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Orroroo. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 18/11/1971 to 28/9/1972.
In a continuation of diamond and base metal exploration of newly discovered carbonatite / kimberlite intrusive bodies in an area located immediately north of Orroroo, these bodies were examined petrographically and analysed to compare their...-
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RB 50/00100 Noarlunga limestone deposit diamond drilling.
A deposit of limestone situated adjacent to the south bank of the River Onkaparinga, 4 miles NE of Noarlunga, has been tested by diamond drilling to prove its suitability for road building. The good quality of the stone has been confirmed, although...-
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Published: 22 Mar 1960
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RB 44/00063 Myponga Dam Project - Geological investigation of the tunnel route on the proposed pipeline from the reservoir.
Detailed geological examination of the area in the vicinity of the proposed tunnel has shown that, provided suitable precautions are taken, there are no geological factors which will prevent the successful construction of a tunnel through the ridge...-
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Published: 02 May 1957
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RB 84/00101 Compositions of some Adelaidean and Cambrian sedimentary rocks, South Australia.
56 whole rock major and trace element geochemical analyses of Adelaidean and Cambrian sedimentary rock drill core samples recovered from 6 diamond drillholes are presented. Many of the samples are carbonate - rich, and their lithologies include...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1984
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Data release - as updated : Wilmington. Annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 15/4/2009 to 8/3/2018.
An area located within the western Adelaide Fold Belt adjacent to the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton, and centred approximately 20 km south-east of Port Augusta, has been explored for possible economic buried copper mineralisation associated with...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1918
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Data release - as updated : Kapunda North / Bagot Well North (part of the Eudunda Project). Licence-specific annual reports and final report submitted to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 15/11/2005 to 12/12/2015.
Exploration for copper mineralisation within an area centred immediately north-northeast of Kapunda has as its initial objective to find shallow deposits of oxide and carbonate ores similar to those mined historically at Burra and Kapunda, focussing...-
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Old Motpena [Homestead]. Information status at licence full surrender, for the period 2/7/2015 to 18/5/2017 : no work performed.
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Progress reports on prospectivity investigations carried out in 1962 to assess phosphorite deposits formed within Adelaidean sediments of the Flinders Ranges [prior to the grant of a SML over an area in the southern Flinders Ranges].
TARGET: Phosphate occurrences in the Mid Sturtian from Port Pirie to Marree. EXPLORATION: Regional investigation of the occurrence, distribution and origin of phosphate by mapping of known phosphate occurrences and geological traversing across...-
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Published: 11 Oct 1962
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Geology of the phosphorite deposits of the Orroroo district, and notes on phosphorite deposits at Kapunda and Noarlunga, South Australia.
Mapping of phosphate occurrences in the mid-Sturtian sedimentary sequence of the Adelaide System rocks of South Australia has led to the recognition of 4 types : - bedded phosphorite which generally underlies the Brighton Limestone. This...-
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RB 00545 Reconnaissance survey for location of alternative quarry sites between Hallett Cove and the Torrens River.
Arkosic quartzites of Pre Cambrian age contained in the Torrensian, Sturtian and Marinoan series occur in the Adelaide Hills. The largest deposits are in the Torrension series, in which several alternative quarry sites have been located. Adequate...-
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Published: 31 Jan 1900
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RB 65/00047 Stratigraphic section measurement and sections near Spalding and Port Augusta.
A programme of stratigraphic section measurement is envisaged in order to facilitate rock correlation and help outline the pattern of sedimentation in the Adelaide Geosyncline. In many areas measurement may be made on air photo enlargement, as has...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 71/00040 Limestone for coarse aggregate, Marino Reynella area.
The Brighton Limestone was mapped. The best areas for quarrying are within the limits mapped.-
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Published: 18 Mar 1971
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RB 71/00144 Palaeoecological interpretation of South Australian Precambrian stromatolites.
Despite the palaeoecological emphasis of most recent stromatolite research outside the USSR, controversy still exists regarding the environmental restriction of these organosedimentary structures and in some cases, analogies with modern occurrences...-
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Published: 16 Sep 1971
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RB 71/00019 Sedimentary phosphates associated with the Brighton Limestone, South Australia, with a note on micro-problematica.
Phosphatized oolitic limestone and sandstone occur within arenaceous carbonates at the top of the Tapley Hill Formation, at or near the Brighton Limestone contact on the Fleurieu Peninsula and in similar stratigraphic, sedimentary setting between...-
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Published: 23 Feb 1971
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The Flinders Ranges Project, Jamestown Group of tenements. Data release at partial surrender of subsequent licences: combined annual reports for the period 18/9/2004 to 31/12/2010.
Ten contiguous exploration licences in the Jamestown - Peterborough - Quorn region are being explored for possible economic diamonds associated with inferred buried kimberlite intrusions. Prior work done in the 1960s by Stockdale Exploration (a de...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : the Adelaide Hills Project. Joint annual reports for the period 16/5/2005 to 31/12/2013.
The Adelaide Hills Project consists of 3419 square km of land covered by eight contiguous exploration licences, ELs 3057, 3064, 3141, 3215, 3239, 3277, 3425 and 3534, which are owned by or joint ventured to Flinders Diamonds Limited (FDL). By an...-
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Wilmington. Second partial surrender report at licence renewal, for the period 15/4/2009 to 14/4/2016.
The northern quarter of a small licence area centred approximately 20 km south-east of Port Augusta has been relinquished due to its perceived diminished prospectivity for structurally controlled epigenetic copper mineralisation related to the Mount...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1916
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RB 28/00105 Final report on a geological investigation of the Myponga Dam site (Lower Site no. 2).
A programme of bedrock diamond drilling has been completed by the SA Department of Mines at the locations of the proposed storage dam abutments and foundation at Lower Dam Site no. 2 on the Myponga River. The logs of the drill cores are presented, and...-
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Published: 25 Sep 1950
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RB 2007/00006 The geology and mineral potential of the PORT AUGUSTA [mapsheet] area, eastern Gawler Craton.
The PORT AUGUSTA 1:250,000 mapsheet area covers the north-eastern part of the Eyre Peninsula, the northern Spencer Gulf and the south-western Flinders Ranges, and extends from latitude 32°00'S to 33°00'S and longitude 136°30'S to 138°00'S. The main...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2007
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RB 2014/00006 Geology of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet (6432).
The revised digital geology map of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet and accompanying geological descriptions in this report are the first components of the 2nd edition PORT AUGUSTA 1:250 000 map sheet to be completed. The subject map sheet occupies the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2014
