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RB 97/00025 Preliminary report of palaeodrainage in the St Vincent Basin and Mount Lofty Ranges.
Generalised contouring of the Mount Lofty Ranges aimed at reconstructing the Tertiary landsurface topography has identified the locations of a number of possible buried fluvial valleys and channels associated with the St Vincent Basin palaeodrainage,...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1997
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White Lagoon. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 17/10/2001 to 2/10/2004.
Exploration for possible marine placer heavy mineral sands deposits within Recent sediments laid down across a large part of east-central Kangaroo Island, due south of Kingscote, has comprised a literature survey, limited field geological...-
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Published: 17 Jun 1905
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Kybunga (latterly a part of the Balaklava HMS Project - Iluka tenements Group 9). First annual report 3/5/2012 to 2/5/2013, plus a joint annual report and final report for Group 9 submitted at the five project licences' full surrender on 24/9/2015.
Ground within the northern onshore Saint Vincent Basin was taken up by Iluka Resources to re-appraise the heavy mineral sands (HMS) potential of buried Tertiary sediments there, after some unsuccessful exploration had previously been undertaken in the...-
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Published: 22 Sep 1915
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Redbanks. Reports for the period from 29/5/87 to 29/10/88.
TARGET: Heavy minerals in Pleistocene or Upper Tertiary sands in the Mallala area. EXPLORATION: Resampling of SADME holes over the Barabba Gravity Low and RAB drilling (72 holes along 22.2 km of traverses, totalling 1043 metres). RESULTS: Drill holes...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1988
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Hamley Bridge (North Adelaide Plains). Progress and relinquishment reports for the period 27/7/1981 to 26/4/1982.
In a search for possible economic heavy mineral - bearing buried Tertiary beach sand deposits, similar to the recent Golden Grove discovery made in Eocene fluviatile sediments of an adjacent sub-basin, 20 vertical percussion stratigraphic drillholes...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Pinkerton Plain. First annual report for the period 29/8/1995 to 28/8/1996.
Report presents drillhole logs and results of sand sample laboratory beneficiation tests and assaying, consequent upon the drilling of 8 appraisal aircore holes for 166 m during February 1996 to assess the extent and quality of buried sand beds...-
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Published: 06 Sep 1996
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Palaeodrainage and Cenozoic coastal barriers of South Australia (2nd edition).
Since the first edition of this map was released in May 2007, the collection by the Department's Geological Survey of much new geoscientific data and interpretations arising from South Australian regional surveys and exploration activities has...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1912
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Geological report on Owen sand (deposit), SA.
The Owen district is an uplifted fault block, halfway in elevation between the St Vincent Basin and the Mt Lofty Ranges. It is bounded on the west by the Redbanks-Owen Fault and in the east by the Alma Range Fault. This shallow Tertiary basin was...-
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Kangaroo Island. Progress reports to SML 23, SML 46 and SML 61 licences' expiry/renewal, for the periods 27/9/1956 to 26/9/1957 and 1/12/1962 to 11/5/1964.
TARGET: Heavy minerals in beach sands and dunes. EXPLORATION: Hand auger drilling, heavy mineral analysis and mineralogy. RESULTS: A number of zircon, rutile and kyanite - bearing sand lenses were identified within the beach facies, but they are...-
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Published: 11 Mar 1964
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Rutile deposits, Morrison Beach area, Kangaroo Island.
The heavy mineral placer deposits at Morrison Beach occur on four separate beach levels, as determined from scout boring along a number of traverses. Bulk sampling and heavy mineral analyses were used to calculate the quantities of rutile and of...-
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Published: 30 Oct 1956
