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The Ukaparinga Schist - a syngenetic copper deposit near Williamstown, South Australia.
An amphibolite-facies mica schist carrying syngenetic copper mineralisation has been mapped over a strike length of 2.5 km near Williamstown, 40 km North East of Adelaide, South Australia. The schist, termed the Ukaparinga Schist, contains...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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Williamstown. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 16/12/1971 to 15/12/1972.
Exploration for possible stratiform or hydrothermal, fault-associated copper deposits in the area of basal Adelaidean metasediments lying to the north of known such mineralisation at the abandoned historic Ukaparinga mine, immediately north of...-
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Published: 12 Apr 1973
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RB 37/00034 Investigations of reported uranium finds UP 100 uranium occurrence on the Gorge Road near Kangaroo Creek (inc locality map).
On February 9, 1954, Mr. J. W. Spooner of 25 Crewe Street, Henley Beach, reported an occurrence of uranium bearing ore along the Gorge Road, and submitted a sample for testing. A radiometric assay of this sample indicated a U3O8 content of 3.5%. The...-
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Published: 04 Mar 1954
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RB 37/00090 Reconnaissance scintillometer survey of two areas of Archaean rocks in the Adelaide Hills, 10/2/1954.
Two areas, the Archean inlier near Aldgate and an aerial scintillometer anomaly at Breakneck Hill were examined with a scintillometer. No radioactivity of any significance was located but the cause of the aerial anomaly in the second instance was...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1954
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RB 38/00052 Report on an inspection of monazite occurrence, Section 60, Hundred of Myponga.
A second occurrence of outcropping monazite on the northern side of Myponga Hill, which is situated about 2 miles south of Myponga township, was inspected and advice given to a prospector concerning how best to further develop the existing small-scale...-
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Published: 29 Sep 1954
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RB 38/00096 Report on ground prospecting for uranium in the Yankalilla area.
Government-led prospecting for economic uranium mineralisation, conducted in the Yankalilla area during June-September 1954, has consisted of detailed Geiger counter radiometric survey traversing of the outcropping Archaean basement rocks at 1 chain...-
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Published: 08 Nov 1954
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RB 39/00100 Myponga Uranium Project, Wild Dog prospect (16/5/1955).
Exploration of the uranium discovery at Myponga has been completed. Diamond and wagon drilling, and underground exploration have shown that the mineralisation is too limited to warrant further development. Open cut and underground mining conducted at...-
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Published: 16 Jun 1955
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RB 60/00071 (Report on the) Ukaparinga (Unaparinga) copper mine, Williamstown.
Copper carbonates are sporadically distributed throughout steeply dipping mica schist in a zone up to about 70 ft. wide. The host rocks have been regarded as overturned metamorphosed Burra Group (Torrensian) beds resting on the Aldgate Sandstone...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1965
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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 83/00058 Williamstown kaolin-sillimanite-mica deposits.
Report describes these unusual mineral deposits which are currently the only source in Australia of refractory grade sillimanite and filler grade mica.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1983
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RB 91/00066 Major South Australian gold deposits. Summaries.
This report summarizes information on 10 South Australian mineral deposits with individual aggregate gold resources and/or historic production of 1 tonne or more. By far the largest is the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, with a measured and indicated...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1991
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RB 93/00056 Tenth International Clay Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, July 1993. Guidebook for the F3 field tour of Adelaide Hills kaolin (deposits).
There is no abstract created for this record-
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Published: 01 Jul 1993
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Lobethal (part of the Adelaide Hills Project). Data release made upon the commencement of project licences' joint reporting] : annual reports for the period 29/9/1993 to 3/3/2003.
A large, 722 square km area of the central Adelaide Hills extending between Jupiter Creek and the Warren Conservation Park is being explored for diamonds, gold and base metals, in host geological structures that appeared to be associated with...-
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Yankalilla. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/10/2001 to 21/10/2003.
Possible primary gold and platinum - palladium mineralisation which might have formed in Palaeoproterozoic basic igneous rocks of the Myponga Inlier were the targets of exploration in an area 60 km south of Adelaide. Work undertaken comprised a field...-
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Williamstown. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 28/3/1983 to 29/3/1984.
In a search for possible extensions to existing, almost worked-out poddy deposits of damourite mica and kaolinised sillimanite, that may occur within an area of prospective Barossa Complex Proterozoic basement inlier rocks located south-east of...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1984
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Para Wirra. Quarterly reports to licence expiry for the period 5/11/1984 to 1/3/1988.
The licensee has performed mineralogical sampling, beneficiation testing, 1:1000 scale geological reconnaissance mapping and an economic evaluation of the Koraleigh micaceous haematite deposits located near Kersbrook, concentrating on establishing...-
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Houghton. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 15/4/1968 to 28/2/1970.
As part of uranium exploration being carried out over the oldest basement rocks forming inliers to the Adelaide Geosyncline within the southern Mount Lofty Ranges, an airborne scintiilometer survey was flown across the Houghton Inlier during December...-
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Geological investigations of clay, mica and sillimanite occurrences at Williamstown, and evolving mine development plans and alternatives. Progress reports for the period 6/10/1976 to July 1984.
Dataset contains Amdel - derived mineralogical and petrological data on the ore and host rocks, plus the mine operator's reports on its plans to resume and optimize production of the unique ore types known to exist in four current mine pits and their...-
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Stirling. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 15/4/1968 to 9/4/1970.
Exploration for possible Precambrian hydrothermal vein style or unconformity type uranium deposits and for any other economic metalliferous minerals was carried out over a small inlier of Early Proterozoic rocks that partially outcrops between...-
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Mount Magnificent. First progress report to licence expiry/cancellation, for the period 28/9/1988 to 27/3/1989.
TARGET: Possible epigenetic vein-hosted gold and mercury in the Mount Compass area. EXPLORATION: Geological field reconnaissance; 16 underground and surface rock chip grab samples were collected at abandoned old workings and along surface traverses....-
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