A total of 12 water supply wells were drilled in the Pitjantjatjara and Maralinga Aboriginal Lands, from March to July 1993, to supply water for the AGSO/DME Officer Basin Seismic Survey. This report documents drilling information and chemical...

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...

The dating of the volcanic rocks encountered in EL 600 mineral exploration diamond drillhole DP1 as Archaean (and by definition, also Mulgathing Complex) substantially changes the view of Archaean rocks in South Australia. Elsewhere, Archaean to...

An integrated scientific research program addressing structural, sedimentological and metallogenic aspects of basin evolution has been conducted in the Kanmantoo Trough for the past three years. Joint collaboration in this program involved MESA, the...

The potential of applying amino acid racemization to Holocene molluscan samples from the Southern Hemisphere is explored. Samples from shallow vibrocores and from surface of beach ridges were analysed to assess the influence of elevated diagenetic...

A trachyandesite from the Gawler Range Volcanics at Buckleboo and an alkali basalt from the main quarry at Mount Schank are suitable for Departmental geochemical standards. A sample from an outcrop of Heatherdale Shale at Carrickalinga Head is a...

In January 1993, 15 water bores in the South-East were sampled for headspace gas. 7 of these bores provided sufficient gas for compositional analysis of hydrocarbons. Methane values ranged from 25% to 92% of the total gas for these bores, with...

Recent geochronological data from Brachina Formation at Hallett Cove and conclusions on the orogenic history of the region are critically reviewed.

Granodiorite core recovered from Moomba 72 has enabled recent recognition of an altered zone at the top of pre-Permian 'basement'. This altered zone has been previously misinterpreted as Early Permian Tirrawarra Sandstone. Consequently, the depth...

Ages between 1000 and 1200 Ma have been recorded from diverse rock types at 10 scattered localities outside the Musgrave Block and Ammaroodinna Inlier. All are K-Ar and Rb-Sr mineral concentrates or whole rock ages, except 1 U-Pb age on detrital...

PACE Initiative Year 5 funding for exploratory drilling was granted to Stellar Resources under its proposal DPY-5-44 for a project designed to test geophysical targets within EL 3978 which were interpreted / inferred to represent alaskite units...

Exploration currently underway for possible economic buried iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) mineralisation within Proterozoic basement on the Mabel Creek High, in one of two joint venture group project licence areas located approximately 50...

[ Note - here is only Part 1 of an abstract relating to 2 separately indexed parts ]. The subject two areas covering the northern outcropping Peake and Denison Ranges basement inliers were taken up by Pancontinental Mining to test for possible...

An area situated immediately south-east of Elliston has been explored for diamonds, in conjunction with similar work being carried out by the joint venture on Flinders Island and on its adjoining Venus Bay, Colton and Polda mineral exploration...

When a third joint venture was entered into with Aberfoyle Resources Limited who assumed management of the tenement, the exploration targets changed to syngenetic, stratiform base metal sulphides hosted by gahnite-garnet meta-exhalatives. The...

At the request of Mines Administration and of the South Australian Mines Department, Amdel has undertaken a project designed to obtain data on the in situ leaching potential of the uranium ore in the Honeymoon deposit, located in the Lake Frome region...

Diamond exploration undertaken within the relinquished portions of EL 2759, which are located immediately south of William Creek and near the Oodnadatta Track, was focussed on the margin of the Gawler Craton where it is cut by the NNW-trending G2...

Exploration for possible economic gold deposits in an area located approximately 25 km south of Olary addressed three principal objectives: . hydrothermally-sourced gold within quartz-albite-dolomite vein stockworks formed in phyllitic siltstones of...

An area covering most of the northern outcropping Peake and Denison Ranges basement inliers was taken up by Pancontinental Mining to test for possible economic occurrences of lead-zinc and copper-gold mineralisation (broadly matching Mount Isa Block,...

A search for possible economic North/South Alligator Rivers or McArthur River (NT) style epicratonic, unconformity - related sedimentary uranium deposits was conducted across two licences taken up over areas located west and south of Cleve on central...