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Scobie Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 23/3/1973 to 22/3/1974.
New work undertaken on an area located near Manunda Homestead during the current licence period has been restricted by the need to try to attract a joint venture partner, efforts towards which have proved unsuccessful. A geological inspection of the...-
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Hawks Nest. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 20/2/1980 to 29/12/1982.
An area 100 km north of Kingoonya which exhibits a strong regional gravity high and other, intersecting pronounced crustal geophysical features was acquired to search for an Olympic Dam type of base/precious metals deposit. Semi-detailed and detailed...-
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Jenner Hill, Pearson Hill and Sandy Point (the Stuart Shelf JV Project). Joint progress reports, plus later annual reports and final report to full surrender of remnant licence EL 1808, for the overall period 4/10/1989 to 24/10/1996.
Exploration for Olympic Dam-style mineralisation, undertaken over an area centred ~15 km south-east of Arcoona Homestead on the Stuart Shelf, which includes WMC's formerly partly tested Emmie Bluff prospect, has comprised the acquisition of ground...-
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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 37/00077 Petrology of the cores of bores no. 1 and 2, Middleback Ranges.
A representative selection of rock types obtained in the cores of the DDH1 and DDH2 iron ore exploration holes was made with a view to studying the mineralogy, the lithology and any microstructures of interest present in the formations intersected. A...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1954
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RB 54/00055 Summary report on the investigation of the Razorback Ridge deposit (Braemar Iron Formation).
Sturtian glacial sediments south of Yunta contain haematitic and magnetitic siltstones (banded iron formation) and haematitic and magnetitic tillites formed by chemical deposition of magnetite euhedra in a finer grained haematite groundmass. Both...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1962
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RB 54/00073 Summary report on the investigation of the Warramboo aeromagnetic anomaly, central Eyre Peninsula.
As part of the SADM iron exploration programme in South Australia, geophysical and drilling investigations have been undertaken on the Warramboo Anomaly, the largest elongate asymmetrical aeromagnetic anomaly in the State outside of the Middleback...-
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Published: 15 Mar 1962
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RB 54/00076 Report on iron deposit MR 7168, outside secns Hd Woolyana, C. Blachford, approx. 2 miles south of Merna Mora Station Homestead - G.L. Evans.
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 56/00020 Iron Monarch, a centre of radial structures.
Analysis of the Corunna and Roopena one-mile sheets and plotting of structures subsequently recognised shows that the Iron Monarch area is a centre of radial structures. The structures and their arrangement are probably caused by upward vertical point...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 55/00091 Report no. 3 on sampling and logging techniques with summarised drill logs for the Warramboo aeromagnetic anomaly, central Eyre Peninsula. May-Nov 1961.
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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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 60/00025 Geological report no. 1 on Brennand anomaly, Hd Koppio, southern Eyre Peninsula, Cummins 1-mile sheet.
A potential iron ore deposit has been investigated in the upper horizon of jaspilite beds of the Hutchison Group, where a drag fold has caused a thickening of the jaspilite beds. Surface samples average 42.2% acid soluble iron. The deposit has a...-
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Published: 08 Feb 1965
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RB 60/00024 Report on the aeromagnetic anomalies near Mount Wood (Engenina, Balta and Ware 1-mile sheets).
Aeromagnetic anomalies mapped at Mount Woods and to the south were investigated for their iron ore potential by conducting a low-level aeromagnetic survey and by performing a geological reconnaissance and acquiring ground magnetic and gravity data....-
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Published: 08 Feb 1965
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RB 60/00042 Investigation of iron formations in the Mulgathing district.
Detailed geological mapping has identified a metamorphosed iron formation though to be equivalent to the Middleback Group of Eyre Peninsula. Four diamond drillholes have given complete intersections of the Mount Christie, Fingerpost Hill and George...-
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Published: 04 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00054 Geological report no. 1 on the Oolanta anomaly, Hd Stokes, southern Eyre Peninsula (Cummins and Tumby 1-mile sheets).
10 miles north-west of Tumby Bay, a syncline of jaspilite, with a shallow southerly plunge, could contain 8-13 million tons of magnetic iron ore per vertical 100 feet. Unweathered jaspilite with magnetite occurs. Assessment of the potential of the...-
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Published: 16 Mar 1965
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RB 50/00162 Report on geological reconnaissance of the TARCOOLA four-mile sheet and eleven adjoining one-mile sheets.
A field reconnaissance of the Tarcoola district, to follow up two separate occurrences of high grade iron ore recently detected by members of the public, has revealed a predominantly igneous terrane containing small groups of remnant outcrops of iron...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 43/00004 Geology and ore reserves of the Middleback Range, South Australia.
This report is the result of eighteen months’ field work by a small party. It presents a general picture of the geological and structural setting of the ore deposits of the Middleback Ranges. The rock types within the area described in detail and the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1940
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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 46/00101 Gravity and magnetic traverses over aeromagnetic anomalies near Cowell, Eyre Peninsula.
Vertical magnetometer and gravity meter traverses have been run over anomalies disclosed by aeromagnetic surveys near Cowell on Eyre Peninsula. The presence of a very large quantity of magnetic rock, denser than the surrounding rocks and thus...-
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Published: 21 Mar 1958
