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Yudnamutana. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 24/6/1972 to 23/6/1973.
As part of continuing exploration for possible economic buried stratiform / hydrothermal copper mineralisation in the Yudnamutana Mining Field, the target lower Callanna Group strata were geologically mapped, petrologically studied and geochemically...-
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Harris Bluff (Uno Station). Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 7/9/1982 to July 1986.
Exploration undertaken over an area located 60 km west of Port Augusta targeted possible Broken Hill or Aggeneys - Gamsberg type massive Pb-Zn deposits within Early Proterozoic Hutchison Group banded iron formation metasediments, and also any Early...-
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Kalabity. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 15/3/1971 to 17/6/1973, plus related technical reports about in situ leach uranium mining methods in Wyoming.
The recently completed drilling of 189 open rotary holes (total penetration 22,427 m), plus the redrilling and geophysical re-logging by joint venturer Minad-Teton of 19 previously completed Carpentaria Exploration Co. uranium exploration holes (for a...-
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Published: 02 Jan 1974
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Kimba area (Caralue Bluff). Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/8/1979 to 9/6/1986.
An intensive search for possible banded iron formation - related Proterozoic stratiform lead-zinc mineralisation, of Gamsberg / Aggeneys / Broken Hill style, over an area surrounding Kimba on Eyre Peninsula, has included aerial magnetic and...-
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Landsat thematic mapper study of the Yardea Dacite, Gawler Range Volcanics, YARDEA 1:250 000 scale map sheet.
The South Australian Department of Mines and Energy (SADME) commissioned the South Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (SACRS) to undertake a digital analysis of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data in an attempt to locate prospective areas for...-
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RB 37/00039 Report on the Copper King ochre deposits (near Beltana).
The Copper King orebody, located approximately 10 miles north-northeast of Beltana township, is a massive deposit of iron carbonate, the upper portion of which has been altered by oxidation and hydration to oxides of iron. The deposit was worked...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1954
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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 57/00014 Report on visit to Western Australian iron and manganese deposits in May 1963.
A comparison of known iron deposits in Western Australia and South Australia suggests that large, high grade iron orebodies occur in flatly dipping favourable horizons which have a leached and oxidised appearance: siliceous, steeply dipping iron...-
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Published: 18 Jul 1963
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RB 60/00064 O'Donoghues Castle copper prospect, Balcanoona Station.
Irregular oxidised orebodies up to about 3 feet thick, containing copper carbonates, quartz, sphaerocobaltite (cobalt carbonate) and wad (hydrated manganese oxide), occupy both shear zones aligned parallel with bedding, and crush zones developed...-
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Published: 26 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00071 (Report on the) Ukaparinga (Unaparinga) copper mine, Williamstown.
Copper carbonates are sporadically distributed throughout steeply dipping mica schist in a zone up to about 70 ft. wide. The host rocks have been regarded as overturned metamorphosed Burra Group (Torrensian) beds resting on the Aldgate Sandstone...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1965
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RB 45/00118 Final report on iron ore prospecting, Corunna area, Iron Knob district.
In an area of limited basement outcrop located between 2 and 5 miles north-northwest of Iron Knob township, the Department's surface traverse channel sampling (969'), percussion boring (643’) and diamond drilling (1270’) tested a low grade...-
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Published: 04 Dec 1957
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RB 46/00179 Iron ore (potential) near Radium Hill. Preliminary statement.
Extensive deposits of medium-high grade stratiform iron ores occur in the Radium Hill area. Deposits readily amenable to open cut mining occur over large areas, in beds ranging to 60 feet in width and varying considerably in the content of...-
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Published: 20 Feb 1951
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RB 77/00148 Archaean to Early Proterozoic banded iron formations in the Tarcoola region, South Australia.
A minimum metamorphic age of greater than 2400 Ma is inferred for two banded iron formations outcropping within the TARCOOLA 1:250 000 mapsheet area. The age obtained is considerably greater than that of the mid-Proterozoic Middleback Group, with...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 84/00028 Petrography of 25 specimens from Mount Grainger Goldfield.
Specimens from the Mt Grainger Goldfield include quartzites, sandstones in which kaolinite is believed to represent earlier feldspar, siltstones, shales, diamictites of probable glaciogene origin, granitoids and andesites. Low to moderate temperature...-
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Published: 01 May 1984
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RB 96/00009 Oak Valley groundwater investigation.
MESA was contracted to find a groundwater supply for the Oak Valley Community. It was identified that the water's salinity was required to be less than 40,000 mg/l for desalination, and that the yield needed was 1 l/s. The investigation included a...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1996
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RB 99/00028 Sand resources of the Mount Compass area. Reconnaissance drilling and testing.
Mount Compass is an important sand resource area. The ACI Glenshera sand pit, which supplies Australia's largest container glass plant at West Croydon with over 100 000 tonnes per year of glass sand, is also a major source of foundry sand. Four...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1999
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RB 97/00011 South Australian Steel and Energy Project. Coober Pedy iron ore investigation. Hawks Nest prospect.
As part of the South Australian Steel and Energy Project, MESA targeted Palaeoproterozoic banded iron formation (BIF) at Hawks Nest as a possible iron ore resource. Detailed ground magnetic, gravity and drilling programmes identified seven deposits;...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1997
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RB 97/00010 South Australian Steel and Energy Project. Coober Pedy iron ore investigation. Giffen Well prospect.
As part of the South Australian Steel and Energy Project, MESA has targeted Palaeoproterozoic banded iron formation (BIF) rocks at Giffen Well prospect as a possible iron ore resource. Ground magnetic, gravity and drilling programmes have identified...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1997
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RB 97/00001 South Australian Steel and Energy Project. Coober Pedy iron ore investigation. Summary report.
Mines and Energy South Australia, as part of its contribution to the South Australian Steel and Energy Project, has defined an iron ore resource in the Coober Pedy region. Extensive ground magnetic, gravity and drilling programs identified four...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1996
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RB 97/00009 South Australian Steel and Energy Project. Coober Pedy iron ore investigation. Peculiar Knob prospect.
As part of the South Australian Steel and Energy Project, MESA has targeted significant aeromagnetic anomalies in the search for a possible iron ore resource. At Peculiar Knob prospect, previous company exploratory drilling in 1985 of such a magnetic...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1997
