Regional geological mapping of the area was initiated in 1959 and was completed in 1964. All tracks in the area were traversed and detailed mapping confined to critical localities and to areas where this was considered desirable. Geological boundaries...

In recognition of the centenary of Henry Yorke Lyell Brown's appointment as the first Government Geologist for South Australia, and the foundation of the Department of Mines and Energy, aspects of South Australia's colourful and vital mining and...

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To assist the State Planning Office "examine and assess the future development of a defined area in the Mid-North of the State in anticipation of the area being declared a planning area under the provisions of the Planning and Development Act,...

A request to inspect a manganese prospect held under Mineral Claim 5210, was received in a letter from Mr. A.C. Larsen, dated 20th February 1968. The prospect, on Section 205, Hundred Louth, is located 15 miles north of Port Lincoln, approximately 1...

The mercury ore-mineral, cinnabar, was discovered in 1965 at the Moro Mine, 7½ miles south west of Wertaloona Station, by Kennecott Explorations (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. No further testing of this mercury occurrence was made until May, 1968 when...

Stream and soil sampling of the Cambrian sequence exposed between Willunga and Normanville has outlined several lead-zinc anomalies. Wagon drilling at the Forktree anomaly, 3½ miles NNE of Normanville, showed that widespread manganese oxides are...

This investigation was a feasibility study, therefore environmental factors are dealt with in much more detail than would be necessary in a routine geochemical report. Apparently these factors has little significant effect on the results. Spot...

Detailed geological mapping at the Pandurra copper prospect has revealed the presence of significant mineralisation in a fault zone, and has indicated that there is also the possibility of finding copper concentrations along the Whyalla Sandstone -...

At the Darke Peak copper prospect there are minor concentrations of copper in thin shears parallel to the rock layering. The copper occurs near the surface as malachite and azurite in thin veins (average thickness 1 foot) having near vertical dip. No...

The Paratoo copper deposit occurs in a sequence of laminated siltstones dipping steeply towards the east and striking northerly. The main copper ore mineral exposed at the surface is malachite. Thin sections of mineralised rock showed that malachite...

A specimen of Monarto granite, submitted to Australian Mineral Development Laboratories for spectrographic analyses for trace metals has indicated 50 parts per million of lead and manganese. There are more traces of copper, tin, zinc and other base...

In company with Mr P. McPaul of the Electrolytic Zinc Co., an inspection was undertaken on January 18th, 1968 to advise on the provision of a water supply to the Puttapa zinc prospect, where exploration of a zinc-lead deposit is being conducted by EZ....

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A total of 380 stream sediment samples and 40 heavy mineral samples were collected from Giles Complex norites in the Musgrave Ranges and the -80 mesh fraction tested for copper, lead, zinc, cobalt, nickel, chromium, vanadium, manganese, titanium,...

Concentrations of copper occur in sandstone (Whyalla Sandstone Member) and dolomite (Woocalla Dolomite) which rest disconformably on an undulating surface of quartzite (Pandurra Formation) in the Mount Gunson area. Several attempts have been made to...

This report outlines the history and concept of the Torrens Hinge Zone project. An account is given of the regional geology, geophysics, geochronology and stratigraphic drilling in the Bute region and adjoining areas of northern Yorke Peninsula. An...

The area embraced by the Andamooka and Torrens 4-mile geological sheets is defined by long 136° 30- long 138° 00 and lat 30° 00- lat 32° 00 and comprises an extensive partially dissected plateau west of Lake Torrens, the Lake Torrens sunkland and part...

The pedological environment of the Burra area is described, the methods of soil sampling and sample penetration are given in detail and an outline of the spectrographic analytical procedure is given. Attempts at applying statistical methods to the...

Background Bacterial leaching has been shown to be possible in a number of instances for the recovery of metal values from ores. Most of the published literature refers to laboratory experimentation but it is fairly evident that bacteria have a...