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Lake Greenly, Lake Malata. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 6/9/85 to 5/9/86.
TARGET: Potentially commercial gypsum, salt or silica occurrences in Holocene paralic lakes and marginal dunes, in an area immediately north-east of Coffin Bay. EXPLORATION: Bulk sampling of lacustrine evaporitic sediments and related aeolian deposits...-
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Final drilling report - CRAE boreholes 83KD1 and 83KD1A.
The intersection of massive halite in the ?Lower Palaeozoic sequence in Occidental Petroleum's Mercury 1 wildcat oil exploration well drilled in the offshore Polda Basin generated interest in the Tuckey area onshore for potash associated with similar...-
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Port Augusta (including Delhi Petroleum's Lake Torrens Salt Project). Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 24/1/1980 to 23/1/1982.
Field tests continued as part of the salt project, to confirm salt crystallization and purification data. Results indicate that brine production rates and quality and quantity of salt output are comparable with the results from previous tests....-
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Interpretation of sequence of events - Central Flinders Zone.
A synopsis of the possible pre-tectonic structural setting and sequence of geological events which has resulted in the observed development of faulted domes and diapirs within Neoproterozoic sediments of the central Flinders Ranges, and the related...-
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Published: 26 May 1993
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Bull 041 Geology and Mineral Resources of the Andamooka and Torrens Area
Regional geological mapping of the area was initiated in 1959 and was completed in 1964. All tracks in the area were traversed and detailed mapping confined to critical localities and to areas where this was considered desirable. Geological boundaries...-
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MR 002 Short review of mining operations in the State of South Australia during the half-year ended June 30th, 1904
Articles include reports on: Copper: Wallaroo and Moonta, Paramatta and Yelta, Hamley, Blinman, Burra Burra; Kapunda, Prince Alfred, Lynda, Mutooroo , Paull's, Clara St. Dora and Mount Fitton South Mines, Gold: Tarcoola, Petersburg Mount Torrens,...-
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MR 004 Review of mining operations in the State of South Australia during the year ended June 30th, 1905
Articles and summaries are provided for the following: Wallaroo and Moonta mines. Report on Mount Malvern lead and silver mine. Report on the Mutooroo copper mine. West Mutooroo (formerly Cockburn Copper Mining Coy). West Mutooroo extended, Trinity...-
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MR 005 Review of mining operations in the State of South Australia during the year ended June 30th, 1906
Articles and summaries are provided for the following: Copper: Wallaroo and Moonta, Paramatta and Yelta, Hamley, Burra Burra, Kapunda, Blinman, Mount Gunson (North-West), Prince Alfred Mines Gold: Kings Bluff. Mount Torrens, Peterborough, Tarcoola,...-
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MR 001 Short review of mining operations in the State of South Australia during the year 1903
The total value of South Australian mineral production during the year 1903 maybe estimated at £520,000 Articles include: Copper: Paramatta and Yelta mines; Burra Mine; Kapunda mine Gold: the most important gold-mining district during the past year...-
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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 68/00054 Mineral resources extractive industries potential of the Mid-North of South Australia - State Planning Office.
To assist the State Planning Office "examine and assess the future development of a defined area in the Mid-North of the State in anticipation of the area being declared a planning area under the provisions of the Planning and Development Act,...-
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Published: 22 Apr 1969
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RB 61/00102 Geology and mineral resources of the Andamooka-Torrens area (19/10/1965).
The area embraced by the Andamooka and Torrens 4-mile geological sheets is defined by long 136° 30- long 138° 00 and lat 30° 00- lat 32° 00 and comprises an extensive partially dissected plateau west of Lake Torrens, the Lake Torrens sunkland and part...-
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Published: 19 Oct 1965
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RB 73/00258 Salt, South Australia. In: Knight, C.L. (Ed.) - Economic geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea. 4, Industrial minerals and rocks.
Salt production in South Australia has shown a steady expansion since inception of the industry in 1891 until it now (1971) exceeds 700 000 tonnes annually (valued at $2.75 million). Until 1966, over 80% of Australian production came from this State....-
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Published: 31 Oct 1973
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Snowtown. Annual report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/12/2009 to 8/12/2010.
Site investigations on spring-fed salt lakes in an area north of Snowtown were undertaken to assess their potential for inclusion in artificial pan - confined solar salt production to add to the output of an existing local, seasonal salt harvesting...-
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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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Cooke Plains. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/12/2010 to 12/12/2014.
An area located on the north-eastern side of Lake Alexandrina adjacent to Cooke Plains has been explored for possible saline groundwater resources that may be amenable to extraction for the purpose of solar salt (halite, NaCl) production in...-
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Cooke Plains. First partial surrender report, for the period 13/12/2010 to 12/12/2012.
71 square km or ~52.6% of the former area of EL 4633 have been relinquished, as they are now viewed as less viable places in which to attempt commercial solar salt production. Exploration activities undertaken during the reporting period, with...-
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Mulgundawa. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/11/2009 to 11/11/2014.
Mulgundawa Investments Pty Ltd has a range of salt - commercialising interests in South Australia, where it trades as Mulgundawa Salt. The company presently has extractive operations occurring on a number of lakes in the Brinkley area in the vicinity...-
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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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RB 22/00009 Mineral resources of South Australia and their utilization.
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Published: 27 May 1946
