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Orroroo. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 18/11/1971 to 28/9/1972.
In a continuation of diamond and base metal exploration of newly discovered carbonatite / kimberlite intrusive bodies in an area located immediately north of Orroroo, these bodies were examined petrographically and analysed to compare their...-
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RB 53/00130 Geological investigation of a limestone deposit at Noarlunga.
Twelve million cubic yards of Sturtian slaty limestone may be quarried above the 200 foot level. The stone, which has been tested by the Highways Department, is suitable as crusher run for base courses. The Adelaide system sediments have been folded...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 50/00100 Noarlunga limestone deposit diamond drilling.
A deposit of limestone situated adjacent to the south bank of the River Onkaparinga, 4 miles NE of Noarlunga, has been tested by diamond drilling to prove its suitability for road building. The good quality of the stone has been confirmed, although...-
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Published: 22 Mar 1960
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RB 44/00063 Myponga Dam Project - Geological investigation of the tunnel route on the proposed pipeline from the reservoir.
Detailed geological examination of the area in the vicinity of the proposed tunnel has shown that, provided suitable precautions are taken, there are no geological factors which will prevent the successful construction of a tunnel through the ridge...-
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Published: 02 May 1957
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RB 44/00072 Report on probable stone reserves near Linwood quarry, Hd Noarlunga, secns 197, 215.
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 84/00101 Compositions of some Adelaidean and Cambrian sedimentary rocks, South Australia.
56 whole rock major and trace element geochemical analyses of Adelaidean and Cambrian sedimentary rock drill core samples recovered from 6 diamond drillholes are presented. Many of the samples are carbonate - rich, and their lithologies include...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1984
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Mount Gunson. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/re-issue over a larger area, for the period 25/10/1979 to 20/12/1985.
As part of an ongoing search for extensions to the Cattlegrid orebody style of stratiform Cu-Fe-Mn mineralisation within its exploration licences on the Stuart Shelf, besides testing for any indications of Olympic Dam type Cu-U-Au deposits in the...-
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Port Augusta - Lake Torrens area. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 28/11/1979 to 29/10/1986.
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Data release - as updated : Wilmington. Annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 15/4/2009 to 8/3/2018.
An area located within the western Adelaide Fold Belt adjacent to the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton, and centred approximately 20 km south-east of Port Augusta, has been explored for possible economic buried copper mineralisation associated with...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1918
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Data release - as updated : Kapunda North / Bagot Well North (part of the Eudunda Project). Licence-specific annual reports and final report submitted to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 15/11/2005 to 12/12/2015.
Exploration for copper mineralisation within an area centred immediately north-northeast of Kapunda has as its initial objective to find shallow deposits of oxide and carbonate ores similar to those mined historically at Burra and Kapunda, focussing...-
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Lake Torrens - Port Augusta and Point Paterson areas. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 26/11/1977 to 30/11/1979.
SALT MINING STUDY: Field tests on the feasibility of Lake Torrens salt production to supply raw material for the planned Redcliff Petrochemical Project were continued, with project planning technical data demonstrations given to visiting officials of...-
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Progress reports on prospectivity investigations carried out in 1962 to assess phosphorite deposits formed within Adelaidean sediments of the Flinders Ranges [prior to the grant of a SML over an area in the southern Flinders Ranges].
TARGET: Phosphate occurrences in the Mid Sturtian from Port Pirie to Marree. EXPLORATION: Regional investigation of the occurrence, distribution and origin of phosphate by mapping of known phosphate occurrences and geological traversing across...-
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Published: 11 Oct 1962
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Geology of the phosphorite deposits of the Orroroo district, and notes on phosphorite deposits at Kapunda and Noarlunga, South Australia.
Mapping of phosphate occurrences in the mid-Sturtian sedimentary sequence of the Adelaide System rocks of South Australia has led to the recognition of 4 types : - bedded phosphorite which generally underlies the Brighton Limestone. This...-
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Geological mapping based on airphoto interpretation and an appreciation of rock types in the Mountain-of-Light [mine] area, Copley, SA.
A geological consultant's inspection of historic copper mining leases in the Copley district concluded that grid-based soil geochemical sampling, shallow drilling of the oxidised ore zone, trenching to obtain bulk samples for metallurgical tests, and...-
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RB 00545 Reconnaissance survey for location of alternative quarry sites between Hallett Cove and the Torrens River.
Arkosic quartzites of Pre Cambrian age contained in the Torrensian, Sturtian and Marinoan series occur in the Adelaide Hills. The largest deposits are in the Torrension series, in which several alternative quarry sites have been located. Adequate...-
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Published: 31 Jan 1900
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RB 68/00011 Phosphate Desposits - Wait's Workings - Sections 40 and 48 - Hundred of Noarlunga.
Following investigations at Oliver's phosphate workings, Sections 65 and 66, Hd. Willunga (Callen, 1968), it was decided to map Wait's workings on Section 40, Hd. Noarlunga and those on Section 48 at the same stratigraphic horizon. Reconnaissance...-
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Published: 20 Jan 1969
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RB 68/00034 Sedimentary phosphate exploration, part 2, the Cambrian and Proterozoic of Fleurieu Peninsula, the Mount Lofty Ranges,and Yorke Peninsula.
Large sedimentary phosphorate deposits are unlikely to be found in the Cambrian on Fleurieu Peninsula or the southern part of Yorke Peninsula. Further exploration of the phosphatic Brighton Limestone and Saddleworth Formation type of facies should be...-
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Published: 18 Mar 1969
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RB 66/00012 Oliver's phosphate deposits.
A deposit of bedded phosphate rock occurs in a siltstone unit 40-50 feet thick within an essentially calcareous sequence 25 miles south of Adelaide. Approximately 8,000 tons of phosphate rock were removed in the period 1907 to 1930. There are possible...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1970
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RB 71/00040 Limestone for coarse aggregate, Marino Reynella area.
The Brighton Limestone was mapped. The best areas for quarrying are within the limits mapped.-
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Published: 18 Mar 1971
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RB 71/00019 Sedimentary phosphates associated with the Brighton Limestone, South Australia, with a note on micro-problematica.
Phosphatized oolitic limestone and sandstone occur within arenaceous carbonates at the top of the Tapley Hill Formation, at or near the Brighton Limestone contact on the Fleurieu Peninsula and in similar stratigraphic, sedimentary setting between...-
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Published: 23 Feb 1971
