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RB 86/00083 Brukunga mine, investigation of acid drainage.
The abandoned Brukunga pyrite mine is a source of acid drainage which pollutes nearby creeks. 6 holes (6627-WW 7454 to 7459) totalling 123 metres were drilled in the quarry benches to investigate acid drainage which is produced in 2 ways : 1....-
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Published: 01 Nov 1986
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RB 77/00085 Amdel 01170 Rehabilitation of Brukunga pyrites mines. Mullock heap revegetation.
A trial revegetation of the mullock heaps was carried out. A significant reduction in the level of pollution in the Dawsley Creek has been achieved by the partial diversion scheme with acidity levels of the order of one-third of those values prior to...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 77/00039;Amdel 01149 Rehabilitation of Brukunga pyrites mine, 1976-1977.
In this period a revegetation trial was undertaken on the tailings dams, the availability of clay in the area suitable for sealing the main benches assessed and a chemical survey of Dawsley Creek in the mine area was made to assess the effects of a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 80/00079 Lithologies and interpretations of the Observatory Hill Beds, Marla 1A and 1B.
A detailed description and interpretation of the carbonate lithologies present in drill cores recovered from two recently completed SADME stratigraphic wells have revealed that the Observatory Hill Beds in the Marla area were deposited in a shallow...-
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Published: 01 May 1980
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RB 79/00094;Amdel 01278 Rehabilitation of Brukunga pyrites mine, July 1978 to June 1979 (Amdel report no. 1278).
In 1973 Amdel was requested by the Department of Mines and Energy to investigate the problem of water pollution in Dawesley Creek, apparently arising from the abandoned pyrites mine at Brukunga. Following the investigation of sources of pollution, a...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1979
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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 94/00043 Brukunga drilling, 1993-1994.
This report details drilling programs carried out by MESA at and near the Brukunga open-cut pyrite mine and tailings dam areas in the period 6/5/93 to 14/4/94. A total of 29 wells were drilled within the tailings dam, the spoil heaps and on the hills...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1994
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RB 96/00024 Gawler Ranges drilling report 1994.
The Mesoproterozoic Gawler Range Volcanics - Hiltaba Granite Suite - related Olympic Dam style Cu-U-Au mineralisation, and Menninnie Dam replacement style Pb-Zn-Ag mineralisation, have served to raise the prospectivity of rocks in and underlying the...-
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Published: 12 Sep 1996
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Parabarana copper prospect. Progress reports on rotary percussion and diamond drilling campaigns, for the period February 1970 to January 1971.
An area of 7 square miles surrounding the historic shallowly worked Parabarana copper deposit in the far north-eastern Flinders Ranges, which outcrops at Copper Hill as vein-type disseminated secondary ore over a width of around 1200 feet, was...-
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Notes on the genesis of uranium deposits in the Yarramba Channel [on] EL 85 South Eagle and EL 98 Yarramba.
It is proposed that the buried Tertiary Yarramba Palaeochannel feature hosting the sedimentary uranium mineralisation was incised into Cretaceous and Precambrian basement rocks. Within the channel, quartzose sands and abundant detrital organic matter...-
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Published: 02 Jan 1974
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Summary report on Honeymoon assessment programme (Phase 1), Honeymoon uranium deposit, South Australia.
This report summarises results of a rotary drilling and coring programme undertaken between 21/10/1978 and 16/2/1979 at the Honeymoon uranium deposit. 99 open plug holes totalling 12,452.7 m and 16 core holes totalling 1894 m were drilled in a...-
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Brukunga neutralisation pilot plant. Progress and final reports on laboratory studies and continuous operating performance under test conditions, for the period February 1975 to February 1976.
The objective of the present investigation was to obtain, by means of a continuous pilot plant, operating data for the appraisal and design of a full-scale neutralization plant for the treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) at Brukunga. Laboratory...-
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Yarramba. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 8/3/1976 to 7/3/1978.
Ongoing exploration for sedimentary uranium ore deposited in buried 1.5 - 6 km wide and 50 m thick Tertiary palaeochannels in the Yarramba area, located adjacent to the SA-NSW border 50 km northwest of Cockburn, included three detailed and...-
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Published: 17 Apr 1978
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Mount Gunson. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/re-issue over a larger area, for the period 25/10/1979 to 20/12/1985.
As part of an ongoing search for extensions to the Cattlegrid orebody style of stratiform Cu-Fe-Mn mineralisation within its exploration licences on the Stuart Shelf, besides testing for any indications of Olympic Dam type Cu-U-Au deposits in the...-
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Mount Gunson copper deposit. Cattlegrid orebody sample testing by metallurgy and mineragraphy (results of 1973 and 1974 studies).
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Wirrabara. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 5/9/78 to 4/9/80.
EL 417 Wirrabara was secured by CRA to investigate previously untested aeromagnetic, induced polarisation and resistivity anomalies in the Wirrabara - Charlton area, and a reported kimberlite at Bangor. Work has consisted of: - 3 line km of IP...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1980
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South Eagle. Progress and technical reports for the period 21/12/1977 to 2/11/1984.
TARGET: Ongoing evaluation of the Honeymoon deposit. EXPLORATION: Pilot wellfield drilling (48 holes) on a 60 m by 30 m grid over the eastern half of the deposit, hydrological investigations, metallurgical testing, and in-situ push-pull leaching...-
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Published: 10 Nov 1984
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Mount Eba. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/2/1978 to 22/2/1979.
In a search for possible buried stratiform base metal deposits of Mount Gunson type in an area surrounding Mount Eba Homestead, Carpentaria undertook a field reconnaissance of surface geological structures, followed by a study of aerial photographs...-
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Old Motpena 1. Test reports.
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Mulyungarie (part of the Yarramba Joint Venture Project). Data release upon first partial surrender and in consequence of a transfer of licence ownership : progress and technical reports for the period 4/7/1978 to 2/5/1991. [ Index Part 1&2 of 2 ].
Continuing exploration for sedimentary uranium occurrences in the buried Tertiary Yarramba Palaeochannel, undertaken between 1978 and 1982 by a Mines Administration (Minad) - led consortium, comprised reconnaissance and infill traverse- based open...-
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Published: 31 May 1992