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RB 90/00076 Kanmantoo Trough geological investigation - Karinya Syncline regional soil sampling.
Regional soil sampling has targeted the pyritic-carbonaceous Cambrian Karinya Shale and rock units immediately above and below it, along with lineament and structural features. Three prospect areas, Frankton, The Gap and Accommodation Hill, have been...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1990
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RB 91/00043 Brief petrography of blocks from the Truro Diatreme.
Examination of miscellaneous blocks from the diatreme, lying between 2 and 5 km north of Truro, revealed only two possible tuffs which may be part of a matrix between the ejecta. Other blocks include a lamproite with more ferromagnesian minerals than...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1991
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RB 91/00044 Mafic suites in basement beneath the Murray Basin - New data for the Early Palaeozoic history of the Tasman Orogenic Province.
Geological interpretation of image-processed aeromagnetic data, and evidence gained from recent stratigraphic traverse drilling to investigate the lithostratigraphic and tectonic nature of magnetic domains, plus the results of previous investigations,...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1991
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RB 91/00045 Lamproite and wall rock in the Gap Quarry near Truro.
Specimens of a lamproite and contact rocks were unsuitable as mineralogical / geochemical samples.-
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Published: 01 Apr 1991
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RB 94/00043 Brukunga drilling, 1993-1994.
This report details drilling programs carried out by MESA at and near the Brukunga open-cut pyrite mine and tailings dam areas in the period 6/5/93 to 14/4/94. A total of 29 wells were drilled within the tailings dam, the spoil heaps and on the hills...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1994
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RB 98/00026 Partial leach geochemical survey, Monarto South, South Australia.
A partial leach soil geochemical survey has been conducted over shallowly buried Cambrian Kanmantoo Trough metasediments in the Monarto South area. The survey was designed to cover a aeromagnetic high anomaly, that is interpreted to be related to a...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1998
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RB 99/00018 Mount Lofty Ranges groundwater assessment - Tookayerta Catchment.
The Tookayerta Catchment is an area which is increasingly coming under pressure from its landowners for the development of local groundwater resources to irrigate dairy pastures, berry plantations and vineyards. The catchment encompasses two...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1999
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RB 91/00015 Murray Basin Basement Transect Project. 1990 well completion reports.
During the period March to June 1990, 9 stratigraphic rotary mud/diamond cored holes with a total penetration of 3056 m, including 433.25 m of NQ or HQ cored diamond tails, were drilled by SADME in three cases and by its contractor Rockdril for the...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1991
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RB 91/00020 Kanmantoo Trough geological investigations. Karinya Syncline drilling report.
Within the northern Kanmantoo Trough at Frankton, The Gap and Accommodation Hill, newly defined aeromagnetic prospects were thought to have base and precious metal potential, and a possible igneous intrusive was the target at the Malabena prospect....-
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Published: 01 Feb 1991
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RB 91/00019 Kanmantoo Trough geological investigations Karinya Syncline detailed geochemical surveys.
Results of earlier regional soil sampling conducted by SADME across the Karinya Shale, plus tectonic/structural considerations, had identified 3 prospect areas, Frankton, The Gap and Accommodation Hill, for follow-up mapping, soil sampling, and the...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1991
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RB 91/00074 Potential field survey of the Stonefield anomaly and a geophysical appraisal of the Sandleton 1:50 000 map sheet area.
Areas of high mineral potential within Adelaidean basement lying beneath deep Recent and Tertiary Murray Basin cover, have been interpreted in the poorly known Sandleton 1:50 000 map area. The interpretation has outlined the magnetic fabric, variously...-
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Published: 01 May 1992
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RB 96/00001 Mineral exploration and development in South Australia.
This mineral promotional brochure reviews significant historical developments in South Australia's mineral industry and canvasses the currently recognised mineral potential within the State, for the benefit of local and overseas interested companies...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1996
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RB 97/00015 Angas Strathburn prospects. Comparison of mobile metal ion versus standard soil geochemistry.
A Mobile Metal Ion (MMI) geochemical survey was conducted over known Pb-Zn-Ag-Au mineralisation within Cambrian Kanmantoo Group metasediments of the Tapanappa Formation at the Angas prospect near Strathalbyn, South Australia. A similar survey was...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1997
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RB 91/00023 Geological investigations and drilling, Parndana area Kangaroo Island, 1989- 1990.
During the period December 1989 to March 1990, exploratory drilling undertaken by SADME Mineral Resources Branch over the northern part of Kangaroo Island investigated the potential for base and precious metal mineralisation within rocks of the...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1991
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RB 91/00026 Lake Alexandrina groundwater investigation and basement core project. Well completion report.
Nine observation wells were drilled in the SW Murray Basin between Goolwa and Salt Creek to monitor groundwater levels and salinity in the confined Renmark Group / Buccleuch Group aquifer. The area of interest is underlain by the Padthaway Ridge of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1991
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RB 91/00025 Mount Rufus 1. Well completion report.
Fully HQ/NQ cored SADME stratigraphic drillhole Mount Rufus 1 was sited on the western margin of the Karinya Syncline to investigate the nature of the Adelaidean - Early Cambrian Normanville Group contact, and the mineral potential of the area. It...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1991
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RB 94/00028 South Australian record of a Rodinian epicontinental basin and its mid-Neoproterozoic breakup (+/-700 Ma) to form the Palaeo-Pacific Ocean.
The Neoproterozoic Adelaidean System and overlying Cambrian rocks are a thick succession of terrestrial and shallow marine sediments that were deposited on older continental crust near the eastern edge of the exposed Precambrian rocks in Australia....-
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Published: 01 Aug 1994
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RB 90/00049 Interpretation of the Stilepen magnetic anomaly, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
The Stilepen Magnetic Anomaly is a reversely polarized EW trending feature of unknown origin, located near the Cygnet-Snelling Fault Zone and at the intersection of some major discontinuities. Geological data indicates near surface Kanmantoo Group...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1990
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RB 92/00006 Southeastern margin of the Gawler Craton.
The Cygnet-Snelling Fault Zone on Kangaroo Island is a fundamental structure that both influenced sedimentation during the Cambrian, and refined the boundary between major tectonic provinces during the Delamerian Orogeny. It is coincident with the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1992
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RB 92/00002 Geophysical appraisal of northern Kangaroo Island.
Crystalline basement of the Gawler Craton continues further southwards than previously interpreted, extending under northern Kangaroo Island. Depths to basement range from 200 metres near Emu Bay, and approximately 250-750 metres inland from Cape...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1992
