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Lake Greenly area [Mount Hope kaolin deposit]. Progress and final reports to licence renewal for the period 30/3/1973 to 29/9/1974.
Appraisal of a newly discovered large deposit of kaolin, found in the near surface regolith to Archaean basement on two farms situated 7 km south of Mount Hope on southern Eyre Peninsula, has consisted of further air/rotary drilling (35 holes, total...-
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Mount Pitt. Progress and final reports for the period 6/4/81 to 5/10/81.
As part of a regional search for economic small-scale deposits of rare earth metals in the Mount Painter district, geochemical prospecting revealed several atypically high background niobium values, in stream sediments derived from watercourses known...-
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Summary of exploration on the Gunsight uranium-copper prospect, portion (of) SML 704, South Australia, to 30/6/1973.
Surface copper carbonate mineralization occurring along a presumed shear zone was initially discovered some 4 miles southwest of the Parabarana Cu prospect by North Flinders Mines in late 1971, during a programme of detailed geochemical stream...-
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The MIM-Peko Stuart Shelf Joint Venture Project. Progress reports to licences' joint full surrender and their re-issue as a single replacement tenement, for the period 15/2/1983 to 20/10/1989.
Exploration for Olympic Dam-style Cu-Au-U mineralisation, undertaken over areas to the south-east of Arcoona Homestead and in the vicinity of Woomera township, has comprised numerous reconnaissance and then detailed gravity, ground magnetic and CSAMT...-
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Yumali. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 7/6/1978 to 18/10/1983.
Base metal exploration activities undertaken by Thiess Brothers in the Yumali - Coomandook area investigated several coincident regional gravity and aeromagnetic anomalies arising from concealed Palaeozoic basement rocks. These anomalies are part of a...-
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Published: 14 Nov 1983
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Murray Bridge. Progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 15/7/1991 to 14/1/1994.
Exploration was undertaken by BHP along the western margin of the Murray Basin, between Lake Alexandrina and Cambrai township, for possible economic heavy mineral sands and for exhalative sedex-style volcanogenic/stratabound base metal deposits, both...-
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Copperlinka. Progress and annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/4/1991 to 6/6/1997.
Exploration for possible large, potentially open cut - mineable disseminated quartz vein - type syngenetic gold and base metal deposits within a licence area located near Outalpa, 150 km south-west of Broken Hill, has comprised geological mapping,...-
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Landsat thematic mapper study of the Yardea Dacite, Gawler Range Volcanics, YARDEA 1:250 000 scale map sheet.
The South Australian Department of Mines and Energy (SADME) commissioned the South Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (SACRS) to undertake a digital analysis of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data in an attempt to locate prospective areas for...-
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RB 55/00025 Lightweight aggregate. Laboratory testing of clays and shales.
Results are reported of laboratory firing tests made on 11 shale samples and 4 clay samples, performed in both oxidising and reducing furnace atmospheres for various length heating periods over an extensive fusion temperature range. The bloating...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1962
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RB 52/00072 Volcanic deposits - Lake Leake and Lake Edward.
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 55/00115 Dolomite deposits, Lower South-East.
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 77/00015 Oodla Wirra palygorskite deposit, MC 789, Rocla Industries Ltd, secn 132 Hd Coglin, Co. Herbert.
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 79/00128 Potential sealing aggregate sites for the Stuart Highway.
Aggregate for sealing the Stuart Highway will be required to be sourced from three main areas (localities a-c below) in addition to the existing quarry at Woocalla. Within these areas eleven potential sites have been nominated, from which three or...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 82/00099 Papineau Rocks rhyodacite aggregate quarry - Geological investigations 1981.
Small inlier of lower Ordovician rhyodacite in Baker Range in the South-East is an important source of road sealing aggregate. 750 000 tonnes of rhyodacite are inferred to underlie 220 000 tonnes of overburden. Diamond and rotary drilling is recommended.-
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Published: 01 Dec 1982
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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 80/00113 Rhyolite sealing aggregate deposit, Kingoonya.
Porphyritic rhyolite adjacent to the Stuart Highway, 21 km east of Kingoonya was identified as a potential sealing aggregate deposit. It was tested by 3 holes totalling 26.3 metres. Large reserves (100 000 m3) below 30 cm of overburden were proved.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 77/00056 Willyama Complex excursion, 27th March to 7th April, 1977.
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 81/00112 Mount Monster porphyry deposit near Keith, Murray Mallee. Geological investigations 1978 - 1981, Hd Stirling, Co. Buckingham.
Ordovician porphyritic rhyolite, 900 metres north of Mt Monster, 12 km south of Keith, was quarried from 1955 - 1976 to produce 548 477 tonnes of rail ballast and road sealing aggregate. This is an important aggregate resource, being finer grained and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 93/00019 Geology of the Upalinna Diapir, central Flinders Ranges.
Investigation of the Upalinna Diapir, located 20 km east of Wilpena Pound in the Adelaide Geosyncline, has identified a number of structural and sedimentary features normally associated with evaporite diapirs. The Upalinna Diapir is a small,...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1993
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RB 99/00016 Wollastonite in South Australia.
Wollastonite is a calcium silicate mineral of high temperature metamorphic or igneous origins, which lately has been found to have an increasing range of industrial applications. Its main producing country is China. At Ethiudna, in South Australia's...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1999
