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RB 89/00074 Industrial and non metallic minerals - Operations in South Australia.
This data package discusses mining and processing operations of the major non metallic and industrial mineral commodities in South Australia and is of interest to those in the industry and to manufacturers and suppliers of a range of machinery and...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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Interim report on mapping of surficial materials in ELs 113 and 114.
The Kapunda region is principally one in which prolonged denudation, or lowering of the landsurface, has been operative over the past 100 Ma, while the present topographic amplitude of the region is also at its greatest since the onset of the...-
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South Australia. Miscellaneous, non-tenement related SADM and BMR - authored technical reports for the period 1940 to 1969.
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Salt Lake and New Lake gypsum deposits, eastern Kangaroo Island. Geological appraisal and surface mine planning and development reports for the period March 1955 to March 1984.
Recent exploration by CSR for new rock gypsum deposits on Kangaroo Island which might contain material suitable for calcining to make plaster products has located several minor gypsum occurrences in low-lying areas on the eastern side of the island,...-
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Published: 30 Mar 1984
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Port Wakefield. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 2/3/1977 to 1/3/1978.
TARGET: Definition of economic brown coal mineralisation in the northern Saint Vincent Basin. EXPLORATION: Open-hole rotary drilling of 127 holes totalling 11,103 m, including a reported minimum of 468 m of HQ rotary coring in 24 of the holes. The...-
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Dry processing of construction sands.
The feasibility was examined of producing construction sand conforming to Australian Standard 1465-1974, by a suitable dry process which would avoid the environmental problems associated with the need for storage of wet slimes. Representative...-
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Treatment of coal from Wakefield, South Australia, for removal of soluble salts.
A combined sample of 6 borehole cores was used to study the reduction of soluble salts, mainly sodium chloride, in Wakefield coal by a process of water leaching. Practically all the sodium chloride was removed and other chlorides and sulphates were...-
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Published: 29 Apr 1977
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1988 seismic survey, Booleroo, final report.
AIM: The Booleroo Seismic Survey was designed to: 1) improve data quality over that of earlier surveys through experimentation with acquisition parameters; 2) to add regional seismic coverage in the central part of Spencer Gulf; and 3) to further...-
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1993 seismic survey, Troubridge Shoals, final report.
AIM: The 1993 Troubridge Shoals Seismic Survey programme, of shallow water/shelf transition zone coverage on the southwestern and western sides of Gulf St Vincent, was designed to tie the extensive offshore seismic data of recent vintage to the...-
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1985 Karemanda Seismic Survey, Spencer Gulf. Reports for the period November 1985 to November 1986.
AIM: Following the licensee's reprocessing in early 1985 of about 70 line kms of 1973 vintage, 6 fold BMR sparker seismic data, a sequence of unidentified, probably ?Tertiary flat-lying sediments was indicated within the PEL 34 area, extending to...-
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1992 Scientific Investigation Permit [for a marine seismic survey], Backstairs Passage. Reports for the period April 1992 to February 1995.
AIM:To provide critical structural information on the relationships between major structural provinces (viz. Stansbury Basin / Adelaide Geosyncline / Kanmantoo Trough / Murray Basin) and, in particular, test an hypothesis that folded rocks from the...-
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RB 00796 Tertiary brown coal deposits in the northern Saint Vincent Basin, South Australia.
Known deposits of Eocene brown coal within the basin occur in 3 coalfields. Drilling results from 1975, which are presented and integrated with previous drill hole data, indicate a northern extension of the Inkerman-Balaklava Coalfield. Reserves are...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1900
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RB 30/00029 Whitwarta brown coal investigation.
On the basis of information obtained from a private bore sunk in section 27, Hundred of Stow, an investigation into the brown coal occurrence of this area was commenced in February 1949. In the course of this investigation twenty two bores were sunk,...-
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Published: 13 Mar 1951
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RB 2000/00024 Preliminary assessment of the groundwater in the Kangaroo Flat area.
The Kangaroo Flat area lies immediately to the north of the Northern Adelaide Plains Prescribed Well Area (NAPPWA). Most of the local groundwater extraction takes place from the confined Tertiary T2 aquifer. Newly constructed water wells in the...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2000
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RB 33/00009 Brown coal prospects in the Paradise-Hope Valley-Golden Grove area.
Brown coal was first reported in the Hope Valley area from a bore put down in Section 2093, Hundred Yatala. Subsequently in 1914 a bore was sunk by the Department of Mines for the Paradise Coal Company in the north-east corner of this section, and...-
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Published: 20 Dec 1951
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RB 2000/00029 Preliminary assessment of the potential of aquifer storage and recovery - Cheltenham Racecourse.
The Groundwater Program of the Department for Water Resources (DWR - previously with PIRSA) was engaged by the Torrens Catchment Water Management Board to assess the aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) potential at the Cheltenham Racecourse, using...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2000
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Pinkerton Plain. First annual report for the period 29/8/1995 to 28/8/1996.
Report presents drillhole logs and results of sand sample laboratory beneficiation tests and assaying, consequent upon the drilling of 8 appraisal aircore holes for 166 m during February 1996 to assess the extent and quality of buried sand beds...-
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Published: 06 Sep 1996
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Yorke Peninsula palaeochannel - Adelaide's long-term sand source.
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Peesey Swamp, southern Yorke Peninsula. Progress reports for the period 1/5/1969 to 31/10/1970.
The enclosed reports describe geological, hydrological, geotechnical, market research, and plant design and trial construction work that has been carried out with a view to determining the feasibility of an integrated groundwater and seawater salt...-
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Northern Kangaroo Island. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 1/12/1967 to 30/11/1968.
Laboratory beneficiation feasibility tests have been conducted on a 250 lb bulk sample of known heavy mineral - bearing beach sands which were taken from nearshore dunes located along the northern coastline of Kangaroo Island at Nepean Bay. It was...-
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Published: 28 Oct 1968
