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RB 86/00030 Petrography and properties as a building stone of the Long Ridge granite.
The Long Ridge granite (informal names Sienna Granite, Sienna Brown and Sedan Granite) is fine to medium grained, probably crystallized under shallow cover. 15 samples are described to illustrate false variation, weathering alteration, fracturing,...-
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Published: 01 May 1986
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RB 87/00098 Geophysical appraisal of the Echunga district with reference to mineralisation within the Middle-Late Proterozoic rocks.
The diamond and base metal potential is appraised based on recent company exploration for gold and diamond bearing kimberlites, with special reference to regional stratigraphy, tectonic structures based on the Echunga detailed low level aeromagnetic...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1987
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RB 84/00071 Keyneton banded calc-silicate deposit - Geological investigation - Hd Jellicoe, section 531.
Compositionally banded calc-silicate comprising epidote, plagioclase and hornblende in zone of tight folding shows attractive fold patterns, suitable for decorative and ornamental purposes. Close jointing precludes use as dimension stone. Inferred...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1985
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RB 86/00079 Specimens of Long Ridge granite collected from current working faces in the Monier Quarry.
Special attention was given to the influence of petrographic features on the quality of the rock as a dimension stone. The specimens included granodiorite, adamellite and granite. Foliation varied from moderate to absent. 5 categories of fractures...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1986
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RB 79/00122 Penrice marble deposit. (Report on the) 1977-1978 drilling programme.
Since 1950, recorded production from ICI's Penrice marble deposit near Angaston has totalled 13,083,395 tonnes. High grade marble is used at the company's Osborne plant, while lower grade stone is sold for cement manufacture and roadstone, and small...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1979
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RB 87/00119 Dudley pegmatite - Preliminary investigation for kaolin, feldspar, silica and gem tourmaline (section 79, Hundred Dudley).
The Dudley pegmatite, located 10.5 km south-east of Penneshaw, was worked during the 1890s and early 1900s for gem tourmaline, ceramic-grade feldspar and silica, and kaolin for brickmaking. The pegmatite outcrop strikes in a north-easterly direction...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1987
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RB 86/00093 Wistow flagstone quarries - Geological investigations, 1984-1986.
Distinctive range of paving, veneer and walling materials is won from 3 quarries located on a 150 metre thick band of interbedded metasiltstone and mica schist forming part of Tapanappa Formation of Kanmantoo Group of Cambrian age. Similar material is...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1986
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RB 82/00023 Middle River quartzite quarry, Kangaroo Island, secn 79 Hd Duncan, Co. Carnarvon.
Metasandstone, possibly Inman Hill Formation of the Kanmantoo Group, with steep northerly dip, was quarried for coarse concrete aggregate for the dam and associated works. It resembles quartzite, being very hard with irregular fractures producing a...-
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Published: 01 May 1982
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RB 81/00049 Victor Harbor Quarry, sections 157, 174 and 656 Hundred Encounter Bay, County Hindmarsh.
Relatively hard bed of Kanmantoo Group schist has been source of road stone and aggregate in quarry 3 km west of Victor Harbor since 1958, and previously as source of rubble. Crushed rock and rubble meet specifications, but the quality of chippings...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 88/00022 Review of lead-zinc mineralization in South Australia - Kanmantoo Trough.
Exploration has not been exhaustive and potential exists for discovery of economic Pb-Zn-Ag deposits. Kanmantoo Trough contains a source of sulphur, metals, energy and structural elements for formation of Pb-Zn-Ag orebodies, as well as copper and...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1988
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RB 90/00078 South Australia - Exploration Towards 2000. Seminar, Adelaide, 13 December, 1990. Extended abstracts.
A seminar designed to heighten industry interest in South Australia as a place in which to search for minerals and petroleum was organised by the Department of Mines and Energy at the Australian Mineral Foundation on 13 December 1990. A number of data...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1990
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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 98/00017 Callington Bremer mine potential heavy metal contamination site. Preliminary site investigation report.
Recently, residents from the SA township of Callington contacted authorities regarding anomalous levels of copper found in soils at their town properties. Subsequently, the State Environment Protection Agency, the Mount Barker Council and the SA...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1998
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RB 99/00020 National land and water resources audit. Mount Lofty Ranges pilot implementation project. Sustainable yield of groundwater.
This project has developed an innovative method to determine the sustainable yield of groundwater resources in fractured rock aquifers of the Mount Lofty Ranges, using new and existing geographic information system (GIS) datasets. Groundwater...-
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Published: 31 Dec 1899
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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 91/00020 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 95/00043 Synsedimentary mineralisation in the Kanmantoo Trough. Geological Society of Australia, SA Division. Field excursion, 18 September 1994.
The metamorphic rocks to be examined on the field excursion have been assigned to the Tapanappa Formation (Early Cambrian Kanmantoo Group), a generally monotonous sequence of greywackes with narrow siltstone partings. This formation hosts most...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1995
