert, north-western Flinders Ranges and north-eastern Willouran Ranges, between latitudes 29 to 30 degrees S and longitudes 138 to 139...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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Burra mine 3D model. Data package.
The SADME 1980-1981 Burra mine field mapping project was undertaken at short notice, in order to collect unique geological data and location survey information from the lower benches of the then actively worked open pit mine, before the newly exposed...-
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Published: 18 Sep 2012
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Mount Arden (part of the Hawker Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/10/2007 to 21/10/2009.
EL 3961 lying 10 km north-west of Quorn forms part of the Hawker Project tenement package within the Adelaide Fold Belt that is being explored for sediment-hosted copper deposits. Licensee Copper Range has been looking for bleached, altered sandstone...-
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Published: 04 Mar 2010
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Yadlakina Hut. Annual reports for the period 20/9/2010 to 19/9/2018.
An area of outcropping magnesite-bearing metasediments extending from 10 km west of to 55 km north-west of Leigh Creek township is being explored to re-assess its commercial potential for magnesia and magnesium metal production, following other...-
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Published: 09 Oct 2018
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Myrtle Springs. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 26/2/1985 to 25/2/1986.
Exploration for magnesite in the Myrtle Springs - Copley region was confined to sampling (167 samples, both of outcrop and crushed ore) and analysing 30 known magnesite occurrences held under mining lease, to determine the distribution of silica...-
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Finniss Springs. Progress reports for the period 27/5/80 to 26/1/83.
Base metal exploration carried out 70 km west and south-west of Marree, to investigate the potential for Olympic Dam - type mineralisation in concealed pre-Adelaidean rocks, has included geochemical rock chip and water sampling, an aerial radiometric...-
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Published: 21 Feb 1983
