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Kingston (South-East). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 15/11/1993 to 14/11/1994.
Exploration for possible commercial grade celestite and for filler type carbonate material deposited in coastal lakes, undertaken in an area of the southern Coorong extending for 7-30 km north of Kingston, entailed the collection and analysis of...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1994
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Oakvale. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 19/3/1970 to 18/3/1972.
In a search for possible economic sedimentary uranium deposits within paralic Tertiary sediments of the north-western Murray Basin, an airborne radiometric survey was flown which delineated several apparently anomalous areas, and 42 open rotary mud...-
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Published: 25 Jun 1971
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Pinnaroo 1 bore. Stratigraphic and palaeontological sampling data.
The interpreted stratigraphic succession is as follows: 0-61 feet: terrestrial sands (Pleistocene-Recent); 61-180 feet: yellow-brown sands, clayey sands and grits (Loxton Sands, Upper Miocene); 180-195 feet: light grey-buff sands (? continental ?...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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Petroleum prospects of the Mesozoic-Tertiary basins of southeastern Australia.
Reprint from Australasian Oil and Gas Journal, July, 1961. Mesozoic-Tertiary basins are genetically related (associated with south tilt of continent and formation of modern continental shelf). Considers Saint Vincent, Murray, Gambier-Otway, Port...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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Report on airborne magnetometer survey, Bass Strait and Encounter Bay areas.
Contains the survey geophysical contractor's review of the aeromagnetic techniques and magnetic data interpretation procedures used, plus a discussion of the resulting magnetic signatures (basin definition, internal structural trends, data anomalies,...-
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Published: 14 Sep 1962
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Canegrass Lobe. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/3/1975 to 2/3/1976. Includes Palynological laboratory report no. 183/1. Appendix 1 in progress report for the period ended 2/6/1975.
The possibility that economic coal seams may occur in suspected buried Lower Permian sediments occupying the north-western corner of the Canegrass Lobe, where no deep stratigraphic drilling has hitherto been done, was investigated by Minad using...-
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Gip Gip. Final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/5/1975 to 12/8/1975.
Early-stage exploration of the State's South-East coastal region for possible economic heavy mineral sand placer deposits in ancient raised beaches has comprised an assessment of favourable geology, historical depositional conditions and...-
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Wanbi. Progress report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/7/1970 to 29/7/1971.
Field reconnaissance only - no technical data.-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : The North-western Murray Basin Project. Joint annual reports for the period 29/8/2012 to 28/8/2014.
During Year 7 of the project, Goldfields did no more field work, but undertook office-based analyses of bedrock geochemical and geological data obtained in its 2012 aircore drilling campaign. Image processing and interpretation of the Canegrass...-
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Published: 28 Feb 2015
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Newikie Creek. First annual report plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 3/5/2012 to 20/12/2013.
A small area located ~ 33 km north-east of Burra has been explored for possible economic buried marine placer heavy mineral (HM) sand deposits. The target strata comprised littoral marine sediments of the Pliocene aged Loxton - Parilla Sand (LPS), in...-
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Published: 20 Dec 2013
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Swan Reach. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 8/7/2013 to 20/2/2014.
An area centred ~20 km south-west of Morgan has been explored by Iluka Resources (Iluka) for possible economic buried Tertiary heavy mineral sands deposits. The company was targeting any mineralised Loxton-Parilla Sand (LPS) sediments deposited during...-
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Published: 05 May 2014
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Data release - as updated : Salt Creek. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/3/2015 to 12/3/2022.
A small area located on the inland side of The Coorong, midway between Salt Creek and Chinaman Wells, has been explored for possible economic evaporitic deposits of dolomitic magnesite which can be used to supply local markets for carbonate minerals....-
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Published: 27 May 2022
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Murray Bridge. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 26/7/2005 to 24/9/2015.
An area covering the valley of the River Murray between Murray Bridge and Mannum, and also extending for a considerable distance eastwards into the Murray Mallee (across farmland on the counties of Younghusband, Burdett and Ettrick), has been explored...-
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Published: 25 Aug 2015
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RB 2018/00001 Regolith hand specimen atlas for South Australia
This regolith material hand specimen atlas displays 246 images of 212 regolith samples which have been collected over the last 30 years by the authors, present and past Geological Survey of South Australia (GSSA) staff and members of the Cooperative...-
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Published: 01 May 2018
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Cooke Plains. First partial surrender report, for the period 13/12/2010 to 12/12/2012.
71 square km or ~52.6% of the former area of EL 4633 have been relinquished, as they are now viewed as less viable places in which to attempt commercial solar salt production. Exploration activities undertaken during the reporting period, with...-
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Cooltong. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/8/2016 to 3/8/2020.
A very small area centred ~10 km west of Renmark, and adjacent to the River Murray, has been explored for possible extensions to a recently discovered occurrence of high purity (>90% SiO2) semi-consolidated quartz sand that was found in September...-
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Published: 08 Oct 2020
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Lameroo, Wynarka, Karoonda, Loveday and Meribah (part of the Mindarie Project). Variously either full surrender or second partial surrender : joint report for the period 6/9/2000 to 18/2/2005.
Exploration in now relinquished areas of the south-western Murray Basin for possible shallow economic Tertiary marine placer deposits of heavy mineral sands failed to encounter such occurrences. After a review of previous mineral sands exploration in...-
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Published: 07 Jul 2005
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White Lagoon. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 17/10/2001 to 2/10/2004.
Exploration for possible marine placer heavy mineral sands deposits within Recent sediments laid down across a large part of east-central Kangaroo Island, due south of Kingscote, has comprised a literature survey, limited field geological...-
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Published: 17 Jun 2005
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Lameroo, Parilla and Pinnaroo (the CBD - Central Basin District - Project). Joint first annual/final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 19/6/2012 to 18/6/2014.
Three contiguous areas centred ~50-80 km east of Tailem Bend, and reaching close to the SA-Vic. State border, have been explored for possible economic buried Tertiary marine placer heavy mineral sand (HMS) deposits that may have been formed within the...-
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Published: 14 Jul 2014
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Renmark. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 16/11/2000 to 27/10/2021.
No work was done on the subject licence during the period 14/7/2015 to 27/10/2021. All work done prior to this period on its precursors has been separately reported on earlier by the then tenement holders.-
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Published: 14 Dec 2021
