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Mount Willoughby, Marla, Nicholson Hill, Hope, Manya, Emu, Moorefield, Lake Meramangye, Dingo Claypan and Alinya (Officer Basin). Progress, technical and partial relinquishment reports for the period 20/8/1980 to 19/8/1985.
TRONA EXPLORATION: Of the 9 rotary/diamond holes drilled, only the first, Meramangye 1, intersected a unit equivalent to the Observatory Hill Beds, which was the target horizon for trona. Drillholes Manya nos 2-6 and Marla 7 intersected Cambrian red...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Windy Valley. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 25/1/2010 to 24/1/2015.
An area centred over the south-central Coober Pedy Ridge tectonic feature, 55 km south-southeast of Coober Pedy township, is being explored for possible economic buried massive haematite and magnetite within either Proterozoic banded iron formation...-
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Published: 17 Mar 1915
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Phillipson. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 27/4/2000 to 8/8/2010.
During the sixth licence year, on renewed EL 2717 covering the same area as previously, the licensee, now a wholly owned subsidiary of AuIron Energy Limited (formerly Meekatharra Minerals Limited), progressed its investigations of the geology of the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Phillipson. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 9/8/2010 to 8/8/2015.
During licence Year 16, on its renewed EL 4534 over the period October to December 2010, South Australian Coal Limited (SA Coal) undertook a drilling campaign of 15 rotary mud partly cored vertical holes for 2871 m which included 2064.7 m of coring,...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
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Galaxy Tank (part of the Central Gawler Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/3/2006 to 10/5/2013.
Tasman Resources' ("Tasman") Central Gawler Project tenement acreage, originally comprising seven exploration licences ELs 3339 to 3345, was initially applied for on the basis of perceived prospectivity for diamonds: however, following Tasman's...-
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Published: 16 Jul 1913
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Data release - as updated : Robin Rise. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/5/2005 to 20/6/2019.
The Robin Rise exploration licence, centred approximately 35 km south-southwest of Coober Pedy, covers portions of the Palaeoproterozoic basement domain known as the Coober Pedy Ridge, an east-northeast trending magnetic block of variable magnetic...-
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Published: 30 Jul 1919
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Phillipson. Annual reports and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 24/3/1995 to 23/3/2000.
On 27/3/1995, following a competitive bidding process, South Australian Coal Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Meekatharra Minerals Limited, was granted EL 2069 covering the Phillipson Coalfield located ~60 km south-west of Coober Pedy. The...-
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Published: 07 Jul 1998
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RB 2006/00001 Guide to the sedimentary cover of the central Gawler Craton, South Australia
The central Gawler Craton is blanketed by thin sedimentary cover that ranges in age from Neoproterozoic to Quaternary. Locally, though, such cover can reach a maximum of ~500 m thickness in Permian glacial valleys or rift structures. This guide...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2006
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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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Bulgunnia. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 12/2/1981 to 1/10/1982.
Initial bulk gravel sampling for diamond indicator minerals, and sampling of residual surface clays for base metals, returned negative results and only background values respectively. Subsequent rotary drilling of 3 holes (total 390 m), following...-
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Published: 26 Aug 1982
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RB 2023/00043 Remapping the paleovalley systems of the central-western Gawler Craton, South Australia.
The Geological Survey of South Australia’s (GSSA) Gawler Challenge Phase 2: next generation mineral systems mapping (GP2) program allowed the authors of this report to revisits some ground-breaking landscape evolution studies with new geophysical data...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2023
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ExpNotes WINTINNA: Explanatory Notes WINTINNA, SG 53-14.
A new generation, first edition WINTINNA 1:250 000 scale geological map and explanatory notes have been published. These documents represent the conclusion of the Geological Survey of South Australia's geological mapping program undertaken in the...-
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