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Strata passed through in the Guinewarra, Alballa-Karoo and Roberts Well 2 bores.
The annual Letter Books comprise 19 volumes, which contain primary copies of all of HYL Brown’s early work-related correspondence written after 1882, in his official capacity as SA Government Geologist, to his employer the SA Minister of Mines, plus...-
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Nullarbor. Progress reports for the period 11/7/82 to 11/10/82.
Little work was undertaken on this licence, 50 km south of Watson Siding because of disappointing results on an adjacent area.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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Bundulla. Progress reports for the period 24/5/79 to 19/10/82.
Airborne and ground magnetic surveys were conducted in the Bundulla area of the Nullarbor Plain (SA), prior to drilling a prominent circular aeromagnetic feature. 2 percussion/rotary mud holes, each drilled to TD 369.5 m, penetrated crystalline...-
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Watson Siding (South). Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 11/12/81 to 10/10/82.
In a search for possible concealed Olympic Dam type base metal deposits within an area located 80 km north-west of Yalata, the licensee investigated several previously identified contiguous magnetic and gravity anomalies by performing ground magnetic...-
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Published: 16 Dec 1982
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Monburu Tank area. Progress reports for the period 2/11/1972 to 1/11/1973.
2 holes totalling 175 ft were abandoned due to sand.-
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Bunabie Rockhole, Hughes and Nullarbor Plain. Progress reports and final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 20/10/1980 to 19/10/1982.
Roxby Downs - type base metal deposits, potentially associated with linear and discrete magnetic anomalies of unknown origin in the basement, were the prime targets of exploration in an area extending between Koonalda and Hughes, adjacent to the SA/WA...-
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Lake Tallacootra. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/9/1972 to 20/9/1974.
In a search for possible Proterozoic - Cainozoic unconformity - related, concealed sedimentary uranium deposits in an area of the Eucla Basin located 60 km north of Fowlers Bay, 42 rotary mud drillholes totalling 1432.4 m were put down on 5 traverses...-
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Published: 12 Nov 1974
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Ifould Lake. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/9/1972 to 20/9/1974.
Continuing exploration for possible buried economic Tertiary sediment-hosted uranium deposits in the vicinity of Ifould Lake consisted of ground truthing of aerial radiometric anomalies by scintillometer surveys and chemical analysis of auger...-
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Published: 12 Nov 1974
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Koonalda. Progress reports for the period 7/8/79 to 18/7/82.
Following an airborne magnetic/radiometric survey, two rotary percussion holes totalling 819 m were drilled on negative magnetic anomalies to reach pre-Mesozoic basement (gabbro and meta-sandstone) in the Koonalda area of the Nullarbor Plain. No...-
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Lake Bring. Quarterly reports, first joint annual report (with SML 710) and joint final report to licence full surrender, for the period 1/9/1971 to 31/5/1973.
TARGET: Sedimentary uranium associated with high order radiometric anomalies over lakes on the edge of the sand dune country, east of the Nullarbor Plain. EXPLORATION: Closely spaced (300-500 m), low level (65 m altitude) aerial scintillometer...-
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Published: 26 Jun 1973
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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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Lake Dey Dey, Lake Maurice, Ooldea Range, Waldana, Lake Maurice West, Leemurra, Punthanna, Yadina and Lake Maurice East. Joint progress reports and final report to licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 25/4/1979 to 15/11/1982.
The exploration concept was based on searching for secondary uranium mineralisation that might be derived from the Musgrave Block basement rocks and that could have become precipitated within calcrete horizons from ponded uraniferous surface drainage...-
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Chimpering Rock Hole, Moornaba Rock Hole, Euria Well, Koonibba Mission and Lake Tallacootra (part of the Eucla Basin Heavy Minerals Project). Annual report, January 1990 to January 1991.
348 reconnaisance air-core drillholes were completed on the subject ELs between 5 July and 3 October 1990. The best heavy mineral sand intersections were found near Immarna (EL 1602), with some zones approaching ore-grade percentages. Unfortunately,...-
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North Fowlers Bay - Chundaria. Annual reports and progress reports for the periods 15/9/1993 to 14/9/1998, and 28/10/1998 to 12/3/1999.
North Ltd's Barton Project commenced in 1990 across a number of licences progressively taken out over the western Gawler Craton, which eventually came to include EL 1865. Initial exploration for heavy mineral sand in the Barton-Ooldea area, 100-200...-
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Published: 06 May 1999
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Project proposal - Sceale Bay gypsum development. Summary of development program.
This project proposal relates to the potential for mining a vast gypsum deposit located adjacent to Sceale Bay, about 14 km south of Streaky Bay on the west coast of South Australia. Preliminary estimates put the ore reserves of gypsum of 88% purity...-
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Gypsum deposits of South Australia [a commodity review - as updated].
53 individual gypsum deposits are catalogued and described.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1997
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RB 51/00120 Report on tank site, secn 98 Hd Lincoln - EWS Department.
In connection with development of the Lincoln Basin to augment the water supply for Port Lincoln it is proposed to construct 1 million gallon storage tank and pumping station on Section 98, Hundred Lincoln. Six test holes were drilled in the vicinity...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 54/00154 Underground water investigations, southern Eyre Peninsula. Underground Water Conference of Australia, 1962. Symposium, Adelaide.
There is no abstract created for this record-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 51/00142 Report on tank sites for EWS Department, secn 94 Hd Lincoln.
It is proposed to construct a 2 million gallon tank on the north western slopes of North Side Hill as a high level storage for water from the Lincoln Basin. Seven test pits were sunk in the area to include the proposed site of a second 2 million...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 60/00030 Report on reconnaissance seismic refraction survey in the South Australian portion of the Eucla Basin, 1964.
A reconnaissance seismic refraction survey was carried out in the South Australian portion of the Eucla Basin, to determine the general shape of the basin and to assess the feasibility of using seismic methods in the area. Some of the refractors...-
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Published: 18 Feb 1965
