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Wallaroo and Moonta mines and smelters, Yorke's [sic] Peninsula, South Australia. History, nature and methods.
A detailed account of the large scale copper mining and processing operations occurring in the 'Copper Triangle' region of South Australia in the few years following the end of the First World War. The included metrics and pictorial coverage of many...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1921
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Glenloth Well. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/3/1973 to 29/3/1974.
Two inclined percussion holes were drilled at the Mount Mitchell tin prospect for a total penetration of 504 feet. The aim was to test a discrepancy between subsurface sample negative tin assay results obtained by the Department of Mines, and good...-
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Published: 21 Feb 1974
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Pualco West. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/10/1972 to 25/10/1973.
Reconnaissance and detailed bulk loam sampling undertaken to look for diamonds or kimberlite indicator minerals in the vicinity of the Pualco Anticline, plus spectrographic analyses of the derived heavy mineral concentrates for gold and base metals...-
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Published: 12 Dec 1973
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Mount Misery. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/11/1981 to 29/11/1985.
Stratabound, chemically precipitated Telfer - type replacement style vein gold was the target of exploration undertaken over an area 25 km north-west of Yunta, which contains good exposures of Neoproterozoic Umberatana Group clastic metasediments that...-
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Lilydale. Data release made in lieu of submitting a first partial surrender report : progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal over a much reduced area, for the period 5/1/1988 to 4/1/1993.
Initial exploration carried out near Lilydale Homestead, 80 kilometres south-east of Yunta, targeted possible Starra-style gold in the Braemar Ironstone facies. Flying of an airborne semi-detailed magnetic and radiometric survey identified magnetic...-
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The MIM-Peko Stuart Shelf Joint Venture Project. Progress reports to licences' joint full surrender and their re-issue as a single replacement tenement, for the period 15/2/1983 to 20/10/1989.
Exploration for Olympic Dam-style Cu-Au-U mineralisation, undertaken over areas to the south-east of Arcoona Homestead and in the vicinity of Woomera township, has comprised numerous reconnaissance and then detailed gravity, ground magnetic and CSAMT...-
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Copperlinka. Progress and annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/4/1991 to 6/6/1997.
Exploration for possible large, potentially open cut - mineable disseminated quartz vein - type syngenetic gold and base metal deposits within a licence area located near Outalpa, 150 km south-west of Broken Hill, has comprised geological mapping,...-
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Woomera, Portulacca Ridge and Red Lake. Joint final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 15/2/1983 to 7/11/1986.
The three licences now being surrendered were originally taken out by Seltrust in the mid-1970s to search for stratabound base metals and Olympic Dam type mineralisation. After Seltrust withdrew from the subsequently formed Stuart Shelf joint venture...-
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RB 55/00006;Amdel 00126 Accessory minerals of South Australian granites.
The purpose of the work described was to compare and contrast the petrography, accessory minerals, and absolute ages of 25 granitic and allied rock samples collected from widely scattered localities in South Australia. The processes that are...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1961
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RB 51/00043 Geology of the Mobilong military sheet (explanation of the geological map).
The Mobilong Military Sheet is situated between longitudes 139°00and 139°30 and latitudes 35°15and 35°00, extending over the eastern most slopes of the Mount Lofty Ranges and the flanking plains of the Murray Basin. It is bounded by the following...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 56/00030 Inspection of gold lease - Pitcairn Range.
A gold mining lease in the Pitcairn Range, approximately 25 miles east of Peterborough, has been worked by Messrs. Asaris, Zoloteve and Walvert under an agreement with a syndicate represent by Mr. Jones. The gold occurs in narrow gently dipping veins...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 58/00003 Preliminary report on Mount Grainger Goldfield, section 183 Hd Coglin.
There is no abstract created for this record-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 43/00063 Copper, barite and manganese occurrences, Mutooroo Station.
Small amounts of copper carbonate, which were mined on a small scale in 1890, occur in Adelaide System slates, 25 miles north south east of Radium Hill and 4 miles south south west of Mutooroo Homestead. No payable concentrations of copper were found...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 77/00073 Geochemical survey of the Kapunda 1:63 360 sheet. Completion report.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 82/00069 Mintaro Goldfield, geological investigations, 1980-1982.
Small quantities of gold from both shallow alluvial and underground workings have been produced since discovery in 1892. Mineralization is associated with NW trending faults cutting the Auburn Dolomite and Watervale Sandstone Member of the Burra...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1982
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RB 84/00064 Glenloth Gold Battery. Ore treated and gold bullion recovered, 1904 - 1963.
13 869 tonnes of ore were treated, with recovery of 260 080 g of gold bullion by amalgamation and cyanidation. 34 500 g of gold remain in tailings at the site.-
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Published: 01 Sep 1984
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RB 86/00071 Waukaringa Goldfield geological investigations 1983 - 1985.
From 1873 to 1894, this goldfield, located 35 km north of Yunta, produced over 45,000 ounces (1400 kg) of gold from approximately 60,000 tonnes of ore, dug from a series of quartz-ironstone-pyrite reefs that dip southwards at 32 degrees on the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1987
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RB 87/00098 Geophysical appraisal of the Echunga district with reference to mineralisation within the Middle-Late Proterozoic rocks.
The diamond and base metal potential is appraised based on recent company exploration for gold and diamond bearing kimberlites, with special reference to regional stratigraphy, tectonic structures based on the Echunga detailed low level aeromagnetic...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1987
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RB 88/00013 Appraisal of gold tailings Homeward Bound gold mine, Mannahill Goldfield.
Mineral Lease 5316, covering workings of Homeward Bound mine, is traversed by a stratabound quartz, ironstone, calcite, pyrite lode in thinly laminated grey calcareous siltstones of Umberatana Group, Enorama Shale.Homeward Bound reef has been explored...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1988
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RB 84/00067 Geological and geochemical survey of part of the Mount Grainger Anticline.
Investigation of part of the nose of the Mount Grainger Anticline where minor gold and copper occurrences are known, and anomalous Au, Cu, Pb, Zn, Co, Mn, Ba and Fe values have been detected by stream sediment surveys. 692 soil and 63 rock chip...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1984
