A Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) geochemical survey was conducted over known Pb-Zn-Ag-Au mineralisation within Cambrian Kanmantoo Group metasediments of the Tapanappa Formation at the Angas prospect near Strathalbyn, South Australia. A similar survey was...

The area of interest divides into two groundwater environments: a Mesoproterozoic hard rock environment containing fresh water in fractures and saprolite; and a younger sedimentary environment containing more saline water in...

SAMREF, this Departments reference database, has been developed as 1 large system on an NEC APCIV personal computer, consisting of 16 928 references covering the period 1953-88. The amalgamation involved providing additional disk storage on the PC,...

Tenement administration is a non-discretionary expense with an annual cost of about $3 million. The system is largely manual and distributed across the Department with the major responsibility resting with Registration Section and Drafting Branch....

SA_GEOLOGY is a system for the capture, storage, manipulation, viewing and plotting of statewide geological map data. It has been developed for geologists and drafting personnel with minimal computer training and will provide the basis for geological...

The aim was to derive a new method for the evaluation of porosity and water saturation for Pretty Hill Sandstone reservoirs, Otway Basin. Over 350 core plugs were measured for ambient and overburden porosity and permeability, and absolute grain...

NOAA-AVHRR images of the Officer Basin were used to enhance spectral signatures of interpreted palaeodrainage networks with potential economic significance in that region. A vast agglomeration of Tertiary palaeodrainage can be observed in the Officer...

South Australian graphite is reviewed in the light of published information on world deposits. A high quality coarse flake product has been mined at Uley on southern Eyre Peninsula. Geophysical investigations of deposits near Kimba are warranted, to...

The South Australian Mid-North, southern Flinders Ranges and Yorke Peninsula regions have limited water resources, with most water for domestic purposes being piped in from the Murray River. However, there exists the potential for groundwater of...

The Groundwater (Border Agreement) Act of 1985 legislated to provide a framework for the joint management of groundwater resources within a 40 km wide strip along the length of the South Australian and Victorian Border, which is referred to as the...

Mines and Energy South Australia, as part of its contribution to the South Australian Steel and Energy Project, has defined an iron ore resource in the Coober Pedy region. Extensive ground magnetic, gravity and drilling programs identified four...

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...

The Padthaway Formation and Bridgewater Formation aquifers provide a high quality groundwater resource in the Padthaway Proclaimed Wells Area (PWA). The resource supports an irrigated agriculture and horticulture industry. Irrigation is concentrated...

Competing groundwater use is a problem in the vicinity of the Mount Barker Golf Club grounds, which has been recognized by the parties involved and government since late 1985. A well monitoring network for both water level and salinity was set up and...

Since the 1989 Newcastle earthquake event, a number of studies on earthquakes have been carried out in South Australia. This report brings together most of these studies, focussing on the probability of ground shaking in Adelaide (hazard), and the...

Mines and Energy South Australia are currently investigating the geometry and ore grades of banded iron formation deposits within the Gawler Craton near Coober Pedy, for possible use in the production of pig iron. Core samples from five diamond cored...

Equations developed by Boehmer and Boonstra for pumping wells in permeable dykes are applicable to other fractured rock aquifers with similar geometry. Flow into the dyke, or permeable zone, is determined by a lumped parameter 'n'. Estimation of 'n'...

A permanent gravity base station network was established in the Coober Pedy / Tarcoola area of the State. 58 new base stations and a number of company surveys were tied to the Australian Fundamental Gravity Network (AFGN) via Isogal stations at...

The Murray-Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) has a commitment in the national interest to managing the health of the River Murray and floodplain environment by mitigating both decreases in river water quality and associated environmental degradation...

2003 activity: Expenditure by companies on mineral exploration licences in South Australia for calendar year 2003 was $37.0 million, a slight increase on the $35.7 million spent in 2002. Mineral exploration drilling metreage, a key indicator of...