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Processing [including prior thin section examination] of 135 rock samples from the Musgrave Block to determine their suitability for undergoing K-Ar and Rb-Sr radiometric dating, and a discussion of subsequent dating results.
Report presents the basic data and geochronological age interpretations for 89 K-Ar and 64 Rb-Sr isotopic analyses, made on metamorphic, granitic and volcanic rock samples derived from parts of the Musgrave Block visited by SADME geologists between...-
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Published: 13 Mar 1984
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Musgrave Ranges, South Australia, January 2012 HyMap survey processing report.
The processed data are supplied with the following directory structure: INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING* (IMAGES FROM WHICH DELIVERY PRODUCTS ARE DERIVED) Decorrelation Stretch RGB (Principal Component Stretch) LO Mineral Maps (All non-thresholded Logical...-
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RB 38/00077 Occurrence of chromite at Mount Davies, Tomkinson Range.
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 39/00005 Reconnaissance geological survey of the Mann Tomkinson areas.
The Mann and Tomkinson Ras. are situated in the extreme north west of the state and approximately 400 miles WNW of Oodnadatta. The area includes portion of the native reserve. A rapid geological survey was carried out in late August 1953 when the...-
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Published: 14 Jan 1955
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RB 53/00179 Geology of the ALBERGA 4-mile military sheet. Explanation of the geological map.
The Alberga 4-mile military sheet, situated in the far northeast of the State is bounded by 132° to 133°. E longitude and 26° to 27° S latitude. It embodies the following 1 mile sheets: Giles, Eranbella, Indulkana, Kenmore, Alourra, Moorilyanna,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 86/00074 Stuart Highway groundwater investigations geophysics Tarcoonyinna Creek to NT border.
In the search for groundwater over 90 km, 11 potential sites were selected on geological grounds. The Transient EM (TEM) surveys assessed ground resistivity, initially over 2 pre-drilled test areas. Of the other 9 areas, 6 showed favourable...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1986
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RB 86/00053 Pitjantjatjara Homelands. Nitrate and fluoride in outstation groundwater supplies.
Compilation of available data shows that of 45 outstations, only 12 have water supplies for which both nitrates and fluorides meet WHO standards, 27 have unacceptable fluoride and or nitrate levels, and 8 have not been tested for both nitrate and...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1986
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RB 86/00078 Summary of geophysical interpretations of the Everard Thrust, NE Officer Basin - South Australia.
This is a compilation of available geophysical data and review of interpretations of the Everard Thrust. It includes regional distribution maps of the Cambrian, Ordovician, Devonian and Permian rocks. Geophysical and geological interpretations pre...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1986
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RB 77/00144 Chrysoprase and moss agate deposits Mount Davies area, North West Province. Report no. 2.
Report criticises the methods, presentation and conclusions of a non-professional chrysoprase mining feasibility study prepared for the Commonwealth Government Opposition by parliamentary advisor J.P. West.-
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Published: 13 Dec 1977
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RB 86/00097 Fregon water supply.
Fregon, south of the Musgrave Ranges, is supplied with water of 1100 to 1 500 mg/L from a weathered crystalline rock aquifer. This report aims to document all water investigations and determine if water chemistry has changed with time. About 100...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1987
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RB 85/00061 Stuart Highway, pump-testing construction water supplies, Marla to NT border. Highways Department.
11 of 13 wells, in fractured rock aquifers were tested. Most showed drawdowns linear with the square root of time, and consequently long term yields are generally much smaller than airlift yields. 6 were found to have long term yields greater than 0.5...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1985
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RB 85/00059 Kenmore Park, water supply.
Drilling has located small but adequate supplies of groundwater in fractured crystalline basement. Nitrate contents are unacceptably high, about 100 mg/L. Previous drilling has shown that nitrates are ubiquitous in this area, and that further drilling...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1985
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RB 87/00074 Ernabella water supply.
Reviews pertinent information including well discharge tests and resistivity surveys. Ernabella is supplied with water from weathered and fractured crystalline basement. Consumption is 60 - 100 ML/year and salinity ranges from 600 - 1 000 mg/L. The...-
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Published: 01 May 1987
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RB 79/00004 North-West Aboriginal Reserves drilling programme 1978.
Twenty four water wells were drilled, and three existing water wells cleaned out, in the North-West Aboriginal Reserves during 1978. Sixteen of the new wells were successful in obtaining a groundwater supply suitable for their specified use, which was...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 78/00037 North-West Aboriginal Reserves. Drilling programme November 1977-January 1978.
10 of 14 water wells drilled were successful.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 89/00080 Ernabella drilling, 1989.
Three wells to augment the water supply and replace wells prone to pollution intersected shallow aquifers in fractured and weathered adamellite. Salinities ranged from 550 - 850 mg/L. Because of the unusually wet season, the water table was high and...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1989
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RB 89/00082 Pitjantjatjara Lands - 1988 drilling.
Twenty eight wells were drilled. Five of 12 wells put down for the Amata cattle project were successful, 3 being completed in weathered rock aquifers and 2 in fractured fresh rock aquifers. Drilling on narrow photo-linears gave poor results, whereas...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1989
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RB 91/00042 Groundwater occurrence on the MANN 1:250 000 sheet.
This report documents knowledge gained on groundwater occurrence and well siting.-
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Published: 01 Mar 1991
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RB 91/00103 Geology and mineral potential of the Pitjantjatjara Lands - South Australia.
The Pitjantjatjara Lands cover crystalline basement rocks of the Middle Proterozoic Musgrave Block, fringed by relatively unaltered sediments of the late Proterozoic and Palaeozoic Officer Basin, the late Palaeozoic Arckaringa Basin and the Mesozoic...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1991
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RB 99/00033 Pukatja town water supply drilling and discharge testing, 1997.
Aerial photography and satellite imagery, plus an on-ground geological reconnaissance and a transient electromagnetic geophysical survey, were used to select sites for drilling water wells to provide a major expansion of the Pukatja town water supply....-
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Published: 01 Nov 1999
