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Ruby Hill. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 1/12/1980 to 31/5/1982.
During a search for possible diamondiferous rocks within an area lying to the north of William Creek and abutting the south-eastern side of the Peake and Denison Ranges, stream sediment sampling and a low level, 5300 line km aeromagnetic / radiometric...-
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Published: 02 Jun 1982
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RB 2015/00007 Coober Pedy Precious Stones Field 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of alunite and opal formation.
Precious opal in South Australia occurs near the base of the weathered profile developed in Early Cretaceous host marine clastic sediments. It is associated with the supergene minerals alunite, kaolinite, gypsum and iron oxides, that are variously...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2015
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RB 2013/00011 Geology of the Tieyon 1:100 000 map sheet (5645).
The Tieyon 1:100 000 mapsheet area is located on the South Australia – Northern Territory border in the central Far North of South Australia. It covers rock units of the Mesoproterozoic Musgrave Province, the Mesozoic Eromanga Basin and the Neogene...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2013
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RB 2008/00008 Northern Curnamona Province, Regolith Exposures, Tour Guide.
The northern Curnamona Province includes the northern Flinders Ranges, comprising the Mounts Babbage and Painter Inliers (Palaeoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic crystalline basement) and overlying metasediments of the Adelaide Geosyncline...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2008
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RB 2012/00004 MARREE, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SH54-5. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The MARREE mapsheet area includes the south-western portion of the Strzelecki Desert plus parts of the Tirari Desert, north-western Flinders Ranges and north-eastern Willouran Ranges, between latitudes 29 to 30 degrees S and longitudes 138 to 139...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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RB 2009/00001 Explanatory Notes for [the] CALLABONNA 1:250 000 Geological Map, sheet SH 54-6.
The CALLABONNA map area includes the southern end of the Strzelecki Desert and the north- eastern Flinders Ranges, between latitudes 29° to 30° S and longitudes 139° 30' to 141° E. Cameron Corner adjoins New South Wales and Queensland in the...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2009
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RB 2010/00003 High Resolution Resistivity Test Survey: Andamooka.
A new high-resolution resistivity measurement instrument, developed by ZZ Resistivity Imaging Pty Ltd, was tested within the Andamooka Precious Stones Field, located 640 km by road north of Adelaide, to determine its suitability for assisting in opal...-
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Published: 01 Feb 2010
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......[Key SAMREF record for accessing referenced reports and data via DEM Content Manager - SPOT]...... Mount Toondina. Annual reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 13/2/1995 to 15/8/1998.
The Mount Toondina structure, a small but pronounced vertically fault-bounded inlier of Permian sediments within a flat-lying Mesozoic sequence, is represented by an annular magnetic feature located 45 km south of Oodnadatta. A single gravity profile...-
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Mount Treloar (NW of Oodnadatta). Progress and final reports for the period 30/6/80 to 29/12/80.
Follow-up investigations of possible buried channel redox front uranium mineralization on the edge of the Eromanga Basin, in the vicinity of the SA-NT border, included a geophysical and structural interpretation of available data, the drilling and...-
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Published: 23 Feb 1981
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The Alberga Diamond Project. Joint progress and annual reports to licences' joint surrender, for the period 19/3/1998 to 16/6/2000.
Kimberlite-seeking loam sampling and soil geochemistry, undertaken in the vicinity of 28 selected magnetic targets distributed within eight separate licence areas extending from 150 km west-northwest of to 120 km north of Oodnadatta, only yielded a...-
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Ely Hill, Ant Hill, Mabel Creek and Mount Willoughby (Coober Pedy North Opal Project). Second partial surrender report for the period 10/1/97 to 2/11/2001.
Exploration for large-scale opal deposits over an area north and north-west from Coober Pedy included literature research, air photo interpretation, digital terrain modelling, and field reconnaissance. No unrecorded previous opal workings were...-
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Robin Rise. First partial surrender report, for the period 2/1/1997 to 1/1/2001.
A regional drilling programme was undertaken to investigate the economic potential of possible Permian coal occurrences within buried extensions to the Lake Phillipson Trough, in its adjacent northern Penrhyn Trough and south-eastern Ingomar regions...-
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Beverley Uranium Project - Groundwater resources, management and monitoring.
The technical development and operational commencement stage of the Beverley in situ leach uranium mining project are herein discussed from the viewpoint of hydrogeological factors. The author summarises the uranium deposit's hydrogeological setting...-
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Mabel Creek. Partial surrender report for the period 3/12/1999 to 2/12/2000.
Aerial photointerpretation, digital terrain model interpretation, a review of previous drilling data, and field reconnaissance of target rock unit outcrops were carried out 55 km north-west of Coober Pedy, adjacent to the western margin of the Coober...-
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Ely Hill & Ant Hill. Joint first annual & final report for the period 10/1/1997 to 13/1/1998 (Ant Hill Project minerals search), plus joint first partial surrender report for the period 14/7/1997 to 8/12/1998 (Coober Pedy North Project opal exploration).
Two structurally controlled Cu-Au targets, plus a possible kimberlite pipe and a coal prospect, were interpreted in re-processed geophysical data derived from an area approximately 55 km north-northwest of Coober Pedy. The area was seen to contain...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1999
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Wingilpin Bluff. First annual / final report to licence surrender for the period 27/3/2003 to 16/12/2003.
Evaluations of 3.5 m resolution digital elevation models lately acquired over the Wingilpin Bluff area, located 75 km north-east of Kingoonya, have indicated that substantial Tertiary and Recent erosion has removed most of the potential opal-bearing...-
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Report of investigations for coal in the Arckaringa Basin, [conducted during the period] September to December 1974.
TARGET: Lower Permian coal of steaming or coking grade, suitable for open cut development. EXPLORATION: Rotary drilling of 42 open and partly cored holes totalling 5122 m, including 105 m of coring, with follow-up geophysical logging. RESULTS: 7...-
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Stuart Creek (part of the Lake Torrens Project). Combined first to fourth partial surrenders report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 26/1/2003 to 1/7/2008.
Limited RAB drilling (in 5 of 8 vertical holes for a total penetration of 611 m) across a DeepLeach II regolith zinc anomaly that straddles the licence boundary of adjoining ELs 3123 and 3140 failed to encounter any mineralisation or elevated downhole...-
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Coward Cliff. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 16/1/1976 to 19/10/1976.
Three exploratory vertical rotary mud holes totalling 203 m were drilled on the southern margin of the Mesozoic Great Artesian Basin, to the north-west of Finniss Springs Station, to search for possible thicker, basinward extensions of a thin coal...-
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Published: 22 Jul 1976
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HandBk 005 - Opal: South Australia's Gemstone. Barnes L.C. et al. (1992 revised edition)
South Australia's famous desert opalfields supply about 80% of the world output of precious opal, with current production coming almost entirely from the major fields at Andamooka, Coober Pedy and Mintabie, each of which is expected to increase output...-
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