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RB 2003/00011 Metamorphic investigation of the Palaeoproterozoic metasediments of the Willyama Inliers, southern Curnamona Province, South Australia.
The deformed metasediments of the South Australian Willyama Inliers (in the southern Curnamona geological province) preserve petrologic evidence of a complex and protracted metamorphic history. To assist with unravelling this history, there currently...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2003
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RB 2003/00017 Gawler Craton 2003. State of play - The Excursion.
Following on from the highly successful Gawler Craton - State of Play 2002 conference held by PIRSA in Adelaide in December 2002, the Gawler Craton Team of PIRSA's Geological Survey Branch has recently undertaken a major excursion across the craton....-
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Published: 01 Sep 2003
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RB 2003/00013 North-western Murray Basin geological synthesis, South Australia.
The Murray Basin is an intracratonic basin filled with Cainozoic fluvial to shallow marine sediments. Deposition in the Eocene and early Oligocene was characterised by floodplain and swamp deposits, emplaced with occasional interbeds of shelly clays...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2003
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RB 2003/00012 The application of the Niton [manufacturer name] portable X-ray fluorescence analyser for field-based mapping and sampling.
The Niton Corp. XL-700 series portable XRF analyser was trialed by members of the Musgrave Team, PIRSA Geological Survey Branch, to determine its viability for use in the field by DME and exploration company personnel. Analyses of soil (250 micron...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2004
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RB 2010/00019 Hardrock extractive minerals for metropolitan Adelaide - strategic review. [Summary version]
The purpose of the project is to provide essential data on the hardrock extractive (construction material) resources supplying the Adelaide metropolitan area, in order to be able to: - Critically examine current hardrock supplies and resources and how...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2010
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RB 2020/00025 South Australia mineral regulation report, 2019–20.
The Department for Energy and Mining (DEM) is the state government agency responsible for the administration, management and regulation of South Australia’s mineral resources industry. egislation governs the access to land and the regulation of...-
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RB 2002/00028 Gawler Craton, 2002. State of play. [Notes to accompany viewing of the ancillary] Drill core display.
This geotechnical workshop of seminars and core displays, which was held over two days on 5-6 December 2002, aimed to highlight recent collaborative research between PIRSA [MER], Geoscience Australia and the South Australian mineral industry that has...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2002
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RB 2002/00031 Musgrave Block, central Australia. Regional geology from interpretation of airborne magnetic data.
A regional geological interpretation of newly-acquired magnetic data for the majority of the Musgrave Block (central Australia) has been compiled at 1:250 000 scale. This report outlines the methodology and results of interpretation. Highlights of...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2002
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RB 2002/00018 16th Australian Geological Convention, Adelaide, South Australia, 1-5 July 2002 - Excursion A1 locality guide. Geology of Yorke Peninsula, and Cu-Au mineralisation at Moonta and Wallaroo.
This excursion was designed with the intent of introducing its participants to the geology, mineralisation and alteration styles present in the Moonta - Wallaroo region, through guided drill core inspection, a trip to the Wheal Hughes open pit mine,...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2002
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RB 2002/00033 Correlation within Early Palaeozoic basins of eastern South Australia.
The great majority of lower Palaeozoic rocks in the Stansbury, Arrowie and Warburton Basins are of Cambrian age, although a few Early Ordovician fossils have been reported from drillholes in the sub-surface Warburton Basin. The Cambrian is the only...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2002
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RB 2002/00030 [South Australian earth] resources production statistics for [the] six months ended 30 June 2002.
This report presents a detailed statistical record of the State's output and sales values for petroleum, minerals and materials during the six monthly period ended 30 June 2002. The first part of the report details the production sales figures for...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2002
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RB 2007/00015 Geochronology of the Gawler Craton, South Australia.
Geochronology enables us to determine the age of rocks and minerals. The variety of isotopic geochronological techniques give complementary information on, for example, the timing of igneous or metamorphic crystallisation, as is often the case for the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2007
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RB 2007/00010 Investigation of geochemical exploration techniques in the Curnamona Province : CurnaMinEx Project results, 2005-2006.
Thick sediment cover in the Proterozoic Curnamona Province impedes effective mineral exploration in some of the most prospective areas located away from bedrock outcrop. The objectives of the CurnaMinEx project are to test the effectiveness of surface...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2007
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RB 2007/00012 Mount Monster rhyolite deposit near Keith - potential resumption of quarrying.
Over the period from 1955 until 1976 an outcrop of Ordovician porphyritic rhyolite was quarried for road-sealing aggregate and rail ballast from two quarries at Mount Monster, 12 km south of Keith. The total recorded production was 548,000 tonnes....-
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Published: 01 May 2007
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RB 2007/00006 The geology and mineral potential of the PORT AUGUSTA [mapsheet] area, eastern Gawler Craton.
The PORT AUGUSTA 1:250,000 mapsheet area covers the north-eastern part of the Eyre Peninsula, the northern Spencer Gulf and the south-western Flinders Ranges, and extends from latitude 32°00'S to 33°00'S and longitude 136°30'S to 138°00'S. The main...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2007
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RB 2007/00007 The Mount Woods Domain: a geological review and discussion on mineralisation potential.
The Mount Woods Domain (sometimes termed Mount Woods Inlier) is located ~850 km north of Adelaide along the Stuart Highway. The nearest major population centre is Coober Pedy, which lies ~70 km north-west of the northern domain boundary. Geologically,...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2007
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RB 2007/00005 Timing of the Kimban Orogeny on southern Eyre Peninsula.
Seven samples of Proterozoic basement rocks, representing syn and post-tectonic leucocratic melts that formed during the Kimban Orogeny within the Donington Suite and within cross-cutting Tournefort Metadolerite mafic dykes on the southernmost Eyre...-
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Published: 01 Feb 2007
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RB 2003/00004 Regolith studies at Edoldeh Tank (ET) gold prospect, Gawler Craton, South Australia.
Much of the Gawler Craton (in South Australia) is covered with soil and other regolith materials that hide basement rocks and hinder mineral exploration. In the western parts of the Gawler Craton, for example, weathered basement rocks are covered by...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2003
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RB 2003/00005 Resources production statistics for six months ended 31 December 2002.
This report presents a statistical record of the State's output and sales values for petroleum, minerals and materials for the six months ended 31 December 2002. The first part of the report details the production sale figures for the latest six...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2003
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RB 2006/00022 South Australian mineral resource production statistics for the 6 month ended June 2006
This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 30 June 2006, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2006