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RB 96/00015 Regional groundwater impacts of irrigation development in the eastern Riverland.
A regional groundwater model has been constructed of the Loxton Sands watertable aquifer in the eastern Riverland, over an area extending eastwards from Overland Corner to the State border. It is being used to quantify the salt load impacts on the...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1995
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RB 96/00017 River Murray water resource management. Assessment of salt load impacts and drainage hazard for new irrigation development along the River Murray in South Australia.
The Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) has a commitment in the national interest to managing the health of the River Murray and floodplain environment by mitigating both decreases in river water quality and associated environmental degradation...-
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Published: 01 May 1996
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Meribah, Halidon, Mantung, Karoonda and Woolpunda (parts of the Murray Basin HMS Project). Individual licence first or second partial surrender reports, describing relevant subsets of exploration work performed between 29/9/1997 and 5/9/2018.
Portions of the Tertiary shallow marine clastic sedimentary sequence (Loxton and Parilla sands) deposited in the central western Murray Basin within SA's Murray Mallee district have been explored for possible economic heavy mineral sand (HMS)...-
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Oakbank, Sergeant's Dam and Oakvale, northern Murray Basin, South Australia (part of the Oakvale Project). Joint third partial surrender report, for the period 3/12/1997 to 1/12/2001.
Within the now relinquished licence portions, parts of six traverses of reverse circulation aircore drilling (involving 68 vertical open holes, total 1918.5 m) tested 60 km strike length of interpreted heavy mineral sand - bearing marine beach facies...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Olary Project (latterly part of the Lodestone Project). Licence individual annual reports, plus related project joint annual reports, for the period 4/11/2009 to 20/1/2019.
Iluka Resources is exploring for possible economic heavy mineral (HM) deposits that may have formed in the northern Murray Basin, with a strategy of targeting any mineralised Loxton-Parilla Sand formation sediments deposited during the Pliocene marine...-
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Woolpunda (part of the Murray Basin Project). Fourth partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 16/11/2000 to 3/7/2017.
An area located immediately south of the Sturt Highway that connects between Swan Reach and Loxton, in the vicinity of the Woolpunda Irrigation Area, has been explored for possible buried accumulations of Tertiary heavy mineral sands which may have...-
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Loxton (part of the Murray Basin Project). Third partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 25/5/1998 to 1/9/2017.
An area located in the northern SA Murray Mallee region, covering an extent of ground surrounding Loxton, has been explored for possible buried accumulations of Tertiary heavy mineral sands which may have formed in the sedimentary cover. In total, 816...-
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Meribah (part of the Murray Basin Project). Fourth partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 19/12/1997 to 1/9/2017.
An area located in the north-eastern SA Murray Mallee region, and centred ~ 35 km south-southeast of Loxton, has been explored for possible buried accumulations of Tertiary heavy mineral sands which may have formed in the sedimentary cover. In total,...-
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Mantung (part of the Murray Basin Project). Fourth partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 14/10/1997 to 8/8/2017.
An area located in the northern SA Murray Mallee region, and centred ~ 35 km south-west of Loxton, has been explored for possible buried accumulations of Tertiary heavy mineral sands which may have formed in the sedimentary cover. In total, 513 square...-
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Karoonda and Parrakie. Joint first partial surrender report, for the period 2/9/1986 to 1/9/1987.
The southern portions of both subject licences, comprising ~58.5% of the former area of EL 1356 and ~38% of the former area of EL 1357, have now been relinquished. Preliminary work consisted of collecting 9 surface grab samples of exposures of...-
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Wunkar. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/7/1988 to 10/7/1989.
TARGET: Possible economic buried heavy mineral sand accumulations in raised beach strandlines within the upper Pliocene Parilla Sand, in the Moorook area south of Loxton and Waikerie. EXPLORATION: RAB drilling conducted along eight traverses (440...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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Parilla. First partial relinquishment report for the period 6/8/1987 to 5/8/1988.
TARGET: Economic heavy mineral sand deposits within the Upper Pliocene Parilla Sand in the Lameroo - Karte region. EXPLORATION: RAB drilling (222 holes totalling 3944 m) along 5 traverses. RESULTS: Only trace amounts of heavy minerals were recovered...-
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Balah Homestead. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/12/1987 to 6/12/1988.
TARGET: Possible economic buried heavy mineral sand accumulations in raised beach strandlines within the upper Pliocene Parilla Sand, in an area extending for 30-70 km NE of Morgan and for 20-30 km N and NE of Waikerie. EXPLORATION: Aerial photo...-
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Bordertown. Relinquishment report.
TARGET: Heavy mineral sands in Parilla Sand north of Bordertown which are blanketed by thick aeolian sand. EXPLORATION: Aerial photo interpretation and geomorphic mapping to identify prospective areas.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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Woorloo Hill (part of the Padthaway Ridge Project). Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/1/1989 to 8/7/1989.
TARGET: Possible economic heavy mineral sands accumulations that may have formed in the area extending between Padthaway, Bordertown and Lameroo. EXPLORATION: A sedimentological review of the subsurface distribution of the Pliocene sand sequence,...-
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Calperum. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/1/1989 to 18/1/1990.
TARGET: Possible economic buried heavy mineral sand accumulations in raised beach strandlines within the upper Pliocene Parilla Sand, in the Cobdogla - Berri - Chowilla region of the SA Murray Basin. EXPLORATION: Study of Landsat images and...-
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Parilla. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/8/1987 to 5/2/1991.
TARGET: Possible economic heavy mineral sand accumulations in Pliocene raised beach strandlines developed along part of the south-western margin of the Murray Basin. EXPLORATION: Exploratory and appraisal RAB drilling along 8 roadside traverses (315...-
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Published: 25 Feb 1991
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Assessment of the heavy mineral sands potential of the Pliocene sediments of the Padthaway Ridge. (Attachment to quarterly report, 9/4/89 to 9/7/89).
Analysis of Pliocene sedimentation along the Padthaway Ridge has identified a major shoreline feature in the Marmon Jabuk Range, with associated, but younger, shorelines developed in the Padthaway area. Traversing and sampling has established the...-
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Meribah. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/12/1988 to 8/6/1990.
TARGET: Possible economic heavy mineral sand accumulations in Pliocene raised beach strandlines developed along part of the west-central Murray Basin, east and south of Renmark. EXPLORATION: reconnaissance RAB drilling (273 holes, totalling 4035 m)...-
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Lords Well. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/7/1988 to 10/7/1990.
TARGET: Possible economic buried heavy mineral sand accumulations in raised beach strandlines within the upper Pliocene Parilla Sand, in an area centred ~80 km NW of Renmark. EXPLORATION: RAB and reverse circulation drilling (414 holes totalling 7122...-
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