At least 90% of the phosphate was leached with either nitric, hydrochloric or sulphuric acids. Products unsuitable for the surface preparation of steel. The most promising outlet would be for upgrading the P2O5 content of super phosphate fertilizer.

This bulletin contains geochronological data and interpretations from the Gawler Craton of South Australia that have been completed by Mark Fanning of The Australian National University, by Geological Survey of South Australia personnel, and by...

This report represents a partial surrender of EL 6920 "The Tapanappa Project" and covers work completed in the reporting period to 15th August 2024. The Tapanappa Project area is located approximately 60 km south of Adelaide on the Fleurieu Peninsula...

The Torrens Project is located in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, approximately 140 km north-west of Port Augusta and 30 km north of Hawker. It sits along the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton at the intersection of the G2 & G8...

Sedimentary-hosted copper deposits are the second most important source of copper in the world with most South Australian sediment-hosted copper occurrences located within the Adelaide Rift Complex, Torrens Hinge Zone and Stuart Shelf. In response to...

A newly found, up to 2 inch wide vein of asbestos occurring within a magnesian marble bed in the Mount Olinthus district was inspected and qualitatively assessed from a single shallow trench exposure.

The Gawler Iron Project is situated approximately 25 km north of the Trans-Australian Railway and 200 km south-west of Coober Pedy, along the western margin of the Gawler Craton in South Australia. The project area formerly had not been systematically...

This data package contains three sets of GOCAD 3D objects. Data assembled in the sets comprise complete "Oxide" minerals spectral logs determined using visible and near visible wavelength range infrared absorption, for all drillholes that have been...

Ongoing exploration for economic buried stratiform copper mineralisation within a small area located 97 km east of Lyndhurst under renewed tenure has consisted of detailed, 1:1000 scale geological mapping and surface geochemical sampling, plus...

This handbook is a selection of shortened reports by geologists of the South Australian Department of Mines and Energy dealing with some of the semiprecious and ornamental stones in this State. It is not intended to be a comprehensive review of these...

To date exploration in the Burra region of the Adelaide Geosyncline has focussed on historic copper-gold oxide workings, with the aim of delineating further mineralisation along strike, or sulphide mineralisation at depth. Lately however, rather than...

Concealed basement on GILES comprises ?Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic metamorphic rocks belonging to the Nawa Subdomain of the Gawler Craton. These are intruded by Mesoproterozoic Hiltaba Suite granitic bodies and Mesoproterozoic or Neoproterozoic...

AIM:To integrate good quality new data into the regional seismic grid and mature known structural prospects and leads as potential gas drilling targets, plus explore virgin territory as part of a systematic long-term Vibroseis mapping project in the...

A new generation, second edition MARREE 1:250 000 scale geological map and its explanatory notes have been published. These documents represent the conclusion of the Geological Survey of South Australia's latest geological mapping program (1993 to...

The PARACHILNA map area (31 to 32°S, 138 to 139.5°E) occupies the central Flinders Ranges which are made up of folded, mostly marine sedimentary Neoproterozoic and Cambrian rocks of the Adelaide Geosyncline, and adjoining plains underlain by Cainozoic...

The MAITLAND Special 1:250,000 scale geological map covers the greater part of South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. The rocks in the map area comprise deformed Palaeoproterozoic and early Mesoproterozoic basement of the south-eastern Gawler Craton, and...

The LINCOLN 1:250,000 scale regional geological map area covers southern Eyre Peninsula and includes numerous islands lying off its eastern, southern and western coasts. The region encompasses a complex geological history and contains a variety of...

The YARDEA 1:250,000 scale regional geological map area straddles the southern margin of the Gawler Ranges on northern Eyre Peninsula. The only major township within the area is Minnipa, with Kimba and Wudinna both located immediately south of the...