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RB 80/00015 Mineral resources and mineral potential of the proposed Balcanoona National Park.
The mines and mineral deposits in the proposed park are summarized from departmental records with list of references and plans available on microfilm.-
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Published: 01 Feb 1980
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RB 89/00079 Mongolata Gold Battery. Historical review and summary of ore treated and gold recovered, 1923-1954.
From commencement of crushing operations in March 1933 until its closure in March 1954, the South Australian State Government battery at Mongolata Goldfield crushed a total of 7600 tonnes of ore for a recovery of 318.25 kg of gold bullion via onsite...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1989
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RB 90/00078 South Australia - Exploration Towards 2000. Seminar, Adelaide, 13 December, 1990. Extended abstracts.
A seminar designed to heighten industry interest in South Australia as a place in which to search for minerals and petroleum was organised by the Department of Mines and Energy at the Australian Mineral Foundation on 13 December 1990. A number of data...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1990
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RB 93/00026 Pulpara Kia Ora Bendigo bedrock drilling programme, 1992.
During the period September to December 1992, as part of the SA Exploration Initiative (SAEI), SADME completed an investigative drilling programme of concealed bedrock in the area of the Delamerian Bendigo Granite and surrounding metasediments of...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1993
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RB 98/00022 Review of open file company exploration data from the early 1980s to mid-1997, over the Yunta, Winnininnie, Anabama and Oakvale 1:100 000 map sheets, OLARY 1:250 000 map sheet, South Australia.
Significant exploration focussed on: · stratabound 'Telfer-style' gold in Adelaidean metasediments in the Nackara Arc, using stratiform or stratabound structurally-controlled genetic models; and structurally controlled gold and base metal...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1997
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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 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 95/00025 Geological investigation of Mineral Claim 2597, Mount Grainger Goldfield.
An appraisal of Mineral Claim 2597 at the Golden Slope workings on the Mount Grainger Goldfield has revealed gold mineralization associated with hydrothermally altered basal arkosic sandstone of Appila Tillite and the underlying Burra Group shale. A...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1995
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RB 91/00006 Historical review of mine workings, production and ore treatment, Mannahill Goldfield.
The Mannahill area has been prospected and mined since 1881, with ore being treated at numerous locations and by several processes. Gold occurs sporadically in quartz veining over 70 square km. The maximum depth of any working is < 80 metres on the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1991
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RB 95/00041 Commodity review. Copper and gold in South Australia.
The giant Olympic Dam deposit has a total resource of about 2 200 million tonnes grading 1.4% Cu, 0.5 kg/t U3O8, 0.5 g/t Au and 3.1 g/t Ag. Development of Olympic Dam, with current annual production of 67 000 t of copper and further expansion...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1995
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RB 89/00077 Geological investigations, Easter Gift gold mine, section 676, Hd Para Wirra, Mineral Claim 2274.
The mine was worked between 1935 and 1939. and recorded production totals 296.16 tonnes for 5007.4 grams of gold bullion. Gold occurs in gently west dipping Tertiary gravels overlying steeply east dipping Adelaidean Aldgate Sandstone. An indicated...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1989
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RB 89/00073 Gold occurrences and mines in the Waukaringa area.
This records the history and production of various mines, occurrences and prospects in the Waukaringa area outside the main Waukaringa Goldfield, from 1873 to 1989. Apart from that obtained from the goldfield proper, 83 856 grams of alluvial and reef...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1989
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RB 93/00042 Orroroo bedrock drilling 1993.
Eighty three reverse circulation drill holes totalling 2615.5 metres were drilled on Quorn, Orroroo, Paratoo and Carrieton 1:100 000 sheets to determine bedrock geology and geochemistry below sedimentary cover. The program is a part of the South...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1993
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RB 88/00085 1:250 000 Geological series - Explanatory Notes, OLARY, South Australia. Sheet SI/54-2 International Index.
The OLARY map area includes the SW part of the Willyama Inliers and surrounding Adelaidean (Late Proterozoic) sequences. The Early Proterozoic Willyama Supergroup is separated by NW-trending faults into blocks of metasedimentary rock of upper...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1988
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RB 88/00083 Appraisal of gold tailings at Mongolata battery site, section pt 36E, Hundred Mongolata, County Burra.
Gold was discovered at Mongolata in 1930 by Henry A Byles. Crushing from the State Battery commenced in 1933. 7 600 tonnes of ore were crushed for a yield of 319 246 grams of gold bullion, with average grade of tailings of 2.80 g/t Au. 3 120 tonnes of...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1988
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RB 88/00082 Appraisal of gold tailings Great Eastern Goldmine, Wadnaminga Goldfield.
Discovered in 1889, Great Eastern goldmine, part of the New Milo - Virginia line of lode, has a recorded production of 212.85 tonnes of ore which yielded 4 333.56 grams of gold bullion. No records exist of ore treated through the battery erected on...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1988
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RB 89/00044 Mineral resources of the Kapunda District Council area.
Kapunda DC is underlain by folded Adelaidean and Cambrian metasediments which host important mineral deposits in the area. An estimated 15 million tonnes of ore averaging 1.2% copper remains near the Kapunda mine, with potential for further...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1989
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Review of Mineral exploration activity, 2003 and 2004.
2003 activity: Expenditure by companies on mineral exploration licences in South Australia for calendar year 2003 was $37.0 million, a slight increase on the $35.7 million spent in 2002. Mineral exploration drilling metreage, a key indicator of...-
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Carrick Hill. Combined first annual / final report at licence surrender for the period 18/8/2008 to 17/8/2009.
An area located approximately 80 km north-east of Orroroo was assessed for its potential to contain alluvial and hard rock gold deposits. Quartz veins developed within a narrow zone in the Tarcowie Siltstone at the historic Erina prospect have high...-
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Published: 24 Oct 1909
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Ungalootanna Hill (part of the Musgrave Project). Annual and final reports to licence surrender, for the period 24/9/1997 to 1/10/2008.
Exploration of an area in the eastern Musgrave Ranges located 70 km north-east of Marla, 10 km south of Mount Irwin Homestead, and 22 km east of the Stuart Highway, has sought to find possible Giles Complex - hosted magmatic nickel sulphide and...-
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Published: 26 Jun 1908
