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Project proposal - Sceale Bay gypsum development. Summary of development program.
This project proposal relates to the potential for mining a vast gypsum deposit located adjacent to Sceale Bay, about 14 km south of Streaky Bay on the west coast of South Australia. Preliminary estimates put the ore reserves of gypsum of 88% purity...-
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RB 37/00039 Report on the Copper King ochre deposits (near Beltana).
The Copper King orebody, located approximately 10 miles north-northeast of Beltana township, is a massive deposit of iron carbonate, the upper portion of which has been altered by oxidation and hydration to oxides of iron. The deposit was worked...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1954
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RB 55/00084 Gypsum deposit, north of Bookabie.
An inspection of a gypsum deposit in the area of a claim pegged by Mr. R.G. Law of Bookabie was made on 12th September 1962. The deposit is situated approximately 40 miles north of Bookabie.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 60/00082 Coober Pedy Opalfield.
Mapping of the Coober Pedy Opalfield has shown that opal occurrence, although erratic, is not entirely unpredictable. Several groups of workings are present in an area of about 150 square miles. The host rock is a distinctive pink and white...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1965
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RB 44/00091 Lake Fowler gypsum deposit (29/5/1957).
A programme of 39 hand auger holes was carried out for CSR Limited, of Sydney, to define a reported bed of gypsum occuring below the level of the base of the gypsum dunes. The grade of gypsum found was generally lower than that in the dunes and is...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 83/00007 Coober Pedy Opalfields - Results of the subsidised exploration programme, 1981.
221 shafts were drilled. Precious opal or potch was found in 11 shafts and good sandstone prospective for opal in 34 shafts. A new field, Southern Cross, was established subsequent to the discovery of potch in subsidised shaft 85.-
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Published: 01 Mar 1983
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RB 88/00020 1:250 000 geological series - Explanatory Notes CURNAMONA - South Australia.
The area mapped includes most of the area south of Lake Frome between the Flinders and Barrier Ranges, and part of the Olary Hills. Basin nomenclature has been revised for the Cainozoic. Drilling by CSR, Minad and Petromin NL has been used in the...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1988
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RB 98/00010 Regolith studies related to the Challenger gold deposit, Gawler Craton, South Australia. Geochemistry and stratigraphy of the Challenger gold deposit - Volume 1: text, and Volume 2: appendices.
The Challenger gold deposit lies in the northern Gawler Craton, South Australia, 750 km NW of Adelaide, and 140 km NW of Tarcoola. A 1.5 km traverse (the regolith line) was chosen for the study of geochemical dispersion and regolith stratigraphy...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1998
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RB 98/00008 Geochemical studies of the regolith at the Mount Gunson copper deposits, Stuart Shelf, South Australia.
The principal objective of the Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploration (CRC LEME) Shields Program and the Primary Industry and Resources of South Australia (PIRSA) Regolith Terranes Group in South Australia is to...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1998
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Caralue. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 30/8/2002 to 20/2/2004.
A 140 square km area located about 30 km south-west of Kimba was taken up to explore for economic gypsum mineralisation in Recent surficial sediments. After performing aerial photointerpretation to identify prospective landforms, field inspection...-
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Report on dolomite deposits at the Neales River, north-west of Lake Eyre North, SA.
Geological investigations have delineated a dolomite deposit extending at least 8 miles along the lower Neales River and exposed in its banks. An indicated resource of approximately 20 million tons is estimated to be present. It is considered that...-
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Published: 09 Jan 1970
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Kyancutta. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/4/2014 to expiry 15/4/2018.
An area extending for 26 km to the south and south-east of Wudinna was taken up by Minotaur to evaluate the economic potential of known but poorly defined occurrences of the industrial minerals gypsum and alunite that are associated with Recent salt...-
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Ashville. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/1/1999 to 3/1/2004.
Exploration for gypsum that may have formed in Holocene salt lakes of the Ashville area, 30 km south of Tailem Bend, comprised field inspections and the completion of 14 push tube coreholes up to 1.67 m deep for a total penetration of 13.02 m. High...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Gunson (part of the Mount Gunson Project). Annual reports for the period 15/7/1994 to 17/10/2008 [ Index Part 3 of 4 ].
During the eighth year of tenure, work done on EL 2639 included: - the conduct of infill ground gravity and CSAMT surveys; - geophysical modelling and interpretation of the new survey data; - geological interpretation and refinement of drilling...-
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Lake MacDonnell. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 1/11/1968 to 5/5/1970.
An exploratory drilling programme (23 vertical rotary/NX diamond core holes for a total penetration of 487 feet 10 inches) was carried out during May-June 1969 on the surface of Lake MacDonnell, which covers an area of approximately 4.5 square miles....-
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Published: 26 Feb 1970
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Gluepot Homestead area, Waikerie district. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/5/1984 to 21/11/1984.
A total of 6 test pits and 4 hand auger holes were constructed to extend and delineate the known reserves of seed gypsum at Parcoola, located approximately 40 km north-northeast of Waikerie, and to explore for possible further reserves of higher grade...-
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Published: 29 Mar 1985
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Ramco West. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/9/1983 to 10/2/1988.
In an area located west of Waikerie and adjacent to the River Murray, field examination of gypsum bed outcrops and the measuring of strata sections, plus shallow definition drilling (64 holes for a total penetration of 312 m) and backhoe trench...-
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Published: 04 Mar 1988
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Kyancutta. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 6/9/1985 to 5/9/1986.
Marketable quality gypsum was the major commodity sought in Recent salt lakes and marginal dunes of a large swamp in the Kyancutta area. Reconnaissance mapping, plus hand or power auger drill sampling of the near-surface sediments, has identified...-
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Lake Greenly, Lake Malata. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 6/9/85 to 5/9/86.
TARGET: Potentially commercial gypsum, salt or silica occurrences in Holocene paralic lakes and marginal dunes, in an area immediately north-east of Coffin Bay. EXPLORATION: Bulk sampling of lacustrine evaporitic sediments and related aeolian deposits...-
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Blanchetown Plain. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/5/1988 to 19/8/1989.
Four potentially commercial Pleistocene gypsum occurrences located 2.5 km east of Linke's gypsum mining leases, that had previously been outlined by CSR under its lapsed Mineral Claim 2097, were drill-tested by Hooker Resources (46 reverse circulation...-
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Published: 18 Sep 1989
