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RB 82/00061 Late Tertiary grey billy, and the age and origin of surficial silicifications (silcrete) in South Australia.
Age demonstrated by stratigraphic relationships with palynologically dated sequences, and evidence of erosion of silcretes.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Mona Downs Outstation (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.
An area centred ~300 km north of Marree, covering Quaternary and Recent alluvial deposits of the lower Warburton River - Kallakoopah Creek drainage system north-east of Lake Eyre North, was taken up to explore for possible rare earth element (REE)...-
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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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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
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Paralana Hill. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 23/9/1975 to 22/9/1977.
As part of ongoing regional Tertiary stratigraphic appraisal work, an area located to the south and east of the Beverley uranium deposit was explored for economic roll-front style sedimentary uranium mineralisation by conducting resistivity surveys...-
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Published: 06 Jul 1977
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Lake Millyera, Lake Callabonna and Lake Frome areas. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 31/10/1990 to 24/10/1994.
Field investigations were undertaken of reported occurrences of the rare strontium-bearing sulphate mineral celestite within lacustrine chemical sediments deposited along the western and southern margins of Lakes Frome, Callabonna and Blanche. The...-
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Lake Frome South. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 12/4/1979 to 11/4/1980.
Four samples of fresh attapulgite/palygorskite - bearing dolomitic claystone obtained from backhoe trenches dug into creek beds close to the south-eastern edge of Lake Frome were assessed for their clay material properties, in a search for absorptive...-
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