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RB 77/00009 Construction materials investigation Redcliff petrochemical site, sections 12, 18, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 102, 134 Hd Winninowie, Co. Frome.
Materials suitable for concrete aggregate, railway ballast, road base course, protection of salt field sea wails and rock fill will be required should construction of the petrochemical plant and appurtenant works proceed at Redcliff, 25 km...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 80/00115 Progress report. Project 0172, COOBER PEDY 1:250 000 sheet.
Compilation is complete. Geological problems and points of interest are discussed.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1980
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RB 79/00044 Explanatory notes for the CHILDARA, 1:250 000 geological map sheet SH/53-14.
The CHILDARA 1:250 000 geological map covers part of the Precambrian Gawler Craton in north-western Eyre Peninsula, much of which is blanketed by Cainozoic and Mesozoic deposits. The oldest rocks are a complex assemblage of granitic gneisses and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 94/00009 Soils, stratigraphy and engineering geology of near surface materials of the Adelaide Plains.
Metropolitan Adelaide is founded on a wide variety of soils that overlie sediments and rocks. Some of the soils and sediments react to seasonal and human-induced changes in water content with marked changes in volume. The black earths and...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1996
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RB 95/00037 Stonefield bedrock drilling, 1995.
Twenty-three vertical open RC drillholes with a total penetration of 2663 m were drilled by MESA during February and March 1995 along four W-E traverses in the Stonefield area near Truro, to determine bedrock geology and geochemistry below sedimentary...-
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Published: 01 May 1997
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Oakbank, Sergeant's Dam and Oakvale (part of the Oakvale Project). Joint first partial surrender report, for the period 3/12/1997 to 15/7/1999.
Exploratory drilling to search for heavy mineral sands, performed over an area extending to 160 km north and north-west of Renmark, has targeted marginal marine placer deposits of detrital rutile, ilmenite and zircon in potential Loxton - Parilla Sand...-
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Oakbank, Sergeant's Dam and Oakvale, northern Murray Basin, South Australia (part of the Oakvale Project). Joint third partial surrender report, for the period 3/12/1997 to 1/12/2001.
Within the now relinquished licence portions, parts of six traverses of reverse circulation aircore drilling (involving 68 vertical open holes, total 1918.5 m) tested 60 km strike length of interpreted heavy mineral sand - bearing marine beach facies...-
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Interim report on mapping of surficial materials in ELs 113 and 114.
The Kapunda region is principally one in which prolonged denudation, or lowering of the landsurface, has been operative over the past 100 Ma, while the present topographic amplitude of the region is also at its greatest since the onset of the...-
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Update of basement interpretation and assessment of mineral potential, EL 2487, Sedan, South Australia.
The acquisition in the Sedan area by Shell Coal Pty Ltd during May 1999 of high resolution infill aeromagnetic data, as part of the South Australian Exploration Initiative (SAEI) airborne geophysical programme, has enabled some revision of the...-
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Mount Magnificent. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 30/9/1968 to 29/12/1968.
Fourteen shallow auger holes to 30 feet deep were drilled in the Mount Magnificent area to test an occurrence of kaolinised sand which might suit as raw material for refractory ceramic manufacture. Laboratory sieve analyses and clay silica...-
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Carrieton West (part of the Orroroo North Project). Progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 13/11/1979 to 12/11/1981.
TARGET: Diamonds in the Cradock - Carrieton region. EXPLORATION: Regional and follow-up stream sediment and gridded loam sampling, heavy mineral processing and SEM microscopy of bulk samples, grid-based ground magnetic surveys, and part of a regional...-
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Northern Saint Vincent Basin Coalfield, South Australia. Geological report.
All previous data and all the known major deposits within the Clinton Coal Measures are reviewed. The study covers their formation, structure, stratigraphy and various engineering geology aspects associated with the possibility of mining any one of...-
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RB 00811 Redcliff Project: geological setting and preliminary assessment of environmental factors.
This report has been compiled at the request of the Redcliff Steering Committee to assist in the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement. It relies almost entirely on work carried out by Departmental officers and private consultants during...-
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RB 70/00034 Notes on the Cainozoic stratigraphy of the Arrowie 1-mile area.
The Arrowie Area is situated in the Central Flinders Ranges and constitutes the southeastern corner of COPLEY (i.e. 1:250 000 sheet). Approximately 50% of the area is mantled by Cainozoic sediments distributed in part of the western edge of the Frome...-
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Published: 24 Feb 1970
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RB 68/00025 Reconnaissance geological survey of the STREAKY BAY and NUYTS 1:250 000 areas.
The Streaky Bay and Nuyts 1:250 000 map areas are located on the western side of Eyre Peninsula. Precambrian greenschist and amphibolite facies metamorphics of the Gawler Platform are intruded by Lower Proterozoic or Carpentarian granites, gneisses...-
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Published: 25 Feb 1969
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RB 69/00001 Preliminary notes on the Oakvale 1:63 360 sheet.
Flat-lying Tertiary sandstones crop out in the Southwestern corner of the Oakvale 1 mile sheet, the remaining area being almost entirely Pleistocene. Definition of Quaternary units is difficult due to lack of outcrop, and possible variations in...-
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Published: 10 Jul 1969
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RB 66/00073 Preliminary report on the stratigraphy of the Dublin 1:63 360 map area.
The Dublin 1:63 360 map area is located on the ADELAIDE 1:250 000 map area, and is centred about 40 miles north-west of Adelaide. Within this area, possible Adelaide System rocks are unconformably overlain by Tertiary marine limestones, sands, silts...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 71/00178 Explanatory Notes for the COPLEY 1:250 000 geological map.
The COPLEY 1:250 000 map area includes the northern Flinders Ranges and the southern part of the Willouran Ranges. It is bounded to the west by the Lake Torrens Sunkland and, to the east, by the Lake Frome Plains. A thick sequence of older Precambrian...-
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Published: 08 Nov 1971
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RB 75/00064 Monarto City Centre. Geotechnical investigations report no. 1.
Engineering investigations at the Monarto City Centre consisted of 8 diamond drill holes up to 15m deep, 25 backhoe test pits, detailed mapping and seismic refraction surveys. The area consists of Kanmantoo Group meta-sediments, in part overlain by a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 76/00008 Monarto new town. Proposed city centre. Geotechnical investigations report no. 2.
Engineering geological investigations consisting of cable tool drilling of 10 holes up to 15.25m deep, penetration testing and seismic refraction surveys were completed at the proposed CBD of the Monarto city centre. Drilling encountered thin...-
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Published: 02 Feb 1976
