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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 78/00065 Nephrite jade deposits near Cowell. Report no. 2 - Trial mining and evaluation of the jade.
Cowell jade province contains 100 outcrops. The nephrite jade is associated with isoclinally folded dolomitic marble and calc silicate horizon in the upper Gneiss Complex of the Early Proterozoic Cleve Metamorphics. Discusses mining methods and quality.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 77/00051;Env 03054 Porphyry style copper/molybdenum mineralization at Anabama Hill and the Cronje Dam copper prospect.
For a project to determine the base metal potential of known copper-mineralised igneous rocks which outcrop in an area located approximately 59 km south-west of Olary, the South Australian Government has completed detailed mapping, geochemical...-
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Published: 17 May 1977
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RB 77/00147 Kathleen Patricia Morion mine, secn 83 Hd Miltalie, Co. Jervois, ML 4571 - N.P. Smith.
There is no abstract created for this record-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 87/00031 Coober Pedy Opalfields. Geology of the precious stones field and results of the subsidised exploration program, 1981 (Volume 1).
Production 1978 - 1985 has averaged $25 000 000 per year. Mining is now mainly by mechanized methods in underground workings, most of the older shallower fields having been worked out. All areas of deeply weathered Bulldog Shale, or Russo Beds...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1987
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RB 79/00092 Petrophysical data on Wilkinson stratigraphic drillhole no. 1.
Various petrophysical property measurements (total count radiometric, mag susceptibility and specific gravity) were made at 1-metre intervals on samples of stored drill core recovered from the hole depth range 210 m to 710 m (TD) in SADME Wilkinson 1...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1983
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RB 92/00046 Interpretation of magnetic and gravity data, KINGOONYA 1:250 000 map area.
This interpretation of magnetic and gravity data covering KINGOONYA was undertaken as part of an interpretation of the northern Gawler Craton, and was carried out without reference to any previous geophysical interpretation. Most of the work is based...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1992
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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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Kartanya iron ore prospect, EL 2066, South Australia.
The Kartanya iron ore prospect is located in the central Eyre Peninsula region, approximately 100 km west of Cowell and about the same distance north of Port Lincoln. Haematite mineralisation was discovered in the area by Western Mining Corp. while...-
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Abminga Diamond Project. Data release made at licence renewal [and project cessation]: progress reports and annual reports for the period 25/10/1993 to 17/3/2004.
The Abminga Diamond Project, undertaken by Caldera Resources NL, was granted exploration project status, including permission for EL joint reporting, in July 1996. This event followed up to two years of work by other operators on a number of...-
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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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Cowell nephrite deposit. Technical appraisal reports submitted during the period 1970 to 1988.
A consultant geologist's reports prepared in 1970 for by mining lease optionholder Murumba Minerals NL describe his detailed mapping of the then known jade (nephrite) deposits within the Cowell Jade Province. Two potentially mineable deposits were...-
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Published: 08 Dec 1980
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Echunga. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 20/10/1982 to 7/5/1984.
In a search for possible buried kimberlite intrusions that may source authenticated historical diamond finds at the Echunga gold diggings, CRAE drilled 3 vertical percussion holes (total penetration 288 m) on 3 selected magnetic anomalies out of 30...-
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Published: 31 Jan 1984
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Lonesome Dam and Lagoon Waterhole. Joint final report at licences' joint surrender, for the period 9/4/1986 to 12/3/1990.
TARGET: Olympic Dam style base and precious metal deposits; iron ore; kimberlitic diatremes. EXPLORATION: Two aerial magnetic and radiometric surveys, a semi-regional gravity survey, and a helimag survey of possible kimberlite targets, plus ground...-
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Published: 18 Apr 1990
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Combined final report at surrender of EL 1529, for the period 12/10/1988 to 31/7/1989, and partial surrender report for EL 1526 for the period 6/10/1988 to 6/9/1989.
Possible primary gold associated with buried Archaean metabasic lithostratigraphic units (greenstones) was the target of exploration undertaken in the Mount Christie - Mulgathing region. Work consisted of regional soil sampling at 2 km centres,...-
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Published: 25 Sep 1989
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A gemmological assessment of the nephrite jade deposits near Cowell, South Australia.
Nephrite jade is associated with Lower Proterozoic dolomitic marbles and calc-silicate rocks as part of a sequence of metasedimentary quartzo-feldspathic gneisses, quartzites and mica schists of amphibolite metamorphic facies. These rocks normally...-
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Published: 08 Dec 1980
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 8 partnership DPY8-25 - Wilcherry Hill area, Eyre Peninsula, Zealous prospect Mesoproterozoic epithermal calc-silicate skarn Sn-U-Pb-Cu-Ag mineral occurrence. Final report.
Arising out of exploratory drilling carried out by Ironclad Mining in 2012, which aimed to test the shallow subsurface haematite ore potential of an ironstone outcrop located in the central north of the Wilcherry Hill licence area, an unexpected...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Moonta - Wallaroo area (where licence is subject in part to the Moonta Porphyry Joint Venture). Annual reports for the period 24/12/1996 to 11/4/2008. [ Index Part 1 of 2 ].
A 106 square km area, comprising two blocks which cover the main historic copper and gold - producing districts centred around the towns of Moonta and Kadina, is being explored afresh in an attempt to identify ore resources of quantity sufficient to...-
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Reedy Lagoon. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/2/1987 to 2/2/1992.
TARGET: Possible diamondiferous kimberlites subcropping under Cainozoic cover in an area located 110 km north-east of Glendambo. EXPLORATION: Acquisition and interpretation of 6759 line km of airborne magnetic and radiometric surveys, regolith heavy...-
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RI 056 Geology of the Coober Pedy Precious Stones Field Results of Investigations, 1981-86
The Coober Pedy Opal Fields, since their discovery in 1915, have been the largest producer of precious opal in the world, with the estimated value of production over the period 1978-86 averaging $25 million per year. Mining is now done mainly by...-
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