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RB 79/00047 Port Lincoln planning study, engineering geology investigation.
The area surrounding Port Lincoln can be divided into three main physiographic regions, the aeolianite plain, the coastal plain, and the highlands. Soil types range from shallow, well-drained terra rossa overlying the aeolianite, to imperfectly...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 80/00124 Drilling of dolomite for road sealing aggregate, Lipson, Eyre Peninsula. Sections 413, 414 Hundred Yaranyacka, County Flinders - Highways Department.
160 000 m3 of stone in situ is required to supply crushed rock and sealing aggregate. Diamond drilling of 2 calcrete hard, grey dolomite outcrops 4.5 km NW of Lipson revealed a deep weathering profile in section 413. Inferred reserves at the northern...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 81/00114 Structural and metamorphic controls on the origin of nephrite jade near Cowell, SA.
1 of the worlds principal nephrite jade deposits was formed during a late phase tectonic event, involving cross-warping and fracturing of high grade metamorphic complex.-
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Published: 01 Nov 1981
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RB 88/00095;Lib Archaean - Early Proterozoic granitoids, metasediments and mylonites of southern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
This excursion guide is a refinement of a 6-day excursion led by Parker, Fanning and Flint in 1980 at the height of economic interest in the basement geology of the Gawler Craton. The interest in those days was for Alligator River - style uranium...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1988
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RB 89/00051 Cowell Jade Province: Detailed geological mapping and diamond drilling of jade and ornamental marble outcrops, 1982-1987. Volume 1.
Detailed mapping undertaken between 1982 and 1987 of 48 known jade outcrops located in the Cowell - Cleve area, and diamond drilling of 3 jade outcrops and 2 ornamental marble prospects, has identified many factors controlling nephrite formation. The...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1992
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RB 91/00040 Wattleton - Coomunga drilling traverse, Port Lincoln. Well completion report.
Eighteen rotary drillholes with bottom-hole core and one diamond drillhole were completed northwest of Port Lincoln and intersected quartzite, schist, calcsilicate, graphitic schist and marble attributed to the Hutchison Group. These drillholes were...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1991
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RB 96/00012 Dryland salinity investigation, Toolillie Gully. Progress report no. 1 - Drilling programme.
Dryland salinisation is degrading land and water resources of Lower Eyre Peninsula. It decreases land production capabilities, water quality, and the general aesthetics of the environment. Interdepartmental investigations into the occurrence and...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1996
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RB 93/00004 Tarcoola - Tallaringa bedrock drilling 1991. Summary.
Archaean and Early and Middle Proterozoic rocks of the north-western Gawler Craton have features which suggest good prospectivity for base metals, precious metals and other commodities. However, outcrop is poor and there has been relatively little...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1993
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RB 94/00024 Graphite in South Australia - A review of production, use and geology.
South Australian graphite is reviewed in the light of published information on world deposits. A high quality coarse flake product has been mined at Uley on southern Eyre Peninsula. Geophysical investigations of deposits near Kimba are warranted, to...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1994
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RB 88/00076 Summary review of lead-zinc mineralization in South Australia.
266 summary sheets on significant lead-zinc occurrences and anomalous concentrations have been prepared by the Department's Lead-Zinc Taskforce as a data package, in the form of 5 reports, to assist in the search for lead-zinc deposits to provide...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1988
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RB 88/00061 Review of lead-zinc mineralization in South Australia - Gawler Craton.
4 main styles of mineralization have been identified and the following areas worthy of further investigation are outlined : . Broken Hill style : associated with banded iron formation (BIF) and schist of the Early Proterozoic Hutchison Group on...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1988
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RB 91/00037 Lincoln Dale, Kyimba and Bunora drilling traverses, southwest of Kimba - Well completion report.
Fifteen rotary holes, 13 with bottom-hole core, tested 3 aeromagnetic anomalies for the presence of Hutchison Group, which is prospective for lead-zinc-silver. Low grade meta-sediments and possible acid volcanics of the Hutchison Group were...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1991
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RB 91/00081 Eyre Peninsula. A brief review of mining and mineral potential.
Several commodities are currently mined on Eyre Peninsula including iron ore, dolomite, graphite, lime sand, gypsum, silica, granite, nephrite jade, talc and salt. Historically, copper, lead, silver and gold have also been mined and there are known...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1991
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RB 93/00037 Review of exploration for kaolin in the Kimba area, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
During 1969-72, kaolinised bedrock south of Kimba on northern Eyre Peninsula was investigated by Pechiney and CSR Ltd as a potential source of alumina. Exploration drilling of 102 holes outlined 4 broad areas of kaolinisation at Kelly Tank,...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1993
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Tumby Bay. Annual and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 8/9/2006 to 7/9/2009.
Exploration carried out primarily for possible economic uranium mineralisation within an area located approximately 40 km north-northeast of Port Lincoln started with reconnaissance aircore drilling during May 2007 (29 vertical holes for 590 m) to...-
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Published: 20 Mar 1910
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-01, Central Eyre Peninsula (Karkarook area) Mesoproterozoic unconformity - style sedimentary uranium mineral prospects. Project interim and final reports.
Investigation of the potential of a known surface radiometrically-anomalous area 20 km west-southwest of Cleve to contain unconformity - style uranium mineralisation, inferred to occur at and just above the subsurface stratigraphic contact of...-
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Published: 31 Mar 1907
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Wilcherry Hill. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial relinquishment report at licence expiry/renewal : progress reports and annual reports for the period 8/9/1980 to 15/4/2003.
[incomplete : to be continued when time permits] - The Wilcherry Hill licence area was originally taken up in September 1980 by the Shell Company as EL 719, forming part of a larger regional mineral exploration tenement package on northern and...-
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Published: 14 Dec 1905
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Lake Gilles (part of the Wilcherry Hill Project). First and second partial relinquishment reports, for the period 10/10/2002 to 9/10/2004.
Exploration for economic near-surface deposits of gold and base metals, in an area of possibly hydrothermally-altered Hiltaba Suite Mesoproterozoic basement located approximately 20 km north of Kimba, has comprised an assessment of previous...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1904
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Botenella Range (now part of the Wilcherry Hill JV Project). Progress, annual and final reports to the commencement of the project licences' combined reporting status, for the period 14/2/1991 to 18/9/2002.
Exploration of an area lying west of Lake Gilles concentrated initially on assessing its potential for hosting syngenetic Palaeoproterozoic stratiform base metal deposits along perceived stratigraphic extensions of the beds containing the recently...-
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Published: 16 Oct 1903
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Partridge Range (part of the Gibraltar Joint Venture Project). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 4/3/1997 to 3/12/2008.
Exploration of an area with poor basement outcrop, located approximately 45 km north-east of Tarcoola, primarily sought possible fault or breccia-hosted mesothermal gold +/- base metal mineralisation in likely multiphase Mesoproterozoic felsic...-
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Published: 12 Aug 1908
