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RB 96/00027 Seismic hazard and microzonation of the Adelaide metropolitan area.
Since the 1989 Newcastle earthquake event, a number of studies on earthquakes have been carried out in South Australia. This report brings together most of these studies, focussing on the probability of ground shaking in Adelaide (hazard), and the...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1996
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Inkerman. Final report at licence surrender for the period 12/5/2008 to 1/6/2009.
Exploration for economic coal seams within Tertiary sediments of the northern St Vincent Basin, south of the recognised Bowmans coal deposit, consisted only of a detailed review of previous Electricity Trust of South Australia exploration in the area...-
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Knott Hill. Information status at licence expiry, for the period 3/6/1997 to 2/6/1998 : no work performed.
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Kainton, Melton and Paskeville (the Melton Project). Joint annual reports for the period 27/8/2007 to 26/8/2019.
Exploration for possible buried sandstone-hosted uranium mineralisation which could have formed within early Tertiary palaeochannel sediments of the northern Saint Vincent Basin is being carried out in a small area near Kainton on north-eastern Yorke...-
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Mount Compass. First annual report and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/2/2001 to 5/2/2003.
Buried Tertiary sand in the Mount Compass area, ~50 km south of Adelaide, was the target of exploration performed adjacent to the existing Glenshera sand pit. Aircore drilling (31 vertical holes, total 1269 m) defined an area containing a deposit of...-
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Lake Bumbunga. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/5/1985 to 16/5/1991.
TARGET: Coal in the northern Saint Vincent Basin. EXPLORATION: Rotary open hole and core drilling plus detailed geological and geophysical logging of 24 holes on Lake Bumbunga, designed to achieve coal sampling to 500 m centres in the area lying south...-
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Published: 07 Apr 1991
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White Lagoon. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 17/10/2001 to 2/10/2004.
Exploration for possible marine placer heavy mineral sands deposits within Recent sediments laid down across a large part of east-central Kangaroo Island, due south of Kingscote, has comprised a literature survey, limited field geological...-
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Published: 17 Jun 1905
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Summary of a strategic review of sand, clay and shale resources for metropolitan Adelaide.
This review has been undertaken to meet the State Government's commitment to maintain a long-term, competitively priced supply of extractive minerals to the community, as mandated by Strategy 1.5H of the S.A. Government response to the Resources Task...-
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Published: 18 May 1902
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South Australia. Miscellaneous, non-tenement related SADM and BMR - authored technical reports for the period 1940 to 1969.
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Stansbury and Southern Yorke Peninsula areas (the Coonarie JV Project). Joint first annual plus subsequent annual (re. EL 3907) reports for the period 27/8/2007 to 26/8/2011.
Exploration for possible buried sandstone-hosted uranium mineralisation within early Tertiary or underlying middle Permian palaeochannel sediments of the western Saint Vincent and central Troubridge Basins, and for possible unformity style uranium...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1911
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Kybunga (latterly a part of the Balaklava HMS Project - Iluka tenements Group 9). First annual report 3/5/2012 to 2/5/2013, plus a joint annual report and final report for Group 9 submitted at the five project licences' full surrender on 24/9/2015.
Ground within the northern onshore Saint Vincent Basin was taken up by Iluka Resources to re-appraise the heavy mineral sands (HMS) potential of buried Tertiary sediments there, after some unsuccessful exploration had previously been undertaken in the...-
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Published: 22 Sep 1915
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Port Wakefield (the Clinton Coal-to-Liquids Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/8/2007 to 15/8/2015.
Ground covering the known extent of three shallowly buried Eocene lignite deposits located in the Port Wakefield district was taken up to allow their delineation in tonnage and quality terms, to modern industry standards (i.e. meeting the Joint Ore...-
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Ardrossan. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 16/11/1981 to 15/11/1982.
Exploration of an area of covered Proterozoic basement extending northwards from Ardrossan was undertaken to search for possible Stuart Shelf - type stratiform base metal occurrences at unconformity surfaces developed near the base of the Adelaidean,...-
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Published: 27 Jan 1983
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Salt Lake and New Lake gypsum deposits, eastern Kangaroo Island. Geological appraisal and surface mine planning and development reports for the period March 1955 to March 1984.
Recent exploration by CSR for new rock gypsum deposits on Kangaroo Island which might contain material suitable for calcining to make plaster products has located several minor gypsum occurrences in low-lying areas on the eastern side of the island,...-
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Published: 30 Mar 1984
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Port Wakefield. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 2/3/1977 to 1/3/1978.
TARGET: Definition of economic brown coal mineralisation in the northern Saint Vincent Basin. EXPLORATION: Open-hole rotary drilling of 127 holes totalling 11,103 m, including a reported minimum of 468 m of HQ rotary coring in 24 of the holes. The...-
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1969 geophysical review of OEL 24, final report.
A geophysical review of OEL 24 was carried out from January to May,1969, aiming to extend the existing correlation between aeromagnetic, gravity and seismic data with a view to establishing a more complete geological understanding of the area, and to...-
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1993 seismic survey, Troubridge Shoals, final report.
AIM: The 1993 Troubridge Shoals Seismic Survey programme, of shallow water/shelf transition zone coverage on the southwestern and western sides of Gulf St Vincent, was designed to tie the extensive offshore seismic data of recent vintage to the...-
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Heavy mineral sand mining operations and ore reserve potential, Morrisons Beach, Kangaroo Island.
An assessment was carried out by SADM of the feasibility of mining the extensive sand dunes in the Morrison Beach area, which it was thought could contain large quantities of low grade heavy minerals that might now prove economical to extract because...-
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Maitland [second JV programme]. Progress reports for the period 17/8/81 to 14/5/84.
Continuing mineral exploration work over central Yorke Peninsula under a new joint venture arrangement with a different company, now targetting possible Phanerozoic sedimentary uranium in Cambrian and Tertiary strata, has consisted of investigations...-
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Northern Saint Vincent Basin [Port Wakefield area]. EL 1113 first partial surrender [and project third overall] - coal exploration data for the period 27/5/1974 to 24/2/1986.
Within the 1160 square km of presently relinquished ground, 66 exploratory rotary drillholes totalling 6178 m were completed between 1975 and 1986, of which 43 holes tested the Snowtown coal deposit centred about 10 km north-east of Snowtown. With...-
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