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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Edward Creek (part of the Edward Creek Joint Venture Project). Progress reports and annual reports for the period 7/12/1987 to 22/9/2008. [ Index Part 1 of 2 ].
Diamond exploration undertaken within the southern of two adjoining licence areas taken up along part of the western flank of the Peake and Denison Ranges, that is centred ~100 km south-east of Oodnadatta, was aimed at discovering the source(s) of...-
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Oakbank Dam (part of the Lodestone Project). Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 4/11/2010 to 1/8/2016.
An area centred ~70 km south-southeast of Olary has been explored for buried mineral sands placer deposits that may have formed within the Cainozoic Murray Basin sedimentary cover, as well as for possible economic stratabound iron ore occurrences that...-
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Data release - as updated : South Dam. Annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 10/12/2009 to 4/11/2020.
A small licence area located on the northern margin of the Murray Basin, approximately 70 km north-east of Burra and about 40 km south of the previously studied Razorback Ridge banded iron formation magnetite deposit, has been explored for possible...-
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MIS 033 Permian Glaciation in South Australia
Australia is a continent with no great' mountain ranges or permanent snow and hence no glaciers. Though glacial scenery is to be found in Tasmania, the closest existing glaciers are those in the south island of New Zealand. The absence of ice fields...-
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RB 2019/00006 Sedimentology of the late Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks of the Arckaringa Basin, South Australia
Late Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks of the Arckaringa Basin in northern South Australia include diamictite and sandstone units of the Boorthanna Formation that were deposited as lodgement till under fluvioglacial conditions. The clast size and matrix...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2019
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RB 2016/00013 Geological field excursion guide — Rifts, reverse faults and regolith: Neoproterozoic to Cenozoic geology in the Mid-North of South Australia.
The rolling hills, wheat paddocks and vineyards of the Mid-North region of South Australia conceal a geological transition between the Adelaide Hills and the Flinders Ranges. Here the landscape is subtly controlled by the Neoproterozoic bedrock...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2016
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RB 2000/00015 Groundwater resources on Kangaroo Island.
Despite good rainfall, the groundwater resources on Kangaroo Island are limited, with localised good quality groundwater available only in small supplies. Just over 75% of all wells drilled on the island have a salinity of over 2000 mg/L, with 95% of...-
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Published: 01 May 2000
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RB 2014/00006 Geology of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet (6432).
The revised digital geology map of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet and accompanying geological descriptions in this report are the first components of the 2nd edition PORT AUGUSTA 1:250 000 map sheet to be completed. The subject map sheet occupies the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2014
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RB 2017/00016 The Adelaide Rift Complex in the Flinders Ranges: geologic history, past investigations and relevant analogues.
The Adelaide Rift Complex, a sedimentary basin in South Australia, has a long history spanning over 300 million years from the Neoproterozoic to the Cambrian. Over 100 individual formations make up the basin fill, documenting its geologic evolution...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2017
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Geology of the Stuart Creek - Charlie Swamp area, northern South Australia.
As a B.Sc. Honours project with the Geology Department of the University of Adelaide, which was sponsored by the South Australian Department of Mines and Energy, the author during 1978 carried out geological mapping of a nearly 400 square km area...-
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Prince Alfred mine. Second partial surrender report, for the period 9/4/1998 to 8/10/1999.
Areas near the Prince Alfred mine, located approximately 70 km north of Orroroo, were relinquished on the basis of them having either a non-prospective mineral association or too low values of trace metal geochemistry. Anomalous copper and traces of...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1999
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Myall Creek. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 14/5/1998 to 30/3/2000.
Exploration for Olympic Dam type Cu-Au in the Myall Creek area, located 15-50 km north of Whyalla, comprised surface geological mapping and orientation calcrete geochemical sampling, together with the re-logging, petrographic examination and...-
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Erudina, Stickhole and Lake Namba. Combined annual reports and final report to licences' joint surrender, for the period 25/2/2004 to 19/2/2014. [ Index Part 2 of 2 ].
(continued) During the fourth year of project activity, a second, more intensive vertical rotary mud drilling and wireline geophysical well logging campaign was carried out on all three subject licences in order to further test AEM and gravity...-
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Mount Burr. Progress and final reports to licence surrender, for the period 15/10/1970 to 14/7/1971.
A small area of the northern Flinders Ranges surrounding the Nichols Nob copper occurrences was explored for possible economic massive stratiform copper deposits, targeting the known mineralised Yudnamutana Subgroup metasediments. Work comprised a...-
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Geochemical prospecting for copper, lead, nickel, tin and molybdenum.
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Published: 01 Jan 1972
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Artipena. First progress/final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/5/1970 to 20/5/1971.
Reconnaisance and detailed geochemical surveys, plus limited diamond drilling at the Baratta mine (2 holes for 480 feet), failed to find any extensions to known but worked-out near surface Cu-Pb-Zn lodes. It was concluded that only a small area...-
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Canegrass Lobe. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/3/1975 to 2/3/1976. Includes Palynological laboratory report no. 183/1. Appendix 1 in progress report for the period ended 2/6/1975.
The possibility that economic coal seams may occur in suspected buried Lower Permian sediments occupying the north-western corner of the Canegrass Lobe, where no deep stratigraphic drilling has hitherto been done, was investigated by Minad using...-
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Broch 066 Hallett Cove Geological Trail (1996 version - updated in 2010)
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RB 2017/00048 Geological Field Excursion Guide from Arkaroola to Sillers Lookout.
The 4WD vehicle journey of ~22 km length from Arkaroola Village to Sillers Lookout, along the world famous Ridgetop Track, presents the opportunity to view some amazing landscapes and associated geological features that the Arkaroola Pastoral Station...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2017
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ExpNotes WINTINNA: Explanatory Notes WINTINNA, SG 53-14.
A new generation, first edition WINTINNA 1:250 000 scale geological map and explanatory notes have been published. These documents represent the conclusion of the Geological Survey of South Australia's geological mapping program undertaken in the...-
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