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Geophysical review - Prospect evaluation, SA offshore permit SA-7.
EPP 7 work conditions for 1975 (permit Year 7) required evaluation and review studies to be carried out with the aim of defining at least three areas which may have prospects geologically and geophysically as sites for wells. This report sets out the...-
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Commodore. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 22/9/1980 to 21/10/1986.
Multicommodity exploration undertaken in the Commodore - Parachilna area of the west-central Flinders Ranges, just outside of the western boundary of the newly proclaimed national park and the included Heysen Range, has comprised limited gravel...-
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Mount Aleck. Partial surrender report for the period 19/11/1982 to 18/11/1983.
Exploration for Mississippi Valley - type stratabound base metal deposits in the relinquished area covering the eastern flank of the Mernmerna Syncline, 10 km south-west of Wilpena Pound, has proved to be unsuccessful. At the Vanessa prospect, 28...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Yerelina. Annual reports for the period 18/9/2012 to 17/9/2018.
An extensive covered area centred ~100 km north of Leigh Creek and lying immediately west of the exposed basement rocks of the Mount Painter Inlier is being explored for possible Mount Isa style stratiform or Mississippi Valley type stratabound...-
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Published: 13 Nov 1918
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Alberrie Creek (part of the Willouran Ranges Project). Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 9/7/2012 to 22/11/2019.
An area centred ~55 km west of Marree has been explored for possible buried economic stratiform copper and magnesite mineralisation. During the first licence year, no work occurred while Native Title land access negotiations were in progress. During...-
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Published: 26 Nov 1919
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Beltana / Copley. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 25/6/2003 to 23/11/2013.
During licence Year 11, on renewed EL 3111 (to 27/7/2004), Perilya's exploration was focussed on expanding the mineralised intersections found near Reliance in the previous year, and on investigating the open-at-depth mineralised palaeo-karstic...-
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Published: 08 Jan 1914
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 8 partnership DPY8-21 - Yerelina Gladstone Mining Field sediment-hosted and structurally controlled hydrothermal/replacement style stratabound base metal prospects. Final report.
High-grade silver-lead-zinc mineralisation formed within the Neoproterozoic Tapley Hill Formation (THF) was historically mined 100 years ago at Yerelina in the northern Flinders Ranges. Despite the existence of numerous poorly documented small-scale...-
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Published: 08 Dec 1915
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Boolooroo Goldfield and Kate Hill. Joint annual reports for the period 2/1/2009 to 8/2/2019.
Two adjoining licence areas located ~ 40 km north-east of Leigh Creek township, in the ranges lying immediately east of the Telford coal basin, are being explored for possible economic occurrences of marble rock which are believed to hold enormous...-
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Officer Basin geological studies. Reports.
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Integrated geophysical interpretation of the Stansbury Basin, Australia.
Interpretation of airborne geophysical data covering the Gulf St Vincent region has utilised predominantly 1964 vintage gravity and aeromagnetics that have been digitised off original Beach Petroleum contour maps, plus limited well log and seismic...-
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Burra Copper [open pit mining] Project. Reports of geological investigations for the period October 1969 to February 1981.
A collection of miscellaneous reports referring to geochemical sampling of costeans and exposed bedrock, drilling, mapping and petrology work that has recently been carried out in the re-developed Burra open cut copper mine. The focus of the work...-
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Published: 21 Apr 1980
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Mount Burr. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 12/9/1979 to 17/9/1980.
Strike-oriented residual soil sampling (662 samples taken at nominal 100 m spacings along 90 km of traverses) over the pyritic and carbonaceous basal Tindelpina Shale Member of the Tapley Hill Formation, in the northern Flinders Ranges 65 km east of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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Mount Tilley [Wirrealpa North]. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 7/6/1979 to 6/6/1981.
Possible economic Mississippi Valley - type lead-zinc deposits formed in Early Cambrian limestones were the targets of exploration carried out 20 km north-northeast of Blinman. Following a literature search, an airphoto interpretation and 1:10,000...-
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Bull 033 The Geology and Iron Ore Resources of the Middleback Range Area
This report deals comprehensively with the physiography, prospect geology, and ore genesis, and includes an assessment of the iron ore reserves and other mineral resources of an area which has been almost the sole source of the iron ore used in...-
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Bull 038 Limestone, Dolomite and Magnesite Resources of South Australia
This report has been prepared to collate the present knowledge on distribution, occurrence, accessibility and composition of these rocks and to bring together all relevant analytical data available, with appropriate references where applicable. It was...-
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RB 2010/00019 Hardrock extractive minerals for metropolitan Adelaide - strategic review. [Summary version]
The purpose of the project is to provide essential data on the hardrock extractive (construction material) resources supplying the Adelaide metropolitan area, in order to be able to: - Critically examine current hardrock supplies and resources and how...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2010
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SP 003 Mining in South Australia - A Pictorial History
In recognition of the centenary of Henry Yorke Lyell Brown's appointment as the first Government Geologist for South Australia, and the foundation of the Department of Mines and Energy, aspects of South Australia's colourful and vital mining and...-
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RB 75/00006 Introduction to laboratory testing, characterisation and evaluation of industrial minerals and rocks.
'Industrial minerals' are those minerals or assemblages of minerals which are economically important because of their physical or chemical properties, rather than their metal or energy content. The term is synonymous with 'non-metallic minerals', and...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1974
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RB 75/00055 Little Para Dam, main quarry slope stability analysis, section reference 1964-38.
This report supplements an earlier report; Report. Bk.No.74/133 entitled ' Little Para Dam - Water Treatment Works, Quarry Site and Main Separation Pipe, dated 20th June, 1974. The proposed quarry will initially provide rockfill for the several zones...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 74/00191;Amdel 01006 Possible uses of Coffin Bay lime sand.
Background At the request of Mr. R. Adam, South Australian Department of Mines, Amdel undertook an investigation of possible uses for Coffin Bay limesand. This was done as the result of greatly reduced consumption of limesand by the current operator,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
