The Barossa Valley in South Australia is the second largest single area in Australia planted to vines. About 8600 ha are currently planted, of which about 2400 ha are irrigated. Smaller areas of irrigated vegetables and fruit trees also exist....

This publication represents the work of many officers of the Geological Survey, over a number of years from 1946 to the latter part of 1953. It includes descriptions of the important uranium deposits of Radium Hill, Crockers Well, Mount Painter and...

The correct stratigraphical succession of certain post-glacial formations, having a very limited range, however, can be determined in this southern portion of the Mount Lofty Range. During the previous six years the writer has had an opportunity of...

In South Australia the abundance of stone suitable for building, and the comparative lack of easily worked local timber, at a very early date determined the choice of building material, so that the use of stone is very general throughout the State....

This report presents the results of a study jointly conducted by the Geological Survey of South Australia and CSIRO Mineral Resources which aimed to enhance the expression of geological structure in geophysical images and to derive depth to magnetic...

This report presents the results of a study jointly conducted by the Geological Survey of South Australia and CSIRO Mineral Resources which aimed to enhance the expression of geological structure in geophysical images and to derive depth to magnetic...

The late Palaeozoic Cape Jervis Formation of the Troubridge Basin in southern South Australia provides a sedimentological record of the glacial environment during the Permo-Carboniferous glaciation. The sedimentary sequence is divided into five...

Report lists a number of potential broad scale geological sources and related saline repositories of potassium compounds, including potash, that may exist in South Australia. Most of these have yet to be analysed thoroughly for this commodity.

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Because of the presence of considerable tonnages of remnant high grade oxidised copper ore above the water table in the Spring Creek mine, the SA Government is keen to see a resumption of working of the lodes on a business-like basis, and herein...

A detailed spatial analysis recently performed by the Geological Survey of South Australia (GSSA) shows that at Mintabie, after approximately 40 years of mining carried out to look for opal, an area totalling less than 2 square km has been...

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Exploration to date for underground water in Country Buxton has involved approximately 7500 feet of boring and 2000 feet of well sinking at an approximate cost of £10,000 based on overall cost of drilling at 12/6 per foot and the overall cost of well...

The theory of frequency and mathematical statistics considered as the only possible method for the correct and objective estimation of distribution of subterranean waters. Empirical and theoretical frequency curves and principles for plotting them...

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Given the imperative of Australia's wartime strategic needs, the subject report describes a rapid attempt that was made by the SA Department of Mines to assess the remaining copper resource potential of the historic, now abandoned Burra district...

Since June 1945, an extensive programme of diamond drilling has been carried out on the recently acquired property of I.C.I. Alkali (Australia) Pty Ltd at Penrice, with the object of investigating the reserves of high grade marble available for open...

To support the production of soda ash at its Osborne plant in Adelaide, South Australia, ICI Australia has been obtaining crushed marble from the Barossa Valley region as process raw material. Since June 1945, the South Australian Department of Mines...

This report presents a detailed statistical record of the State's output and sales values for petroleum, minerals and materials during the six month period ended 30 June 2001. The first part of the report details the production sales figures for the...

The late Palaeoproterozoic Wallaroo Group is interpreted to have been deposited during a major rift event in the south-eastern Gawler Craton during ~1770-1740 Ma. On Yorke Peninsula the group contains three lithological units, viz. Wandearah...