In May 1992 six traverses of shallow RAB drilling were completed at the Angas prospect (222 holes for a total penetration of 1550 m). The objective was to test the Cambrian bedrock geochemistry beneath shallow Tertiary and Recent sediments that cover...

GEMSTONES have been the prized possession of man and have constituted an essential material for his personal adornment for countless ages. They are the essentials of good jewellery - the result of fine workmanship and individual skill. Apart from...

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This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 30 June 2007, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...

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This report presents a detailed statistical record of the State's output and sales values for petroleum, minerals and materials during the six-monthly period ended 31 December 2000. Please note that these latest six-monthly figures may be subject to...

Two South Australian Government grants totalling $100 000 have been used by the Coober Pedy Miners Association Inc. to fund the use of an auger drilling rig on a drilling programme designed to explore for opal at selected locations away from the known...

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A new high-resolution resistivity measurement instrument, developed by ZZ Resistivity Imaging Pty Ltd, was tested within the Coober Pedy Precious Stones Field, located 900 km north-west of Adelaide, to determine its suitability for assisting in opal...

This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 31 December 2009, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...

The Queen Mary Wolfram Mine at Callawonga Creek which was discovered in 1911, worked till 1918 and reopened in 1952 is the only one three local workings to produce worthwhile wolfram ore. The mine is located intersecting pneumatolytic quartz veins...

This report presents a detailed statistical record of the State's output and sales values for petroleum, minerals and materials during the six monthly period ended 30 June 2000. The first part of the report details the production sales figures for...

Calc-silicate contact metamorphic aureoles within moderately deformed Adelaidean carbonate sedimentary rocks, which surround Ordovician granitic intrusions in the Needles area of the northern Flinders Ranges, were investigated for epigenetic gold,...

TARGET: An assessment of the potential for uranium and lignite deposits within the Eocene Pidinga Formation, and separate investigations of coincident, possible Olympic Dam target type magnetic and gravity anomalies in the crystalline Precambrian...

Opal at Andamooka is found in the Bulldog Shale, a stratigraphic unit comprising shallow marine-deposited sediments of Cretaceous age. The opal mostly has formed within a bleached sediment weathering profile developed at the contact of a sandy...

This report presents the results of geochronology from projects completed during 2011 and 2012, which addressed rock samples collected from a number of different geological provinces within South Australia. The Musgrave Province in northern South...

The Mintabie Precious Stones Field (MPSF) has, since the early 1920s, produced some of the finest quality opal in the world. This report provides a review for understanding the remaining opal resources likely to exist there. A detailed spatial...

During a search for possible diamondiferous rocks within an area lying to the north of William Creek and abutting the south-eastern side of the Peake and Denison Ranges, stream sediment sampling and a low level, 5300 line km aeromagnetic / radiometric...

After conducting unsuccessful stream gravel and bulk sampling to look for possible alluvial diamond occurrences or kimberlite indicator minerals, an aeromagnetic survey was carried out over an area 50 km north-west of Iron Knob, which delineated 24...