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RB 78/00022 Eyre Peninsula groundwater survey, Uley South Basin. Progress report no. 5 - Water balance and safe yield.
Drilling and testing of well HDO22 to 26 metres has confirmed relationship between high transmissivity and low hydraulic gradient within the basin.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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Venus Bay. First partial relinquishment report for the period 26/4/2002 to 25/4/2004.
Exploration for possible diamondiferous kimberlite in the Venus Bay area of western Eyre Peninsula, located approximately 45 km south-east of Streaky Bay and 70 km north of Flinders Island, has formed part of a regional search by Orogenic Exploration...-
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Colton. Combined third annual / final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/4/2002 to 25/4/2005.
Exploration for possible diamondiferous kimberlite in the Colton area of western Eyre Peninsula, located approximately 95 km south-east of Streaky Bay and 35 km north-east of Flinders Island, has formed part of a regional search by Orogenic...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-10, Watraba (eastern Eucla Basin) heavy mineral sands prospect. Project final report.
This partly PACE-funded drilling project aimed to discover a heavy mineral sand deposit along the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin in the EL 3363 Watraba project area, located 40 kilometres north to north-west of Ceduna. Drilling tested an...-
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Published: 18 Dec 1906
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Port Lincoln - Coffin Bay area. Progress report to licence surrender for the period 1/5/1969 to 28/11/1970.
Shallow pattern drilling on a two-mile grid (49 percussion holes for a total penetration of 2694 feet) has been carried out by BHP in the area between Port Linclon and Coffin Bay to assess the possible reserves and quality of aeolianite limestone rock...-
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Nundroo (latterly part of the Eucla Basin Heavy Mineral Sands Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/9/2014 to 15/9/2019.
An area comprising two separate blocks located ~20 km west and ~45 km north of Fowlers Bay has been explored for possible buried Pleistocene reworked heavy mineral sands (HM) marine placer mineralisation that may have become concentrated within the...-
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Published: 19 Sep 1919
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Nundroo. Second partial surrender report, for the period 16/9/2014 to 15/9/2017.
Two separate areas covering parts of the Nundroo Range, a prominent south-west facing, yet effectively previously undrilled, preserved palaeogeomorphic beach ridge /coastal dune features which lies ~10 km west of Fowlers Bay and extends for 70 km to...-
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Published: 12 Sep 1917
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North-eastern Eucla Basin licence Areas S, T and U, and Penong (part of Iluka's Eucla Basin Heavy Mineral Sands Project tenement Group 4). Joint final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 19/10/2009 to 14/12/2017.
Four scattered Iluka heavy mineral sands (HM) exploration licences located on the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin north of Ceduna have now been fully surrendered. On the basis of exploration conducted on them until late in 2017, this work being...-
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Published: 30 Jan 1918
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 9 partnership DPY8-30 - Eucla Basin Eocene and Pleistocene low-stand beach ridge marine heavy mineral placer prospects. Drilling project final report.
The Nundroo Range and Bookabie Range are prominent south-west facing, yet effectively previously undrilled, preserved palaeogeomorphic beach ridge /coastal dune features which are located ~200 km west of Ceduna and ~100 km south of the...-
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Wirrulla, Cungena, Mortana, Kolballa and Calca. Joint progress reports and joint final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 18/8/1989 to 17/12/1991.
TARGET: Possible heavy mineral sands emplaced within Tertiary sediments in the Wirulla, Poochera, Inkster and Streaky Bay areas. EXPLORATION: Reconnaissance 10-15 km spaced and infill 100 m spaced reverse circulation drilling to pre-Tertiary basement...-
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Kyancutta. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 6/9/1985 to 5/9/1986.
Marketable quality gypsum was the major commodity sought in Recent salt lakes and marginal dunes of a large swamp in the Kyancutta area. Reconnaissance mapping, plus hand or power auger drill sampling of the near-surface sediments, has identified...-
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Chadee Curra Plains (north-western Eyre Peninsula). Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 6/9/1985 to 5/6/1986.
An evaluation of the commercial potential of known gypsum, salt and silica sand occurrences located within coastal dunes and palaeo-lakeshore terraces 15 km north-east of Venus Bay on Eyre Peninsula initially comprised aerial photographic...-
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RB 00685 Sleaford no. 1 well. Subsurface stratigraphy.
Sleaford 1 stratigraphic well was drilled to a total depth of 436 feet, penetrating a sequence of Quaternary and Tertiary sediments before bottoming in Precambrian gneissic granite. Pleistocene to Recent calcarenites were present down to 110 feet, and...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1900
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RB 2021/00011 Models, geology and exploration of heavy mineral deposits in South Australia.
This study draws together diverse aspects of South Australia’s heavy minerals (HM) resources geoscience to provide an overall context for evaluating their occurrence, economic significance and origins. Two main objectives are addressed by the subject...-
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Published: 01 Sep 2021
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RB 65/00020 Stratigraphy of Late Cainozoic deposits in South Australia.
This paper sets out the stratigraphy of late Cainozoic deposits in the southern part of South Australia. The study includes the Murray, St Vincent and Spencer Gulf, West Coast and Eucla Basins and the adjoining uplands. Work has been concentrated on...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 73/00070 Fossiliferous marine and non-marine Cainozoic rocks from the eastern Eucla Basin, South Australia.
Outcrop and subsurface samples taken from various sources, that represent all the Cainozoic marine formations of the eastern Eucla Basin, have been studied. The current stratigraphic knowledge of these formations in SA is summarised. A marine...-
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Published: 14 Mar 1973
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Sceale Bay. Annual reports for the period 17/11/2008 to 16/11/2015.
A review of past SADM and company technical reports concerning surficial gypsum deposits delineated near Sceale Bay showed that the gypsum resource is substantial, with a historical total proven resource of 50 Mt of gypsum at an average grade of...-
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Published: 16 Nov 1915
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RB 2005/00004 Palynological evidence for late Eocene and late Miocene early Pliocene sediments of Flinders Island, South Australia
Palynological analysis and dating of 45 sediment core samples, obtained from several rotary drillholes that have recently been drilled to explore for buried diamonds and kimberlite indicator minerals on Flinders Island, South Australia, has indicated...-
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Published: 01 May 2005
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Streaky Bay. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 28/7/1980 to 27/5/1982.
In an area located east-southeast of Streaky Bay township, the target mineral commodities were uranium, base metals, gold, tin, tungsten, tantalum and lignite; kaolinite was recognised as a secondary target later during the exploration programme. 25...-
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Published: 30 Mar 1982
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Venus Bay. Third partial surrender report, for the period 27/7/1994 to 26/1/1998.
Diamond and gold exploration undertaken on the two relinquished ground portions located north-west and east of Venus Bay on Eyre Peninsula, which total 530 square km in area, have comprised heavy mineral sampling, heavy mineral grain microprobing,...-
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