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RB 86/00027 Aluminosilicates of the Olary region.
37 thin sections were examined and 3 specimens selected as possibly indicating potential ore deposits. Uncertainty is introduced by extreme variability of the material. The selected specimens contain andalusite as major aluminosilicate mineral. No...-
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Published: 01 May 1986
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RB 80/00118 Drew Hill albite-quartz gneiss near Cathedral Rock, Olary Province.
A feldspar deposit located 1.3 km south of Cathedral Rock and 1.3 km northwest of Drew Hill on Bimbowrie Station was investigated as source of soda feldspar by surveying, mapping and rock chip sampling. A fine-grained albite-quartz gneiss within the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1980
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RB 80/00119 Drew Hill pegmatite, Olary Province.
A pegmatite deposit located 1 km south of Cathedral Rock and 1.5 km north-west of Drew Hill was investigated by surveying, mapping and rock chip sampling. This Drew Hill pegmatite, which is 200 metres long and 45 metres wide, is enclosed by...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1980
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RB 82/00093 Sampling of creek sediment for feldspar north of Olary.
Potentially large source of feldspar has been identified as 55 - 59% of sediment in major creeks draining Willyama Complex rocks north of Olary. Further auger drilling is required to outline mineable zones and for sampling for beneficiation tests.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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RB 86/00050 Radium Hill kyanite deposits. A review of history, tenure, geology and laboratory testing.
Kyanite has been concentrated in early to middle Proterozoic Willyama Supergroup regionally metamorphosed mica kyanite schist by late stage contact metamorphic recrystallization. Based on 1950 - 1963 investigations for refractory grade material,...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1986
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RB 87/00110 Miscellaneous thin sections from the Proterozoic and Cambrian of South Australia.
Rocks from Saint Francis Island include trachyte, trachyandesite and rhyolite. Drill core from Dampier DDH1 includes 2 types of dolerite, and from Afmeco KGB3 fresh dolerite or basalt. Other specimens examined include basalt and gneiss from the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1987
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RB 78/00002 Mineral potential of the Willyama Complex South Australia.
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 81/00002 Petrographic descriptions of Willyama Complex rocks and Umberatana Group metasediments, northern Outalpa Inlier, Olary Province.
Petrology of 174 rocks indicate that 5 deformation phases (D1 - D5) are present within this dominantly schistose domain. Describes many samples which contain gneissosity, schistosity or crenulation.-
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Published: 01 Aug 1980
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RB 78/00132 Chiastolite from the Olary Province, South Australia.
Describes geology of all known chiastolite localities.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 88/00029 Olary sillimanite-andalusite deposits. A review of history, tenure and geology.
Sillimanite, andalusite and kyanite are used in high temperature furnaces and kilns, which require refractories with superior chemical and load strength stabilities. Since 1984, increasing demand and cost has stimulated exploration, particularly in...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 88/00085 1:250 000 Geological series - Explanatory Notes, OLARY, South Australia. Sheet SI/54-2 International Index.
The OLARY map area includes the SW part of the Willyama Inliers and surrounding Adelaidean (Late Proterozoic) sequences. The Early Proterozoic Willyama Supergroup is separated by NW-trending faults into blocks of metasedimentary rock of upper...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1988
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Investigation of the Mutooroo copper mine, South Australia.
The Mutooroo mine was the largest copper producer in the Olary Province, until its closure in 1914. Recent geophysical work and drilling have discovered a deeper massive sulphide body of over 8 million tonnes, averaging 1.66% Cu, with an unknown...-
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Walparuta. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/6/2010 to 20/6/2019.
A small area centred ~30 km west of Olary has been explored for possible economic buried primary stratiform base metal sulphide mineralisation, vein barite mineralisation and also for epithermal copper-gold deposits that may have formed in...-
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Report on Dome Rock copper prospect, SA. Summary, stages 1, 2 and 3 results.
The area of interest for base metal exploration lies within a complex of Archaean metamorphic rocks intruded by undifferentiated granitic rocks of Archaean-Proterozoic age. The main exploration target is copper, but moderately rich silver, cobalt and...-
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Outalpa Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 16/11/1984 to 1/3/1988.
Exploration for possible economic deposits of massive crystalline andalusite and sillimanite, formed within Palaeoproterozoic Willyama Complex muscovite-quartz schists and gneisses in an area of partly exposed basement north-west of Olary, has...-
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Kalabity. Progress and final reports for the period 8/4/88 to 8/10/88.
TARGET: Aluminium-rich refractory minerals, particularly andalusite. EXPLORATION: Limited sampling and laboratory testing.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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Bimbowrie Homestead. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 5/11/84 to 1/3/89.
TARGET: Evaluation and further exploration of the Ethiudna wollastonite deposit. EXPLORATION: Geological reconnaissance, relogging of drill core, a ground magnetic survey, and three campaigns of exploratory and resource delineation diamond drilling...-
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Kalabity - Boolcoomata region. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/7/1968 to 30/6/1970.
The sources of previously reported noteworthy radiometric anomalies located near Old Boolcoomata Homestead, which had been detected in 1962 during a SADME/BMR aerial scintiilometer survey, were investigated by the present joint venturers along with...-
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Published: 31 Jul 1970
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Olary North. Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/8/1965 to 31/7/1967.
Two separate prospect areas have been explored with reconnaissance and follow-up IP surveys (total 264 line km), ground magnetic surveys (34 line km), minor TX - Afmag and REM surveys (4 line km), and regional and detailed geological mapping (1:12,000...-
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Published: 11 Aug 1967
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Sunset Ridge (Manna Hill Feldspar Project). Annual reports to licence surrender, for the period 18/1/2005 to 6/7/2011.
An assessment has been made of the economic potential of several adjacent albite feldspar deposits jointly known as the Manna Hill occurrence, which are associated with pegmatites formed within the eastern Weekeroo Inlier near Weekeroo Hill,...-
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