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Landsat thematic mapper study of the Yardea Dacite, Gawler Range Volcanics, YARDEA 1:250 000 scale map sheet.
The South Australian Department of Mines and Energy (SADME) commissioned the South Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (SACRS) to undertake a digital analysis of Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM) data in an attempt to locate prospective areas for...-
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RB 37/00039 Report on the Copper King ochre deposits (near Beltana).
The Copper King orebody, located approximately 10 miles north-northeast of Beltana township, is a massive deposit of iron carbonate, the upper portion of which has been altered by oxidation and hydration to oxides of iron. The deposit was worked...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1954
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RB 58/00142 Limestone deposit, sections 671, 672 Hundred of Davenport, laboratory testing.
Results of laboratory testing of selected drill core samples, carried out by the Highways and Local Government Department, are presented. Those support an earlier recommendation for trial pits.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 57/00100;Amdel 00297 Lightweight aggregate rotary kiln tests.
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Published: 01 Nov 1963
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RB 44/00063 Myponga Dam Project - Geological investigation of the tunnel route on the proposed pipeline from the reservoir.
Detailed geological examination of the area in the vicinity of the proposed tunnel has shown that, provided suitable precautions are taken, there are no geological factors which will prevent the successful construction of a tunnel through the ridge...-
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Published: 02 May 1957
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RB 47/00046 Mintaro slate quarries.
The slate deposit owned by the Mintaro Slate and Flagstone Co. has been known for about 100 years and since 1891 has been a steady producer of high quality flagstones.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 85/00005 Gneiss and amphibolite deposits. Drilling and testing pavement materials, Poonindie to Tumby, section 7, Hd Koppio.
3 backhoe trenches and 5 drill holes (127 metres) outlined quarry site to yield 80 000 m3 of interbanded gneiss and amphibolite beneath 17 000 m3 of silty soil, clay and weathered rock to an average depth of 2 metres. Additional reserves are available...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1985
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RB 79/00121 Uranno microgranite deposit for road sealing aggregate and rail ballast.
A quarry plan, designed to yield 100,000 cubic m of in-situ material, has been outlined in a microgranite outcrop on Eyre Peninsula which is located 15 km east of Cummins and 10 km south-east of the Uranno railway siding. Diamond drilling (3 inclined...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1979
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RB 80/00152 Summary note on South Australian systems of soil classification and mapping.
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 89/00043 Noarlunga limestone deposit, sections 56, 57, Hundred Willunga. Highways Department.
A Highways Department quarry on the southern bank of the Onkaparinga Gorge was operated intermittently between 1962 and 1973, producing mainly 32 mm screened crushed rock. The quarry is situated on the crest of a southerly plunging anticline in...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1989
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Ashville gypsum deposits. Retention lease six-monthly combined reports for the period 14/9/1993 to 1/6/1996.
Activity on these deposits has consisted of one phase of trial mining of 600 cubic m of the best quality part of the Warnes deposit, stockpiling of the extracted gypsum-rich lakebed sediments, chemical analysis of 39 bulked samples of this stockpile...-
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Point Paterson - Port Pirie area. Progress reports on work carried out prior to grant of a special mining lease, for the period June 1962 to November 1969.
The applicant proposes during the two year SML period to undertake a work and study programme to determine the economic feasibility of developing a seawater salt recovery complex on the areas applied for, which will be capable upon completion of the...-
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Published: 07 Nov 1969
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Lake Torrens. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 13/4/1973 to 12/4/1975.
Continuing exploration by Delhi of the industrial salt potential of subsurface brines in the Lake Torrens basin aimed to ascertain the potential reserves of NaCl in the southern part of the lake, and to confirm the availability of suitable brine...-
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Wattle Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 5/1/1984 to 4/1/1985.
15 vertical exploratory auger holes totalling 348.4 m were drilled in a search for shallowly buried deposits of aluminous clays or claystone located close to the licensee's Rapid Bay limestone quarry and coatal shipment facility, that might be of use...-
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Published: 15 Jan 1985
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Coober Pedy south-east - Mount Brady Mafic Intrusive Complex exploratory drilling programme. Final report, Project ADI RD02-293 [part of Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
In an area centred ~40 km south-east of Coober Pedy, following its processing of open file GCAS aeromagnetic data (Region 8A/8B) using Vector Residual Mag Intensity (VRMI) and high frequency residual gradients, the licensee had identified two untested...-
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Published: 30 Jun 1922
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Economic geology and mineralogy of Birdwood kaolin, South Australia.
White clay is won from 5 pits operated by 3 companies for use in white cement and cream brick manufacture with some as a filler / extender. White clay formed by intensive kaolinization of mica schist and fine grained micaceous quartzite. Irregular...-
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Todmorden. Progress reports for the period 21/4/1986 to 20/11/1987.
TARGET: Native sulphur associated with possible salt dome structures, the locations of which were interpreted from past petroleum exploration seismic reflection surveys. EXPLORATION: A detailed gravity survey, and 2 rotary/core drillholes totalling...-
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Published: 13 Jan 1988
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Kanmantoo. Final report on drill testing of a deep magnetotelluric (MT) conductive zone having inferred monzonite related Cu-Au mineral potential, Project ADI RD02-281 [part of Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 2, 2022].
Hillgrove Resources Limited (Hillgrove) was granted ADI Round 2 programme subsidy funds to allow it to undertake diamond drill testing of a combined MT - gravity - magnetic anomaly located near its Kanmantoo mine, which it has termed the Stella...-
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Published: 28 Feb 1922
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Geological investigations of clay, mica and sillimanite occurrences at Williamstown, and evolving mine development plans and alternatives. Progress reports for the period 6/10/1976 to July 1984.
Dataset contains Amdel - derived mineralogical and petrological data on the ore and host rocks, plus the mine operator's reports on its plans to resume and optimize production of the unique ore types known to exist in four current mine pits and their...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Deception Hill, Lake Everard West, Yellabinna, Cooritta Hill and Lake Everard (the Tunkillia Project). Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2012 to 31/12/2018.
In 2012, the first year after the project's acquisition, TGL spent A$6.4M on gold exploration and on doing mining feasibility studies. The work program was mainly an ongoing evaluation of development opportunities for the Area 223 gold resource. Some...-
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Published: 29 Jan 1919
