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RB 76/00146 Geology of Mount Laura, Whyalla, South Australia.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 78/00154 Stuart Creek agate deposit.
Agate or banded chert nodules weather out of the Cambrian Andamooka Limestone over an area of several square kilometres south of the Stuart Creek Opal field. In places the agate nodules are concentrated into extensive deflation lag gravels. Banding is...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 80/00035 Stuart Highway, Pimba to Baker Well section. Drilling for construction water.
Of 16 wells drilled, only 6 have an adequate supply of saline groundwater for construction use. On the western part of the section, 4 wells into the deeper fractured rock aquifer were dry. Subsequently another 8 randomly sited wells were drilled into...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1980
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RB 85/00010 p: 21-45;Lib Geology of Eyre Peninsula.
Description of major stratigraphic and lithologic units from Archaean Sleaford Complex to Quaternary sediments, including associated granitoid suites, and their geological evolution. The geochronology and possible stratigraphic correlations of some...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1984
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RB 87/00033 Glendambo town water supply - 1985 and 1986 investigations.
Glendambo, 298 km NW of Port Augusta, is currently supplied with 5000 mg/L groundwater. Drilling has located a small area of 2000 mg/L water. Hydraulic and recharge estimates indicate a sustained yield of about 1 ML/year. Because the town is located...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1987
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RB 84/00101 Compositions of some Adelaidean and Cambrian sedimentary rocks, South Australia.
56 whole rock major and trace element geochemical analyses of Adelaidean and Cambrian sedimentary rock drill core samples recovered from 6 diamond drillholes are presented. Many of the samples are carbonate - rich, and their lithologies include...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1984
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RB 86/00068 Pimba to Olympic Dam road, drilling for construction water.
Yields in 5 wells ranged from 1 to 5 L/s and salinities from 10 000 mg/L to 110 000 mg/L. Aquifers occur in the Arcoona Quartzite Member and Corraberra Sandstone Member at depths up to 180 metres and in the Woomera Shale at less than 30 metres.-
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Published: 01 Sep 1986
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RB 87/00084 Archaean to middle Proterozoic mineralization of the Gawler Craton (including the Stuart Shelf region) SA.
The scope for mineralisation ranges from Late Archaean iron and base metal deposits to Middle Proterozoic copper-uranium-gold-silver and rare earth elements. Archaean rocks are dominantly high-grade gneissic metasediments which are particularly...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1987
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RB 85/00024 Aid to the Burmese mining industry - Excursion guide for inspection of gold prospects and mining operations in South Australia.
Basic information on history, production, mining, geology, mineral processing, and exploration at various mines and prospects. Main purpose is to demonstrate features of Adelaidean and other mineralization.-
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Published: 01 Nov 1985
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RB 86/00040 Olympic Dam. The first decade.
The discovery of copper mineralization by WMC on Roxby Downs station in July 1975 heralded 1 of the more intensive base metal exploration programmes undertaken in Australia. Comprehensive exploration, evaluation and feasibility studies between 1975...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1986
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RB 79/00006 Opal at the Stuart Creek, Charlie Swamp and Yarrawurta Cliff diggings. Report no. 12 on geological investigations and Calweld drilling of the Stuart Creek Precious Stones Field.
Small quantities of precious opal have been mined from sediments of the Early Cretaceous Marree Formation at Stuart Creek, 50 km north of Andamooka. These sediments appear to have been unaffected by the Early Tertiary deep weathering and bleaching...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 80/00062;Amdel 01333 Heap leaching oxidized ore - Mount Gunson.
Copper extraction in percolation leaching was relatively slow because of the low porosity of the large rocks in the as-ripped ore. To obtain reasonable extraction rates, size reduction will be required. Agitation leaching of ground ore gave copper...-
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Published: 01 May 1980
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RB 80/00147 Roopena stratigraphic diamond drillholes 1 and 1A.
The SADM stratigraphic hole Roopena DDH1 was originally drilled near Roopena homestead in 1967 to TD 155.61 m, and was deepened to TD 249.59 m by SADME in 1978 (as DDH1a) to obtain relationships between the Roopena Volcanics and older units. At...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 81/00001 Progress report on the geology of the Curdimurka region.
Geology is summarised based on literature and recent geological mapping. The Adelaidean outcrops in the Willouran Ranges where it is folded, fractured and cut by partly diapiric crush zones. The oldest Adelaidean, Callanna Beds, occurs as blocks in...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 76/00159 Whyalla hospital proposed extension, foundation investigation.
A geological and geophysical investigation was carried out at a proposed site for hospital extensions to check foundation conditions. Interpreted depth to weathered bedrock ranged from 2 to 3 m along two seismic lines. The fill material above bedrock...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 77/00110 Permian palynology of 4 samples from Coorie Appa Bore, BILLAKALINA 1:250 000 sheet, SA.
Proterozoic (Marinoan) chocolate shales from 336.5 m in Coorie Appa Bore (Ludbrook, 1961), contained in 4 cuttings samples, down-hole contaminants of Early Permian (Stage 2) spores, pollen and algal cysts. These were sparse and corroded, consistent...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 78/00080 Magnetic and gravity interpretation on KINGOONYA 1:250 000 sheet.
3 magnetic horizons are present. NW trending anomalies are a prominent magnetic feature in the central portion of the area and are interpreted as resulting from dolerite dykes intruding the Pandurra Formation. Depths to this source outline the post...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 79/00114 Palaeodrainage systems in western South Australia. Their detection by Landsat imagery, stratigraphic significance and economic potential.
Two major palaeodrainage systems of Tertiary age, with watersheds of up to 35 000 square km and channel lengths of 200-250 km, have been recognised and delineated using LANDSAT imagery, during 1:250 000 scale geological mapping in western South...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 81/00050 Geophysical interpretation of data from southern Lake Torrens - Stuart Shelf.
Model has been constructed from magnetic, gravity and seismic data from EL 370 (Aquitaine and Delhi), of a shallow horst of granitoid basement in the southeast of Yadlamalka 1:50 000 area, and, under the lake, a basin, up to 4 500 metres of dense...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 81/00047 Woocalla ball clay deposit.
From 1920 - 1976, ball clay was mined at Magazine Hill for pottery and porcelainware. Production from 1931 - 1976 was 11 805 tonnes. The light grey plastic clay is composed of kaolin and illite with some quartz, white mica, iron oxides and gypsum. It...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
