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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 41/00077 Quaternary stratigraphic record at Lake Eyre North and the evolution of existing topographic forms.
Fossiliferous Quaternary lacustrine deposits of the Lake Eyre Basin are exposed in escarpments along the margins of Lake Eyre, North and were intersected in shallow boreholes in the area. These are described in detail and their distribution shown on...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 87/00085 Simpson Desert sand colour-note.
Colour of mobile Simpson Desert dune sands varies from light brown in the playa region north of the Kallakoopah, to dark red brown and red to the northwest and west, confirming previous less detailed observations. A source in younger (largely...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1987
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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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Report on dolomite deposits at the Neales River, north-west of Lake Eyre North, SA.
Geological investigations have delineated a dolomite deposit extending at least 8 miles along the lower Neales River and exposed in its banks. An indicated resource of approximately 20 million tons is estimated to be present. It is considered that...-
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Published: 09 Jan 1970
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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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West Lake Blanche. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/3/2014 to 26/3/2018.
A licence area covering the piedmont plain formed adjacent to a large salt lake (Lake Blanche) of the Cenozoic Lake Eyre Basin, and the underlying Mesozoic Eromanga Basin sediments situated to the north of the uranium-rich Mount Babbage Inlier, ~100...-
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Published: 29 Mar 1918
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Hayes Dam. First partial surrender report, for the period 6/10/2016 to 5/10/2019.
149 square km or ~31% of the former area of EL 5864, which is centred ~105 km south-southwest of Moomba, have been relinquished. The exploration target being investigated on this licence, which is located along the central section of the Strzelecki...-
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Published: 06 Feb 1920
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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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[Petrographic] descriptions of [34 samples] of Cretaceous, Tertiary and Recent sediments from the area east of Lake Eyre, South Australia.
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Published: 11 Feb 1972
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Coober Pedy. Investigation of alunite occurrence.
At the request of several interested parties from Coober Pedy, 17 channel and grab samples of alunite-bearing clays obtained from opal workings near the town were analysed for their alunite content and its purity. Recent inspections by the author of...-
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Hayes Dam. Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 6/10/2016 to 15/10/2020.
An area located along the central section of the Strzelecki Track has been explored for clean fluvial or aeolian sands of Quaternary age which could be used to provide extractive material suitable for road-building purposes, or in certain cases for...-
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Published: 26 Feb 1921
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Lake Blanche and Montecollina. Progress reports and joint final report to licences' expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/4/1988 to 3/7/1989.
Possible economic Quaternary mineral sands accumulations formed along inferred palaeo-shorelines on the northern and eastern margins of Lake Blanche, or in the meander belt of the Strzelecki Creek, were the object of exploration undertaken by...-
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Belt Bay. Combined first quarterly / final report at licence surrender, for the period 19/5/1978 to 22/11/1978.
An area bordering and including the southern end of Lake Eyre North was taken up by Comalco to cover a possible Miocene lacustrine palaeodepositional environment for authigenic sodium carbonate (trona) sedimentary deposits. Actively discharging...-
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Published: 06 Sep 1978
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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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RB 71/00081 Progress report on Tarcoola to Alice Springs railway ballast supplies Mabel Creek - Marla Bore section - Commonwealth Railways.
Following geological reconnaissance a new stratigraphic unit, the Late Cainozoic Mount Willoughby Limestone, of fresh water derivation, was described. It requires drilling to test thickness and hardness for ballast.-
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Published: 26 May 1971
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RB 76/00064 Report of geology, MURLOOCOPPIE 1:250 000.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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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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