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Wallaroo and Moonta mines and smelters, Yorke's [sic] Peninsula, South Australia. History, nature and methods.
A detailed account of the large scale copper mining and processing operations occurring in the 'Copper Triangle' region of South Australia in the few years following the end of the First World War. The included metrics and pictorial coverage of many...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1921
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RB 79/00150 Evaluation of gold tailings and slimes, Government Stamp Battery, Peterborough.
Tonnages and gold content of tailings and slimes stockpiled at the Government Stamp Battery at Peterborough were calculated from hand auger drilling and mining return records. The amount of recoverable gold was determined by mineralogical and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 89/00079 Mongolata Gold Battery. Historical review and summary of ore treated and gold recovered, 1923-1954.
From commencement of crushing operations in March 1933 until its closure in March 1954, the South Australian State Government battery at Mongolata Goldfield crushed a total of 7600 tonnes of ore for a recovery of 318.25 kg of gold bullion via onsite...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1989
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RB 91/00086 Mineral occurrences of the YARDEA 1:250 000 map sheet area.
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Published: 01 Sep 1991
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RB 91/00089 Mineral occurrences of the GAIRDNER 1:250 000 map sheet area.
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Published: 01 Sep 1991
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RB 91/00085 Mineral occurrences of the KIMBA 1:250 000 map sheet area.
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Published: 01 Sep 1991
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RB 89/00044 Mineral resources of the Kapunda District Council area.
Kapunda DC is underlain by folded Adelaidean and Cambrian metasediments which host important mineral deposits in the area. An estimated 15 million tonnes of ore averaging 1.2% copper remains near the Kapunda mine, with potential for further...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1989
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Tarcoola. Data release in lieu of a 25% second partial surrender at licence renewal : progress and annual reports for the period 7/12/1990 to 20/4/2003. [ Index Part 1 of 4 ].
The abstract for this Envelope is contained (in three parts) as separately indexed records, due to SAMREF database system individual record data size limits presently applicable.-
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Boolooroo Goldfield. Annual reports to licence expiry for the period 24/11/1995 to 14/3/2006.
Protracted exploration undertaken by an individual mineral prospector over a small area of rugged topography located in the north-central Flinders Ranges, approximately 25 km north-east of Leigh Creek, has addressed a number of potentially economic...-
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Published: 14 Mar 1906
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Commonwealth Hill, Perfection Well and Wirrida. Six-monthly progress, plus combined annual and final reports, to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/12/1993 to 18/7/2006.
Exploration for possible economic deposits of epithermal/hydrothermal gold, plus precious metals and base metals, which might have formed in poorly outcropping Archaean and Proterozoic basement, commenced with a detailed interpretation of SAEI imaged...-
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Published: 10 Sep 1906
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Mines in Burnside - their historical significance.
This report on the history and condition of the abandoned pioneer silver-lead mines at Glen Osmond on Adelaide's eastern outskirts was prepared for the Burnside suburban council to allow it to make an informed discussion about the possibility of...-
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Mount Mary. Combined first annual/final report at licence expiry/full surrender for the period 14/4/2008 to 13/4/2009.
During initial exploration of the Mount Mary area, located approximately 120 km north-east of Adelaide, the compilation and reprocessing of available gravity and magnetic data were used to interpret the bedrock geology hidden under a widespread...-
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Published: 14 Apr 1909
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 5 partnership DPY5-19. White Hill igneous complex Proterozoic magmatic PGE-Ni-Cu mineral prospects. Project final report.
Following a review of historic exploration data for the Mount Woods Inlier, OZ Minerals decided that the White Hill igneous complex, located 6 km north-west of the Prominent Hill mining lease, is comprised of mafic and ultramafic cumulate rocks having...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Tarcoola. Annual reports for the period 2/6/2008 to 29/7/2018.
During the first year of renewed EL 4167, in October and November 2008, Stellar Resources Ltd ("Stellar") completed a 5 hole, 1286.9 m RC and 2 hole, 157.1 m diamond cored inclined drilling programme at the Coolybring prospect which is located...-
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Published: 11 Sep 1918
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Carappee Hill. Data release made in lieu of submitting a licence second partial surrender report : annual reports for the period 10/10/1995 to 16/10/2003.
Palaeoproterozoic metasediments of the Hutchison Group, and Lincoln Complex granitoids, were the targets of exploration for gold, base metals and granite dimension stone in an area 40 km south of Kimba. Initial calcrete sampling indicated that...-
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Strathearn, Yarramba, South Eagle and Billeroo Creek areas (part of the Strathearn Joint Venture Project). Data release in lieu of partial relinquishment at licence expiry/renewal : progress and annual reports for the period 3/5/1991 to 9/4/2000.
Exploration carried out in the South Eagle - Yarramba area, located 40-80 km north-east of Olary and 50-150 km west-northwest of Broken Hill, has targeted stratabound Pb-Zn-Ag and Cu-Au mineralisation in Proterozoic rocks of the Willyama basement....-
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Mount Olinthus. Annual report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 6/3/1995 to 5/3/1996.
Base metal mineralisation, indicated by newly discovered shafts at the historic Atkinson Pb-Ag-Cu-Zn mine, was the impetus for exploration in the upland area 20 km north-west from Cowell. Grab samples collected from shafts, stockpiles and dumps varied...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Carappee Hill. Annual reports for the period 20/2/2010 to 19/2/2019.
The continuation during 2010 of exploration of the Palaeoproterozoic bedrock in a small area located 60 km west-northwest of Cowell has mainly consisted of the conduct of three shallow drilling campaigns and the examination and analysis of downhole...-
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Published: 25 Feb 1919
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Davies (part of the Central Giles / Wingellina Nickel Project). Annual reports for the period 24/9/2009 to 23/9/2018.
Field work performed on the subject tenement during licence Year 8 included the conduct of Aboriginal heritage clearance surveys by the APY Traditional Owners to grant access for geological mapping and the acquisition of a trial seismic survey, as...-
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Published: 23 Nov 1918
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Wilcherry Hill. Drilling at the Weednanna Au-Fe deposit, an exploration model for gold deposits formed in the southern Gawler Craton. Collaborative drilling and research final report, Project ADI RD02-265 [Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
Between 8 August and 6 October 2021, six inclined, rotary mud precollared diamond cored holes (21WDDH001 to 006) totalling 1560.6 m were drilled at the Weednanna gold and iron deposit located ~40 km north of Kimba on northern Eyre Peninsula, as part...-
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