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Amdel reports on the physical and mineralogical properties of white clay samples taken from a core cut in Kalabity drillhole K59.
Clay sample CE3989 has a brightness that is well below the requirements for a paper coating clay (85% or greater). Bleaching of the - 2 micron clay fraction increased the brightness to filler grade requirements (75-85%). Clay sample CE4008 has a...-
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Published: 20 Apr 1972
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RB 84/00052 Reconnaissance sampling of palygorskitic clay, Garford Palaeochannel - Coober Pedy.
Hand auger and channel sampling was carried out at 23 localities on the margins of playa lakes within the palaeochannel. Large areas of Garford Formation clay, possibly suitable as industrial absorbents, are likely in the centre of the palaeochannel....-
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Published: 01 Jul 1984
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RB 98/00021 Review of open file company exploration data from 1992 to mid-1997, Olary Domain, CURNAMONA 1:250 000 map sheet, South Australia.
This report comprises Open file company data, released since the previous MESA review (Yates and Randell, 1994) of the CURNAMONA 1:250 000 map sheet, includes exploration for base and precious metals (especially stratiform/stratabound Broken...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1997
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Ethiudna. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 22/2/2004 to 22/2/2015.
An area centred ~50 km north-west of Olary is continuing to be explored for possible buried economic Prominent Hill or Olympic Dam type iron oxide associated copper-gold (IOCG) breccia style mineralisation. The area is considered highly prospective...-
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Lake Frome EL 19. Results of coring programme.
A new coring technique recommended by Christensen Diamond Products has been successfully used by Afmeco to complete four rotary coreholes within unconsolidated Tertiary sediments on the northern Lake Frome Plains (total drilled 1957'5 inches / total...-
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Curnamona Province.
CURNAMONA PROVINCE SUMMARY Age: Sedimentation - late Palaeoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic. Felsic and mafic volcanism - late Palaeoproterozoic to early Mesoproterozoic. Granitic intrusion - late Palaeoproterozoic to early...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2003
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Lake Frome South, Central Lake Frome and Lake Frome North areas (the Lake Frome Potash Project). Joint annual reports plus final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 5/1/2015 to 26/4/2018.
The entire extent of the main Lake Frome salina was taken up in early 2015 with three contiguous licences covering a total area of 2718 square km, to explore for a salt lake brine potash resource which might be economic to develop to supply the local...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1918
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Lake Gregory. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 13/5/2016 to 9/3/2017.
A licence area covering a large salt lake (Lake Gregory) of the Cenozoic Lake Eyre Basin, and the underlying Mesozoic Eromanga Basin sediments situated to the north of the uranium-rich Mount Babbage and Mount Painter inliers, ~120 km north-east of...-
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Mount Hopeless, Paralana Creek and John Brown Well areas. First partial surrender report for the period 7/6/1978 to 6/6/1979.
As part of conducting a regional search for possible occurrences of Tertiary sediment-hosted, Wyoming roll-front type uranium mineralisation, the Paralana Plains joint venture partners were required to drop at least 25% of the area of their EL 402...-
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Warana Hill - Areas 1-3. Joint annual reports to licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/6/2009 to 29/6/2011.
A conjoined multi-licence area located in the northern Strzelecki Desert, centred approximately 110 km north-northwest of Moomba, has been explored for possible economic buried Cenozoic heavy minerals sands (HMS) deposits, and also for shallow...-
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Oolgelima Creek. First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 31/8/2012 to 30/8/2014.
Three separate small areas on the eastern edge of the Stuart Range, that are located 30 to 45 km north and north-east of Coober Pedy, have been explored both for possible buried Proterozoic basement-hosted IOCG-style mineralisation and for large...-
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Published: 10 Oct 1914
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Lake Cadibarrawirracanna. First annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 31/8/2012 to 30/8/2014.
An area centred over Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, which is located ~70 km east-northeast of Coober Pedy, has been explored both for possible buried Proterozoic basement-hosted IOCG-style mineralisation and for large sedimentary evaporite occurrences of...-
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Published: 10 Oct 1914
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Tirari Desert (part of the Gypsum Cliffs Project). Combined first annual/final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/6/2013 to 20/6/2014.
EL 5277 is located in the Lake Eyre region approximately 110 km north of the settlement of Marree. The licence is one of five original applications that were made by Crossland Strategic Metals Limited (formerly Crossland Uranium Mines Limited) on...-
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McGrath Hill (part of the Gypsum Cliffs Project). First annual and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/6/2013 to 20/6/2015.
EL 5279 is located in the Lake Eyre region approximately 245 km north of the settlement of Marree, and abuts the south-eastern corner of the Simpson Desert National Park. The licence is the northernmost one of five original applications that were made...-
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Published: 11 Aug 1915
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RB 2014/00005 WINTINNA, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SG53-14. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The WINTINNA 1:250 000 mapsheet area lies between latitudes 27° to 28° South and longitudes 133°30’ to 135°00’ East. This ~16 400 square km area includes the Marla and Cadney Park settlements, and is crossed by the Stuart Highway and Adelaide to...-
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Published: 01 Mar 2015
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RB 2012/00004 MARREE, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SH54-5. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The MARREE mapsheet area includes the south-western portion of the Strzelecki Desert plus parts of the Tirari Desert, north-western Flinders Ranges and north-eastern Willouran Ranges, between latitudes 29 to 30 degrees S and longitudes 138 to 139...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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RB 2009/00001 Explanatory Notes for [the] CALLABONNA 1:250 000 Geological Map, sheet SH 54-6.
The CALLABONNA map area includes the southern end of the Strzelecki Desert and the north- eastern Flinders Ranges, between latitudes 29° to 30° S and longitudes 139° 30' to 141° E. Cameron Corner adjoins New South Wales and Queensland in the...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2009
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Erudina, Stickhole and Lake Namba. Combined annual reports and final report to licences' joint surrender, for the period 25/2/2004 to 19/2/2014. [ Index Part 2 of 2 ].
(continued) During the fourth year of project activity, a second, more intensive vertical rotary mud drilling and wireline geophysical well logging campaign was carried out on all three subject licences in order to further test AEM and gravity...-
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Lake Frome East. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 13/11/79 to 12/5/80.
As part of a wider search over SA for possible continental salt lake occurrences of NaCO3-rich brines and of fossil crystalline trona beds, presumed to be equivalent to the Lake Magadi (Kenya) / Green River Basin (Utah - Wyoming) style Tertiary...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1980
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Lake Frome. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 13/11/1978 to 12/5/1980.
As part of a wider search over SA for possible continental salt lake occurrences of NaCO3-rich brines and of fossil crystalline trona beds, presumed to be equivalent to the Lake Magadi (Kenya) / Green River Basin (Utah - Wyoming) style Tertiary...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1980
