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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 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 98/00003 Review of the Proterozoic geology and mineral potential of the Curnamona Province in South Australia.
The Curnamona Province is exposed in the Willyama, Mt Painter and Mt Babbage Inliers, but much is obscured by younger sedimentary cover. It comprises a late Palaeoproterozoic metasedimentary and metavolcanic succession (Willyama Supergroup) with some...-
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Published: 02 Feb 1998
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RB 93/00048 Review of company mineral exploration, CURNAMONA 1:250 000 sheet, South Australia.
Company exploration within the CURNAMONA 1:250 000 sheet area was reviewed by the study of data incorporated in the open file reports on 42 Special Mining Leases, 80 Exploration Licences and one group of Mining Leases dating from 1961. This data...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1994
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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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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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Glenorchy. Progress reports for the period 3/10/85 to 2/4/87.
An assessment of the uranium and base metal potential of an area located 75 km north of Yunta included the inspection of historic uranium prospects, geological mapping at 1:25,000 scale, rock chip and groundwater sampling, reprocessing of aerial...-
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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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Peaked Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/10/1987 to 15/10/1988.
TARGET: Possible bedrock gold and base metal mineralisation in the Maldorky - Mutooroo region, south-east of Olary. EXPLORATION: Stream sediment (163) and rock chip (7) geochemical sampling. RESULTS: Five areas with low-level gold anomalies were...-
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Published: 16 May 1989
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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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Beryllium survey, Olary district, May - September 1961.
TARGET: Beryllium in granitic and metamorphic rocks between Old Boolcoomata Homestead and Putts Tank. EXPLORATION: Evaluation of known outcropping beryl prospects using a beryllium detector device, and reconnaissance stream sediment sampling of...-
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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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Radium Hill area. Progress reports and technical reports for the period 15/4/1966 to January 1967.
During the reporting period, field work comprising brief geological, geochemical and geophysical surveys, plus a limited programme of percussion drilling (2 holes for 320 feet), was undertaken across the licence to evaluate known deposits of kyanite,...-
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Published: 08 Feb 1967
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HandBk 003 - A Guide to the Geology and Mineral Resources of South Australia. Ludbrook, N.H. 1980 South Australia. (reprinted version)
South Australia has had a very long geological history traceable back for over 2000 million years. It has areas of ancient basement rocks and of younger rocks representing most of the geological column, which are exposed at the surface or have been...-
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