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RB 80/00026 Opal in South Australia.
Enlarged written version of a talk on the geology of opal, its occurrence and mining methods prepared for public presentation.-
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Published: 01 May 1980
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Burial history analysis of the east Officer Basin, South Australia. A preliminary study.
In South Australia, the intracratonic eastern Officer Basin, which may contain up to 10 km of Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic sediments, is bounded by the Precambrian Gawler Craton to the southeast, the Musgrave Block to the north, and passes into...-
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Burial history of the eastern Officer Basin, South Australia.
Burial history analysis of the structurally complex eastern Officer Basin region was performed using data from petroleum, trona exploration and stratigraphic wells, seismic upholes, coal drillholes and selected seismic sections, to construct isopachs...-
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Bull 003 The Geology of the County of Jervois, and of Portions of the Counties of Buxton and York, with Special Reference to Underground Water Supplies.
The extension of railways through Eyre's Peninsula, and the opening up of the country to agricultural settlement has made the problem of water supply a matter of grave concern to the Government of South Australia. Large centrally situated reservoirs,...-
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ExpNotes EVERARD: Explanatory Notes EVERARD
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RB 72/00121 Explanatory Notes for the EVERARD 1:250 000 geological map.
Pronounced positive and negative geophysical anomalies on EVERARD represent the crystalline Musgrave Block in the north, a basement trough more than 4 km in depth that flanks the Musgrave Block to the south, and the crystalline Ammaroodinna Inlier to...-
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Published: 03 Jul 1972
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RB 2000/00006 Indulkana town water supply drilling and discharge testing, 1998.
Aerial photography, satellite imagery, geological maps and on-ground geological and geophysical (transient electromagnetic) investigations were used in early 1998 to select drilling sites for additional water wells to supply Indulkana township in the...-
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Published: 01 Feb 2000
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HandBk 005 - Opal: South Australia's Gemstone. Barnes L.C. et al. (1992 revised edition)
South Australia's famous desert opalfields supply about 80% of the world output of precious opal, with current production coming almost entirely from the major fields at Andamooka, Coober Pedy and Mintabie, each of which is expected to increase output...-
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The geology of the Officer Basin in the EVERARD 1:250 000 map[sheet] area.
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RB 90/00073 Mintabie Opalfield mining and geology.
Mintabie Opalfield, one of the most important production centres in Australia, was discovered in the early 1920s but mining only began in earnest in 1976. Precious opal is confined to Mintabie beds, a kaolinitic sandstone of presumed Ordovician Age,...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1990
