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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 61/00009 Geological report no. 1 on the Rock Valley Creek jaspilite, Hd Koppio, southern Eyre Peninsula (Cummins 1-mile sheet).
Steeply east-dipping jaspilite beds, with a thickness of between 200 feet and 400 feet, could contain 9 to 22 million tons per 100 vertical feet of coarse-grained, slightly magnetic iron oxides. Surface samples average 39.1 % acid soluble Fe....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 49/00001 Supplementary gravity traverses over Bungalow aeromagnetic anomaly near Cowell, Eyre Peninsula.
Supplementary gravimeter traverses have been run over the strong Bungalow aeromagnetic anomaly to further define it. Earlier in the year a percussion drilling programme was carried out over the same area. In the light of both sets of results it is...-
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Published: 03 Jul 1959
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RB 50/00162 Report on geological reconnaissance of the TARCOOLA four-mile sheet and eleven adjoining one-mile sheets.
A field reconnaissance of the Tarcoola district, to follow up two separate occurrences of high grade iron ore recently detected by members of the public, has revealed a predominantly igneous terrane containing small groups of remnant outcrops of iron...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 45/00118 Final report on iron ore prospecting, Corunna area, Iron Knob district.
In an area of limited basement outcrop located between 2 and 5 miles north-northwest of Iron Knob township, the Department's surface traverse channel sampling (969'), percussion boring (643’) and diamond drilling (1270’) tested a low grade...-
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Published: 04 Dec 1957
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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 80/00093 Six 100 000 compilation sheets of WHYALLA. A progress report.
Based on regional mapping, preliminary maps are presented. The area contains some of the best exposures of Archaean to Early Proterozoic and critical information on missing link (Middle Proterozoic) between Early and Late Proterozoic evolution of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 80/00092 Eyre Peninsula groundwater survey - Bibliography of hydrogeology and engineering geology reports.
Bibliography for eyre Peninsula and far west is divided into:<-
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Published: 01 Aug 1980
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RB 81/00094 Tumby Bay talc deposits, western lodes, secn 413 Hd Yaranyacka, Co. Flinders, Geological investigations and drilling for Brolga Talc Mining Co. Pty Ltd during 1980.
The talc, 14 km NW of Tumby Bay, has been mined intermittently for 40 years. The talc lodes formed in alteration zone which borders folded Katunga Dolomite of the Early Proterozoic Hutchison Group. The talc is white friable and schistose, in thin...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 81/00099 Stuart Highway, Baker Well to Gosses section. Drilling for construction water.
13 of 38 wells were completed as production wells. Pump testing showed that 6 were capable of yielding 50 kl/day or more for 2 year period. Salinity was in excess of 10 000 mg/L TDS except near Glendambo where water from 4000 to 8000 mg/L was...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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RB 83/00011 Moonta Wallaroo mining field - Production statistics 1860 to 1938.
9.1 million tonnes of crude ore and 2.5 million tonnes of dressed ore, averaging 3.39 and 3.61% copper respectively, were produced from 1890 to 1923. Output totalled 336 000 tonnes of copper and 1682 kg of fine gold. Some of the gold was purchased...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1983
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RB 83/00082 Proterozoic intrusives, Streaky Bay area.
The intrusives are dominated by granite, N - S oriented diorite dykes up to 50 metres wide, and late stage aplitic and pegmatitic veins with variable orientation. A Middle Proterozoic age is indicated for some of the granitoids, which were probably...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1983
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RB 84/00013 Wilgena 1. Well completion report.
Wilgena 1 (TD 973 m) penetrated 964 m into Tarcoola Formation within the Wilgena Sub-basin, without encountering magnetic basement. Thin dacitic to basaltic tuffs and basaltic flows, interbedded with carbonaceous siltstones, indicate contemporaneous...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1984
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RB 84/00064 Glenloth Gold Battery. Ore treated and gold bullion recovered, 1904 - 1963.
13 869 tonnes of ore were treated, with recovery of 260 080 g of gold bullion by amalgamation and cyanidation. 34 500 g of gold remain in tailings at the site.-
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Published: 01 Sep 1984
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RB 85/00005 Gneiss and amphibolite deposits. Drilling and testing pavement materials, Poonindie to Tumby, section 7, Hd Koppio.
3 backhoe trenches and 5 drill holes (127 metres) outlined quarry site to yield 80 000 m3 of interbanded gneiss and amphibolite beneath 17 000 m3 of silty soil, clay and weathered rock to an average depth of 2 metres. Additional reserves are available...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1985
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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 84/00016 Stuart Shelf drillhole data base.
Summarises Middle - Late Proterozoic stratigraphy from 256 holes and some details of basement indicating areal distribution and thickness of Adelaidean sequences and depths to basement. Computerized data is presented in both printed and plan (1:250000...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1984
