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Pichi Richi Pass [south of Quorn]. Progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/12/1992 to 1/12/1997.
Diamond exploration undertaken over a much dissected 460 square km area of the south-central Flinders Ranges between Stirling North and Mount Arden comprised aeromagnetic interpretation and heavy mineral processing of a regional suite of 170+ stream...-
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Emu Hill. Progress and annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/4/1991 to 21/4/1996.
Diamond exploration undertaken north-west of Moolawatana included the acquisition of airborne magnetic / radiometric and ground magnetic surveys, plus soil, stream sediment, gravel, loam and rock chip sampling, and aircore/diamond drilling (25 holes,...-
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RB 37/00149 Appraisal of Torrens barite mine, Hundred of Onkaparinga.
In February 1951, South Australian Barytes Limited became interested in this mine, held under claim by Reginald John Alfred Larsson and requested an inspection by Department of Mines officers. This request was repeated, and endorsed by Larsson in...-
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Published: 17 Jun 1954
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RB 54/00159 Public meeting. Coober Pedy Opalfields, Thursday May 17th, 8pm. Public meeting, Andamooka Opalfield, Sunday May 20, 1962, at 7.30.
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 60/00082 Coober Pedy Opalfield.
Mapping of the Coober Pedy Opalfield has shown that opal occurrence, although erratic, is not entirely unpredictable. Several groups of workings are present in an area of about 150 square miles. The host rock is a distinctive pink and white...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1965
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RB 44/00108 Letter to the Senior Warden re. ways of resolving issues with legal compliance of precious stones claim working practices currently being followed on the Andamooka Opalfield.
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Published: 27 Jun 1957
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RB 48/00056 Recovery of beryllia from beryl (RD 86).
The use of several reactants for the decomposition of beryl ore, for the recovery of beryllia is described. By sintering mixtures of beryl, limestone, and soda ash at high temperatures, followed by acid leaching, almost total dissolution of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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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 84/00088 Opal industry in SA - Report no. 6. The 1983 survey of mining equipment and calculation of value of opal produced.
By comparison with 1982 figures, trends in the industry were :-marginal increase in production from $28.76 million to $31.15 million. -increase in number of registered Precious Stones Claims on all fields, with increase of 48 at Coober Pedy. -increase...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1985
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RB 99/00022 Water wells, AP Lands, 1998. Site selection, drilling and testing.
Twenty-six sites for water wells to supply isolated homelands and small settlements were selected within the northwest Aboriginal lands of South Australia. Satellite imagery, aerial photography, viewing of the sites from a light aircraft, on-ground...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1999
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RB 96/00001 Mineral exploration and development in South Australia.
This mineral promotional brochure reviews significant historical developments in South Australia's mineral industry and canvasses the currently recognised mineral potential within the State, for the benefit of local and overseas interested companies...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1996
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RB 90/00007 Industrial minerals in South Australia. Current operations and future trends.
Established producers have taken advantage of export opportunities for gypsum, salt and dolomite. New developments include a graphite processing plant at the former Uley Graphite Mine and trial mining of micaceous iron oxide for pigments. Proposals...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1990
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Mount Willoughby. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 11/1/2001 to 10/1/2005.
Exploration for opal, carried out in an area of the Stuart Range located approximately 130 km north-northwest of Coober Pedy, has included a compilation of geological and opal occurrence data, photogeological interpretation of aerial photographs,...-
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Bulgunnia, Gosse and Kingoonya (the Mentor Project). Data release made at the surrender of subsequent licences : annual reports for the period 27/10/1992 to 15/11/1997. [Index entry Part 1 of 2 - a very long abstract is split between these two parts].
The Gawler Joint Venture partners (Dominion Mining and Resolute Resources) have been exploring three near-contiguous areas located in the north of the Tarcoola - Kingoonya district, seeking possible economic concealed epithermal/mesothermal...-
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Data package : Research into the treatment of oxide and low grade copper ores. Amdel progress reports and final reports for the period October 1964 to October 1977.
A research project to determine the leaching behaviour of oxidised copper ores at laboratory scale was undertaken by Amdel at the request of the South Australian Department of Mines. The trials took place using sulphuric acid lixiviant acting on the...-
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SADME/Amdel Project 1/1/144 : "Stratigraphy and petrology of the Gawler Range Volcanics". Progress reports 1 to 20 for the period 17/4/1972 to 24/11/1983.
This dataset presents the observations and interpretive results of a project aiming to define and classify the complex suite of volcanic rocks found outcropping within the Gawler Ranges, as a corollary to regional geological mapping by the SA...-
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Published: 24 Nov 1983
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Safari, Lake Woorong, Leonard Rise, Thunderstorm Creek and Brumby Creek areas (Coober Pedy Ridge Project). Quarterly and six-monthly progress, plus annual and final, joint activity reports for the period 22/4/1991 to 22/3/2000.
The Coober Pedy Ridge / Mount Woods Inlier project investigated a 170 km long east-west belt of medium to high grade Proterozoic metamophics and syn- and post tectonic granites, centred 25 km south of Coober Pedy, for Broken Hill type stratiform...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Prospect Hill. Annual reports for the period 25/7/2006 to 24/7/2018.
Continued evaluation of possible economic primary tin oxide mineralisation at three known separate occurrences in the Prospect Hill area, lying 20 km north-west of Moolawatana Homestead, has focussed on the untested zone immediately below the known...-
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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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Outalpa Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 16/11/1984 to 1/3/1988.
Exploration for possible economic deposits of massive crystalline andalusite and sillimanite, formed within Palaeoproterozoic Willyama Complex muscovite-quartz schists and gneisses in an area of partly exposed basement north-west of Olary, has...-
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