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Geology of the Willippa Anticline, central Flinders Ranges.
In the central Flinders Ranges, Neoproterozoic and early Palaeozoic rocks are found outcropping within a series of broad, open, dome and basin-shaped folds. This region contains most of the diapiric structures in the Adelaide Geosyncline, many, but...-
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Sedimentology of the Ouldburra Formation (Early Cambrian), northeastern Officer Basin.
The Ouldburra Formation (Early Cambrian) is a newly defined sequence of carbonates, mixed carbonate/siliciclastics and evaporites in the northeastern Officer Basin, northern South Australia. Deposition took place during the late stages of...-
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Officer Basin geological studies. Reports.
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Guide to the lithofacies of the Ouldburra Formation.
The Ouldburra Formation is the lower of 2 major carbonate units in the NE Officer Basin. It is essentially an Early Cambrian shallow marine / epeiric sea sequence, underlain by the Murnaroo Formation and overlain by the Observatory Hill Formation....-
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ELs 730 - 739, Great Victoria Desert (CRAE Wyola Project). Progress and final reports for the period 6/10/1980 to 14/9/1981.
Compilation and re-interpretation of open file data from the Eucla Basin - southern Officer Basin region preceded exploratory and stratigraphic percussion drilling undertaken in an area north of the Trans Australian Railway (6 holes, total 1032 m)....-
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Published: 09 Jul 1981
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Petrographic study of the Ouldburra Formation.
This report presents over 500 thin section descriptions from cored Ouldburra Formation rocks lying within the PEL 23 area. The work forms an integral part of an on-going study of the sedimentology of the Ouldburra Formation and its possible...-
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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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Manunda Homestead. Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 25/6/1979 to 24/6/1980.
Diamond exploration over an area located approximately 35 km south-east of Yunta was undertaken to assess an interpreted structural environment that may be similar to one existing nearby to the west close to Terowie, in which shallowly buried,...-
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Report on staining tests applied to Cambrian limestones to ascertain extent of dolomitisation (Marker beds in the Cambrian limestone), Wilkatana area.
6 marker horizons recognised: (1) - White dolomite (approx. 100 thick). Well developed green chloritic mineral along stylolites. High porosity. Frequent Archaeocyathinae. (2) - Uppermost oolite (3-11' thick). Ooliths white in colour, 1/16 inch...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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Hawker and Druid Range. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 5/11/1970 to 4/8/1971.
A programme of reconnaissance and infill geochemical stream sediment sampling, conducted over an area extending to the north-east and south-east of Hawker, examined the base metal potential of the Lower Cambrian limestone sequence overlying the Pound...-
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Sanderston. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 3/11/1978 to 2/5/1979.
In a renewed search for possible economic scheelite deposits in the Sanderston area, which is located ~15 km south-east of the Barossa Valley, the sites of some previously reported tungsten metal geochemical anomalies and minor detrital scheelite...-
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Warrioota Creek. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 7/6/1978 to 6/6/1980.
Exploration undertaken in an area of practically no outcrop that is situated south of the Ediacara Range, on the eastern side of Lake Torrens, has aimed primarily at investigating the Viburnum Trend (Mississippi Valley) - type mineral potential of...-
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Published: 12 Mar 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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Parachilna. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 2/4/1970 to 1/4/1971.
Reconnaissance geochemical sampling of the eastern PARACHILNA mapsheet area for sediment-hosted base metal deposits has succeeded in locating several well-defined areas of interest, although approximately two-thirds of the SML area appears to be...-
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Sliding Rock. Combined first progress / final report to licence surrender for the period 1/4/1969 to 31/3/1970.
Following the previous conduct of separate reconnaissance and detailed stream sediment sampling programmes, two zinc-anomalous areas were defined. One of these, located in the nose of the Sliding Rock Syncline, was interpreted as arising from iron...-
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Mount Grieg. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/12/1979 to 5/6/1981.
Exploration for possible economic syngenetic/stratiform or epigenetic/hydrothermal base metals and gold hosted by Early Cambrian and older Adelaidean rocks in the Angepena area initially comprised the conduct of reconnaissance 1:50,000 scale...-
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Published: 06 Aug 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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Pillaworta Hill. Progress and final reports for the period 22/12/1976 to 4/9/1978.
Investigation of banded iron formation in the Lincoln Uplands of the Tumby Bay district for possible South West African type base metal sulphide deposits consisted of rock chip and soil sampling at potential gossanous outcrops, and limited drilling of...-
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Published: 22 Jun 1978
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Koomooloo. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 28/11/1977 to 1/9/1978.
EL 373 was taken up by Dampier Mining primarily to test the coal potential of part of the western Murray Basin, while a secondary objective was to assess the nature and base metal potential of the underlying basement, including that of a possible...-
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