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...

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT South Australia has a long history of mining since the discovery of silver-lead ores at Glen Osmond in 1841 and copper at Montacute, within ten kilometres of the City of Adelaide. The State's early economic development would...

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An inspection of clay deposits in above districts was made in company with Mr A. Armstrong and Mr H. Ellerton. The clays in the area are recent deposits and are both residual derived from the decomposition of the underlying rocks, and sedimentary or...

Some of the shallowly occurring riverine clay horizons on the Cooltong Plain at Glossop were sampled by 7 boreholes to determine their suitability for brickmaking, and to estimate whether sufficient quantities of homogenous clay material existed to...

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Articles and summaries are provided for the following: Wallaroo and Moonta mines. Report on Mount Malvern lead and silver mine. Report on the Mutooroo copper mine. West Mutooroo (formerly Cockburn Copper Mining Coy). West Mutooroo extended, Trinity...

The mining and processing of copper ore in South Australia's early history were based on Cornish practice and technology. The discovery of copper deposits, which led to what proved to be economically viable operations in the new colony, proved timely,...

This publication has been compiled from a display prepared for the launch of SADME Bulletin 53, held at the Australian Mineral Foundation on 7 December 1987. The importance and diversity of commodities found in the Geosyncline are highlighted in the...

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Ideal location - 26 miles from Adelaide - good climate. 3½ miles from Nairne on Adelaide-Melbourne railway line. Electric supply to Nairne-Power requirements could probably be obtained from supply company. Small flow permanent water beside deposit,...

The most promising of three newly discovered kyanite deposits located near Radium Hill has been examined to ascertain its readiness of access, deposit morphology, probable ore grade, possible recoverable tonnage from opening up five orebody masses,...

Sandstone as a building material was used extensively in Adelaide and regional South Australia from the founding of the colony until the end of World War II. However, since 1945 the industry has declined steadily, with closure of many quarries, until...

The excursion to the Old Boolcoomata region of the Olary Domain, Curnamona Province, in South Australia presents most of the stratigraphy of the late Palaeoproterozoic Willyama Supergroup and evidence for its complex deformation during the ~1600 Ma...

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...