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Yalarna. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/9/1980 to 3/9/1982.
In a search for East Alligator River - type metamorphic uranium deposits, a review of previous geophysical data plus the conduct of ground and airborne radiometric surveys disclosed a number of anomalies in an area on central Eyre Peninsula extending...-
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Lake Gilles. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/6/1980 to 3/7/1996.
Aeromagnetic, ground magnetic and EM surveys, with follow-up rock chip, stream sediment and soil sampling, RAB drilling (688 holes, total 17,553 m) and RC drilling (12 holes, total 1149 m), have defined an extensive zone of anomalous base metal...-
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Published: 15 May 1996
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North Fowlers Bay - Chundaria. Annual reports and progress reports for the periods 15/9/1993 to 14/9/1998, and 28/10/1998 to 12/3/1999.
North Ltd's Barton Project commenced in 1990 across a number of licences progressively taken out over the western Gawler Craton, which eventually came to include EL 1865. Initial exploration for heavy mineral sand in the Barton-Ooldea area, 100-200...-
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Published: 06 May 1999
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Roopena Station. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 22/5/1978 to 26/6/1985.
Exploration of an area situated between Whyalla, Iron Knob and The Bluff overlooking Myall Creek, 20 km south-west of Port Augusta, aimed to test for Olympic Dam - type Cu-U-Au mineralisation associated with products of igneous activity located in and...-
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Published: 09 Aug 1985
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RB 38/00018 Report on radioactive occurrences ( in the ) Middleback Range.
Three occurrences of anomalous radioactivity detected by BHP within Palaeoproterozoic metasediments on the eastern side of the Iron Prince open pit iron mine were inspected at the company's request, to try to determine the source of radiation. The...-
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Published: 04 Aug 1954
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RB 58/00031 Geological investigation of a quartzite deposit, section 147, Hundred of Lincoln.
200,000 tonnes of ballast are required by the BHP Co. to construct a proposed tramway that will connect the calcareous sand deposits of Coffin Bay with its bulk loading installation being constructed at Proper Bay, 3 miles south-west of Port Lincoln....-
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Published: 10 Feb 1964
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RB 80/00093 Six 100 000 compilation sheets of WHYALLA. A progress report.
Based on regional mapping, preliminary maps are presented. The area contains some of the best exposures of Archaean to Early Proterozoic and critical information on missing link (Middle Proterozoic) between Early and Late Proterozoic evolution of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 85/00005 Gneiss and amphibolite deposits. Drilling and testing pavement materials, Poonindie to Tumby, section 7, Hd Koppio.
3 backhoe trenches and 5 drill holes (127 metres) outlined quarry site to yield 80 000 m3 of interbanded gneiss and amphibolite beneath 17 000 m3 of silty soil, clay and weathered rock to an average depth of 2 metres. Additional reserves are available...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1985
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RB 86/00035;Lib Review of diamond drilling of nephrite jade deposits near Cowell, South Australia.
Jade was first discovered in 1965, 20 km north of Cowell. It consists of nephrite formed within the migmatised Early Proterozoic Minbrie Gneiss Complex, with host rocks of dolomite marble and banded calc silicates. Alteration zones around nephrite...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1986
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RB 88/00018 Shallow refraction seismic survey at Porter Bay marina site, Port Lincoln.
At the request of the Department of Marine and Harbours a seismic refraction survey was conducted at the Porter Bay Marina site, Port Lincoln to investigate the possible presence of ?granitic boulders within the sedimentary sequence beneath areas of...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1988
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RB 80/00107 Progress report. Project 0260 YARDEA 1:250 000 sheet - SI53-03.
By 30 June, 1980, mapping of about two-thirds of YARDEA had been completed. Work to date has been concentrated mainly on the Gawler Range Volcanics which extend over most of the northern two-thirds of YARDEA. About 80% of the volcanics have been...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 82/00035 Preliminary investigation into the applicability of gamma ray spectrometry in regional geological mapping of the Gawler Craton.
Applicability of radiometrics and the portable gamma ray spectrometer was tested over parts of the southern Gawler Craton. Use of total count and separate counts for potassium, uranium and thorium helped to distinguish lithologies e.g. to locate...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1982
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RB 82/00009 Symposium on the Gawler Craton - Drillhole logs.
In December, 1979 a display of selected drillcore from the Gawler Craton, South Australia, was exhibited at the core Library complex of the South Australian Department of Mines and Energy. It was organised by the Geological Society of Australia (SA...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 79/00044 Explanatory notes for the CHILDARA, 1:250 000 geological map sheet SH/53-14.
The CHILDARA 1:250 000 geological map covers part of the Precambrian Gawler Craton in north-western Eyre Peninsula, much of which is blanketed by Cainozoic and Mesozoic deposits. The oldest rocks are a complex assemblage of granitic gneisses and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 79/00047 Port Lincoln planning study, engineering geology investigation.
The area surrounding Port Lincoln can be divided into three main physiographic regions, the aeolianite plain, the coastal plain, and the highlands. Soil types range from shallow, well-drained terra rossa overlying the aeolianite, to imperfectly...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 88/00095;Lib Archaean - Early Proterozoic granitoids, metasediments and mylonites of southern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
This excursion guide is a refinement of a 6-day excursion led by Parker, Fanning and Flint in 1980 at the height of economic interest in the basement geology of the Gawler Craton. The interest in those days was for Alligator River - style uranium...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1988
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RB 89/00058 Helicopter survey of the geology of the BARTON and TARCOOLA 1:250 000 map sheets.
Isolated outcrops of Archaean to Early Proterozoic basement and Phanerozoic cover were visited by helicopter over BARTON and the western part of TARCOOLA in May 1988. This report summarises the technical and costing aspects of the survey, and...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 89/00084 Geology of St Peter and Goat Islands (Nuyts Archipelago) and Cape Beaufort.
Outcrops of Proterozoic rocks consist of a complex suite of comagmatic intrusives which exhibit a variable degree of deformation and are correlated with the Early Proterozoic Lincoln Complex. On southern Saint Peter Island, felsic volcanics,...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1989
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RB 91/00040 Wattleton - Coomunga drilling traverse, Port Lincoln. Well completion report.
Eighteen rotary drillholes with bottom-hole core and one diamond drillhole were completed northwest of Port Lincoln and intersected quartzite, schist, calcsilicate, graphitic schist and marble attributed to the Hutchison Group. These drillholes were...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1991
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RB 91/00041 Geology of the KINGOONYA 1:250 000 map sheet area.
Extensive field geological mapping, augmented by petrological and geochemical studies, reinterpretation of company drilling and water-bore logs and a nine-hole drilling programme has detailed the geology of the KINGOONYA area. The stratigraphy spans...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1991
