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RB 83/00052 Production and sources of filter sand and gravel in South Australia.
4 deposits with recorded production from Tertiary filter sand and gravel at Rowland Flat, Loxton and Berri and Quaternary sand at Murbko are described. Quaternary sand at Naracoorte is potential site. Sand is used for filtration of metropolitan water...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1983
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RB 81/00004 Geology of islands within the Investigator Group, ELLISTON 1:250 000 map sheet.
Major units present are 2 suites of Middle Proterozoic granite and Middle Pleistocene calcarenite. The older granite suite has an age of about 1585 Ma, while the other suite had intrusive age of 1457 +- 25 Ma. The granites are enriched in K2O and SiO2.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 88/00093 Fowlers Bay rotary drilling report and revision of the Quaternary geology around Fowlers Bay.
Shallow drilling (<30 metres) at 14 sites intersected a regressive coastal sequence of Quaternary bioclastic sediments deposited in coastal aeolian, littoral, lagoonal and evaporative-lagoonal environments. Major calcrete carapaces assist the...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1988
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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 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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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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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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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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Wirrulla, Cungena, Mortana, Kolballa and Calca. Joint progress reports and joint final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 18/8/1989 to 17/12/1991.
TARGET: Possible heavy mineral sands emplaced within Tertiary sediments in the Wirulla, Poochera, Inkster and Streaky Bay areas. EXPLORATION: Reconnaissance 10-15 km spaced and infill 100 m spaced reverse circulation drilling to pre-Tertiary basement...-
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[SADME] Colona drilling program. [Geological results] Data package.
AIM: The Colona Drilling Project aimed to test concealed basement in the vicinity of two ground magentic profiles that have been run across the most south-western, teardrop - shaped aeromagnetic anomaly of the Fowler Suture Zone. METHODS: 45 vertical...-
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Mount Wedge. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 12/10/88 to 27/5/92.
TARGET: Possible diamonds in the Mount Wedge region. EXPLORATION: Heavy mineral sampling, an airborne magnetic-radiometric survey, remote sensing Landsat TM plus aeromagnetic and radiometric data interpretation, detailed ground follow-up of more than...-
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Chadee Curra Plains (north-western Eyre Peninsula). Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 6/9/1985 to 5/6/1986.
An evaluation of the commercial potential of known gypsum, salt and silica sand occurrences located within coastal dunes and palaeo-lakeshore terraces 15 km north-east of Venus Bay on Eyre Peninsula initially comprised aerial photographic...-
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RB 00685 Sleaford no. 1 well. Subsurface stratigraphy.
Sleaford 1 stratigraphic well was drilled to a total depth of 436 feet, penetrating a sequence of Quaternary and Tertiary sediments before bottoming in Precambrian gneissic granite. Pleistocene to Recent calcarenites were present down to 110 feet, and...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1900
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ExpNotes ELLISTON: Explanatory Notes ELLISTON
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RB 2022/00001 Resource potential review for lime sand on Kangaroo Island.
This document aims to establish an appropriate geological framework and resource potential baseline for DEM's knowledge about lime sand on Kangaroo Island (KI), by showing and discussing what new lime sand resource areas are available, based on the...-
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Published: 01 Feb 2022
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RB 2021/00011 Models, geology and exploration of heavy mineral deposits in South Australia.
This study draws together diverse aspects of South Australia’s heavy minerals (HM) resources geoscience to provide an overall context for evaluating their occurrence, economic significance and origins. Two main objectives are addressed by the subject...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2021
