Copper exploration in the vicinity of Kanmantoo has recently been recommenced in order to find out whether extensions to the known lode-bearing andalusite schist horizon, containing possible economic mineralisation, will fall within the alignment of...

Exploration for possible economic lignite and coal that may occur within Tertiary sediments of the western Murray Basin covering the crest of the Padthaway Ridge, consisted of drilling 14 rotary mud vertical holes, 4 being partially diamond cored,...

The site of the Callington greywacke deposit, located 2 km south of Callington township, was leased from the landowners by the Readymix Group in 1972 when preliminary geological investigations indicated that it contained unusually massive bedrock that...

Past exploratory work done at the Kitticoola mine is discussed. Six diamond drillholes put down by SADME between 1935 and 1938 located sub-economic Cu-Au mineralisation in several projections of known lodes. Geophysical surveys by McPhar Geophysics...

Exploration for possible economic stratiform/volcanogenic base metal sulphide deposits hosted by the (elsewhere) pyrite - bearing Early Cambrian Bruckunga Formation, in the Vivonne Bay district on south-central Kangaroo Island, was hampered by the...

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A deformed and metamorphosed succession of sandstone, greywacke, siltstone and shale which accumulated in the Early Cambrian Kanmantoo Trough hosts a number of exhalative base and precious metal deposits. This sequence is apparently devoid of...

Continuing stream sediment sampling and soil sampling conducted across the entire EL has confirmed some weakly anomalous lead, zinc and copper results (e.g. to 340 ppm Pb in Fernandez Creek), but more detailed infill and repeat sampling in many cases...

As part of a regional search for possible economic Mount Torrens - type stratiform base metal occurrences within the Kanmantoo Trough, the soil surrounding all outcropping pyritic Cambrian metasediment units within the licence area was geochemically...

Kitticoola mine is situated within the outcrop of the Palmer Granite near the Palmer Fault. Copper bearing, sparingly auriferous sulphides occur in lodes following a conjugate fracture pattern. Early workings, dating from 1844, exploited enriched...

From 1047 feet depth the borehole continued in silty sands and grits of the Knight Group, and at 1191 feet entered clay overlying quartz-mica schist bedrock, in which it continued to a total depth of 1280 feet. A summary of the Tertiary sequence...

Three samples of diamond drill core from 1550, 1570 and 1590 feet depth were examined. All are Cretaceous sediments, the lowest at 1590 feet being a glauconitic shale of marine origin, with Cretaceous foraminifera. This is the first record of marine...

Report reviews the limited data on these igneous rocks, giving summaries of their petrographic (hand specimen) descriptions, of outcrop occurrences, and of the nature of the predominant younger sedimentary cover, as deduced from isolated drillholes...

A geochronological study of clastic metasedimentary units buried in the Delamerian Orogen region of South Australia has been undertaken to gain a better understanding of the age and provenance of these units and to assess their similarities to...

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After placing the Aclare mine within its setting in the early mining history of the Kanmantoo and Callington districts, this historical account ranges widely, for the problems encountered during Aclare's period of operation plus the vicissitudes of...

Materials outcropping along the freeway route are quartzite, then interbedded grey schist and laminated siltstone. Surface mapping, seismic refraction surveys and diamond drilling show that these materials are rippable except for minor schist bands....

Department of Mines Langhorne Creek Observation Bore No. 1, sited near the western margin of the Murray Basin, in Sect. 3606, Hd. Freeling, Co. Sturt, penetrated 430 feet of Cainozoic sediments before bottoming in bedrock of Kanmantoo Group phyllites....

A survey of rock materials suitable for construction purposes showed that the most likely sources are Recent alluvial accumulations, suitable for foundry and concrete sand, and Permian fluvio-glacials which are used for local road-building. Drilling...