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RB 77/00009 Construction materials investigation Redcliff petrochemical site, sections 12, 18, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 102, 134 Hd Winninowie, Co. Frome.
Materials suitable for concrete aggregate, railway ballast, road base course, protection of salt field sea wails and rock fill will be required should construction of the petrochemical plant and appurtenant works proceed at Redcliff, 25 km...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 84/00032 Monument Hill sand deposit. Drilling and testing report no. 2. Out of Hundreds, County Manchester.
235 auger drill holes (476 metres) delineated 49 000 tonnes of concrete sand suitable without washing, and 1.1 million tonnes in adjacent abandoned meanders, suitable with washing.-
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Published: 01 May 1984
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RB 77/00028 Foundation investigation proposed Para District Hospital, Elizabeth South - Public Buildings Department.
Seven drill holes were put down to depths of 10-15 m, and six backhoe pits were excavated to a maximum depth of 2.6 m, to investigate subsurface conditions at the proposed Para District Hospital, Elizabeth South. The site was found to be underlain by...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 77/00101 Hydrogeology of Rocky Gully Creek area, east of the Pallamanna Fault.
Three groundwater observation wells have been drilled at locations north-west of Murray Bridge to determine the effect of increased stream flows down the Rocky Gully and Preamimma Creeks. Rocky Gully Creek will be capable of accepting about 10 000 m...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 94/00009 Soils, stratigraphy and engineering geology of near surface materials of the Adelaide Plains.
Metropolitan Adelaide is founded on a wide variety of soils that overlie sediments and rocks. Some of the soils and sediments react to seasonal and human-induced changes in water content with marked changes in volume. The black earths and...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1996
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RB 89/00062 Stratigraphic investigation of the Gillman development site, Port Adelaide estuary.
Drill core from samphire and mangrove marshes north of Gillman - Wingfield are used to interpret the shallow sub-surface stratigraphy of the region. A Holocene marine sequence up to 8 metres thick overlies Late Pleistocene alluvial (Pooraka Formation)...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1989
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RB 95/00037 Stonefield bedrock drilling, 1995.
Twenty-three vertical open RC drillholes with a total penetration of 2663 m were drilled by MESA during February and March 1995 along four W-E traverses in the Stonefield area near Truro, to determine bedrock geology and geochemistry below sedimentary...-
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Published: 01 May 1997
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RB 91/00078 Brick shale resources in the Roseworthy Sheoak Log Freeling area. Results of auger drilling, 1988.
Clay resources in the Roseworthy - Sheaoak Log - Freeling area, 50km northeast of Adelaide, were investigated as a potential source of raw material for brick manufacture. Twenty three auger holes totalling 242 metres outlined areas of weathered...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1991
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Oakbank, Sergeant's Dam and Oakvale (part of the Oakvale Project). Joint first partial surrender report, for the period 3/12/1997 to 15/7/1999.
Exploratory drilling to search for heavy mineral sands, performed over an area extending to 160 km north and north-west of Renmark, has targeted marginal marine placer deposits of detrital rutile, ilmenite and zircon in potential Loxton - Parilla Sand...-
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Oakbank, Sergeant's Dam and Oakvale, northern Murray Basin, South Australia (part of the Oakvale Project). Joint third partial surrender report, for the period 3/12/1997 to 1/12/2001.
Within the now relinquished licence portions, parts of six traverses of reverse circulation aircore drilling (involving 68 vertical open holes, total 1918.5 m) tested 60 km strike length of interpreted heavy mineral sand - bearing marine beach facies...-
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Interim report on mapping of surficial materials in ELs 113 and 114.
The Kapunda region is principally one in which prolonged denudation, or lowering of the landsurface, has been operative over the past 100 Ma, while the present topographic amplitude of the region is also at its greatest since the onset of the...-
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Mount Magnificent. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 30/9/1968 to 29/12/1968.
Fourteen shallow auger holes to 30 feet deep were drilled in the Mount Magnificent area to test an occurrence of kaolinised sand which might suit as raw material for refractory ceramic manufacture. Laboratory sieve analyses and clay silica...-
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Northern Saint Vincent Basin Coalfield, South Australia. Geological report.
All previous data and all the known major deposits within the Clinton Coal Measures are reviewed. The study covers their formation, structure, stratigraphy and various engineering geology aspects associated with the possibility of mining any one of...-
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RB 00811 Redcliff Project: geological setting and preliminary assessment of environmental factors.
This report has been compiled at the request of the Redcliff Steering Committee to assist in the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement. It relies almost entirely on work carried out by Departmental officers and private consultants during...-
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RB 69/00128 2 000 000 gallon surface tank, Kelway Park, HWL RL664 geological investigations progress report no. 1, feasibility stage. Secn 2110 Hd Yatala - EWS Department.
A geological examination of the site for a surface concrete tank of 2,000,000 gallon capacity was requested in a letter dated 23rd September, 1968 from the Assistant Director, Engineering Operations. The site was initially investigated, by 2 test pits...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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RB 72/00160 Frome Embayment stratigraphic drilling project. Preliminary report on SA Department of Mines Wooltana no. 1, Yalkalpo no. 1 and Wertaloona no. 1 stratigraphic bores.
This report contains downhole geological and wireline logging data summarizing the results of recent stratigraphic drilling in the Frome Embayment by the South Australian Department of Mines. Conclusions are tentative and may be subject to revision...-
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Published: 18 Aug 1972
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RB 74/00228 Exploration drilling for coal, Lake Weatherstone.
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 75/00011 Monarto construction sand investigation progress report no. 1, Tepko sand deposit - Monarto Development Commission.
Reconnaissance auger drilling for construction sand to supply the proposed new city of Monarto was carried out in the Tepko-Mannum and Hartley-Monarto South areas in 1974 The programme consisted of 79 holes 0.6m to15m deep for a total of 451m. Grain...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 75/00064 Monarto City Centre. Geotechnical investigations report no. 1.
Engineering investigations at the Monarto City Centre consisted of 8 diamond drill holes up to 15m deep, 25 backhoe test pits, detailed mapping and seismic refraction surveys. The area consists of Kanmantoo Group meta-sediments, in part overlain by a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 74/00004 Baltic wharf silo site, Port Pirie. Report on foundation investigation - SA Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd.
Seven cable tool holes have been drilled to investigate foundation conditions for new silos at the Port Pirie Grain Terminal. The drilling penetrated a succession of unconsolidated sediments which showed some lateral variation. From 0 to 12 metres...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
