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Stuart Creek. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 13/5/1977 to 12/5/1979.
Stratiform base metal sulphide deposits and sedimentary uranium accumulations were targeted in the Stuart Creek area, which straddles the Torrens Fault on the eastern margin of the Stuart Shelf. Two airborne magnetic and radiometric surveys totalling...-
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Mount Sabine. Partial surrender report for the period 12/2/1981 to 22/1/1986.
As part of a regional diamond and kimberlite exploration programme, 50 drainage and loam samples were collected for heavy mineral analysis from within the two areas being relinquished, which lie respectively 50 km NW and 40 km NE of Kingoonya. No...-
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Woomera, Emmie Bluff, Salt Creek, Portulacca Ridge and Red Lake. Progress reports for the period 21/8/1979 to June 1983.
Continuing exploration in the Woomera area has included the acquisition of a ground magnetic and gravity survey over the Buller Dam anomaly, which lies on the western flank of the Acropolis aeromagnetic anomaly, and this work confirmed that the former...-
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Red Lake. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 23/2/1978 to 2/1/1983.
Exploration undertaken on ground situated east of Pernatty Lagoon has included the acquisition of extensive ground magnetic and gravity surveys plus a small aerial magnetic and radiometric survey, and performing many specific gravity and 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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Mount Gunson - Pernatty. Quarterly reports and annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/2/1987 to 15/4/1994.
Ongoing copper exploration in the Mount Gunson area was directed primarily at locating economic stratiform mineralisation in the Tapley Hill Formation, which overlies Pandurra Formation and the associated Cattlegrid orebody. New work comprised...-
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Emmie Bluff. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 28/10/1978 to 11/2/1983.
Ongoing exploration for Olympic Dam-style Cu-Au-U mineralisation, over an area centred ~15 km south-east of Arcoona Homestead, during this period comprised 3D geophysical modelling of possible source geometries for, and RC drilling (10 holes, total...-
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Andamooka, Stuart Creek, Arcoona, Lake Torrens, Todds Dam, Lake Arthur, Woodforde Hill and Murdie Island (the Stuart Shelf Project). Joint first partial surrender report at licences' expiry/renewal, for the period 2/5/1975 to 16/6/1986.
WMC's Stuart Shelf exploration activities from 1975 to 1985 have sought mainly Olympic Dam style mineralisation (copper - uranium - precious metals in haematitic breccia host rocks), with lesser emphasis directed at: possible distal analogues of the...-
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Millers Creek Homestead. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/3/1980 to 28/3/1986.
Following a review of existing regional geophysical and geological data for the north-western Stuart Shelf, grid-based gravity and ground magnetic surveys were run to further outline two broad gravity highs associated with discrete magnetic anomalies,...-
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RB 60/00004 Source and distribution of heavy metals in Cambrian and Marinoan shelf sediments in South Australia.
The sedimentary environment of Cambrian and Marinoan shelf sediments in South Australia is outlined. Tables are presented showing the distribution of Cu and Pb in the various facies of these sediments. Low grade copper mineralisation in some Marinoan...-
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Published: 06 Jan 1965
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RB 58/00070 Geophysical investigation at the southern end of Lake Torrens in a search for brines, gravity and magnetic results (19/1/1964).
A gravity trough extending southerly from Lake Torrens suggests a possible subsurface escape route for brines from Lake Torrens. It is recommended that this gravity trough be drilled, however this recommendation may be modified by later seismic...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 60/00116 Water supply, Andamooka Opalfield. Report on recent drilling.
The drilling of four bores was undertaken by SADM during April 1965 in an attempt to augment the limited supplies of potable water presently available for the residents of the Andamooka Opalfield. The existing supplies of such water are drawn from...-
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Published: 08 Jun 1965
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RB 78/00067 Mount Gunson copper mine groundwater investigations.
A proposed increase in tonnage treated by the Mill at Mt. Gunson Copper Mine will require an increase in withdrawal from the well field from the present level of approximately 4 000 gph, (18.'2 m5 p.h.) to 9 000 gph (41.0 m p.h.). Careful management...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 81/00099 Stuart Highway, Baker Well to Gosses section. Drilling for construction water.
13 of 38 wells were completed as production wells. Pump testing showed that 6 were capable of yielding 50 kl/day or more for 2 year period. Salinity was in excess of 10 000 mg/L TDS except near Glendambo where water from 4000 to 8000 mg/L was...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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RB 81/00097 Stuart Highway reconstruction, Pimba to Baker Well section. Water well drilling program.
4 of 7 wells were successfully drilled near Wirraminna Rail Siding and should be adequate for highway requirements for compaction water. Groundwater quality in all cases is saline (over 16000 mg/L TDS).-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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RB 84/00006 Potential of the Cambrian for Mississippi Valley type lead-zinc mineralisation.
Description of 16 visual presentation slides. Recent exploration emphasises the potential within SA for epigenetic sulphide mineralisation precipitated as open space fillings in shallow water carbonate sediments formed on the margins of large basins,...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1984
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RB 88/00007 Stuart Highway, Pimba to Wirrappa, section and Pimba to Olympic Dam Road, drilling for construction water, 1987.
6 of 11 wells were productive. All were fractured rock aquifers, but only 1 showed radial flow rather than a linear flow response. Yields ranged from 0.7 L/s to 8 L/s and salinities from 16 000 mg/L to 2356 000 mg/L. The occurrence at depth of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1988
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RB 76/00146 Geology of Mount Laura, Whyalla, South Australia.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 78/00154 Stuart Creek agate deposit.
Agate or banded chert nodules weather out of the Cambrian Andamooka Limestone over an area of several square kilometres south of the Stuart Creek Opal field. In places the agate nodules are concentrated into extensive deflation lag gravels. Banding is...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 80/00035 Stuart Highway, Pimba to Baker Well section. Drilling for construction water.
Of 16 wells drilled, only 6 have an adequate supply of saline groundwater for construction use. On the western part of the section, 4 wells into the deeper fractured rock aquifer were dry. Subsequently another 8 randomly sited wells were drilled into...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1980
