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RB 60/00116 Water supply, Andamooka Opalfield. Report on recent drilling.
The drilling of four bores was undertaken by SADM during April 1965 in an attempt to augment the limited supplies of potable water presently available for the residents of the Andamooka Opalfield. The existing supplies of such water are drawn from...-
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Published: 08 Jun 1965
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Unlocking South Australia's Mineral and Energy Potential - A Plan for Accelerating Exploration. Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry) : Year 1 partnership no. DPY1-03, Marathon South mineral prospect. Project interim and final reports.
During exploration of Exploration Licence 3209 situated on the northern Stuart Shelf, gravity and magnetic modelling performed in early 2004 highlighted several anomaly source bodies, which immediately became of much interest as potential iron-oxide...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-13, evaluation of the Marathon South mineral occurrence. Project interim and final reports.
Following further detailed ground gravity surveying and data processing carried out to better understand the gravity response of relatively dense and weakly magnetic basement rocks at the Marathon South prospect, located within EL 3209 and lying...-
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Published: 10 May 1906
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-04, Churchill Dam area iron oxide - associated copper-gold and uranium mineral prospect. Project interim and final reports.
EL 3511 licensee Debnal and its joint venture partner Venture Minerals are exploring an area of the eastern Gawler Craton having a predicted high potential for the discovery of Olympic Dam type iron oxide - associated copper-gold-uranium (IOCG-U)...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Oak Dam North-east. Annual reports for the period 18/1/2006 to 17/1/2011.
A relatively large but little-explored area of the central-eastern Stuart Shelf, which is almost wholly covered by scrubby sand dunes and swampy salt lakes, thereby making surface access very difficult despite it being located only ~30 km to 50 km km...-
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Published: 16 Mar 1911
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Glenside. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 5/12/2005 to 4/12/2010.
An area centred approximately 40 km south of the Andamooka Opal Field and 50 km south-east of the Olympic Dam mine is being explored for possible buried economic Olympic Dam or Prominent Hill type IOCG-U mineralisation as well as for possible...-
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Published: 28 Jan 1911
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West Lake Torrens (part of the Murdie Project). Final report for geophysical, drilling and logistics program, Project ADI RD01-120 [part of Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 1, 2021].
ADI funding was granted by DEM to Kelaray to conduct approved geophysical surveys and exploratory drilling and apply logistical support within its Murdie Project, for a combined expenditure of up to A$320,000. At the outset of the project, Kelaray...-
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Jenner Hill. First partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 4/10/1989 to 3/10/1992.
Possible Mesoproterozoic stratabound unconformity - related copper mineralisation of Mount Gunson / Cattlegrid type, and, after 1980, pre-Pandurra Formation stratigraphic level, basement - hosted, Olympic Dam style iron oxide associated...-
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Point Paterson - Port Pirie area. Progress, technical and final reports for the period 22/1/1970 to 10/12/1971.
Reports on the investigation of potential northern Spencer Gulf coastal sites for the solar evaporative production of seawater salt, principally as a feedstock for the proposed petrochemical plant which was being considered by Dow Chemical Corp. for...-
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Published: 10 Dec 1971
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Summary report on the Pandurra copper prospect, SML 204, South Australia.
Near Pandurra Homestead on eastern Eyre Peninsula, dispersed secondary copper mineralisation occurs in faulted Upper Proterozoic sediments, along which some 30 shallow pits, probably dating back to the late 1800s, have been sunk. In an effort to...-
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RB 67/00067 Port Augusta Bridge geological investigations, progress report no. 1, design stage. Hds Davenport and Copley - Department of Highways and Local Government.
It is proposed to construct a new road bridge across Spencer Gulf at Port Augusta, on an alignment south of the existing Great Western Road Bridge. Geological investigations, mainly cable-tool have shown up to 95 ft of sediments of Tertiary to Recent...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 66/00108 Port Augusta-Whyalla railway, Spencer Gulf crossing. Geological investigations, progress report no. 1, feasibility stage, Hds Davenport and Copley.
It is proposed to construct a railway crossing of Spencer Gulf and its tidal flats, two miles north of Port Augusta. Geological investigations, mainly surface mapping and cable tool drilling, have shown 140ft of sediments of Tertiary to Recent age in...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 63/00124 Port Augusta Hospital redevelopment geological investigations - Progress report on design stage, secn 1087 Hd Davenport - Public Buildings Department.
A site investigation has been carried out for the proposed redevelopment of Port Augusta Hospital. Exploration of the site has included examination of surface exposures and the construction of 5 drill holes totalling 250ft. Structures can be built on...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1966
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RB 76/00069 Proposed northern power station, Playford South site, Port Augusta. Preliminary geological and botanical investigations.
An investigation has been carried out at a possible site for the proposed Northern Power Station. Its purpose has been to provide data for an Environmental Impact Statement. The work has involved geological mapping with drilling and sampling, seismic...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 76/00075 Regional bore survey, Counties Manchester and York.
From July 1973 to February 1975, a reconnaissance stream sediment sampling survey was undertaken on the western half of the Cambrai 1 :63, 360 sheet (Figure 1) which is the Cambrai 1;50 000 geological sheet area, and covers the Cambrai A and Cambrai C...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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Unlocking South Australia's Mineral and Energy Potential - A Plan for Accelerating Exploration. Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry) : Year 1 partnership no. DPY1-02, Titan mineral prospect. Project interim and final reports.
Titan prospect is located within Exploration Licence 3209, and lies 30 km north of the Olympic Dam mine. The prospect was first drilled by Western Mining Corp. in 1976 with diamond drillhole BD 1, and in 1981 with a second hole, BD 2. Both holes hit...-
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Winjabbie. First partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 20/10/2005 to 19/10/2010.
The western half of EL 3432, which now lies within the continuously restricted access Red Zone of the Woomera Prohibited Area, has been relinquished at expiry of term, acting upon advice received from DMITRE. During its 5-year tenure period the...-
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Published: 03 Dec 1912
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Pernatty Lagoon [East]. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 27/6/1997 to 26/6/2002.
An area of the Stuart Shelf located between Pernatty Lagoon and the Beda Arm of Lake Torrens, with its western boundary lying 15 km east of the historic Mount Gunson copper mining field, is being explored for possible economic basement-hosted IOCG...-
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RB 2016/00014 Geology of the Six Mile Hill 1:75 000 Special Edition Map Sheet.
The Six Mile Hill 1:75 000 Map Sheet was produced as part of a mapping program integrated into the Mineral Systems Drilling Program (MSDP) along the southern margin of the Gawler Ranges. The objective of the mapping program was to provide a regional...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2016
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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