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Landsat thematic mapper study of the Yardea Dacite, Gawler Range Volcanics, YARDEA 1:250 000 scale map sheet.
The South Australian Department of Mines and Energy (SADME) commissioned the South Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (SACRS) to undertake a digital analysis of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data in an attempt to locate prospective areas for...-
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RB 37/00149 Appraisal of Torrens barite mine, Hundred of Onkaparinga.
In February 1951, South Australian Barytes Limited became interested in this mine, held under claim by Reginald John Alfred Larsson and requested an inspection by Department of Mines officers. This request was repeated, and endorsed by Larsson in...-
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Published: 17 Jun 1954
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RB 38/00034 Preliminary survey of road metal deposits, Tumby Bay district, part Hd Hutchison.
Following a request from the Highways and Local Government Department for geological advice on road metal deposits in the north-west portion of the Hundred of Hutchison, Tumby Bay District (H. & L.G.D. 840/50), a preliminary survey of rock...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1954
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RB 38/00051 Ferruginous gravel deposit, section 107 Hd Lincoln.
A request was received from the Commissioner of Highways for an assessment of the extent and suitability of deposits of ironstone and gravel for crushing as base course road metal, exposed in low rises to the west of Little Swamp, some 5 miles west of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1954
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RB 54/00055 Summary report on the investigation of the Razorback Ridge deposit (Braemar Iron Formation).
Sturtian glacial sediments south of Yunta contain haematitic and magnetitic siltstones (banded iron formation) and haematitic and magnetitic tillites formed by chemical deposition of magnetite euhedra in a finer grained haematite groundmass. Both...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1962
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RB 51/00048 Preliminary report on the availability of road aggregate in an area 7 miles NE of Radium Hill at the Cutana-Grant iron quarries.
From a preliminary investigation in an area of Proterozoic Sturtian series rocks 7 miles North East of Radium Hill there appears in excess, both quartzite and ironstone, of the 75000 cubic yards of crushed aggregate required for construction purposes...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 60/00071 (Report on the) Ukaparinga (Unaparinga) copper mine, Williamstown.
Copper carbonates are sporadically distributed throughout steeply dipping mica schist in a zone up to about 70 ft. wide. The host rocks have been regarded as overturned metamorphosed Burra Group (Torrensian) beds resting on the Aldgate Sandstone...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1965
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RB 49/00117 Ironstone and limestone for road metal, secn 201 and reserve, Hd Mannanarie - Highways and Local Government Department.
Siliceous ironstone in Sec. 201, 3 miles west of Yongala, occurs as scattered lenses within sandy shale on the lower slopes of a hill and as a capping at the top. The scattered and irregular nature of the outcrops allows only the rough estimate of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 50/00029 Results of drilling for road metal, secn 201 and reserve, Hd Mannanarie - Highways and Local Government Department.
Ironstone on Section 201, Hd. Mannanarie, near Yongala, was drilled and found to be only 3m thick. Reserves are thus very low. Limestone drilled to 15m on the neighbouring Stone Reserve gave a very poor core recovery, a reflection on the porous,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 50/00062 Report on road metal deposits in the Tumby Bay-Cummins district - Highways and Local Government Department.
A reconnaissance of the Tumby Bay - Cummins area has revealed that only three of the deposits inspected, are suitable as potential road metal. The quartz reef, Section 82, Hundred Koppio, 1½ miles west of Yallunda Flat, has reserves of suitable stone...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 79/00028 Wilgena Hill jaspilite.
A strikingly attractive red and black banded iron formation of Proterozoic age outcrops at Wilgena Hill, 14 km east of Tarcoola. The iron formation is fine-grained, finely laminated and polishes to a high finish. Reserves of banded iron formation...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 79/00060 Groundwater resources for South-East town water supplies - Review no. 4, Millicent.
Six wells exploiting the lower (confined) portion of the Gambier Limestone aquifer currently provide groundwater for Millicent?s reticulated water supply. Four of the six wells could be substantially upgraded in well yield by equipping them with...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 96/00009 Oak Valley groundwater investigation.
MESA was contracted to find a groundwater supply for the Oak Valley Community. It was identified that the water's salinity was required to be less than 40,000 mg/l for desalination, and that the yield needed was 1 l/s. The investigation included a...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1996
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RB 99/00028 Sand resources of the Mount Compass area. Reconnaissance drilling and testing.
Mount Compass is an important sand resource area. The ACI Glenshera sand pit, which supplies Australia's largest container glass plant at West Croydon with over 100 000 tonnes per year of glass sand, is also a major source of foundry sand. Four...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1999
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RB 96/00035 South Australian Steel and Energy Project. Geotechnical logging of boreholes from iron ore deposits.
Mines and Energy South Australia are currently investigating the geometry and ore grades of banded iron formation deposits within the Gawler Craton near Coober Pedy, for possible use in the production of pig iron. Core samples from five diamond cored...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1996
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Boolooroo Goldfield. Annual reports to licence expiry for the period 24/11/1995 to 14/3/2006.
Protracted exploration undertaken by an individual mineral prospector over a small area of rugged topography located in the north-central Flinders Ranges, approximately 25 km north-east of Leigh Creek, has addressed a number of potentially economic...-
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Published: 14 Mar 1906
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Commonwealth Hill, Perfection Well and Wirrida. Six-monthly progress, plus combined annual and final reports, to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/12/1993 to 18/7/2006.
Exploration for possible economic deposits of epithermal/hydrothermal gold, plus precious metals and base metals, which might have formed in poorly outcropping Archaean and Proterozoic basement, commenced with a detailed interpretation of SAEI imaged...-
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Published: 10 Sep 1906
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Johns Outstation / Giffen Well. Annual reports for the period 8/10/2007 to 7/10/2018.
To date, land access restrictions imposed by the Commonwealth Department of Defence have prevented any field work from occurring on the subject tenement, taken up to cover the Giffen Well magnetite iron ore deposit and adjacent inferred prospective...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Tarcoola. Annual reports for the period 2/6/2008 to 29/7/2018.
During the first year of renewed EL 4167, in October and November 2008, Stellar Resources Ltd ("Stellar") completed a 5 hole, 1286.9 m RC and 2 hole, 157.1 m diamond cored inclined drilling programme at the Coolybring prospect which is located...-
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Published: 11 Sep 1918
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Bindyi South. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 24/11/2017.
An area located immediately south of Bindyi Homestead on Koonamore Station was taken up to explore for possible economic stratabound iron ore (magnetite) hosted by metamorphosed Adelaidean glacial sedimentary strata of the Yudnamutana Subgroup....-
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Published: 24 Nov 1917
