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RB 59/00124 Chowilla Dam Project: embankment materials, rip-rap investigation. Progress geological report.
At a meeting of the Chowilla Dam Technical Committee on 9th November, it was requested that the Mines Department prepare a progress statement on the investigations being carried out for the location and proving of rip-rap sources. This report was...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1964
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RB 87/00035 Overland Corner Limestone (Cornerstone) Quarry mineral tenure, production and geology, sections 33, 73, 75, Hd Parcoola, Co. Young.
Cornerstone quarry, 180 km NE of Adelaide, was excavated in Miocene Morgan Limestone in the northern bank of the Murray River for building stone to construct the Overland Corner Hotel in 1858. From 1945 to 1958, 6 000 tonnes of ashlars were produced...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1987
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RB 80/00141 Angas-Bremer irrigation area groundwater recharge.
Within the Angas - Bremer Irrigation Area, the source of the groundwater being taken currently primarily for the large-scale irrigation of lucerne fodder crops is the confined low salinity Tertiary limestone aquifer. The extent of pumping from bores...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1980
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RB 73/00116 Proposed artificial lake, Rock Gully, Monarto, section 44 Hundred of Monarto. Report on geological investigations - EWS Department.
Mannum Limestone outcrops along 300m on the left bank of a proposed artificial lake at Rocky Gully, Monarto. A seismic refraction survey and eight rotary drill holes tested the extent of the limestone and the possibility of leakage from the lake. The...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
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RB 61/00082 Chowilla Dam Project: materials investigation, Devlin Pound quarry site. Geological report.
A quarry site at Devlin Pound has been explored by four diamond drill holes totalling 360 feet in depth. Drilling shows that hard limestone occurs in thin bands in the upper 75ft. of the sequence of shallow marine sediments. To recover this rock it...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 75/00143 Monarto coarse aggregate investigation limestone and gneiss drilling and testing. Client - Monarto Development Commission.
Sources of coarse aggregate were investigated for the Monarto Development Commission. Recrystallised limestone near Murray Bridge was tested by four diamond drill holes, and gneisses near Pallamana were tested by 8 holes. Large quantities of suitable...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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Waikerie. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/1/2005 to 17/1/2010.
Landmark Stone Pty Ltd was approached by David West (Executive Director, Architectural Conservation, International Conservation Services of Sydney) to investigate re-opening one of the three Waikerie Limestone quarries in the Riverland of South...-
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Published: 28 Oct 1909