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Exploration for marine phosphorite off Western [Australia] and South Australia.
Australian rock phosphate production has never been significant, and over the last two years steps have been taken to remedy the situation. This has and will involve time-consuming geological review work, leading to reconnaissance mapping, detailed...-
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Late Eocene - Pliocene stratigraphy of the Langhorne Sub-basin (north-western Padthaway Archipelago, South Australia).
The following Tertiary units were identified : Kongorong Fm, Narrawaturk Fm, Buccleuch Fm, Ettrick Fm, Mannum Fm, Kalibar Limestone, Parilla Sand and North West Bend Fm. All of these units are separated by unconformities. Erosional surfaces,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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Goolwa - Strathalbyn - Murray Bridge - Mannum area. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender/re-issue as part of a larger tenement, for the period 13/11/1979 to 21/2/1985.
A multi-commodity mineral exploration programme carried out over an area between Mannum and Strathalbyn, seeking buried targets concealed in Tertiary sediments and basement rocks, comprised aerial magnetic, radiometric and EM surveys; groundwater,...-
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Published: 01 May 1985
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RB 36/00104 Hydrology of the Lower South-East.
Report presents results of the first regional hydrogeological survey of the Lower South-East area of South Australia, aimed at providing guidelines for optimising groundwater prospecting, use and protection during the period of strong urban,...-
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Published: 27 Jun 1953
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RB 35/00069 Preliminary report on palaeontological examination of sludges from Canopus bore, (depth interval) 0-706 feet.
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Published: 29 Apr 1953
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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 85/00003 Geological and geomorphological evolution of the Roonka area in the Murray Basin, South Australia.
Relative and absolute age of the regolith is emphasized from evidence from the gorge section of the Murray River in the Ngaiwang Folk Province.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1985
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RB 76/00147 Explanatory Notes for the CHOWILLA 1:250 000 geological map.
The CHOWILLA 1:250 000 map area lies in the north-western part of the Murray Basin, between latitudes 33° and 34°S and longitudes 139°30' and 141°E. Its eastern boundary is the South Australian - New South Wales state border. The area includes...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1977
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RB 78/00089;Env 02960 Appraisal drilling results, Anna Coalfield, Murray Basin, South Australia.
At the Anna Coalfield, the November 1976 appraisal drilling by SADME of 2 rotary mud, partly cored vertical boreholes with a total penetration of 159.62 m (including 28.36 m of continuous ?NQ coring over the coal-bearing section) has confirmed the...-
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Published: 11 May 1978
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RB 83/00047 Auger drilling Morgan gypsum deposit in 1981. Blocks Q, 77 and 61 Hd Stuart, County Young.
205 auger holes up to 9 metres deep indicate the bulk of the reserves without beneficiation are suitable for agriculture. Reserves of 149 000 tonnes of high grade seed gypsum, suitable for cement and plaster manufacture near present mining...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1983
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RB 84/00074 Geological investigations in 1984 for road rubble within District Council of Tatiara.
Inspection of 57 pits of 82 sites revealed that most pits are located on stranded coastal dunes of Pleistocene Bridgewater Formation. Material has also been won from interdunal lagoonal dolomite of Padthaway Formation. These materials are limited to...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1984
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RB 83/00046 Auger drilling of Craigie Plains gypsum deposit no. 2 in 1981. Sections 199 and 120, Hundred Brownlow, County Eyre.
Flour seed gypsum deposit in lunette dune system was investigated by auger drilling of 34 holes up to 9 metres deep. 243 000 tonnes of flour gypsum remain with an average grade of 43% gypsum, which is unsuitable for commercial use, although...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1983
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RB 82/00020 Planning policies for mineral and groundwater resources - District Council of Lameroo.
The only mineral workings are borrow pits for local roads. Reconnaissance sampling has shown that some of the dune sands have potential for glass manufacture and foundry use. Future exploration may discover coal and base metals, but deposits would be...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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RB 81/00067 Mineral resources of the Calperum land management area, County Hamley - Department of Lands.
Sources of hard rock are restricted. Deposits of limestone and silicified sandstone are significant because of their proximity to Renmark and Berri. The present competition for these resources should be resolved by reserving an appropriate area from...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1981
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RB 77/00135 Age and origin of the Murray River and gorge in South Australia.
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 79/00025 Possible western outlet for an ancient Murray River in SA. A discussion.
In a recent paper Williams and Goode (1978) proposed that the ancestral Murray River in South Australia debouched into Spencer Gulf in the region of the mouth of the River Broughton, just south of Port Pirie, during the Eocene and/or late Middle to...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 81/00032 Stratigraphy and depositional environment of some silcretes in South Australia.
The widespread extent of silcretes in SA is demonstrated through stratigraphic relationships with palynologically dated sequences, and erosion of silcretes. The late Tertiary silcrete dominates the duricrusted landscape. Silica type varies according...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1981
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RB 81/00036 Construction sand survey Morgan area - District Council of Morgan.
Survey for alternative sources to the traditional pit in the Morgan Conservation Park, located potential deposit in the Murray River valley, 7 km east of Morgan and 2 other sources nearby. However, this deposit is inferior to the Morgan pit and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 88/00036 Stratigraphy of the Roonka archaeological sites.
Synthesis of previous data to provide a stratigraphy of the sites and an attempt to place constraints on the age of units which contain Aboriginal remains. The archaeological remains occur in aeolian sand which forms dunes on the East Bank of the...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1988
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RB 88/00072 Heavy mineral sand exploration targets in the western Murray Basin, South Australia.
The Murray Basin contains major deposits of heavy mineral sands, and intensive exploration for them is currently being conducted in Victoria, SA and NSW. It is evident that the western part of the basin was well supplied during the Pliocene and Early...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1988
