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RB 35/00025 Investigation of quartzite for road metal at Truro.
An outcrop of quartzite situated on private property on the southern side of the Sturt Highway, 4 miles east of Truro, was visited on 27/2/1953 to perform a geological survey in order to select sites for testing the rock by diamond drilling. The aim...-
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Published: 06 Mar 1953
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RB 97/00016 Status report on groundwater recharge in the Barossa Valley, 1996.
Groundwater provides about half of the water used for irrigation, domestic and industrial purposes in the Barossa Valley. This resource has in the past been overstressed, leading to widespread water level declines and salinity rises. These...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1997
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Lobethal (part of the Adelaide Hills Project). Data release made upon the commencement of project licences' joint reporting] : annual reports for the period 29/9/1993 to 3/3/2003.
A large, 722 square km area of the central Adelaide Hills extending between Jupiter Creek and the Warren Conservation Park is being explored for diamonds, gold and base metals, in host geological structures that appeared to be associated with...-
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Peake and Denison Ranges. Data release made at subsequent licences' expiry/full surrender : annual reports for the period 12/7/1993 to 11/7/1995.
An area covering most of the northern outcropping Peake and Denison Ranges basement inliers was taken up by Pancontinental Mining to test for possible economic occurrences of lead-zinc and copper-gold mineralisation (broadly matching Mount Isa Block,...-
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Mount Grainger (Oodla Wirra). Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/10/1970 to 7/10/1971.
Extensive literature and geological and geochemical field investigations of historic mines and prospects at the Mount Grainger and Oodla Wirra Goldfields have failed to disclose any remaining economic gold occurrences. The sparse native gold occurs...-
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Published: 12 Oct 1971
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Pine Creek Kimberlite [Field] : indicator mineral study.
A study of the Pine Creek kimberlite field was undertaken as a 2001-2002 TEISA "New Initiatives" Project aimed at increasing the potential for new mineral discoveries in South Australia. The study focused on a number of important facets of diamond...-
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Prince Alfred mine. First annual report to licence full surrender and re-issue as part of a larger tenement, for the period 26/10/1996 to 9/4/1998.
Assays of tailings heaps at the Prince Alfred Mine, located 40 km north-east of Carrieton, returned 1-1.5% Cu. Up to 12.7 % Cu was recorded from rock sampling, and elevated Au and anomalous Cu were recorded in calcrete samples. Four areas of...-
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Published: 15 Dec 1997
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Reaphook Hill and Mount Frome (part of the Flinders Ranges Project). Respective early annual reports, for the period 17/1/2000 to 16/1/2002.
Two adjoining licence areas located ~50-70 km to the east and south-east of Blinman are being explored for possible economic buried willemite (zinc silicate), scholzite (zinc phosphate) and other base metal mineralisation associated with particular...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Iron Peak. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 12/11/2003 to 11/11/2008.
The banded iron formations associated with various Neoproterozoic tillites in South Australia have for some time been recognised as being potential sources for iron ore, however, the low grade nature of the iron mineralisation within these bands has...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2009
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Dudley Peninsula. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/9/2014 to 7/9/2016.
The Dudley pegmatite, located a short distance inland near the eastern tip of Kangaroo Island, ~10.5 km south-east of Penneshaw township, was worked historically during the 1890s and early 1900s for gem tourmaline, ceramic-grade feldspar and silica,...-
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Pine Creek. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/5/1987 to 12/11/1987.
Phlogopite micas formed within the Pine Creek kimberlite intrusion, located 37 km east of Terowie and 3.5 km west of Pine Creek Homestead, were investigated for their potential as an economic source of raw material for making the processed mineral...-
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Manna Hill [not 'Mannahill']. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/10/1987 to 15/1/1990.
TARGET: Possible concealed, saddle-reef type lode developments of inferred Telfer-style gold deposits at the Manna Hill Goldfield. EXPLORATION: Reconnaissance inspection of old mine workings, rock chip sampling (79), and shallow RAB bedrock drilling...-
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PACE Copper Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 9 partnerships DPY9-43 - Brownlow and DPY9-47 - Bower. Drilling projects' joint interim and final reports.
Copper and gold mineralisation associated with felsic, intermediate and mafic igneous intrusive rocks which have intruded Adelaidean and Cambrian metasediments in the Nackara Arc region has been the target of exploratory drilling conducted with the...-
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RB 62/00018 Report on cuttings sites, Yongala-Jamestown deviation, Port Pirie - Cockburn standard gauge railway.
Layered Adelaidean rocks, often with a capping of calcrete or Tertiary gravels, underlie the cutting sites at shallow depth. The depth of rippable material is controlled by the degree of bedrock weathering. Two additional diamond holes drilled at the...-
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Published: 27 Jan 1966
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RB 75/00039 EL 16. Progress report for the six monthly period ending 25 October 1974. Final report.
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Published: 01 Dec 1975
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Assessment of the base metal mineral potential, EL 2487, Sedan, South Australia.
The magmatic province of the eastern Delamerian Orogen concealed beneath the Murray Basin in eastern South Australia, including under EL 2487, has potential for several styles of mineralisation, including: - Magmatic-associated Cu-Au (+/_Fe)...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Cone (subsequently part of the Burra North Project). Annual reports submitted until the commencement of project licences' joint reporting, for the period 6/3/2007 to 5/3/2009.
An area of 300 square km located immediately north and north-east of Burra was taken up because it is considered to be prospective for gold and copper mineralisation related to Cambro-Ordovician sediments and late-stage felsic and mafic intrusives,...-
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RB 2014/00006 Geology of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet (6432).
The revised digital geology map of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet and accompanying geological descriptions in this report are the first components of the 2nd edition PORT AUGUSTA 1:250 000 map sheet to be completed. The subject map sheet occupies the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2014
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Domes and diapirs, mineral exploration, Central Flinders Zone, Adelaide Geosyncline.
This paper synthesizes the findings of Frontier's exploratory efforts over the past three years, and makes recommendations for an ongoing exploration programme following and consequent to the economically unsuccessful outcome of drilling Blinman nos 1...-
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Oodla Wirra. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 19/2/1970 to 18/8/1970.
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Published: 20 Aug 1970
