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Yumali. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 7/6/1978 to 18/10/1983.
Base metal exploration activities undertaken by Thiess Brothers in the Yumali - Coomandook area investigated several coincident regional gravity and aeromagnetic anomalies arising from concealed Palaeozoic basement rocks. These anomalies are part of a...-
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Published: 14 Nov 1983
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RB 51/00144 Cromer C white clay deposit. Sections 136, 143 and 154 Hundred Para Wirra - County Adelaide.
The Cromer-C clay deposit consists of three groups of workings extending over 1¼ miles in fractured greywacke rooks of the Kanmantoo Group of sediments. The white clay is derived from kaolinisation of the original sediments possibly due to hydro...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 50/00017 Report on road metal quarry, quartzite, secn 5299 Hd Kanmantoo - Mount Barker Quarries.
A road metal quarry in buff quartzites and micaceous sandstones occurs half a mile east of the township of Nairne. The sediments exposed are basal members of the Kanmantoo Group. The beds strike south-south-east dipping 60 to the east. More than...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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Kanmantoo. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report at licence renewal [part] : progress reports for the period 28/4/1989 to 27/4/1992. [Index Part 1 of 3].
Exploration for gold in the eastern Adelaide Hills, in an area of Cambrian Kanmantoo Group sediments stretching from Kanmantoo in the south to Mount Rhine in the north, was undertaken initially by licence farminee East West Minerals utilising regional...-
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Published: 02 Oct 1992
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Tanunda. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/7/1989 to 26/7/1990.
Possible epithermal/hydrothermal and shear-related vein style gold, and Proterozoic and Cambrian metasedimentary-hosted industrial minerals, were the targets of reconnaissance exploration over a licence taken up in the Barossa region. 1:2000 scale...-
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Callington stone deposit (under lease by the Readymix Group). Notice of Intent to extract material [road sealing aggregates] by quarrying.
The site of the Callington greywacke deposit, located 2 km south of Callington township, was leased from the landowners by the Readymix Group in 1972 when preliminary geological investigations indicated that it contained unusually massive bedrock that...-
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Published: 18 Jul 1978
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RB 68/00027 Report on sand and coarse aggregate, secn 344 Hd Nangkita, Co. Hindmarsh - Mrs J.H. Odlum.
A survey of rock materials suitable for construction purposes showed that the most likely sources are Recent alluvial accumulations, suitable for foundry and concrete sand, and Permian fluvio-glacials which are used for local road-building. Drilling...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 68/00034 Sedimentary phosphate exploration, part 2, the Cambrian and Proterozoic of Fleurieu Peninsula, the Mount Lofty Ranges,and Yorke Peninsula.
Large sedimentary phosphorate deposits are unlikely to be found in the Cambrian on Fleurieu Peninsula or the southern part of Yorke Peninsula. Further exploration of the phosphatic Brighton Limestone and Saddleworth Formation type of facies should be...-
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Published: 18 Mar 1969
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RB 72/00080 Investigation of clay (weathered shale) occurrences in the Birdwood area.
White weathered shale in the Birdwood area appears to be associated with north-south trending quartzite ridges. Scout drilling is recommended between quartzite ridges south of the pit in Section 6397, Hundred of Talunga.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1972
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RB 72/00140 Monarto town area - Construction materials and foundation conditions.
A proposed new city referred to as Murray New Town, with a possible population of 250 000, is to be built in the Murray Bridge area, west of the Murray River. The city will-occupy an area of approximately 175 sq miles; (450 km2). This report has been...-
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Published: 27 Jul 1972
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RB 64/00115 Clay deposit, Springton, secn 166 Hd Para Wirra, Co. Adelaide - Australian Industrial Minerals NL.
Geological and topographical mapping of a white kaolin clay claim on section 166, Hundred Para Wirra, and laboratory ceramic investigation of representative borehole samples has been conducted. White clay, formed by intense leaching of Kanmantoo...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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RB 74/00023 Interim report on Guerin's aggregate quarry, County of Sturt, Hundred of Mobilong, section 533.
Coarse aggregate for construction purposes is produced from migmatites of the Kanmantoo Group of Cambrian age at Guerins’ quarry within the Monarto designated site, 5 kilometres west of Murray Bridge. Additional material suitable for extraction...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 75/00076 Guerins aggregate quarry.
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 73/00296 Sillimanite, kyanite, andalusite, SA. In: Knight, C.L. (Ed.) - Economic geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea. 4, Industrial minerals and rocks.
Sillimanite, andalusite and kyanite are three minerals with the same chemical composition (Al2SiO5) but with distinctive crystal structure and heating properties. All eventually convert to mullite at high temperatures. Sillimanite is the most...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 74/00084 Construction materials resources, Monarto area.
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 74/00111 Amphibolite deposit near Tailem Bend.
Railway ballast was sought from amphibolite of the Kanmantoo Group of Cambrian age which subcrops on a bedrock ridge in the Murray Basin near Tailem Bend. A surface sample of amphibolite returned low Los Angelese Abrasion and Sodium Sulphate Soundness...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 74/00159 Abrasive grade garnet at Milendella, secn 961, Hd Tungkillo, Co. Sturt - B.C. and M.C. Lindner.
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 75/00143 Monarto coarse aggregate investigation limestone and gneiss drilling and testing. Client - Monarto Development Commission.
Sources of coarse aggregate were investigated for the Monarto Development Commission. Recrystallised limestone near Murray Bridge was tested by four diamond drill holes, and gneisses near Pallamana were tested by 8 holes. Large quantities of suitable...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 76/00091 Monarto brick clay investigation - Monarto Development Commission.
Reconnaissance sampling and exploratory drrilling have been undertaken to locate suitable brickmaking clay for the proposed city of Monarto. Samples from exposures and boreholes in Quaternary and Tertiary sediments and in weathered bedrock have been...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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The Adelaide Hills Project. Data release made at the partial surrenders / full surrender of subsequent licences: annual reports and combined annual reports for the period 27/6/2000 to 15/5/2005.
A diamond exploration project area comprising nine mineral exploration licences located in the central Mount Lofty Ranges was taken up by new public company Flinders Diamonds (FDL) to search for possible commercial accumulations of diamonds, thought...-
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