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RB 79/00024 Adelaidean sedimentation. The Adelaide Geosyncline and Stuart Shelf.
In southern South Australia, the meridional Torrens Hinge Zone, at approximately longitude 138º, separates the cratonic Stuart Shelf with its undeformed, relatively thin sedimentary cover in the west, from the folded Adelaide Geosyncline to the east....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 79/00040 Fullerville amethyst deposit, secn 51W, Hd Booleroo, Co. Frome - PM 69, R.G. Collins.
Amethystine and clear crystalline quartz infills fractures and cavities in quartzite of the Belair Subgroup of Proterozoic age, near Fullerville in the Mid-North of South Australia. The quartz crystals range in colour from milky to clear, through...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 76/00156 Bungaree Quartzite (new name). Lower Adelaidean, southwest of Spalding, South Australia.
Mapping near the Spalding Inlier and to the south indicates that a quartzitic sequence between the River Wakefield Group (now termed Subgroup) and Skillogalee Dolomite was wrongly identified as Rhynie Sandstone and should now be re-named. The term...-
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Published: 15 Dec 1976
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RB 79/00087 Geochemical sampling of the Sturtian tillite and basal Tapley Hill Formation, Copley.
In a sampling programme carried out over the Sturtian Merinjina Tillite and basal Tapley Hill Formation strata on parts of the COPLEY 1:250 000 mapsheet area, 684 soil samples and 71 rock samples were collected at 25 m and 12.5 m intervals along 24...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 89/00002 Excursion guide to diapirs of the Flinders Ranges, Specialist group in Tectonics and Structural Geology Conference, Kangaroo Island, 2-3 February 1989.
The Flinders and Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia contain well exposed late Proterozoic and early to middle Cambrian dominantly sedimentary rocks, deposited in the Adelaide Geosyncline and deformed during the Cambro-Ordovician Delamerian Orogeny;...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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RB 93/00010 Explanatory Notes for the WARRINA 1:250 000 geological map.
The oldest rocks on WARRINA outcrop in the Peake and Denison Inliers, which comprise the Davenport and Denison Ranges and small inliers to the east. Basement in this area consists of Palaeoproterozoic metamorphic rocks which were intruded by...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1994
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RB 93/00020 Report on geological investigations, Mineral Lease 5701, secn 381, Hundred of Coglin, Oodla Wirra, South Australia.
Rare specs of gold were found at an old ochre mine next to the township of Oodla Wirra in remnant Tertiary and Recent alluvial deposits. Gold has also been recovered from a haematite vein in Adelaidean Umberatana Group rocks. Mining and sampling has...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1993
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RB 98/00015 Clare Valley groundwater resources. Progress report 1 - Hydrogeology, drilling and groundwater monitoring.
A fundamental question remains to be answered in the Clare Valley. How much water can be safely extracted without causing depletion of the groundwater resources? This question is being addressed by a major investigation into the groundwater...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1998
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RB 98/00014 Clare Drilling. Phase 2 - June 1997.
Phase Two of a drilling program at Clare, South Australia was undertaken in June, 1997. A total of 6 bores were drilled, 4 of these at existing locations established during Phase One drilling in January, 1996, and a further 2 at Watervale Oval as...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1998
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RB 99/00019 Mount Lofty Ranges groundwater assessment - Portions of Torrens Rural Catchment.
The Torrens Rural Catchment can be divided into three zones where groundwater extraction from fractured rock aquifers is significant - the Fourth and Sixth Creek catchments, and the Birdwood - Gumeracha area. The Fourth Creek Catchment, which is...-
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Published: 31 Dec 1899
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RB 88/00067 Drilling in the Torrens Hinge Zone - Spencer Shelf region between Bute and Port Germein, 1968-1983.
Contains summarised geological logs of 93 diamond drillholes and 4 percussion drillholes that were drilled by SADM/SADME and by exploration companies, including the logs of 2 early water bores drilled near Port Pirie. The holes penetrated Cambrian,...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1988
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RB 91/00067 Clare Auburn (district) groundwater resources.
Groundwater usage has increased substantially because of a change from dry-grown grape varieties to those needing irrigation. Regional dewatering caused by excessive extraction is unlikely because of the nature of the aquifers, but local usage...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1991
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RB 92/00018 Holdfasts for rock climbers: Morialta Conservation Park.
Holdfasts were installed at Morialta Conservation Park to improve safety for rock climbers. Twenty three rockbolts were grouted into holes drilled into rocks of the Stonyfell Quartzite Formation. Two rockbolts were grouted into cast concrete blocks...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1992
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RB 88/00052 Mittopitta Goldfield seismic refraction survey 1988.
5 profiles were recorded to define the extent of a subsurface alluvial channel. The western limit is controlled by outcropping Adelaidean bedrock, while to the east interpreted depths of 30-40 metres to bedrock were indicated. To date the eastern...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1988
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RB 88/00051 Pre-Mesozoic geology of the Curdimurka region.
Pre-Mesozoic rocks are best exposed in the Willouran Ranges SW of Marree, but inliers occur as far west as Stuart Creek. These approximate the junction of the Stuart Shelf (to the west) with the Torrens Hinge Zone, which extends east to the Norwest...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1988
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RB 91/00066 Major South Australian gold deposits. Summaries.
This report summarizes information on 10 South Australian mineral deposits with individual aggregate gold resources and/or historic production of 1 tonne or more. By far the largest is the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, with a measured and indicated...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1991
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RB 87/00056 Stratigraphic sections measured in Adelaidean (Burra Group) rocks in the Willouran Ranges, Curdimurka area.
12 sections were measured through the Skillogalee Dolomite, and partly into adjacent Burra Group and Umberatana Group. Skillogalee Dolomite thickness varies from 827 metres in the East Willouran Ranges to 3921 metres near Mt Norwest. Very rapid...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1987
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RB 95/00037 Stonefield bedrock drilling, 1995.
Twenty-three vertical open RC drillholes with a total penetration of 2663 m were drilled by MESA during February and March 1995 along four W-E traverses in the Stonefield area near Truro, to determine bedrock geology and geochemistry below sedimentary...-
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Published: 01 May 1997
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RB 88/00057 Torrens Hinge Zone Project - Bute region. Second and final report.
The Torrens Hinge Zone Project aimed to demonstrate the existence of prospective metalliferous rocks beneath the Cainozoic cover, to stimulate exploration and to investigate the transition between the Adelaidean sequences of the well-exposed Adelaide...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1988
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RB 93/00041 Burra - Nackara Arc bedrock drilling programme. Terowie area.
As part of the SAEI (South Australian Exploration Initiative), thirty reverse circulation drill holes totalling 1123 m (av 37.4 m) were drilled on the Terowie 1:50 000 mapsheet area to determine bedrock geology and geochemistry below Quaternary cover,...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1993
