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RB 60/00025 Geological report no. 1 on Brennand anomaly, Hd Koppio, southern Eyre Peninsula, Cummins 1-mile sheet.
A potential iron ore deposit has been investigated in the upper horizon of jaspilite beds of the Hutchison Group, where a drag fold has caused a thickening of the jaspilite beds. Surface samples average 42.2% acid soluble iron. The deposit has a...-
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Published: 08 Feb 1965
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RB 60/00024 Report on the aeromagnetic anomalies near Mount Wood (Engenina, Balta and Ware 1-mile sheets).
Aeromagnetic anomalies mapped at Mount Woods and to the south were investigated for their iron ore potential by conducting a low-level aeromagnetic survey and by performing a geological reconnaissance and acquiring ground magnetic and gravity data....-
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Published: 08 Feb 1965
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RB 60/00042 Investigation of iron formations in the Mulgathing district.
Detailed geological mapping has identified a metamorphosed iron formation though to be equivalent to the Middleback Group of Eyre Peninsula. Four diamond drillholes have given complete intersections of the Mount Christie, Fingerpost Hill and George...-
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Published: 04 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00048 Ground magnetic and gravity survey of the Warramboo aeromagnetic anomaly, central Eyre Peninsula. Geophysical report no. 1.
The project followed a logical appraisal, from conducting high level aeromagnetics through low level aeromagnetics, ground geophysics, drilling and shaft sinking, to metallurgical testing. All geophysical methods used divide the anomaly into three...-
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Published: 16 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00054 Geological report no. 1 on the Oolanta anomaly, Hd Stokes, southern Eyre Peninsula (Cummins and Tumby 1-mile sheets).
10 miles north-west of Tumby Bay, a syncline of jaspilite, with a shallow southerly plunge, could contain 8-13 million tons of magnetic iron ore per vertical 100 feet. Unweathered jaspilite with magnetite occurs. Assessment of the potential of the...-
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Published: 16 Mar 1965
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RB 61/00002 Second report on geophysical investigations in the vicinity of the Tarcoola mine area.
Further electromagnetic and induced polarization work has been carried out in the Tarcoola Blocks mine and Brown Hill areas at Tarcoola to extend and substantiate previous investigations (ref. RB 59/128, 23 November 1964). The latest results...-
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Published: 14 Jul 1965
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RB 46/00101 Gravity and magnetic traverses over aeromagnetic anomalies near Cowell, Eyre Peninsula.
Vertical magnetometer and gravity meter traverses have been run over anomalies disclosed by aeromagnetic surveys near Cowell on Eyre Peninsula. The presence of a very large quantity of magnetic rock, denser than the surrounding rocks and thus...-
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Published: 21 Mar 1958
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RB 47/00074 Electro-magnetic prospecting for graphite, Uley mine area.
An electromagnetic (EM) survey was carried out in the vicinity of the inactive Uley graphite mine in an effort to detect possible extensions of the known graphitic lodes with a view to developing additional open cut areas. Several zones of anomalous...-
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Published: 11 Sep 1958
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RB 78/00109 Geophysical study of the Broughton area in Wallaroo and Blyth 1:100 000 sheet areas.
An interpretation of the results of detailed gravity surveys and of drilling data obtained from stratigraphic drillholes Tickera DDH 1 and 2 and Wokurna DDH 1 - 3 indicates that basement consisting of metamorphic rocks subcrops shallowly west of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 87/00048 Ooldea 2. Well completion report.
Ooldea 2, located 19 km south of Ooldea Railway Siding, was spudded on 25/9/85. It was sited next to Amoco drillhole ORP1, which had intersected 90 metres of basement gneiss with a composition including hypersthene + sillimanite + quartz, with...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1987
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RB 87/00094 Ooldea 3. Well completion report and tectonic modelling.
Ooldea 3 diamond drillhole is located on the western margin of the Gawler Craton where thin Tertiary (ca. 16 metres) and Palaeozoic (ca. 75 metres) sediments, of the Eucla and Officer Basins respectively, overlie Archaean to Early Proterozoic basement...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1987
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RB 86/00021 Whyalla Cowell road, drilling for construction water 1985.
Geophysical work and 10 wells were drilled using rotary and cable tool, (6331WW 224 - 227, 231 - 238). 1 well in Cowell Basin is capable of yielding 6 L/s. 2 wells in Precambrian bedrock, (1 on EM anomaly), were unsuccessful. 1 well in palaeochannel...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1986
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RB 87/00030 Identification of a major crustal shear zone, northwest Gawler Craton, SA.
SADME stratigraphic drilling, which was undertaken recently based on detailed geophysical modelling of aeromagnetic data, has identified the major linear aeromagnetic anomaly associated with the Karari Fault Zone (NW Gawler Craton) as a major (300 km...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1987
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RB 87/00092 Broad View 1. DDH well completion report.
Broad View 1 intersected 381.6 metres of deformed and recrystallized porphyritic rhyolite rhyodacite with minor interlayered calcsilicate gneiss, and 170.8 metres of Bosanquet Formation (new name) metasedimentary calcsilicate gneisses and schists, and...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1987
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RB 88/00018 Shallow refraction seismic survey at Porter Bay marina site, Port Lincoln.
At the request of the Department of Marine and Harbours a seismic refraction survey was conducted at the Porter Bay Marina site, Port Lincoln to investigate the possible presence of ?granitic boulders within the sedimentary sequence beneath areas of...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1988
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RB 78/00014 Lake Hart Proterozoic Basin in the Gawler Platform.
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Published: 31 Jan 1978
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RB 78/00133 Experimental time domain induced polarization and resistivity investigations over the Olympic Dam copper deposit, Stuart Shelf.
The aim to establish instrument parameters necessary to detect mineralization was unsuccessful, possibly due to lack of polarization of the orebody. A theoretical model was fitted to the results after a resistivity survey was carried out. Further...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 80/00127 Display of drillcore from Olympic Dam.
30 trays of confidential drill core from RD16 were provided by WMC for public display in 1979 by SADME. Significant outcomes from the display were the general lack of correlation with any other known deposit (except Mount Painter) and the lack of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 88/00038 Bulgunnia 1 and 2. Well completion report.
Bulgunnia 1 tested acid and basic volcanics, extruded from an adjacent major fracture, that are interbedded with a probable coarse-grained breccia. Bulgunnia 2 tested a sedimentary breccia with possible volcanic interbeds. The project aimed to...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1988
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RB 91/00040 Wattleton - Coomunga drilling traverse, Port Lincoln. Well completion report.
Eighteen rotary drillholes with bottom-hole core and one diamond drillhole were completed northwest of Port Lincoln and intersected quartzite, schist, calcsilicate, graphitic schist and marble attributed to the Hutchison Group. These drillholes were...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1991
