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Coober Pedy. Investigation of alunite occurrence.
At the request of several interested parties from Coober Pedy, 17 channel and grab samples of alunite-bearing clays obtained from opal workings near the town were analysed for their alunite content and its purity. Recent inspections by the author of...-
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Blanchetown. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 28/3/1983 to 27/3/1987.
An area located immediately south-east of Blanchetown has been explored for possible economic shallowly buried occurrences of Quaternary gypsum. Work included aerial photo interpretation and reconnaissance auger drilling, the drilling of 89 shallow...-
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Published: 24 Apr 1987
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Streaky Bay. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/ full surrender, for the period 2/11/1987 to 1/11/1989.
TARGET: Gypsum in dune and salt lake deposits; groundwater for possible water supply. EXPLORATION: Auger drilling of aeolian dunes and 7 salt lakes, reverse circulation drilling (16 holes totalling 410 m) for water. RESULTS: A resource of 4 Mt @ 88%...-
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Published: 03 Oct 1990
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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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RB 00617 Scout drilling of gypsum occurrences in the Hundred of Haines and other localities on Kangaroo Island.
Scout drilling, undertaken by hand on a number of salt lakes in the Hundred of Haines, and also on isolated lakes in the Hundreds of Newland and Dudley, all on Kangaroo Island, has indicated that no gypsum occurs in these lakes. Without exception,...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1900
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Callanna and Marree areas (Marree West Project). Combined first annual/final report to licences' expiry/full surrender for the period 22/10/2007 to 21/10/2008.
Exploration for possible economic buried sedimentary uranium mineralisation, thought to be associated with an interpreted palaeodrainage EM anomaly originating within Mesozoic or Tertiary strata in two areas near Marree, addressed the potential for...-
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Nilginee Dam. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 15/3/1993 to 14/3/1998.
A low-lying small area situated 40 km west of Whyalla has been explored primarily for economic gypsum occurrences within Recent surficial sediments, while latterly, a search for metallic minerals has also commenced, via a geological survey of basement...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Karkarook. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 17/9/1998 to 16/9/2003.
Holocene lacustrine gypsum beds, believed to have formed around 6000 years ago by the evaporation of saline water in a series of shallow lakes and lagoons that had developed along the ancestral Driver River watercourse, were the objectives of early...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Sceale Bay. Annual reports for the period 17/11/2008 to 16/11/2015.
A review of past SADM and company technical reports concerning surficial gypsum deposits delineated near Sceale Bay showed that the gypsum resource is substantial, with a historical total proven resource of 50 Mt of gypsum at an average grade of...-
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Published: 16 Nov 1915
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Tooligie Hill. Annual reports submitted until the commencement of joint reporting on Southern Eyre Peninsula JV Project, for the period 3/12/1999 to 10/3/2006.
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Lake Torrens Areas 1 and 2, Lake Torrens South and Lake Torrens North (the Lake Torrens Brine Potash Project). First joint annual report plus final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 5/1/2015 to 16/6/2016.
Much of the eastern side of the very large, 5,745 square km saline playa Lake Torrens, which occupies one of the most arid parts of Australia, was taken under licence by a Northern Territory - based company with the intent of systematically sampling...-
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Published: 14 Jun 1916
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Verran. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 4/4/1997 to 3/4/2002.
Part of the Cleve Uplands centred 15 km west of Cleve has been taken under licence to explore its potential for buried economic copper-gold mineralisation to occur within Archaean or Proterozoic basement rocks. Other possible commodities of interest...-
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Published: 05 Sep 1902
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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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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Streaky Bay Lakes. Annual reports and technical reports for the period 19/2/1993 to 18/2/2000.
[Note: No formal annual reports were submitted to SADM for the 1993-1994 and 1994-1995 reporting years. Work done on the licence at this time is described by three consultants' reports which are held separately in Env 9502.] Exploration for economic...-
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RB 2003/00013 North-western Murray Basin geological synthesis, South Australia.
The Murray Basin is an intracratonic basin filled with Cainozoic fluvial to shallow marine sediments. Deposition in the Eocene and early Oligocene was characterised by floodplain and swamp deposits, emplaced with occasional interbeds of shelly clays...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2003
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SAMDE IS S05 - Mineral resources of South Australia, April 1990
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RB 2003/00010 Regolith characterisation and geochemistry as an aid to mineral exploration in the Harris Greenstone Belt, central Gawler Craton, South Australia.
Komatiitic greenstones were first recognised in South Australia from drillcore at Lake Harris on the Gawler Craton by Mines and Energy SA personnel in 1991. Subsequent petrography and detailed aeromagnetic data interpretation led to targeted drilling...-
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Published: 01 May 2004
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RB 2006/00009 Regolith studies at the Boomerang Gold Prospect, Central Gawler Craton, South Australia
The Boomerang gold prospect is located 650 km north-west of Adelaide in undifferentiated Proterozoic rocks incorporated within Archaean Harris Greenstone Belt mafic lithologies of the Gawler Craton. The prospect was originally discovered using...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2006
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RB 2000/00003 Regolith studies related to the Birthday gold prospect, Gawler Craton, SA.
Our knowledge of geochemical dispersion of gold and gold pathfinders in the Gawler Craton (South Australia) is poor since there have been very few published research or orientation studies. In this study conducted at the Birthday gold prospect, the...-
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Published: 01 Mar 2000
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RB 2012/00004 MARREE, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SH54-5. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The MARREE mapsheet area includes the south-western portion of the Strzelecki Desert plus parts of the Tirari Desert, north-western Flinders Ranges and north-eastern Willouran Ranges, between latitudes 29 to 30 degrees S and longitudes 138 to 139...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
