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RB 37/00149 Appraisal of Torrens barite mine, Hundred of Onkaparinga.
In February 1951, South Australian Barytes Limited became interested in this mine, held under claim by Reginald John Alfred Larsson and requested an inspection by Department of Mines officers. This request was repeated, and endorsed by Larsson in...-
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Published: 17 Jun 1954
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RB 38/00016 Report on a geological survey of the ) Prairie barite mine, Hundred of Talunga.
An occurrence of barite mineralisation located in the eastern valley wall of the River Torrens gorge, 16 miles east-northeast of Adelaide, which lies on freehold property and has been privately mined in the past, was inspected in order to gauge its...-
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Published: 28 Jul 1954
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RB 83/00087 Patawarta barite deposit, out of Counties, Flinders Ranges.
2 small vertical lodes which cross cut dolomite, contain inferred reserves of 1100 tonnes of oil drilling grade barite. Selective mining should also yield industrial grade, if deeper barite is less iron stained. Neither lode has been worked.-
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Published: 01 Nov 1983
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RB 80/00146 Oraparinna barite deposits, Howard Lode, Flinders Ranges.
At Howard Lode, adjacent to the extreme SE corner of the Oraparinna Diapir, barite infills steeply dipping fractures within Sturtian Yudnamutana Subgroup. Sediments have been folded around the diapir, and barite veins are parallel to the axial plane...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 81/00079 Oraparinna barite deposits, Bowering Lodes, Flinders Ranges. ML 4321, out of Hundreds, County Taunton.
Over 12 000 tonnes of barite have been produced, 11 km SSW of Oraparinna Barite Mine in Class B Environmental area. 4000 tonnes remain in blocks, fragmented sheets and shallow dipping veins + 10 000 tonnes if deepened, and 2500 tonnes inferred east of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 80/00138 Oraparinna barite deposits, Bairstow and Tom Hill lodes, Flinders Ranges, ML 4305, Out of Hundreds, County Taunton.
From 1973 - 1978, 2000 tonnes of barite were produced from Bairstow Lodes and 16 tonnes in 1966 from nearby Tom Hill Lode. The lodes were mapped, surveyed and sampled. The steep barite lodes have formed in a fractured zone which cuts the enclosing...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 81/00041 Oraparinna barite deposits, Turley Lode, Southern Lode and Nicholls deposit, Flinders Ranges.
At Turley Lode, barite infills steeply dipping fractures in Brachina Formation siltstone, within graben adjacent to the Oraparinna Diapir. To the south, the Southern Lode and Nicholls Deposit, both on the contact between Etina Formation shale and the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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Nankabunyana Creek. Final report to licence surrender for the period 10/9/2001 to 19/4/2004.
Exploration for Neoproterozoic to Palaeozoic sediment-hosted base metal deposits and possible buried Olympic Dam style deposits was carried out over an area located approximately 20 km west of Copley, north of and along strike from the Ediacara Range....-
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Published: 23 Mar 1905
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Ediacara Range. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 5/6/1997 to 4/6/1999.
No significant gold or base metal values were returned from geochemical sampling of quartz and barite veins in the vicinity of the Ediacara Fault, 40 km north-west of Parachilna. Imaging of aeromagnetic data purchased as infill coverage to a 1999...-
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Eudunda. Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 15/2/2012 to 1/5/2015.
An area with known small barite occurrences, that surrounds Eudunda township, was held for 3.5 years without any on-ground work being done.-
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Published: 06 May 1915
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Willow Springs. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/12/2011 to 30/11/2016.
An area centred ~65 km north-east of Hawker in the Central Flinders Ranges, and located adjacent to the eastern side of the Oraparinna Diapir, has been explored for possible buried economic epigenetic copper, gold and uranium mineralisation. During...-
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Published: 03 Jan 1917
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Mount Arden. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 1/7/1968 to 30/6/1970.
Assays of 21 geochemical samples taken from within Donnelly's iron ore deposits on Mineral Claim 4573 indicate that they have a significant anomalous trace metal content, with up to 0.25% Cu occurring in wallrocks consisting of manganiferous quartzite...-
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Published: 04 May 1970
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Resource potential of the Central Flinders Zone, Adelaide Geosyncline, South Australia.
Since 1990 Frontier Exploration Ltd has explored in the Central Flinders Zone of the Adelaide Geosyncline in order to assess its hydrocarbon and mineral potential, and the relationship of diapirs to these resources. The basic concepts used have not...-
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Parachilna. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 2/4/1970 to 1/4/1971.
Reconnaissance geochemical sampling of the eastern PARACHILNA mapsheet area for sediment-hosted base metal deposits has succeeded in locating several well-defined areas of interest, although approximately two-thirds of the SML area appears to be...-
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Report on Oraparinna barite mine.
This report summarises the results of recent surface and underground mine stadia surveys and of a geological and reserves appraisal of the Oraparinna barite mine. The results have been incorporated into a comprehensive set of mine plans, and a 3-D...-
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ExpNotes PARACHILNA (v1): Explanatory Notes PARACHILNA (first edition, 1966)
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ExpNotes PARACHILNA (v2): Explanatory Notes PARACHILNA (second edition, 1999)
The PARACHILNA map area (31 to 32°S, 138 to 139.5°E) occupies the central Flinders Ranges which are made up of folded, mostly marine sedimentary Neoproterozoic and Cambrian rocks of the Adelaide Geosyncline, and adjoining plains underlain by Cainozoic...-
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RB 71/00035 PARACHILNA, South Australia, sheet SH54-13 International Index.
The Parachilna 1:250 000 map area is about 250 road miles north of Adelaide, South Australia, and includes the eastern shore of Lake Torrens, the central Flinders Ranges and part of the Lake Frome Plains. The ranges are composed of folded Adelaidean...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1972
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Mount James. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 3/9/2007 to 2/9/2010.
An area surrounding the historically worked Ediacara lead-zinc Mineral Field, overlying the inferred far eastern margin of the Gawler Craton, was explored for possible economic hydrothermal/stratabound base metals within the Adelaidean and Cambrian...-
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Published: 27 Oct 1910
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Mount James. First partial surrender report for the period 3/9/2007 to 2/9/2009.
An area surrounding the historically worked Ediacara lead-zinc Mineral Field, overlying the inferred far eastern margin of the Gawler Craton, is being explored for possible economic hydrothermal/stratabound base metals within the Adelaidean and...-
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