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RB 60/00051 Stratigraphy and micropalaeontology of three deep bores, Hd Port Gawler.
Three relatively deep bores, drilled recently on the northern Adelaide Plains in the Hundred of Port Gawler, about 20 miles north of Adelaide, have intersected useful complementary sections of the Cainozoic succession, ranging from 560 feet to 1148...-
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Published: 15 Mar 1965
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Gambier. Final geological report on drilling.
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Published: 09 Aug 1999
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1974 seismic survey, Everard, final report.
AIM:The 1974 Everard Seismic Survey consisted of a detailed grid of 103 km over the Munyarai prospect, and a regional tie line of 54 km with outcrops at the rim of the Officer Basin, to investigate the possibility of a prospective Ordovician sequence...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Boolooroo Goldfield and Kate Hill. Joint annual reports for the period 2/1/2009 to 8/2/2019.
Two adjoining licence areas located ~ 40 km north-east of Leigh Creek township, in the ranges lying immediately east of the Telford coal basin, are being explored for possible economic occurrences of marble rock which are believed to hold enormous...-
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Curnamona. First partial surrender report for the period 2/7/1976 to 1/7/1977.
In a search for possible economic sedimentary uranium deposits, a resistivity survey and a 19 hole, 2818 m reconnaissance open hole rotary drilling and downhole geophysical logging programme were carried out in parts of the Tertiary Curnamona...-
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Published: 25 Jul 1977
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Gravity interpretation of PEL 24, South Australia.
Different ages are indicated for the three sedimentary troughs in PEL 24 delineated by the previous magnetics interpretation. The Tallaringa Trough has a basal unit of Cambrian limestones which thicken to the southwest. This is overlain by Permian or...-
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Minlaton. Progress reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 27/4/1977 to 6/12/1978.
One diamond and seven rotary/percussion drillholes tested Cambrian rocks for base metals. Six water bores were logged geophysically. IP/resistivity and gravity surveys were undertaken.-
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Minlaton South 1, 3.75 miles south of Minlaton Township. Well completion details and related reports.
Minlaton South 1 was a shallow stratigraphic test well drilled by Beach Petroleum to investigate a possible ?Archaean basement high subcropping 3.75 miles south of Minlaton township, as suggested by SADM regional mapping observations made during 1961....-
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Published: 15 Jun 1966
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Maitland. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 24/2/1975 to 23/2/1977.
As part of an ongoing search for MVT style base metal mineralisation within Lower Cambrian strata of the southern part of the Torrens Hinge Zone on Yorke Peninsula, in September 1975 112 RC holes for 1730 m were drilled at 500 m spacings along...-
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Price. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 24/2/1975 to 23/2/1977.
In continuing regional exploration conducted over north-eastern Yorke Peninsula, further reconnaissance stratigraphic drilling and wireline geophysical logging (in 3 vertical rotary percussion holes totalling 373 m) was carried out in May 1976 to test...-
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RB 00765 Curramulka limestone deposits, Yorke Peninsula. Drilling completion report - Site 2.
2 diamond drillholes (total 518 feet) and 22 air holes (total 1851 feet) have indicated the presence of 28.5 million tons of Lower Cambrian limestone containing over 85% calcium carbonate in a bed dipping at about 10 degrees southwards, and below...-
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Published: 01 May 1900
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RB 70/00191 Reconnaissance survey of ballast sources Tarcoola-Alice Springs standard gauge railway, Tarcoola to Kulgera section - Commonwealth Railways.
Rock types suitable for railway ballast were identified during a reconnaissance of the proposed route. Their regional distribution is discussed and a preliminary selection of ballast sites has been made. The geological setting is such that the ideal...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1970
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RB 74/00177 Progress report on the geology of the COOBER PEDY 1:250 000 sheet area (pre-Quaternary).
The Coober Pedy 1:250 000 sheet area (COOBER PEDY) is bounded by latitudes 29°S and 30°S and by longitudes 133°E and 135°E in the arid north of South Australia. The only town is the opal mining town of Coober Pedy on the northeastern margin of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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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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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Ooldea. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/9/2005 to 31/8/2010.
An area centred ~230 km north-west of Ceduna, in the far north-eastern corner of the Nullarbor Plain, and lying just south of the Ooldea railway siding on the Trans Australian Railway line, is being explored for possible economic buried deposits of...-
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RB 26/00056 Inspection of Mr R.S.J. Oates' property, section 30, Hd Cohen, boring for water.
An inspection of Mr Oates' property was carried out on the 12th September, 1949 to determine the underground water prospects. The block is approximately 10 miles north-west of Penong township.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1949
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RB 24/00249 To the Director of Mines. Geological investigation of dam sites, Myponga River.
At two alternative proposed dam sites, to check for the possibility of seepage being able to occur through dam wall abutment rocks, a diamond drilling and core sampling programme is suggested. Test holes should be bored on a 50 ft. grid at both sites....-
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Published: 28 Jan 1949
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RB 2000/00015 Groundwater resources on Kangaroo Island.
Despite good rainfall, the groundwater resources on Kangaroo Island are limited, with localised good quality groundwater available only in small supplies. Just over 75% of all wells drilled on the island have a salinity of over 2000 mg/L, with 95% of...-
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Published: 01 May 2000
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RB 2010/00018 Investigation into the use of radon and soil sampling in exploration at the Hillside copper-gold deposit, South Australia.
Copper and gold mineralisation is commonly associated with accessory uranium, and so radon generated from the uranium's decay may provide a tool that is useful in exploration for this style of deposit. As part of an investigation into applying radon...-
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Published: 01 May 2010
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Ninnes. Combined first annual / final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/6/1997 to 18/6/1998.
A 79 m deep RC drillhole sited on an aeromagnetic and calcrete geochemical anomaly located south of Bute returned anomalous zinc from Cambrian limestone over the depth interval 14-26 m (the best grade being 1 m @ 1802 ppm from 16 m depth). No...-
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