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Kapunda private mine area joint venture - Data on preliminary investigations made by Noranda (Australia) Ltd during March-April 1970, that relate to their intended application for an SML.
A programme of inclined and vertical percussion exploratory drilling (56 holes, total 6637 feet) conducted by Noranda during March and April 1970 on leased private land subject to private mineral ownership rights, in the area of the old Kapunda copper...-
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Wadnaminga Goldfield. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/6/1975 to 8/6/1976.
Exploration included an office investigation of previously reported mining geology, and 1:15,000 scale field mapping of quartz reefs and old gold diggings. Grid-based resampling of a SADM surface arsenic geochemical anomaly, undertaken via 25 x minus...-
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Published: 17 Aug 1976
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Plumbago - Glenorchy area [= Olary 'B' Farmin Block]. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 10/2/1972 to 9/2/1973.
In a search for possible remaining economic primary or secondary uranium deposits in an area of known such mineral occurrences located around Mount Victoria, a consultant was engaged by Esso Minerals to conduct detailed 1:12,000 scale geological...-
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Yudnamutana. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/11/1974 to 31/10/1976.
Ongoing exploration for economic buried stratiform copper mineralisation within a small area located 97 km east of Lyndhurst under renewed tenure has consisted of detailed, 1:1000 scale geological mapping and surface geochemical sampling, plus...-
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Published: 20 May 1976
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Kanappa. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 1/12/1964 to 31/5/1965.
Reconnaissance stream sediment sampling (4000 samples taken over 5 square miles) and follow-up traverse soil sampling (350 samples) have been completed in the vicinity of the historic Kanappa copper mine, 7 miles north-east of Springton, to look for...-
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Kanyaka. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/8/1966 to 31/10/1967.
As part of a regional search for possible economic stratabound Early Palaeozoic base metal deposits, Kennecott Explorations carried out stream sediment sampling and geological mapping of the Kanyaka Syncline, plus more intensive near-mine exploration...-
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Published: 05 Oct 1967
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Bibliando Dome. Progress reports to licence partial surrender / renewal for the period 20/12/1973 to 16/12/1974.
The subject licence area was taken up to explore for buried economic copper mineralisation in fractured/faulted, hydrothermally-altered Neoproterozoic country rocks associated with blind, near-surface diapiric structures that may have intruded into...-
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Published: 31 Jan 1975
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Spring Creek. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 23/7/1970 to 22/7/1971.
SML 214A was a one-year period of extended exploration tenure by licensee RMC Minerals at the Spring Creek copper mine and environs to allow a new farminee, Base Minerals Ltd, to conduct further work aimed at delineating extensions to the known...-
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Published: 12 Jul 1971
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Ethiudna [= Olary 'B' Farmin Block]. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 14/1/1971 to 13/1/1972.
Exploration carried out mainly to look for possible large primary deposits of uranium ore in localities surrounding Ethiudna Hill initially addressed the potential of several hard rock showings of uranium mineralisation which had been found by...-
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Yunta. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/11/1970 to 11/11/1971.
Exploration of an area that surrounds Yunta township, seeking possible economic hydrothermal gold or base metal deposits, has consisted of regional and detailed (1:4800 scale) geological mapping, plus stream sediment geochemical sampling (514...-
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Published: 05 May 1971
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Manna Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 8/10/1970 to 7/10/1971.
Exploration for possible economic base metal sulphides hosted within a 10 square mile block of Carpentarian basement schists and gneiss, or within adjoining younger Adelaidean metasedimentary cover rocks, in an area located just north and west of...-
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Kapunda copper mine. Summary plans for past exploration conducted by Mines Exploration Pty Ltd.
Maps and cross-sections only. No report.-
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Published: 29 Jul 1970
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Oladdie Prospect. First and final progress report for the period 1/7/1968 to 31/12/1968.
Exploration for possible stratabound or hydrothermal copper deposits in an area between Johnburg and Orroroo consisted of detailed 1:12,000 scale geological mapping and a stream sediment geochemical survey. This work failed to locate any copper of...-
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Published: 02 Jan 1969
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Fingerpost Hill and West Well. Progress and final relinquishment report for the period 29/10/1971 to 28/1/1972.
The report discusses the present viability of the envisaged land pipeline transportation of slurried Mount Christie magnetite ore from any mine to export facilities on the Great Australian Bight, where slurry dewatering and shiploading by normal...-
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Published: 23 Mar 1972
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Oraparinna. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 1/12/1967 to 9/4/1969.
Widespread copper carbonate and weathered, disseminated sulphide mineralisation occurring within large diapiric breccias at Oraparinna and Wirrealpa, that are located respectively ~ 35 km north-northeast of Hawker and 20 km east of Blinman, was found...-
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Published: 17 Feb 1969
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Waukaringa. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 25/7/1974 to 24/7/1976.
Work carried out at the Ajax and Waukaringa mine prospects included an aerial reconnaissance, grab sampling of mine tailings heaps and limited detailed stream sediment sampling plus, at the Ajax prospect, the drilling of 5 vertical rotary percussion...-
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RB 24/00015 Avondale mine.
An application for financial assistance to resume mining at the Avondale mine, by sinking a vertical shaft to a depth of 220 feet on the East lode, was made on 28/6/1948 by Mr. A.R. Dodson on behalf of Dodson & Co. After making a geological...-
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Published: 15 Jul 1948
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Feasibility of extracting gold from Deloraine [Goldfield] tailings dumps.
Following discussions on assessment of gold tailings dumps at the Deloraine Goldfield near Williamstown, between the mineral lessee Mr C. Woods, and representatives of SADME and Amdel, a project was devised whereby Amdel technicians would evaluate the...-
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RB 94/00004 Bioremediation of oil-contaminated soil.
A relatively new technology of treating oil spills in marine and inland environments is bioremediation. This technique is based on the break down of the petroleum hydrocarbons to biomass and carbon dioxide by indigenous microorganisms, which are...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1994
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AnnRep 1952 South Australia. Annual report of the Director of Mines and Government Geologist for 1952.
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