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Mount Mitchell. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 20/10/1980 to 19/10/1982.
Exploration was undertaken for lode and alluvial tin mineralisation which might exist within ground adjacent to the abandoned Mount Mitchell tin mine, and also for reef gold in altered granite and dolerites outcropping adjacent to the numerous small...-
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Lake Greenly area [Mount Hope kaolin deposit]. Progress and final reports to licence renewal for the period 30/3/1973 to 29/9/1974.
Appraisal of a newly discovered large deposit of kaolin, found in the near surface regolith to Archaean basement on two farms situated 7 km south of Mount Hope on southern Eyre Peninsula, has consisted of further air/rotary drilling (35 holes, total...-
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Lake Cadibarrawirracanna. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 3/6/1980 to 2/12/1980.
Thirty-two shallow auger holes up to 2.76 m deep were drilled into the floor of Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, situated 70 km west of William Creek, in a search for possible potash-rich brines trapped by the lake sediments. The lacustrine sediments were...-
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Mutooroo [Station]. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 11/9/1989 to 6/9/1994.
Exploration for possible heavy mineral sand marine placer deposits within Tertiary sediments on the northern margin of the Murray Basin comprised aircore drilling (28 holes, total 744 m) in the Mutooroo station area, 50 km south-east of Olary. The...-
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The MIM-Peko Stuart Shelf Joint Venture Project. Progress reports to licences' joint full surrender and their re-issue as a single replacement tenement, for the period 15/2/1983 to 20/10/1989.
Exploration for Olympic Dam-style Cu-Au-U mineralisation, undertaken over areas to the south-east of Arcoona Homestead and in the vicinity of Woomera township, has comprised numerous reconnaissance and then detailed gravity, ground magnetic and CSAMT...-
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RB 39/00003 Water survey on property of R. Richardson, Tumby Bay.
Mr Richardson at present relies on earth dams for supplying stock water, but these are unreliable for a summer supply in the event of bad seasons. He sought advice on whether a small water supply of about 500 gallons per day would be available by...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1955
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RB 53/00181 Stansbury limestone lime-making investigations.
Samples of travertine limestone were forwarded by J.A. Bridges of Stansbury to the South Australian Department of Mines for assessment of their suitability as a raw material for the manufacture of hydrated lime. The Mines Department requested the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 59/00033;Amdel 00343 Glauconite - Use as a foundry sand. Progress reports nos 1 and 2.
A survey of the local foundry industry disclosed a need for a basic foundry sand and it was decided that South Australian deposits of glauconite should be investigated with the object of producing a suitable material for testing by local foundries....-
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Published: 01 Jun 1964
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RB 58/00107 Report on geology and mineral resources of the Port Pirie district.
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Published: 04 May 1964
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RB 58/00005 Report on reconnaissance survey, Quaternary sedimentary succession and subsurface drainage, Murray River irrigation areas.
This investigation was carried out following a request from the Director of Agriculture. Seepage problems associated with the build up of surplus irrigation water have been common in almost all cultivated areas of the Murray Valley since the inception...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 60/00026 Chowilla Dam Project, rip-rap investigation, Lowbank quarry site. Progress geological report, February 1965.
A quarry site located near Lowbank on the River Murray, 7 miles east of Waikerie, has been geologically mapped and partly explored by drilling 14 vertical diamond holes with a total depth penetration of 702 feet. Marine sandy limestone and calcareous...-
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Published: 12 Feb 1965
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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 60/00090 Middle River Dam, Kangaroo Island. Proposed quarry for concrete aggregate. Geological investigation, 4th May 1965, report.
A possible quarrying site for concrete aggregate, within Upper Cambrian quartzites exposed in a cliff located half a mile downstream from the Middle River Dam site, was previously described briefly in the progress report on Middle River Dam dated...-
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Published: 07 May 1965
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RB 49/00182 Calcareous aeolianites.
Test work, including sampling, assaying and screen sizing, indicate that Stenhouse Bay Lime material will be suitable for use as a flux in the blast-furnace production of iron; but contains too much silica, sulphur and magnesia, and too little lime...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 50/00030 Geological investigations, Myponga Dam construction phase. Progress report 5. Water loss through glacial sands in reservoir rim and appendix by G. Crawford.
Further drilling and pump testing of the glacial sand aquifer filling the old Permian valley and extending through the reservoir rim has shown it to be of smaller cross sectional area and less permeable than previously thought. There is little danger...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 48/00128 Report on groundwater prospects, section 97 Hd Wanilla - A.E. Gameau.
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 77/00015 Oodla Wirra palygorskite deposit, MC 789, Rocla Industries Ltd, secn 132 Hd Coglin, Co. Herbert.
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 77/00046 Streaky Bay town water supply, groundwater investigation progress report no. 1.
Discharge tests carried out on the caisson show that the supply is restricted by difficult entry conditions which are enhanced by the low water table. The transmissivity of the aeolianite aquifer is estimated at 1 000 m"/day/m. A pumping rate of 700 m...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 77/00050 Groundwater resources available for South-East town water supplies, review no. 3, Naracoorte.
Naracoorte town water supply can be increased by drilling additional production wells to the confined Knight Group sand aquifer which occurs at a depth of about 150 m below the town. D-rawdown interference from nearby production wells is expected to...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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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
