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Report on the Shamrock uranium prospect.
Uranium mineralisation was first discovered at the old Shamrock Copper Mine during a systematic search of old mine dumps by the South Australian Department of Mines in 1955. Follow-up investigations located a small high-grade uranium lode (Valley...-
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Bendigo Station. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 6/8/1987 to 5/8/1992.
Copper and gold exploration comprising outcrop, stream sediment and soil geochemical sampling, and the conduct of ground magnetic and IP surveys, plus RC percussion (67 vertical holes, total 6624 m) and diamond cored tail drilling (in 2 holes, total...-
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Published: 02 Jul 1992
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RB 60/00040 Geology of the MARREE 1:250 000 map area.
The MARREE mapsheet area lies in arid country about 400 miles north of Adelaide, South Australia. It includes the town of Marree, on the Alice Springs railway line, and part of the Birdsville and Strzelecki tracks. The area is covered mainly by flat...-
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Published: 03 Mar 1965
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RB 77/00126 Shallow seismic refraction survey over proposed stream gauging sites near Hawker SA. 1) Mernmerna Creek. 2) Boolcunda Creek.
Shallow seismic refraction traverses were carried out over six proposed sites for stream gauging near Hawker in South Australia. The results have determined bedrock topography and the depth to the water table at each site. The subsurface was clearly...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 98/00015 Clare Valley groundwater resources. Progress report 1 - Hydrogeology, drilling and groundwater monitoring.
A fundamental question remains to be answered in the Clare Valley. How much water can be safely extracted without causing depletion of the groundwater resources? This question is being addressed by a major investigation into the groundwater...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1998
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RB 98/00014 Clare Drilling. Phase 2 - June 1997.
Phase Two of a drilling program at Clare, South Australia was undertaken in June, 1997. A total of 6 bores were drilled, 4 of these at existing locations established during Phase One drilling in January, 1996, and a further 2 at Watervale Oval as...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1998
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RB 91/00067 Clare Auburn (district) groundwater resources.
Groundwater usage has increased substantially because of a change from dry-grown grape varieties to those needing irrigation. Regional dewatering caused by excessive extraction is unlikely because of the nature of the aquifers, but local usage...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1991
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RB 88/00051 Pre-Mesozoic geology of the Curdimurka region.
Pre-Mesozoic rocks are best exposed in the Willouran Ranges SW of Marree, but inliers occur as far west as Stuart Creek. These approximate the junction of the Stuart Shelf (to the west) with the Torrens Hinge Zone, which extends east to the Norwest...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1988
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Three Creeks area (part of the Hawker Project). Annual and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 5/6/2006 to 4/6/2010.
The Three Creeks EL 3567 covers, for the most part, the north-westerly plunging Yednalue Syncline. Lying to the south-east of the Worumba Anticline (a diapiric structure cored by disrupted Callanna Group), the syncline comprises Umberatana Group...-
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Published: 17 Sep 1910
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : The North-western Murray Basin Project. Joint annual reports for the period 29/8/2006 to 28/8/2012.
Twelve licence areas owned and operated by Gold Fields Australasia (GFA), comprising two subareas respectively located approximately 50 km east of Burra and 15 km south-east of the Benda Range, on the eastern edge of the Adelaide Fold Belt, are being...-
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Published: 29 Sep 1912
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Data release - as updated : Pound Creek. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 1/12/2010 to 16/11/2017.
South Australia Ludi Mining Pty Ltd (“SALM”) acquired Exploration Licence 4619 in the vicinity of Coward Springs to explore it for large Mesoproterozoic copper/gold/uranium deposits analogous to Olympic Dam, which is located approximately 120 km to...-
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Published: 21 Nov 1917
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Cronje Dam. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/8/1979 to 29/11/1984.
Continuing exploration for possible hydrothermal or epithermal base metal and precious metal deposits, within an area centred 60 km south-west of Olary, at the outset targeted some previously identified geochemical anomalies, principally via shallow...-
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Mount Misery. First partial surrender report, for the period 30/11/1981 to 29/11/1984.
Exploration for possible stratabound gold has included detailed geological mapping, at 1:20,000 scale, which was focussed on the Tapley Hill Formation - Tarcowie Siltstone stratigraphic contact. An attempt was made to identify the bedrock source of...-
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Geology of the Willippa Anticline, central Flinders Ranges.
In the central Flinders Ranges, Neoproterozoic and early Palaeozoic rocks are found outcropping within a series of broad, open, dome and basin-shaped folds. This region contains most of the diapiric structures in the Adelaide Geosyncline, many, but...-
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Interpretation of sequence of events - Central Flinders Zone.
A synopsis of the possible pre-tectonic structural setting and sequence of geological events which has resulted in the observed development of faulted domes and diapirs within Neoproterozoic sediments of the central Flinders Ranges, and the related...-
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Published: 26 May 1993
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Central Flinders Ranges - Adelaide Geosyncline problem.
A Frontier Exploration internal memorandum in which Professor Rudd expounds his interpretation of, and seeks discussion on, the apparently unique geological conditions which exist in the Central Flinders Zone and are related to the testing of the...-
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Resource potential of the Central Flinders Zone, Adelaide Geosyncline, South Australia.
Since 1990 Frontier Exploration Ltd has explored in the Central Flinders Zone of the Adelaide Geosyncline in order to assess its hydrocarbon and mineral potential, and the relationship of diapirs to these resources. The basic concepts used have not...-
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Granville - Oladdie area. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/4/1970 to 15/4/1971.
Continuing investigation of the stratabound copper and manganese potential of the Granville district consisted of stream sediment sampling, ground magnetic traverses over an atypically aligned aeromagnetic anomaly, and shallow percussion drilling of...-
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Baratta. Progress and final reports for the period 27/5/1971 to 26/4/1972.
An airborne spectrometer/magnetometer survey of the Upper Proterozoic rocks of the northern Bibliando Dome, covering 877 line miles at approximately a height above ground level of 300 feet and line spacing of 1000 feet, was conducted by joint venturer...-
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Mount Allen. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 24/3/1976 to 23/3/1978.
Drilling was the major activity undertaken during the current term of tenure of the Mount Allen ground by the Kapunda joint venture. 4 diamond holes for 996.5 m and 5 percussion holes for 636 m were drilled into bedrock, while another 111 rotary...-
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