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Kangaroo Bluff. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 27/8/1980 to 16/12/1982.
Following the acquisition and interpretation of a semi-detailed aerial magnetic survey, with ground gravity and magnetic surveys follow-up, 4 aircore/diamond drillholes, totalling 508.5 m, and 78 shallow RAB drill holes, totalling 974 m, were drilled...-
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Published: 27 Jan 1983
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Point Paterson. First annual and final report for the period 4/5/2001 to 3/5/2002.
Point Paterson, located on the Spencer Gulf coastline 15 km south-east from Port Augusta, was the site of limited commercial sea salt production from 1951 to 1963. A site inspection, recently carried out to appraise the abandoned facilities of this...-
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Marree. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 31/8/1977 to 10/2/1979.
Exploration conducted over an area stretching westwards and eastwards from Marree, along the south-western margin of the Great Artesian Basin, addressed the potential for possible economic sedimentary deposits of trona, sodium bentonite, chlorite,...-
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Island Lagoon. First partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 23/3/1977 to 22/3/1979.
Tapley Hill Formation - hosted, Zambian Copperbelt style stratabound copper was targeted in an exploration programme which consisted of ground magnetic surveying and stratigraphic percussion drilling and geophysical logging (10 holes for 2058 m total...-
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Lake Frome. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 13/11/1978 to 12/5/1980.
As part of a wider search over SA for possible continental salt lake occurrences of NaCO3-rich brines and of fossil crystalline trona beds, presumed to be equivalent to the Lake Magadi (Kenya) / Green River Basin (Utah - Wyoming) style Tertiary...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1980
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Curdimurka. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 11/8/1977 to 10/4/1979.
An area located along the Marree - Alice Springs Railway in the region of Curdimurka was selected to be explored on the basis of its potential to contain deposits of bedded trona in closed basins, and to have sodium carbonate brines present in near...-
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Paralana Hill. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 23/9/1975 to 22/9/1977.
As part of ongoing regional Tertiary stratigraphic appraisal work, an area located to the south and east of the Beverley uranium deposit was explored for economic roll-front style sedimentary uranium mineralisation by conducting resistivity surveys...-
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Published: 06 Jul 1977
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Ingalta (near Loxton). Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/4/1982 to 18/4/1983.
The viability was investigated of producing salt from irrigation area runoff water captured by dryland salinity control drainage basins, that is pumped into the E&WS Department's Noora North Evaporation Basin, a large, ~42 square km natural...-
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Published: 07 Apr 1983
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Yarle Lakes and O'Malley Siding. Progress reports to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 20/6/1980 to 19/12/1981.
Two areas located approximately 45-55 km west of Ooldea were explored for possible buried Olympic Dam - type base metal deposits in poorly known Archaean to Early Proterozoic basement beneath the Eucla and Officer Basin sedimentary sequences. A...-
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Emmie Bluff. Progress reports and annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/6/1976 to 20/6/1978.
Ongoing exploration for possible buried Olympic Dam-style Cu-Au-U mineralisation, conducted over an area of the Stuart Shelf located 15 km south-east of Arcoona Homestead, has comprised RC drilling (20 holes, aggregate penetration 1768 m) and diamond...-
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Oolgelima Hill. Progress reports plus second partial surrender report, for the period 14/7/1983 to 14/10/1986.
Evaporite minerals in black shale at the base of the Early Cretaceous Bulldog Shale near the western margin of the Eromanga Basin were the target about 50 km NE of Coober Pedy. Reconnaissance mapping, soil sampling, auger drilling and the backhoe...-
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Published: 03 Nov 1986
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Prescott Point. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 8/12/1980 to 23/6/1981.
Exploration for possible economic trona deposits thought to have formed within Cainozoic near-surface sediments, in an area of thick lacustrine sedimentation located 80 km north of Marree, consisted only of a consultant's review of available...-
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Lake Frome. Progress reports for the period 3/10/1968 to 9/6/1971.
TARGET: Uranium in Tertiary sediments. EXPLORATION: 56 rotary drillholes for a total of 31,690 feet. All drillholes were geophysically logged. Samples from selected water bores were analysed for radon and uranium. RESULTS: All drillholes ended in...-
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Anabama [Copper-Molybdenum Project]. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 26/10/1972 to 25/10/1974.
Ongoing exploration by the SA Department of Mines of the copper and molybdenum - mineralised Anabama Granite batholith, which is located 20 km south-east of Manna Hill, has involved detailed geological mapping, soil and rock chip sampling, and the...-
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Wilkatana. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/4/1963 to 31/3/1964.
TARGET: Brine in fractures within a 200 foot thickness of the Wilkawillina Limestone, for salt production. EXPLORATION: Drilling of one rotary mud hole to 175.56 m, groundwater sample analyses, water yield pump tests, experimental salt recovery via...-
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Published: 13 Apr 1964
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Lake MacDonnell. Progress reports for the period 17/6/1968 to 16/6/1969.
Investigations included studies on production of sulphur, sulphuric acid, and other chemicals from gypsum, a feasibility study on scaled production operations for export of gypsum, and product marketing studies. There are no technical difficulties...-
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Published: 14 Dec 1968
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AnnRep 1912 South Australia. Annual report of the Government Geologist, Adelaide 1912.
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