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RB 37/00094 Report of examination of clay deposits on Oulnina Station, (near) Manna Hill.
Two small deposits of white to pale-coloured claystone, discovered in creek banks located respectively 10.5 and 12 miles south of Manna Hill township, were inspected for the local station owners. It was found that the beds of clean claystone are very...-
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Published: 28 Apr 1954
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RB 51/00017 Diamond drilling, Prince Alfred copper mine.
Sediments in the area consist of blue dolomitic flaggy and laminated slates and grits, and are equated with the Sturtian Series of the Adelaide System. Copper lodes occur parallel to the beds, which dip between 50-70°W. During the period March to July...-
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Published: 08 Aug 1960
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RB 58/00122 Report on investigation of aeromagnetic anomaly, sections 72A, 5924 Hundred of Onkaparinga, County Adelaide.
Geological mapping, on a scale of 1" represents 440 feet and sampling of Lower Marinoan and Upper Sturtian sediments was carried out as a result of anomalous aeromagnetic values occurring within the sections listed above. From surface investigations a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 58/00139 Report on survey of roadmetal deposits, portion of County Dalhousie - District Council of Orroroo.
Metal deposits for unsealed roads are required to be workable with earth moving equipment and to obtain hard fragments and sufficient amounts of clay fines for beding. Formations within the Adelaide System possess certain general characteristics and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 60/00040 Geology of the MARREE 1:250 000 map area.
The MARREE mapsheet area lies in arid country about 400 miles north of Adelaide, South Australia. It includes the town of Marree, on the Alice Springs railway line, and part of the Birdsville and Strzelecki tracks. The area is covered mainly by flat...-
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Published: 03 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00091 Diapirism in the Adelaide Geosyncline.
During the Neoproterozoic Willouran Epoch, a thickness of approximately 20,000 feet of Callanna Beds were deposited under shallow water conditions in the western zone of the Adelaide Geosyncline. Diapirs were produced by the lower Callanna sequences....-
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Published: 07 May 1965
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RB 86/00026 1:250 000 Geological Series - Explanatory Notes, ABMINGA, South Australia.
ABMINGA lies on the eastern edge of the Musgrave Block, which consists of Early to Middle Proterozoic gneisses and granites, intruded by dolerite dykes. A small area of folded and faulted Adelaidean and Cambrian sediments lies in the SW corner....-
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Published: 01 Apr 1986
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RB 80/00120 New stratigraphic nomenclature for Willouran to Sturtian units of the Worumba Anticline.
The arcuate Worumba Anticline (Spry, 1952) is a major regional structure centred some 20 km east of Hawker (Fig. 1).- Its eastern flank is gently dipping, and comprises the Sturtian to early Marinoan Umberatana Group, (while the Torr.ensian>to...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1980
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RB 82/00084 Some comments on Late Precambrian Cambrian stratigraphic nomenclature in the Adelaide Geosyncline. A reply.
Report gives a detailed justification for the author's recently made proposal to erect three members of a new "supergroup" classification level within the published stratigraphy for the Adelaide Geosyncline, an idea which is based purely on observed...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1982
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RB 83/00053 Appraisal of gold tailings - Bird-in-Hand mine.
Indicated 30 880 tonnes of tailings containing 1.72 g/t gold and 171 ppm copper remain. 80% of gold is extractable, but cyanidation or mercury amalgamation not allowed, due to water catchment area.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1983
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RB 84/00033 Progress in mapping the Precambrian of the Curdimurka area.
Summarises information gathered during mapping since 1981, particularly work by Utah Development Company. Covers fault - bounded structural complexes in the Callanna Group and sections measured through upper Burra Group, overlying glacial beds and...-
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Published: 01 May 1984
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RB 83/00036 Guide to Excursion A. Archaean, Proterozoic and Lower Palaeozoic geology, Eyre Peninsula and the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Fourth International Symposium in Antarctic Earth Sciences.
Excursions are on Archaean - Middle Proterozoic geology of Gawler Craton, Precambrian geology of the Adelaide Geosyncline and Cambrian of the Flinders Ranges.-
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Published: 01 May 1983
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RB 87/00078 Geological investigation, Mittopitta Goldfield 1985-1987.
Gold mineralization in a deep lead was appraised. Alluvial gold occurs in a 1 metre thick basal bed. Over 60 samples collected from exploratory bulldozer cuts, main open cut and drill cuttings from water bore indicate grade of 0.073 g/t Au, although...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1987
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RB 87/00109 Geological investigations and exploration activities, 1982 to 1986, at Mount Grainger gold mine, Hundred Coglin, County Herbert. Volume 1 (of 2).
Investigations consisted of: 1) economic appraisal, mapping and sampling of mineralised structures within mineral leases; 2) regional investigation to east of Mount Grainger mine (report in RB 84/31) - includes details of exploration by Abignano Ltd....-
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Published: 01 Sep 1987
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RB 83/00093 Artipena barite deposits geological investigations 1980-1981, Out of Hundreds, County Derby, Flinders Ranges, PARACHILNA 6734-IV.
Reserves of 2500 tonnes (indicated) and 75 000 tonnes (inferred) is largely from no..2 Lode. Hand sorting is necessary to produce industrial grade.-
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Published: 01 Nov 1983
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RB 85/00063 Oraparinna barite deposits. A summary of barite near southern margin of Oraparinna Diapir, Flinders Ranges.
The diapir forms the core of large domal structure and contains large rafts of Sturtian sediments and Willouran dolerite in brecciated matrix. Surrounding country rock, with steep overall dip away from the diapir, comprises Sturtian shale, siltstone,...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1985
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RB 86/00092 Historical and geological review of Teetulpa Goldfield. Volume 1 - Background.
Alluvial gold was discovered at Teetulpa in 1886 by Thomas Brady and Thomas Smith. Reef mining soon commenced, but the reefs were narrow and low grade and only worked on very small scale. Teetulpa Goldfield is predominantly alluvial, from erosion of...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1987
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RB 76/00134 Geochemical exploration of the Riverton and Eudunda 1:63 360 sheets. Completion report.
About 1,500 samples were collected during a stream sediment sampling survey on the Riverton and Eudunda 1:63 360 geological sheets and analysed for Cu, Pb, Zn, Au, W, Mo, Nb, Co and Mn. Rolling means, residual values, correlation coefficients and mean...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 77/00102 Summary of unpublished Honours theses in the Mount Painter area.
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 79/00016 Far Western barite occurrences, Oraparinna, Out of Hds, Co. Taunton, Flinders Ranges.
At Oraparinna, in the Flinders Ranges, barite has formed in fracture zones cross-cutting an Elatina Formation siltstone, within the Umberatana Group of Marinoan age. The occurrences are in a Class B Environmental Area as defined in the Flinders...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979