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RB 84/00013 Wilgena 1. Well completion report.
Wilgena 1 (TD 973 m) penetrated 964 m into Tarcoola Formation within the Wilgena Sub-basin, without encountering magnetic basement. Thin dacitic to basaltic tuffs and basaltic flows, interbedded with carbonaceous siltstones, indicate contemporaneous...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1984
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RB 78/00090 Olivine basalt dyke near Terowie. Hd Terowie Co. Kimberley.
This discordant dyke related to kimberlite and carbonatite intrusions has been emplaced at a low temperature into Umberatana Group shales and siltstones. Its composition is unsuitable for use in manufacturing glass and ceramics due to both low...-
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Published: 31 Jul 1978
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RB 87/00110 Miscellaneous thin sections from the Proterozoic and Cambrian of South Australia.
Rocks from Saint Francis Island include trachyte, trachyandesite and rhyolite. Drill core from Dampier DDH1 includes 2 types of dolerite, and from Afmeco KGB3 fresh dolerite or basalt. Other specimens examined include basalt and gneiss from the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1987
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RB 80/00147 Roopena stratigraphic diamond drillholes 1 and 1A.
The SADM stratigraphic hole Roopena DDH1 was originally drilled near Roopena homestead in 1967 to TD 155.61 m, and was deepened to TD 249.59 m by SADME in 1978 (as DDH1a) to obtain relationships between the Roopena Volcanics and older units. At...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 77/00035 Mineral sands, Morrison Beach, Kangaroo Island.
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 77/00113 Boucaut Volcanics.
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Published: 31 Oct 1977
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RB 77/00090 Pillow structures in an older Precambrian hornfels near Kokatha, South Australia.
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Published: 01 Aug 1977
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RB 81/00029 Gawler Range Volcanics in diamond drillhole Myall Creek RC1.
The wholly cored SADME DDH Myall Creek RC1 was sited at the eastern extremity of the exposed Gawler Range Volcanics, and was completed [as a vertical hole] at 551.34 m total depth [the limit of drilling rig capability] on 26/10/1978, without reaching...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 89/00040 New occurrence of mafic igneous rocks beneath the northern Murray Basin.
SADME Nanyah 1 (hole synonym M154), a Murray Basin hydrogeological observation bore, was extended beneath the sedimentary cover to reach basement in order to investigate the source of a prominent aeromagnetic anomaly. A 3-metre bottomhole core of...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1989
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RB 90/00044 Petrography and chemistry of three rocks selected as geochemical standards.
A trachyandesite from the Gawler Range Volcanics at Buckleboo and an alkali basalt from the main quarry at Mount Schank are suitable for Departmental geochemical standards. A sample from an outcrop of Heatherdale Shale at Carrickalinga Head is a...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1990
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 4 partnership DPY4-59, Billa Kalina Project area Proterozoic basement-hosted IOCG mineral prospects. Project final report.
Maximus Resources' Billa Kalina Project area lies within the Olympic Dam Province of the Gawler Craton, where the basement rocks host Olympic Dam, one of the largest iron oxide-associated copper-gold (IOCG) deposits in the world. IOCG deposits are...-
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Peake and Denison Ranges. Data release made at subsequent licences' expiry/full surrender : annual reports for the period 12/7/1993 to 11/7/1995.
An area covering most of the northern outcropping Peake and Denison Ranges basement inliers was taken up by Pancontinental Mining to test for possible economic occurrences of lead-zinc and copper-gold mineralisation (broadly matching Mount Isa Block,...-
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Paratoo (was formerly part of the Grainger Project; recently made part of the Flinders Ranges JV Project). Annual reports from the time of cessation of previous joint venture(s) reporting, for the period 20/7/2007 to 1/11/2016.
During 2007-2008, the first year of the diamond exploration joint venture with the Filsell brothers in the Paratoo area, Flinders Mines' activities comprised: • acquiring part of a detailed helicopter-borne infill aerial magnetic ('helimag') survey,...-
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Published: 30 Jan 1919
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : The Twins (part of the South Mount Woods Joint Venture). Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 7/3/2002 to 6/3/2007.
An area covering ground adjacent to the southern boundary of current EL 3056 (formerly EL 2483), on which licence the newly discovered (in November 2001) Prominent Hill IOCG deposit is situated, is being explored for similar style buried...-
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Published: 03 Apr 1907
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 8 partnership DPY8-28 - Cultana district, Eyre Peninsula, Extension Tank shear-hosted Mesoproterozoic IOCG-U or porphyry type Au and base metal prospect. Drilling final report.
An area centred approximately 50 km south-west of Port Augusta is being explored for buried economic occurrences of gold, base metals and uranium primary mineralisation which may be genetically associated with the past emplacement there of the Gawler...-
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SADM / Amdel Project 1/1/77 : Moonabie Range investigation - [geological unit] age relationships. Progress reports 1 and 2 and final report for the period 19/4/1964 to 25/5/1965.
See the related index record for the project final report.-
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Published: 25 May 1965
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SADME/Amdel Project 1/1/144 : "Stratigraphy and petrology of the Gawler Range Volcanics". Progress reports 1 to 20 for the period 17/4/1972 to 24/11/1983.
This dataset presents the observations and interpretive results of a project aiming to define and classify the complex suite of volcanic rocks found outcropping within the Gawler Ranges, as a corollary to regional geological mapping by the SA...-
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Published: 24 Nov 1983
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Unlocking South Australia's Mineral and Energy Potential - A Plan for Accelerating Exploration. Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry) : Year 3 partnership no. DPY3-55, Glenloth Goldfield mineral prospects. Project final report.
Historical workings at the Glenloth Goldfield were the target for 10 exploratory RC drillholes put down by Minotaur Exploration during May-June 2006 as a PACE Initiative Year 3 project. Their accepted proposal was to drill a series of RC percussion...-
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 8 partnership DPY8-04 - Woodmurra Project, Denison Inlier, Proterozoic metamorphosed volcanogenic basement stratiform/syngenetic Broken Hill type Pb-Zn-Ag prospects. Final report
An area lying ~70 km east and south-east of Oodnadatta is being explored for possible buried economic giant Broken Hill type (BHT) stratiform Pb-Zn-Ag deposits which may be contained within strongly deformed and metamorphosed Palaeo- to...-
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Published: 31 Oct 1916
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Mount Arthur (part of the Woodmurra Project). Annual report and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 28/11/2014 to 9/3/2017.
An area centred ~70 km east of Oodnadatta has been explored for possible buried economic giant Broken Hill type (BHT) stratiform Pb-Zn-Ag deposits which might be contained within strongly deformed and metamorphosed Palaeo- to Mesoproterozoic...-
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Published: 23 Dec 1916
