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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 59/00011;Amdel 00350 Preparation of iron oxide as pigment.
Australia imports annually approximately 2000 tons of red iron oxide which is used as a pigment in the paint, rubber, linolem and building industries. Previous laboratory testwork on an iron ore from Malcolm Creek had shown that a hematite flotation...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1964
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RB 93/00020 Report on geological investigations, Mineral Lease 5701, secn 381, Hundred of Coglin, Oodla Wirra, South Australia.
Rare specs of gold were found at an old ochre mine next to the township of Oodla Wirra in remnant Tertiary and Recent alluvial deposits. Gold has also been recovered from a haematite vein in Adelaidean Umberatana Group rocks. Mining and sampling has...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1993
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Acropolis South and North Roxby. Joint annual reports for the period 26/4/2003 to 3/5/2009.
Exploration for possible economic deposits of buried, Mesoproterozoic basement-hosted IOCG-U style mineralisation is being conducted over two separate multiple-block licence areas in the Olympic Dam district, EL 2931 (Acropolis South) and EL 2932...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Bonython Hill. Annual reports for the period 16/9/2005 to 1/11/2013.
A small area located ~25 km east of Olary was taken up to explore mainly for possible buried economic uranium mineralisation, and to a lesser extent for gold and base metals, that may exist there in Palaeoproterozoic basement rocks. No field work...-
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Published: 04 Dec 1913
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Wirrealpa. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 13/9/1988 to 12/9/1989.
Possible economic stratabound or epigenetic lead-zinc or copper deposits, formed in altered carbonate rocks lying marginal to the Wirrealpa Diapir, were the targets of new exploration centred on the area of the old Wirrealpa lead-silver mine....-
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Published: 06 Nov 1989
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 8 partnership DPY8-21 - Yerelina Gladstone Mining Field sediment-hosted and structurally controlled hydrothermal/replacement style stratabound base metal prospects. Final report.
High-grade silver-lead-zinc mineralisation formed within the Neoproterozoic Tapley Hill Formation (THF) was historically mined 100 years ago at Yerelina in the northern Flinders Ranges. Despite the existence of numerous poorly documented small-scale...-
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Published: 08 Dec 1915
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RB 63/00131;Amdel 00517 Preparation of iron oxide as pigment.
History Deposits of micaceous hematite ore near Williamstown, SA were formerly exploited for iron flux, and, more recently for cement and paint filler material. However, the mine had to be closed due to flooding of the site under the present South...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 76/00070 Beltana barite deposits, Out of Counties Flinders Ranges.
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Published: 27 May 1976
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Ooldea. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 6/12/1989 to 5/1/2000.
An occurrence of primary magnetite mineralisation within buried Archaean magnetic basement, first inferred from a strong northeast-trending linear magnetic anomaly observed at a location 20 km south of Ooldea Siding at the northern edge of the...-
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Published: 16 Nov 1999
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Beltana / Copley. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 15/4/1994 to 24/6/2003.
A portion of the central Flinders Ranges covering the Beltana Diapir and its surrounds has been taken up mainly to explore for possible economic buried hydrothermal replacement type or epigenetic stratabound base metal mineralisation, with magnesite...-
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Published: 23 Dec 1914
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SADME/Amdel mineral research project OD 1/1/249: Warrakimbo micaceous iron oxide deposit - ore beneficiation testing and product assessment. Progress reports on work completed during the period May 1980 to March 1987.
In May 1980 Amdel was asked to carry out preliminary investigations to determine the beneficiation potential of the various minerals present in a sample of Warrakimbo micaceous iron oxide. In the first stage of the work a mineralogical examination and...-
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Micaceous Iron Oxide Project, South Australia.
Processing, marketing, technical and economic aspects are summarised.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1985
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Poochera. Partial surrender report for the period 8/1/1996 to 7/1/1999.
An aeromagnetic survey was followed by soil and calcrete sampling in the Poochera - Wirulla area, over possible southerly extensions to the Yarlbrinda Shear Zone. Only slightly elevated Au and Cu values were returned, and follow-up sampling in one...-
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Warrakimbo. Progress reports and annual reports to licence surrender, for the period 31/10/1995 to 30/1/1999.
Mapping in the vicinity of the Warrakimbo mine and Rainy Day prospect, approximately 30 km west of Hawker, has indicated that altered dolomitic members of the Etina Formation are the most prospective hosts for specular haematite mineralisation, which...-
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Published: 30 Jan 1999
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Painted Hill, Birthday Hill, White Hill, Mount Hawker, The Twins and Balta Baltana (the Mount Woods Project). Joint annual reports for the period 1/1/2011 to 31/12/2018.
Exploration activities undertaken on the Mount Woods Project during 2011 comprised: - ongoing target generation and geological interpretation - continued geological and structural interpretation of the Mount Woods Inlier - drilling of 80 rotary...-
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Published: 28 Feb 1919
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Emmie Bluff. Progress reports and annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/6/1976 to 20/6/1978.
Ongoing exploration for possible buried Olympic Dam-style Cu-Au-U mineralisation, conducted over an area of the Stuart Shelf located 15 km south-east of Arcoona Homestead, has comprised RC drilling (20 holes, aggregate penetration 1768 m) and diamond...-
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