Outlines the nature, occurrence, distribution and factors contributing to the recent rise in output. It also assesses opportunities for, and limitations to, further growth and exports.

Field investigations were undertaken of reported occurrences of the rare strontium-bearing sulphate mineral celestite within lacustrine chemical sediments deposited along the western and southern margins of Lakes Frome, Callabonna and Blanche. The...

Approved PACE project DPY2-11 was an attempt to find calcrete or roll-front type sedimentary uranium mineralisation in Quaternary fluvial channels that drain the northern and eastern margins of the uranium-enriched Mount Painter and Mount Babbage...

31 cored shallow vertical holes were drilled for a total penetration of 88 m. Tonnages for the southern half of the lake examined were calculated at 15.4 Mt of gypsum with CaSO4 >90%, 29.2 Mt with CaSO4 >80%, and 30.1 Mt with CaSO4 >60%....

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In a search for possible economic deposits of gypsum formed within Recent fluvio-lacustrine surficial sediments in an area located 40 km north of Overland Corner on the River Murray, scout drilling of 34 shallow exploratory auger holes totalling 150 m...

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An aerial reconnaissance flight made by Delhi geologists along the eastern shore of Lake Torrens on 22/10/1968 revealed the existence of low cliffs of gypsum along the lake's shore for a distance of about 90 miles, while scattered small exposures of...

An aerial reconnaissance flight made by Delhi geologists along the eastern shore of Lake Torrens on 22/10/1968 revealed the existence of low cliffs of gypsum along the lake's shore for a distance of about 90 miles, while scattered small exposures of...

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An area situated adjacent to the recently defined Andamooka Opalfield, and located about 20 miles north of Andamooka township centre, has been explored for possible economic occurrences of opal or base metals within Cretaceous and Precambrian strata...

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Salt is at the present time the most important of the non-metallic mineral products of the State, and has the distinction of having been the first recorded mineral exported from the region now known as South Australia. Salt has been gathered on a...

A new generation, second edition MARREE 1:250 000 scale geological map and its explanatory notes have been published. These documents represent the conclusion of the Geological Survey of South Australia's latest geological mapping program (1993 to...