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RB 80/00044 Limestone and dolomite deposits, Port Wakefield area. Report no. 1 - Review and reconnaissance sampling, Hundred of Kulpara - Electricity Trust of SA.
The Electricity Trust of South Australia requires a source of high grade limestone or dolomite to be used in the planned industrial firing process for brown coal from the Wakefield coal deposit. A SADME survey of available literature, supplemented by...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1980
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Kainton, Melton and Paskeville (the Melton Project). Joint annual reports for the period 27/8/2007 to 26/8/2019.
Exploration for possible buried sandstone-hosted uranium mineralisation which could have formed within early Tertiary palaeochannel sediments of the northern Saint Vincent Basin is being carried out in a small area near Kainton on north-eastern Yorke...-
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Early origin of dolomite in Early Cambrian carbonates on Yorke Peninsula, western margin of Stansbury Basin, South Australia.
This study has shown that significant dolomite formation has occurred during early diagenetic stages in the Early Cambrian carbonate sequence of Yorke Peninsula. Relict depositional textures indicate that the sequence consists of tidal flat...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1994
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East Maitland. Final report at licence surrender for the period 12/9/1979 to 11/3/1980.
In a search for possible economic Mississippi Valley - type base metal mineralisation within an area located 30 km north-east of Maitland, 941 auger holes for 6839.2 m total penetration were drilled at 100 to 200 m spacings along roadsides to test the...-
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Published: 07 Feb 1980
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Petrographic study of some Palaeozoic samples from Yorke Peninsula, SA. EL 180, EL 181.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 00763 Report on dolomite deposit, Hundred of Kulpara, County Daly.
In a search for metallurgical dolomite with a specified grade of 45% CaCO3, and 45% MgCO3, an angled diamond drill hole was sunk in examination. The hole was continued into the underlying Cambrian and Proterozoic sediments to test for base metal...-
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Published: 01 May 1900
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RB 69/00120 Reconnaissance survey for ballast, southern Yorke Peninsula, Co. Fergusson - South Australian Railways.
Ballast sources on southern Yorke Peninsula are listed and discussed with reference to quality and availability. Further work required to define reserves at each site is indicated. Cambrian limestones are available near Ardrossan and Curramulka but...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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RB 63/00007 Dolomite deposit at Kulpara.
Cambrian, Kulpara Limestone Formation (?) dolomite, overlain by kunkar limestone and red sandy clay has been diamond drilled and mapped by stadia survey. Results of laboratory testing and petrographic analysis are included. Reserves are estimated at...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 71/00131 Reconnaissance for railway ballast, Redhill-Bowmans area - SA Railways.
A site in Barunga Sandstone (Tent Hill Formation equivalent) located 2.5 miles south east of Nantawarra Siding has been selected for testing. Previous quarrying operations from this unit in the area have disclosed the presence at many sites of clay in...-
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Published: 20 Aug 1971
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Melton. Progress reports to licence surrender, for the period 21/7/1980 to 24/5/1989.
A small area located about 20 km north-west of Port Wakefield was taken under licence by ETSA to try to secure limestone/dolomite material of suitable quality and in sufficient quantity to provide chemical additives for aiding the process of...-
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Published: 20 Apr 1989
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Melton and Kulpara. Progress and technical reports to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 4/10/1982 to 24/5/1989.
Minimal field work only was undertaken, in the form of geological mapping of the Kulpara - South Hummocks Range area, plus petrological examination of selected rock chip samples. Envelope also contains a [formerly held confidential] FEAC submission -...-
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Published: 25 Nov 1988
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RB 2000/00013 Australian Clay Minerals Society Inc. 17th Biennial Conference, Adelaide, 10-12 April 2000: Field Guide for post-conference tour, 13-14 April 2000 - Yorke Peninsula clays and carbonates, copper mines, desert loam soils and mangroves.
This tour is concerned with aspects of the soils, geology, landforms, clays and mining on Yorke Peninsula, and likewise for the northern Adelaide Plains which are separated from the Peninsula by Gulf St Vincent. Both of these regions are among the...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2000
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Bute. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 23/3/1993 to 11/12/1998.
Gold and base metal exploration conducted near the SA Lower North township of Bute, 140 km north-west of Adelaide, comprised the conduct of IP and ground magnetic surveys and RC drilling (4 holes, total 350 m). Two holes drilled on magnetic anomaly...-
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Published: 23 Mar 1999
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Exploration Licence 253 Ardrossan SA. Final report.
One diamond drillhole tested for dolomite near Ardrossan Quarry. Metallurgical grade dolomite was intersected from 84 metres to end of hole at 91 metres.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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Price. Progress and final reports to licence surrender, for the period 27/4/1977 to 6/12/1978.
Continuation by Aquitaine of its regional appraisal of the mineral potential in the Cambrian carbonate sequence on northern Yorke Peninsula, has recently involved them in acquiring and interpreting ground gravity and magnetic surveys, completing a...-
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Bute. Data release at the full surrender of a subsequent licence : Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 10/6/1978 to 28/9/1979.
As part of ongoing base metal exploration of the area surrounding Bute, initial work done after the expiry of EL 248 comprised the completion of one diamond drillhole to TD 411.2 m within Carpentarian basement, targeting a magnetic anomaly thought to...-
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Published: 20 Nov 1979
