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Report on dolomite deposits at the Neales River, north-west of Lake Eyre North, SA.
Geological investigations have delineated a dolomite deposit extending at least 8 miles along the lower Neales River and exposed in its banks. An indicated resource of approximately 20 million tons is estimated to be present. It is considered that...-
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Published: 09 Jan 1970
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RB 2012/00004 MARREE, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SH54-5. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The MARREE mapsheet area includes the south-western portion of the Strzelecki Desert plus parts of the Tirari Desert, north-western Flinders Ranges and north-eastern Willouran Ranges, between latitudes 29 to 30 degrees S and longitudes 138 to 139...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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Lake Florence. First quarterly report [to licence surrender] for the period 8/12/1980 to 7/3/1981.
No work undertaken.-
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Lake Frome East. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 13/11/79 to 12/5/80.
As part of a wider search over SA for possible continental salt lake occurrences of NaCO3-rich brines and of fossil crystalline trona beds, presumed to be equivalent to the Lake Magadi (Kenya) / Green River Basin (Utah - Wyoming) style Tertiary...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1980
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Lake Frome. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 13/11/1978 to 12/5/1980.
As part of a wider search over SA for possible continental salt lake occurrences of NaCO3-rich brines and of fossil crystalline trona beds, presumed to be equivalent to the Lake Magadi (Kenya) / Green River Basin (Utah - Wyoming) style Tertiary...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1980
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Lake Millyera, Lake Callabonna and Lake Frome areas. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 31/10/1990 to 24/10/1994.
Field investigations were undertaken of reported occurrences of the rare strontium-bearing sulphate mineral celestite within lacustrine chemical sediments deposited along the western and southern margins of Lakes Frome, Callabonna and Blanche. The...-
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Lake Frome South. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 12/4/1979 to 11/4/1980.
Four samples of fresh attapulgite/palygorskite - bearing dolomitic claystone obtained from backhoe trenches dug into creek beds close to the south-eastern edge of Lake Frome were assessed for their clay material properties, in a search for absorptive...-
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Prescott Point. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 8/12/1980 to 23/6/1981.
Exploration for possible economic trona deposits thought to have formed within Cainozoic near-surface sediments, in an area of thick lacustrine sedimentation located 80 km north of Marree, consisted only of a consultant's review of available...-
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Amdel Project : feasibility study into production of magnesia from [Alberrie Creek] dolomite (Stage 2). Progress report no. 3 for the period 5/10/1970 to 2/11/1970.
Report discusses the scope and costing of a calcining and hydration plant designed to produce 100,000 long tons per annum of 95% MgO from dolomite rock feedstock mined at Alberrie Creek, detailing the many input assumptions made in arriving at final...-
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Published: 06 Nov 1970
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Amdel Project : feasibility study into production of magnesia from [Neales River] dolomite (Stage 1). Progress report no. 1 for the period 19/3/1970 to 15/5/1970.
Composite channel samples of outcropping dolomite rock, taken from the banks of the lower Neales River, were subjected to laboratory tests to find out which physical property of the raw material best relates to its actual MgO content. The aim is to...-
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Published: 25 May 1970
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Lake Pundalpa and Lake Amerarkoo. Progress and final reports to licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/9/1972 to 6/12/1973.
Exploration for possible buried roll-front or sandstone type sedimentary uranium deposits was carried out over a broad area lying northeast of Lake Frome by a South African - French joint venture. A large reconnaissance open hole rotary drilling and...-
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ExpNotes MARREE: Explanatory Notes MARREE
A new generation, second edition MARREE 1:250 000 scale geological map and its explanatory notes have been published. These documents represent the conclusion of the Geological Survey of South Australia's latest geological mapping program (1993 to...-
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