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Glenelg River. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/4/2007 to 11/4/2014.
A very small area located ~25 km south-east of Mount Gambier was taken up to try to identify in outcrop or in the near surface a glass grade dolomite resource which would be suitable to mine as a replacement for Unimin’s Tantanoola dolomite deposit....-
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Blackford (WMC's Kingston Lignite Project). Data release made in lieu of submitting area-specific reports for this licence's third and fourth partial surrenders: progress reports and related technical reports for the period 23/2/1988 to 22/2/1990.
Ongoing coal exploration conducted by Western Mining Corp. in the upper South-East region has targeted commercial-grade lignite occurrences within the Tertiary upper Dilwyn Formation, which may have formed in geological settings similar to that of the...-
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Kiama. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 15/11/1985 to 6/11/1986.
Tertiary age heavy mineral sand marine placer deposits were the principal target in the Naracoorte - Penola region. Following an assessment of regional geophysical data seeking to identify possible palaeo-depositional traps adjacent to basement...-
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Published: 19 Nov 1986
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Zema 1. Test reports.
Contains a report by the wireline logging contractor Schlumberger on the checkshot survey of the well used to calibrate the sonic log and generate synthetic seismograms, a separate pre-interpretation report by Schlumberger on MSD (mean square dip)...-
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Published: 31 Mar 1992
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RI 041 Hydrocarbon Potential of Western Murray Basin and Infrabasins
The Murray Basin is a shallow, saucer-shaped Tertiary basin covering an area of 120 700 square miles extending from the western foot of the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales and Victoria to the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia. Geophysical work...-
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Final reports on SAMPLE (Seismic Amplitude Measurement for Primary Lithology Estimation) analyses for two seismic shotpoints in the Ladbroke Grove area of the Otway Basin.
Reports (an original, plus separate revised conclusions) describe a contractor's specialised computer modelling study of selected raw seismic data shot at the site of the proposed Ladbroke Grove 1 wildcat, to attempt to identify target lithologies and...-
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RB 67/00015;Amdel 00595 Calcination of polyzoal limestone in transport.
Background: Enormous reserves of high grade polyzoal limestone exists in the South east of South Australia near Mount Gambier. The conventional methods of calcinations (vertical shaft kilns, rotary kilns and multi stage fluidized beds) are either...-
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Published: 01 May 1968
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RB 65/00117 Tantanoola dolomite deposit at the Up-and-Down Rocks - SA Silicates Co. Pty Ltd.
At Up-and-Down Rocks the Gambier Limestone has been irregularly dolomitised. The deposit supplies about 10 000 tons of dolomite a year for the manufacture of sheet glass. It is pale brown to pink, and varies from very hard rock to loose sand; all...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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RB 61/00079 River Murray drainage investigation. Progress report no. 4. Stratigraphy and micropalaeontology of Waikerie bore no. 2.
Waikerie Bore No. 2, drilled 2½ miles south-west of Waikerie township, bottomed at 775 feet in sands of the Knight Group, after passing through a sequence of Quaternary beds, Norwest Bend Formation, Morgan Limestone, Finniss Clay equivalent (?),...-
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Published: 22 Sep 1965
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RB 75/00040 Mount Schank basalt quarry.
The basalt quarry on the western flanks of Mt Schank was mapped in detail to determine the reserves and suitability of the rock for the construction of a breakwater at Port MacDonnel. Brief logs of fifteen drill holes were provided by the operator....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 75/00079 South-East water resources, Mount Gambier area. Investigation hydrogeological progress report to April 1975.
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 74/00092 Apcel proposed waste disposal site, Mount Watch quarry, Hd Hindmarsh, secn 454.
Apcel Pty Ltd. have investigated a number of disposal sites for paper industry waste in the general vicinity of their Snuggery plant. The quarry in volcanic ash and associated volcanics at Mount Watch is one such site. Although the nature, volume,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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Burnda. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 3/7/1989 to 2/7/1990.
Reverse air circulation rotary drilling of four outcrops of potentially glass-grade raw material dolomite rock (42 holes for a total penetration of 924 m), carried out 14 km north-west of Mount Gambier in April 1989 on a 50 m grid within pine...-
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Published: 31 Jul 1990
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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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RB 23/00271 Report on [water] bore for Nangwarry Saw Mill.
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Published: 30 Apr 1948
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RB 2000/00042 Water resource assessment, Naracoorte Ranges Prescribed Wells Area.
The Naracoorte Ranges Prescribed Wells Area (PWA) is 300 km SE of Adelaide, and covers about 2400 square km. The PWA consists of a low-lying interdunal flat in the SW, and an elevated highlands area in the NE, separated by the Kanawinka Fault. The...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2000
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RB 2000/00049 Water resource assessment, Lacepede-Kongorong Prescribed Wells Area (for the South-East Catchment Water Management Board).
The Lacepede-Kongorong Prescribed Wells Area (PWA) is the largest in the South-East, extending from the Coorong to Port MacDonnell, and from the coast to the boundaries of the adjoining Padthaway, Naracoorte Ranges and Comaum-Caroline PWAs. It covers...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2000
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RB 2000/00043 Water resource assessment, Comaum Caroline Prescribed Wells Area (For the South East Catchment Water Management Board).
The Comaum-Caroline Prescribed Wells Area (PWA) is 400 km SE of Adelaide, and covers about 1900 square km. It consists of a coastal plain which rises to almost 70 m above sea level in the north of the area. In the far NE the Kanawinka Fault separates...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2000
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South-East SA [coal and oil shale] Project. Data release : relinquishment report at licences' joint partial surrenders, for the period 3/11/1978 to 15/12/1982.
In a rationalisation of its extensive exploration acreage formerly held in the upper South-east of South Australia for the purpose of coal exploration, Western Mining Corp. (WMC) has partially relinquished most of the ground that it previously held...-
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Published: 30 Mar 1983
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Compton. Annual and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 2/12/2004 to 1/12/2006.
An area of outcropping Oligocene Gambier Limestone located 8 km west of Mount Gambier was investigated for its potential to supply high purity dolomite as a raw material used in glass manufacture. Licensee Unimin Australia is seeking to replace...-
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