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Pualco West. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/10/1972 to 25/10/1973.
Reconnaissance and detailed bulk loam sampling undertaken to look for diamonds or kimberlite indicator minerals in the vicinity of the Pualco Anticline, plus spectrographic analyses of the derived heavy mineral concentrates for gold and base metals...-
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Published: 12 Dec 1973
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Mount Plantagenet. Progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/1/1982 to 7/1/1986.
Detailed base and precious metals exploration undertaken by Utah Development Company in the area of the Worumba Anticline has targeted possible stratiform Zambian Copperbelt - type deposits. Exploratory work has included 72 geochemical vertical...-
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RB 54/00075 Ediacara silver-lead-copper Mineral Field. (Mineralisation investigation) Progress report no. 1.
Lead and copper mineralisation occurs in rocks of Cambrian age in the Ediacara Mineral Field. Rich pockets of ore minerals of limited extent occur in the Transition beds and in the overlying carbonates, associated with breccias or turbidites....-
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Published: 19 Mar 1962
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RB 84/00076 Victoria Tower gold mine, Wadnaminga Goldfield, history and production.
Brief description of the workings and historical outline from daily newspapers and Mining Reviews. Since discovery in 1899, 371.07 tonnes of ore have yielded 35 923.91 grams of gold bullion, ore being treated at Mount Torrens and Peterborough...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1985
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RB 86/00045 Review of gold tailings in South Australia.
Stockpiles of tailings from abandoned gold mines are small and probably do not warrant retreatment individually. Total of 71 000 tonnes of tailings are at Government Battery sites at Mount Torrens, Peterborough, Glenloth, Tarcoola and Mongolata. The...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1986
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RB 82/00083 Baratta silver-lead field. Summary of mineral investigations and mining activity, 1969-1981.
An intensive search for a large low grade silver lead zinc deposit was unsuccessful, although widespread low grade mineralization is present. Associated gold values over 26 metre interval at Eukaby Hill are too low grade to support large scale...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1982
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RB 83/00102 Appraisal of gold tailings, Waukaringa Goldfield.
28 auger holes and 14 trenches delineated a minimum of 37 710 tonnes of 2.71 g/t gold at Alma and Victoria and a minimum of 1080 tonnes of 1.94 g/t gold at Alma Extended. Tailings also contain an average of 2 g/t silver. Cyanidation tests show that...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1983
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RB 85/00024 Aid to the Burmese mining industry - Excursion guide for inspection of gold prospects and mining operations in South Australia.
Basic information on history, production, mining, geology, mineral processing, and exploration at various mines and prospects. Main purpose is to demonstrate features of Adelaidean and other mineralization.-
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Published: 01 Nov 1985
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RB 80/00083 Mines and mineral occurrences prospected during 1979, in the Flinders Ranges.
Old mines and prospects were located, sketch mapped and photographed. Ultra- violet lamp was used to search for scheelite in Mt McTaggart area and west of Mt Fitton. Scintillometer was used to search for radioactive minerals.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1980
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RB 80/00015 Mineral resources and mineral potential of the proposed Balcanoona National Park.
The mines and mineral deposits in the proposed park are summarized from departmental records with list of references and plans available on microfilm.-
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Published: 01 Feb 1980
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Review of Mineral exploration activity, 2003 and 2004.
2003 activity: Expenditure by companies on mineral exploration licences in South Australia for calendar year 2003 was $37.0 million, a slight increase on the $35.7 million spent in 2002. Mineral exploration drilling metreage, a key indicator of...-
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Ooloo mine prospect. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 23/10/1969 to 22/10/1970.
14 lines of grid-based IP and resistivity profiling were carried out at the abandoned Ooloo silver-lead mine by contractor McPhar Geophysics, to try to detect any possible subsurface extensions of the mineralised lodes under alluvial cover. Several...-
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Published: 05 Oct 1970
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Mines in Burnside - their historical significance.
This report on the history and condition of the abandoned pioneer silver-lead mines at Glen Osmond on Adelaide's eastern outskirts was prepared for the Burnside suburban council to allow it to make an informed discussion about the possibility of...-
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Data release - as updated : Statton Hill (part of the Baratta Project). Annual reports, first partial surrender report and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 8/10/2007 to 14/1/2016.
Copper and gold exploration has been conducted within an area centred about 80 km east of Hawker, which it was thought had potential for epigenetic vein style mineralisation within buried Adelaidean sandstone and shale strata, formed in a stratabound...-
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Published: 19 Jan 1916
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Mintaro. Information status at licence expiry, for the period 18/6/2012 to 17/6/2017: no work performed.
No work performed.-
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Winnininnie (part of the Manna Hill Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/4/2013 to 18/4/2015.
A small area centred ~14 km north-east of Yunta that straddles the Barrier Highway has been explored for possible economic vein-style and structurally controlled gold which may have formed within Adelaidean bedrock sediments. During the 2013-2014...-
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Published: 02 Jul 1915
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Data release - as updated : World's End. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/3/2009 to 2/3/2016.
An area centred about 30 km south-east of Burra has been explored for possible buried economic Burra style copper mineralisation and for Mongolata Goldfield type alluvial and reef gold. The host metasedimentary unit to the Monster mine, the...-
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Published: 16 Mar 1916
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Data release - as updated : One Tree Hill (part of the Manna Hill Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 5/11/2007 to 4/11/2017.
Exploration for possible economic vein-style and structurally controlled gold with Adelaidean bedrock sediments in an area located between the towns of Yunta and Manna Hill was conducted using low cost remote sensing, geochemical and geophysical...-
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Published: 15 Dec 1917
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Eudunda. Information status at licence full surrender, for the period 22/2/2016 to 16/6/2016: no work performed.
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Data release - as updated : Benda Range (part of the Manna Hill Project). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 6/5/2008 to 14/12/2017.
Exploration for possible economic vein-style and structurally controlled gold with Adelaidean bedrock sediments in an area located south of Manna Hill township was conducted using low cost remote sensing, geochemical and geophysical methods. The...-
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Published: 15 Jan 1918
