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Wallaroo and Moonta mines and smelters, Yorke's [sic] Peninsula, South Australia. History, nature and methods.
A detailed account of the large scale copper mining and processing operations occurring in the 'Copper Triangle' region of South Australia in the few years following the end of the First World War. The included metrics and pictorial coverage of many...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1921
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Trans-Australia Seismic Survey (TASS) 1972 - operational report.
During 1970/71, two large explosions set off at the Ord River Dam building site in Western Australia were recorded on 2000 km long land-based shot recording lines by the BMR and a number of university seismic research groups, and the results were used...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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SADME/Amdel Project 1/1/229: Loam study, metropolitan Adelaide. Progress reports and final report for the period 1978-1980.
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Preliminary investigation into the groundwater salinity of the Robinson Lens, Streaky Bay, South Australia.
Results of a recent groundwater salinity sampling program of the Robinson Lens have revealed that the current procedure of using a bailer to obtain salinity samples yields inaccurate results, and that the salinity in this aquifer may be much higher...-
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Shallow groundwater quality monitoring program for the Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board area.
The Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board (OCWMB) is responsible for an area of approx. 920 square km which includes the Onkaparinga Catchment in the Adelaide Hills and the Noarlunga and Willunga sedimentary embayments south of Adelaide, South...-
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Kangaroo Flat hydrogeological investigation - Well drilling.
The Department for Water Resources drilled three wells at Kangaroo Flat in October and November 2000 as part of a hydrogeological investigation of the area. The wells were drilled as observation wells, and water levels will subsequently be monitored...-
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Mintaro Slate and Flagstone - more than 150 years of production.
Mintaro Slate is produced from what is believed to be the oldest continuously operating quarry in Australia. The quarry was opened in the early 1850s, after Mintaro farmer Peter Brady discovered outcrops of slate in a creek bed on his property and...-
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Klein Point. Limestone exploration. Progress reports for the period 19/1/1982 to August 1982.
14 rotary percussion holes were drilled to test for extensions of the Klein Point limestone deposit. In the area drilled, Tertiary bryozoan limestone horizons were found to have an average vertical thickness of 28 m; their quality is comparable to...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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Exploration for marine phosphorite off Western [Australia] and South Australia.
Australian rock phosphate production has never been significant, and over the last two years steps have been taken to remedy the situation. This has and will involve time-consuming geological review work, leading to reconnaissance mapping, detailed...-
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Comprehensive waste management plan for metropolitan Adelaide. Report to the South Australian Waste Management Commission.
Evaluates short and long term options for the collection, transport, treatment, recovery of resources and final disposal of solid and liquid wastes.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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Hallett Brick Landfill Pty Ltd, proposed sanitary land fill site at Smart Road, St Agnes, South Australia. Environmental Impact Statement.
The proposal for development of sand and clay pit for solid waste disposal is environmentally sound. The study included geotechnical investigation and concluded that management of a Council commercial and industrial waste disposal facility would be...-
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Roopena Station. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 22/5/1978 to 26/6/1985.
Exploration of an area situated between Whyalla, Iron Knob and The Bluff overlooking Myall Creek, 20 km south-west of Port Augusta, aimed to test for Olympic Dam - type Cu-U-Au mineralisation associated with products of igneous activity located in and...-
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Published: 09 Aug 1985
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Bendigo Station. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 6/8/1987 to 5/8/1992.
Copper and gold exploration comprising outcrop, stream sediment and soil geochemical sampling, and the conduct of ground magnetic and IP surveys, plus RC percussion (67 vertical holes, total 6624 m) and diamond cored tail drilling (in 2 holes, total...-
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Published: 02 Jul 1992
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Exploration opportunity - Cooper Basin, third round - Acreage Release Blocks CO2000-A to H.
The South Australian part of the Cooper Basin had been under licence continuously since 1954, however on 27 February 1999 Petroleum Exploration Licences (PELs) 5&6 expired. The former PEL 5&6 area is being released in four bidding rounds over...-
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Exploration opportunity - Otway Basin - Acreage Release Blocks OT2000-A to G.
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Exploration opportunity - Cooper Basin, second round - Acreage Release Blocks CO2000-A to H March 1999.
The South Australian part of the Cooper Basin had been under licence continuously since 1954, however on 27 February 1999 Petroleum Exploration Licences (PELs) 5&6 expired. The former PEL 5&6 area is being released in four bidding rounds over...-
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RB 35/00042 Nairne pyrite milled on a pilot scale. Iron sulphides concentrated in a flotation pilot plant operated by the South Australian Department of Mines.
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Published: 01 Jan 1953
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RB 35/00035 Report on (the) Spring Creek copper mine.
The abandoned and flooded Spring Creek mine, located 7 miles south of Wilmington on the north-western slope of Mount Remarkable, was visited by an officer of the SA Dept of Mines in order to check whether any radioactive minerals were present in still...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1953
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RB 35/00037 Northfield Mental Hospital. Enlarging the bottom of bore holes for foundation piers.
The design of a new building to be erected at the Northfield Mental Hospital required 12 inch diameter concrete piers each having a base 24 inches in diameter. The depth of the piers is to be eight feet. The Architect-in-Chief requested advice as to...-
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Published: 27 Mar 1953
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RB 35/00075 Notes on drilling foundations for Vacuum Oil Co., Birkenhead.
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Published: 01 Jan 1953
