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RB 60/00124 Report of reconnaissance resistivity surveys, southern Yorke Peninsula.
In September 1964 and June 1965 an exploratory survey found good hydrological – geophysical correlation for the sedimentary formations in Southern Yorke Peninsula. Further work is warranted to delimit the boundaries of the aquifers and the extent of...-
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Published: 16 Jun 1965
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RB 89/00052 Flint report.
Flint occurs in 4 geological settings in the South-East - beds and dykes in the Gambier Limestone, bouldery conglomerate of the Bridgewater Formation, Holocene surface lag deposits and Holocene beach deposits. Pebbles from beach deposits between Cape...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 98/00005 Padthaway Irrigation Area, South-East, South Australia. Groundwater quality investigation. Drilling program, December 1996 - January 1997.
In the main irrigation area of the Padthaway Proclaimed Wells Area, viticulture is the dominant form of agriculture, and has been since the early 1970s. Local groundwater, extracted from the underlying Quaternary unconfined aquifer, is used...-
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Published: 20 Feb 1998
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RB 98/00004 Groundwater quality investigations, Padthaway Irrigation Area. Hydrogeological appraisal of management plan. Option one: sourcing groundwater from the Naracoorte Ranges.
The main source of irrigation water in the intensely irrigated area of the Padthaway Proclaimed Wells Area is groundwater extracted from the underlying unconfined aquifer. Excess irrigation water, that is, water applied to the crops but not used,...-
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Published: 20 Feb 1998
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RB 95/00022 Five year technical review, 1991-1995 - Border (Groundwater Agreement) Act, 1985.
The Groundwater (Border Agreement) Act of 1985 legislated to provide a framework for the joint management of groundwater resources within a 40 km wide strip along the length of the South Australian and Victorian Border, which is referred to as the...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1995
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RB 89/00039 SADME Nundroo 1, 2 and 3 well completion report.
The Nundroo basement drilling project was proposed in February 1987 by SADME's Regional Geology Branch as the first phase of investigation of the little known rocks of the south-western Gawler Craton. Previous drilling in this area had been restricted...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1989
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RB 95/00005 Proposed marina at Kingston (South-East). Hydrogeology and assessment of the impact on local groundwater resources.
The Lacepede District Council is considering a proposal for the construction of a marina and associated infrastucture in Maria Creek, Kingston (South-East). The proposal includes two options, A and B, with Option A sited closest to existing town...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1995
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Venus Bay. First partial relinquishment report for the period 26/4/2002 to 25/4/2004.
Exploration for possible diamondiferous kimberlite in the Venus Bay area of western Eyre Peninsula, located approximately 45 km south-east of Streaky Bay and 70 km north of Flinders Island, has formed part of a regional search by Orogenic Exploration...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 4 partnership DPY4-50, Mount Hope Project area stratigraphic drilling on potential Archaean VHMS mineral prospects. Project final report.
The PACE Initiative Year 4 subsidised auger drilling programme undertaken on the Mount Hope (EL 3355) / Brimpton Lake (EL 3561) mineral exploration tenements was a trial to test the application of a new low cost drilling technique to exploring under...-
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Colton. Combined third annual / final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/4/2002 to 25/4/2005.
Exploration for possible diamondiferous kimberlite in the Colton area of western Eyre Peninsula, located approximately 95 km south-east of Streaky Bay and 35 km north-east of Flinders Island, has formed part of a regional search by Orogenic...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-10, Watraba (eastern Eucla Basin) heavy mineral sands prospect. Project final report.
This partly PACE-funded drilling project aimed to discover a heavy mineral sand deposit along the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin in the EL 3363 Watraba project area, located 40 kilometres north to north-west of Ceduna. Drilling tested an...-
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Published: 18 Dec 1906
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Uley. Annual reports for the period 16/9/2005 to 12/10/2018.
A licence area located 20 km west-southwest of Port Lincoln, which covers the historically worked Uley graphite deposit and environs, was taken up to try to delineate sufficient mineral resources and, eventually, ore reserves of graphite in the Mining...-
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Published: 25 Mar 1919
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Port Lincoln - Coffin Bay area. Progress report to licence surrender for the period 1/5/1969 to 28/11/1970.
Shallow pattern drilling on a two-mile grid (49 percussion holes for a total penetration of 2694 feet) has been carried out by BHP in the area between Port Linclon and Coffin Bay to assess the possible reserves and quality of aeolianite limestone rock...-
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Streaky Bay Lakes. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal on 18/2/1999: progress reports for the period 19/2/1993 to 18/2/1995.
At the subject licence's Year 6 expiry/renewal on 18/2/1999, a partial relinquishment of 190 square km or ~49.35% of the former area of EL 2489 was effected, in the form of two separate ground portions covering its northern and southern ends. To...-
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Published: 13 Mar 1900
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Cummins. Annual reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 10/1/1997 to 16/3/1999.
Thick and often unconsolidated cover sequences of Bridgewater, Uley and Wanilla Formations prevented systematic regolith sampling of much of the area between Wanilla and Peachna, 40 km north-west of Port Lincoln, while no coherent base metal anomalies...-
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Nundroo (latterly part of the Eucla Basin Heavy Mineral Sands Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/9/2014 to 15/9/2019.
An area comprising two separate blocks located ~20 km west and ~45 km north of Fowlers Bay has been explored for possible buried Pleistocene reworked heavy mineral sands (HM) marine placer mineralisation that may have become concentrated within the...-
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Published: 19 Sep 1919
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Nundroo. Second partial surrender report, for the period 16/9/2014 to 15/9/2017.
Two separate areas covering parts of the Nundroo Range, a prominent south-west facing, yet effectively previously undrilled, preserved palaeogeomorphic beach ridge /coastal dune features which lies ~10 km west of Fowlers Bay and extends for 70 km to...-
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Published: 12 Sep 1917
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North-eastern Eucla Basin licence Areas S, T and U, and Penong (part of Iluka's Eucla Basin Heavy Mineral Sands Project tenement Group 4). Joint final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 19/10/2009 to 14/12/2017.
Four scattered Iluka heavy mineral sands (HM) exploration licences located on the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin north of Ceduna have now been fully surrendered. On the basis of exploration conducted on them until late in 2017, this work being...-
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Published: 30 Jan 1918
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 9 partnership DPY8-30 - Eucla Basin Eocene and Pleistocene low-stand beach ridge marine heavy mineral placer prospects. Drilling project final report.
The Nundroo Range and Bookabie Range are prominent south-west facing, yet effectively previously undrilled, preserved palaeogeomorphic beach ridge /coastal dune features which are located ~200 km west of Ceduna and ~100 km south of the...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Yanerbie. Annual reports for the period 7/3/2011 to 6/3/2015.
A small area centred ~6 km south of Streaky Bay is being explored for economic-sized gypsum deposits similar to those occurring at Lake Purdilla, located ~10 km to the south. No work was done during licence Year 1. During the second year of tenure,...-
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Published: 09 Jul 1915
