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Lake Cadibarrawirracanna. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 3/6/1980 to 2/12/1980.
Thirty-two shallow auger holes up to 2.76 m deep were drilled into the floor of Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, situated 70 km west of William Creek, in a search for possible potash-rich brines trapped by the lake sediments. The lacustrine sediments were...-
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Naarack, Mabel Creek and Wintinna (part of the Arckaringa Basin Project). Respective final reports at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 26/3/2008 to 2/4/2010.
In a search for postulated Tertiary heavy mineral sands marine placer deposits that may have been formed outside of the presently known north-eastern extent of such age sedimentary basins (i.e. along a proto Eucla Basin coastline existing within the...-
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Oolgelima Creek. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/1/2017 to 29/1/2020.
An area consisting of two adjacent small sub-blocks located in the western Lake Cadibarrawirracanna drainage basin has been explored for possible buried economic magnesium- and sodium-sulphate salts and also for possible underlying basement-hosted...-
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Published: 29 Jan 1920
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Abminga Diamond Project. Data release made at licence renewal [and project cessation]: progress reports and annual reports for the period 25/10/1993 to 17/3/2004.
The Abminga Diamond Project, undertaken by Caldera Resources NL, was granted exploration project status, including permission for EL joint reporting, in July 1996. This event followed up to two years of work by other operators on a number of...-
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Coober Pedy. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/11/2016 to 31/10/2019.
A large area situated on the north-eastern side of the Stuart Range, comprising three separate sub-blocks that taken together are centred ~20 km north of Coober Pedy township, has been explored for possible economic near-surface accumulations of the...-
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Coober Pedy. First partial surrender report, for the period 1/11/2016 to 31/10/2018.
An area located immediately east and north-east of Coober Pedy is being explored for possible economic near-surface accumulations of the evaporite industrial mineral epsomite. Historic drilling and costeaning in this area performed by CRA Exploration...-
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Giddi Giddinna Creek. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/lapse of tenure, for the period 16/6/1983 to 23/9/1987.
In early 1983, mineral prospector Peter Tayler discovered a near-surface secondary occurrence of magnesium and sodium sulphates in a creek-bank exposure of Mesozoic shales, deposited at the base of the Lower Cretaceous Bulldog Shale near the western...-
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Published: 23 Jun 1987
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Oolgelima Hill. First partial surrender report, for the period 15/7/1983 to 14/7/1984.
Investigation of a reported occurrence of magnesium and sodium sulphates in a black shale at the base of the Cretaceous Bulldog Shale, found previously about 50 km north-east of Coober Pedy near the western margin of the Eromanga Basin, was initially...-
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Published: 24 Aug 1984
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RI 056 Geology of the Coober Pedy Precious Stones Field Results of Investigations, 1981-86
The Coober Pedy Opal Fields, since their discovery in 1915, have been the largest producer of precious opal in the world, with the estimated value of production over the period 1978-86 averaging $25 million per year. Mining is now done mainly by...-
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ELs 4110 - 4114, 4136 and EL 4137 (part of the Arckaringa Basin Project). Joint annual reports, plus final report to remaining licences' joint full surrender, for the period 26/3/2008 to 30/1/2012.
A group of seven adjacent licences were taken out near Cadney Park Homestead in the southern Arckaringa Basin region, extending for ~45 km to ~180 km north-west of Coober Pedy, to explore for possible buried Tertiary, palaeodrainage sediment-sourced,...-
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Oolgelima Creek. First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 31/8/2012 to 30/8/2014.
Three separate small areas on the eastern edge of the Stuart Range, that are located 30 to 45 km north and north-east of Coober Pedy, have been explored both for possible buried Proterozoic basement-hosted IOCG-style mineralisation and for large...-
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Published: 10 Oct 1914
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Lake Cadibarrawirracanna. First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 31/8/2012 to 30/8/2014.
An area centred over Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, which is located ~70 km east-northeast of Coober Pedy, has been explored both for possible buried Proterozoic basement-hosted IOCG-style mineralisation and for large sedimentary evaporite occurrences of...-
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Published: 10 Oct 1914
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RB 2014/00005 WINTINNA, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SG53-14. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The WINTINNA 1:250 000 mapsheet area lies between latitudes 27° to 28° South and longitudes 133°30’ to 135°00’ East. This ~16 400 square km area includes the Marla and Cadney Park settlements, and is crossed by the Stuart Highway and Adelaide to...-
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Published: 01 Mar 2015
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RB 2015/00007 Coober Pedy Precious Stones Field 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of alunite and opal formation.
Precious opal in South Australia occurs near the base of the weathered profile developed in Early Cretaceous host marine clastic sediments. It is associated with the supergene minerals alunite, kaolinite, gypsum and iron oxides, that are variously...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2015
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RB 2012/00004 MARREE, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SH54-5. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The MARREE mapsheet area includes the south-western portion of the Strzelecki Desert plus parts of the Tirari Desert, north-western Flinders Ranges and north-eastern Willouran Ranges, between latitudes 29 to 30 degrees S and longitudes 138 to 139...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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RB 2009/00001 Explanatory Notes for [the] CALLABONNA 1:250 000 Geological Map, sheet SH 54-6.
The CALLABONNA map area includes the southern end of the Strzelecki Desert and the north- eastern Flinders Ranges, between latitudes 29° to 30° S and longitudes 139° 30' to 141° E. Cameron Corner adjoins New South Wales and Queensland in the...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2009
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......[Key SAMREF record for accessing referenced reports and data via DEM Content Manager - SPOT]...... Mount Toondina. Annual reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 13/2/1995 to 15/8/1998.
The Mount Toondina structure, a small but pronounced vertically fault-bounded inlier of Permian sediments within a flat-lying Mesozoic sequence, is represented by an annular magnetic feature located 45 km south of Oodnadatta. A single gravity profile...-
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Oolgelima Hill. Progress reports plus second partial surrender report, for the period 14/7/1983 to 14/10/1986.
Evaporite minerals in black shale at the base of the Early Cretaceous Bulldog Shale near the western margin of the Eromanga Basin were the target about 50 km NE of Coober Pedy. Reconnaissance mapping, soil sampling, auger drilling and the backhoe...-
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Published: 03 Nov 1986
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Ouldburra and Marla (part of the Arckaringa Basin Project). Respective first partial surrender reports for the overall period 26/3/2008 to 2/4/2010.
In a search for postulated Tertiary heavy mineral sands marine placer deposits that may have been formed outside of the presently known north-eastern extent of such age sedimentary basins (i.e. along a proto Eucla Basin coastline existing within the...-
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Karkaro. Progress report to licence full surrender, for the period 26/11/1974 to 25/2/1975.
TARGET: Possible open-pit mineable Lower Permian coal seams, present down to a depth of 100 m below surface, associated with an inferred basinal depression located to the north-west of and adjacent to previous SADM stratigraphic drillhole Karkaro 1,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
