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RB 88/00063 Magnesite in South Australia. A summary.
Major resources of magnesite are included as sedimentary interbeds within Late Proterozoic Skillogalee Dolomite which extends the length of the Geosyncline for 820 km. Magnesite interbeds are best developed from Leigh Creek to the Willouran Ranges,...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1988
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Ashville. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/1/1999 to 3/1/2004.
Exploration for gypsum that may have formed in Holocene salt lakes of the Ashville area, 30 km south of Tailem Bend, comprised field inspections and the completion of 14 push tube coreholes up to 1.67 m deep for a total penetration of 13.02 m. High...-
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Kingston (South-East). First partial surrender report, for the period 19/12/2000 to 18/12/2003.
Interpretation of aerial photographs revealed a paralic salt lake adjacent to the Coorong National Park near Kingston (South-East), in an area of land that was about to be sterilised for allowing ongoing mineral exploration, due to the provisions of...-
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Lake Gregory. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 13/5/2016 to 9/3/2017.
A licence area covering a large salt lake (Lake Gregory) of the Cenozoic Lake Eyre Basin, and the underlying Mesozoic Eromanga Basin sediments situated to the north of the uranium-rich Mount Babbage and Mount Painter inliers, ~120 km north-east of...-
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Lake Torrens. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 13/4/1973 to 12/4/1975.
Continuing exploration by Delhi of the industrial salt potential of subsurface brines in the Lake Torrens basin aimed to ascertain the potential reserves of NaCl in the southern part of the lake, and to confirm the availability of suitable brine...-
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Baratta gold exploration EL 1227. Final report.
Exploration aimed at alluvial gold in Cainozoic sediments derived from Umberatana Group, as opposed to previous exploration for reef gold. No encouraging assay results from 154 samples or from ground inspection and quartz vein samples in Umberatana...-
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Lake MacDonnell. Progress and final reports from 8/9/82 to 31/8/84.
129 test pits were sampled and analysed using the water of crystallization method to identify economic gypsum above the water table.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1984
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Lake Gairdner. Progress reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 12/9/1979 to January 1980.
Very limited reconnaissance sampling of Cainozoic marginal lakebed sediments in northern Lake Gairdner has suggested that little chance exists there for discovering deposits of soluble sodium carbonate minerals.-
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Published: 31 Mar 1980
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SADME / Amdel Project 1/1/232 : Officer Basin [South Australian portion] stratigraphic drilling project - petrographic sampling and analyses. Progress reports 3, 5 and 7 re. Wilkinson 1 drillhole.
32 rock samples, of unknown age, taken from the carbonate sequence intersected above the salt diapir section in SADME Wilkinson 1 stratigraphic drillhole, were examined petrographically to determine their possible depositional environment. Another 21...-
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Published: 24 May 1979
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Blanchetown. Annual report and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 25/2/2008 to 24/2/2010.
An area of the western Murray Mallee located near Blanchetown has been explored for possible economic heavy mineral sand accumulations in Pliocene raised beach strandlines. At the outset, the licensee performed a field inspection and drew up measured...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Salt Creek, Lochaber, Lake Hawdon, Kingston South-East and Kongorong. Joint annual reports for the period 19/11/1996 to 21/10/2018.
A number of shallow Neogene salt lakes, that extend in chain-like fashion along the length of the inner Coorong and its hinterland as far south as Lacepede Bay, have been investigated for possible economic evaporitic mineral deposits that may have...-
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Published: 19 Nov 1918
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Meningie, Ashville and Warnes (the Meningie South Gypsum Project). Licence-specific annual reports and project joint annual reports, for the period January 1995 to 12/11/2018.
This set of reports describes the resource discovery, process of appraisal, selective extraction and product sales history relating to a group of small Holocene surficial gysum deposits located in the brackish to saline swampy hinterland extending...-
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Published: 12 Jan 1918
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Lake Alexandrina. Annual report and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/11/1997 to 2/11/1999.
Exploration for lacustrine evaporites and for detrital heavy minerals on and near the shores of Lake Alexandrina, south of Milang, had previously located minor deposits of garnet sands along a 700 m stretch of beach on the northern shore of Sturt...-
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Lake Alexandrina. Combined first annual/final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/1/1999 to 3/1/2000.
Five push tube cored sediment samples (two taken from sites onshore and three from sites offshore) were taken in the northern part of Lake Alexandrina, 20 km east-northeast of Milang. Previously reported heavy mineral placer concentrations of up to...-
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Published: 03 Jan 1900
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Lake Alexandrina. Combined first annual / final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/6/1996 to 6/6/1997.
Possible Cainozoic garnet-rich heavy mineral sand placer deposits that might have been derived from erosion of Cambrian Kanmantoo Group metasediments were investigated by very shallow auger drilling (11 holes, total 19 m) and beach sand sampling...-
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Kingston (South-East). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 15/11/1993 to 14/11/1994.
Exploration for possible commercial grade celestite and for filler type carbonate material deposited in coastal lakes, undertaken in an area of the southern Coorong extending for 7-30 km north of Kingston, entailed the collection and analysis of...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1994
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Kingston (South-East). Second partial surrender report, for the period 19/12/2000 to 18/12/2005.
Exploration for economic accumulations of dolomite mud in the beds of two small salt lakes located at the southern end of the Coorong consisted of push-tube sampling of lakebed sediments plus limited surface geological mapping of lake shoreline...-
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Published: 20 Dec 1905
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Lake Hawdon. First partial surrender report, for the period 7/6/1994 to 6/6/1995.
Push tube samples of carbonate lakebed sediment obtained from four sites on Lake Hawdon South were inspected and the cored material was judged to be unsuitable for use as paper filler or as agricultural lime. Therefore this part of the licence has...-
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Motpena area, Lake Torrens district. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/11/1968 to 31/10/1970.
An aerial reconnaissance flight made by Delhi geologists along the eastern shore of Lake Torrens on 22/10/1968 revealed the existence of low cliffs of gypsum along the lake's shore for a distance of about 90 miles, while scattered small exposures of...-
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Moralana and Pandita areas, Lake Torrens district. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/11/1968 to 31/10/1970.
An aerial reconnaissance flight made by Delhi geologists along the eastern shore of Lake Torrens on 22/10/1968 revealed the existence of low cliffs of gypsum along the lake's shore for a distance of about 90 miles, while scattered small exposures of...-
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