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RB 38/00128 Willochra Basin survey test bores 1 to 3 palaeontology. Appendix 1 in: O'Driscoll, E.P.D. - The hydrology of the Willochra Basin.
At the request of the Senior Geologist (Hydrology) rotary drill core from Bore No. 1 and sludges from Bores 2 and 3 were examined for microfaunas with a view to establishing the age of the sediments, to determining the sedimentary environment, and to...-
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Published: 04 Jan 1955
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RB 39/00060 Hydrology of the Willochra Basin.
Relocation by the Commonwealth Railways of part of the north south railway line has involved the by-passing of the township of Quorn, and the present hydrological survey has been undertaken in an endeavour to determine the possibility of developing...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 56/00381 Geology of the QUORN military sheet. Explanation of the geological map.
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 79/00095 Palynology of Lower Tertiary sediments, southeastern Australia.
From a biostratigraphic study of the distribution of dispersed fossil spores and pollen in the Lower Tertiary sediments of southern Australia, six zonules have been recognised. These have been correlated with the succession of foraminiferal zones in...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1970
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RB 98/00019 Spencer Regions strategic water management study.
The availability of adequate water supplies is crucial to future development, particularly in the arid areas of the State. Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), as part of the Spencer Regions Strategic Water Management Study, has...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1998
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RB 95/00030 SAEI Triassic Coal Exploration Program. Exploration Licence Application ELA 228/93, Hawker - Quorn area, South Australia.
The results of a data review by MESA in 1992 to assess the prospectivity of the northern Flinders Ranges for concealed Triassic coal highlighted four main areas as having the best potential for a discovery. Following exploration for coal by MESA/ETSA...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1996
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RB 91/00079 Melrose town supply no. 5 well.
A new well was drilled to replace a 21 year old well (No. 3) in which the casing had corroded and which was producing sand. The well-field taps aquifers in weathered Adelaidean sandstones beneath low permeability sediments of the Willochra Basin. The...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1991
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Boolcunda and Hawker (part of the Springfield Project). Annual and joint annual reports to licences' respective expiry/renewal, for the period 22/7/1991 to 7/8/2002.
Exploration for diamonds and also for possible ultramafic igneous intrusion - related base metal mineralisation is being conducted in the area surrounding the small Permo-Triassic fluvioglacial sedimentary basin at Springfield in the southern Flinders...-
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Hammond. First partial surrender report, for the period 25/6/1979 to 24/6/1980.
Grid-based ground magnetic surveys, 10 stream sediment samples for heavy mineral analysis, and 1 rotary drillhole to 40 m total depth were acquired in the relinquished area of the licence, in a search for possible diamondiferous kimberlites. Two...-
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RB 66/00074 Geology of the ORROROO 1:250 000 map area.
An essentially unmetamorphosed sequence of Upper Proterozoic Adelaide System rocks has been folded into a parallel series of north and north-east trending folds on the ORROROO mapsheet area. Rocks of the Adelaide System are up to 50,000 ft thick, and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1971
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The Springfield Project. Data release at licences' partial surrender/ full surrender: licences' combined annual reports re. diamond exploration activities for the period 1/1/2001 to 1/8/2011. [Index Part 2 of 2].
During 2005, consultant geomorphologist Richard Russell was contracted by FDL to undertake a study of existing 'unsourced’ kimberlite indicator mineral (KIM) anomalies that occur in the northern part of the Springfield Project area. The initial aim of...-
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Published: 09 Nov 1911
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Quorn. First annual and relinquishment report for the period 8/9/98 to 7/9/99.
Newly acquired ground magnetic, mobile metal ion partial leach and conventional soil geochemical data do not support a possible kimberlite origin for an observed linear suite of small circular aeromagnetic anomalies occurring along the western margin...-
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Published: 20 Nov 1999
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Willochra. First partial surrender report, for the period 22/6/1994 to 21/12/1997.
35 square km or ~33.3% of the former area of EL 1940, comprising a single block in the south, has recently been relinquished due to its now perceived diminished prospectivity for base metals and for diamonds. Seismic and gravity surveys were employed...-
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Palaeodrainage and Cenozoic coastal barriers of South Australia (2nd edition).
Since the first edition of this map was released in May 2007, the collection by the Department's Geological Survey of much new geoscientific data and interpretations arising from South Australian regional surveys and exploration activities has...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1912
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Wilmington. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 23/8/1982 to 22/8/1983.
Exploration was carried out 50 km east of Port Augusta to try to locate possible concealed Triassic coal-bearing basins similar to the nearby Boolcunda and Springfield basins, and to assess the potential for economic Cainozoic lignite occurrences....-
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Hammond. Progress reports and second partial surrender report to licence expiry/renewal over a reduced area, for the period 25/6/1979 to 24/6/1981.
Initial exploration for diamonds in an area surrounding Hammond, a town located 25 km south-east of Quorn, comprised a literature review and examination of available aeromagnetic data, to select anomalies to target for possible kimberlites. As well,...-
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The Springfield Project. Data release at licences' partial relinquishment / full surrender: licences' combined annual reports re. diamond exploration activities for the period 1/1/2001 to 1/8/2011. [Index Part 1 of 2].
In ongoing diamond exploration of the Flinders Diamonds Ltd (FDL) Springfield Project tenement group, the licensee undertook exploratory drilling for kimberlite in the Springfield and Boolcunda Basins, and at the former Eurelia prospect of Stockdale...-
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Published: 09 Nov 1911
