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Bull 033 The Geology and Iron Ore Resources of the Middleback Range Area
This report deals comprehensively with the physiography, prospect geology, and ore genesis, and includes an assessment of the iron ore reserves and other mineral resources of an area which has been almost the sole source of the iron ore used in...-
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Bull 037 Geology and Mineral Resources of Southern Eyre Peninsula
A regional geological survey covered 15 standard 1-mile map sheets. Detailed mapping established a 50 000 ft sequence of Archaean sedimentation of gneissose, schistose and granitoid rocks, migmatite, quartzite, dolomite and haematitic quartzite. These...-
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Bull 034 Regional Geology and Mineral Resources of the Olary Province
Mineral prospecting in the Olary Province began many years ago, about the time of discovery of the great Broken Hill lode of New South Wales. Although many discoveries were made, and a number of mines worked, no significant producers survived from the...-
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Bull 032 The Soils and Geology of Adelaide and Suburbs
This publication is the result of a joint investigation, by the Department of Mines and the Division of Soils of the C.S.l.R.O., of the soils of the Adelaide metropolitan area. The object of the work was to obtain information on the distribution of...-
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Bull 036 Stratigraphy of the Murray Basin in South Australia
This publication details the stratigraphy of the Murray Basin Province of South Australia. The work leading up to this report has played a major part in the understanding of the sedimentary succession of this important basin-area of the State. The...-
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Bull 038 Limestone, Dolomite and Magnesite Resources of South Australia
This report has been prepared to collate the present knowledge on distribution, occurrence, accessibility and composition of these rocks and to bring together all relevant analytical data available, with appropriate references where applicable. It was...-
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Bull 031 The Leigh Creek Coalfield
The report is a record of the investigational work undertaken by the department over a 10 year period from August, 1941, when interest in the field was revived as a consequence of the uncertainty of adequate and regular supplies of coal from New South...-
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Bull 029 The Geology of the South-East Province, South Australia, with Special Reference to Quaternary Coast-line Migrations and Modern Beach Developments
The South-East Province of South Australia is divisible into two zones, namely, the Gambier sunklands and the Padthaway "buried" horst. Tertiary overmass sediments in the sunklands attain a maximum thickness of more than 7,000ft and overlie an unknown...-
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Bull 021 Structural control of ore deposition in some SA copper fields (Part 2). Kapunda Mines / Blinman Mine / Sliding Rock Mine / Lady Lehmann Mine
Bulletin, No. 20 of the series, dealing with another group of mines was published in 1942, and has proved a valuable source of reference in connection with the proposals for the further exploration of the fields concerned. In the case of the group of...-
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Bull 026 Talc Deposits In South Australia
The demand for talc and other non-metallic minerals in South Australia increased markedly during the Second World-War when overseas sources of supply were severed. Australian manufacturers succeeded in using material from local deposits. In recent...-
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Bull 028 Ceramic and Refractory Clays of South Australia
This publication is the result of a broad survey of the known clay deposits of the State carried out by the Department of Mines and the Division of Industrial Chemistry of C.S.I.R.O. The survey comprised the inspection of the clay occurrences and the...-
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Bull 001 The Geology of Portions of the Counties of Le Hunte, Robinson, and Dufferin,with Special Reference to Underground Water Supplies.
With a view to providing facilities for settlers to establish themselves on the land that will be made available by the railway, the Government directed that a geological examination be made of a portion of this area with regard to the possibilities...-
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Bull 041 Geology and Mineral Resources of the Andamooka and Torrens Area
Regional geological mapping of the area was initiated in 1959 and was completed in 1964. All tracks in the area were traversed and detailed mapping confined to critical localities and to areas where this was considered desirable. Geological boundaries...-
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Bull 042 Cainozoic Foraminifera and Stratigraphy of the Adelaide Plains Sub-Basin, South Australia
Summarised stratigraphic data are presented for 93 bores in the Adelaide Plains Sub-Basin of the St. Vincent Basin from hundred of Dublin to hundred of Noarlunga, including the Adelaide City area on the Para Fault Block. For the purposes of this...-
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Bull 046 The Soils And Geology of the Adelaide Area
The soils and geology of the then metropolitan zone with particular regard to building foundations were discussed by Aitchison et al. (1954) in Bulletin 32 of the South Australian Department of Mines. The changes in urban development indicated above...-
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Bull 045 The Petrology Of The Eastern Gawler Ranges Volcanic Complex
The Gawler Ranges extend across northern Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, and comprise an extensive tract of extrusive rocks consisting of red feldspar porphyry. The Ranges were discovered and named by Edward John Eyre in 1839, in the course of...-
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Bull 044 Engineering Geology of the Kangaroo Creek Dam
The need for a second dam site in the Torrens Gorge was recognized by the Engineering and Water Supply Department many years ago. The Kangaroo Creek Dam, located in the Mount Lofty Ranges 14 miles northeast of Adelaide, has been constructed to provide...-
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Bull 039 The Geology of Yorke Peninsula
Yorke Peninsula lies between Spencer Gulf and Gulf St. Vincent. As its discoverer Matthew Flinders-wrote: "it is singular in its form, bearing some resemblance to a very ill-shaped leg and foot". This Bulletin deals with an area having an arbitrary...-
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Bull 020 Structural control of ore deposition in some SA copper fields (part 1). The Wallaroo - Moonta / The Dome Rock Copper Mine / Mount Gunson-Pernatty Lagoon District / The Burra Burra Mine / Callington-Kanmantoo District
These reports deal with work carried out with the object of ascertaining whether, by intensive study of the structural features of the ore bodies, any recommendation could be made in favour of the further exploration or development of these fields...-
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Bull 013 Pigment Minerals in South Australia
During the past twenty years attention has been directed to the natural resources of the State in pigment materials, and a considerable body of information, based 011 official reports, has been accumulated, which is now collected into this Bulletin,...-
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