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Size analyses of sand samples [from ACI's Mount Compass sand quarry].
250 samples of sand recovered from a 1997 SA Government glass-making sand exploration programme undertaken in the Mount Compass area of the southern Mount Lofty Ranges were subjected to [grain] size analysis determinations. The samples were derived...-
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Published: 26 Mar 1998
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RB 84/00007 Sand and clay resources of the Maslin Beach-Pedlar Creek area.
Evaluates economic potential of all stratigraphic units and recommends modification of Extractive Industry Zone. Contains 115 million tonnes of construction sand predominantly in North Maslin Sand Member and widespread weathered bedrock brick shale....-
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Published: 30 Sep 1985
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RB 78/00134 Finniss town water supply investigation.
Well (100 metres) intersected 6 thin low yielding aquifers mostly in Tertiary and Permian sands.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 99/00028 Sand resources of the Mount Compass area. Reconnaissance drilling and testing.
Mount Compass is an important sand resource area. The ACI Glenshera sand pit, which supplies Australia's largest container glass plant at West Croydon with over 100 000 tonnes per year of glass sand, is also a major source of foundry sand. Four...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1999
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RB 99/00018 Mount Lofty Ranges groundwater assessment - Tookayerta Catchment.
The Tookayerta Catchment is an area which is increasingly coming under pressure from its landowners for the development of local groundwater resources to irrigate dairy pastures, berry plantations and vineyards. The catchment encompasses two...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1999
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Mount Compass. First annual report and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/2/2001 to 5/2/2003.
Buried Tertiary sand in the Mount Compass area, ~50 km south of Adelaide, was the target of exploration performed adjacent to the existing Glenshera sand pit. Aircore drilling (31 vertical holes, total 1269 m) defined an area containing a deposit of...-
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RB 71/00012 Ferry berth, Cape Jervis marine reserve, Hd Waitpinga. Report on geological investigations - Department of Marine and Harbours.
Foundation conditions for a ferry berth in a small inlet at Cape Jervis were investigated by three diamond drill holes up to 15m deep. The sea floor at the site is composed of sediments of Permian age. Rocky outcrops of Kanmantoo Group greywackes form...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1971
