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Results of a chemical analysis for possible bromine present in halite samples taken from the drill core and cuttings of Wilkinson 1.
XRF analyses of 25 selected samples of halite interbedded with Early Cambrian strata, which had been taken from stored Wilkinson 1 drill core and cuttings, returned a maximum value for contained bromine of 470 ppm Br. This result was not of enough...-
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Published: 09 Sep 1982
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Watson Siding (South). Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 11/12/81 to 10/10/82.
In a search for possible concealed Olympic Dam type base metal deposits within an area located 80 km north-west of Yalata, the licensee investigated several previously identified contiguous magnetic and gravity anomalies by performing ground magnetic...-
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Published: 16 Dec 1982
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Mount Willoughby, Marla, Nicholson Hill, Hope, Manya, Emu, Moorefield, Lake Meramangye, Dingo Claypan and Alinya (Officer Basin). Progress, technical and partial relinquishment reports for the period 20/8/1980 to 19/8/1985.
TRONA EXPLORATION: Of the 9 rotary/diamond holes drilled, only the first, Meramangye 1, intersected a unit equivalent to the Observatory Hill Beds, which was the target horizon for trona. Drillholes Manya nos 2-6 and Marla 7 intersected Cambrian red...-
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Lake Dey Dey, Lake Maurice, Ooldea Range, Waldana, Lake Maurice West, Leemurra, Punthanna, Yadina and Lake Maurice East. Joint progress reports and final report to licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 25/4/1979 to 15/11/1982.
The exploration concept was based on searching for secondary uranium mineralisation that might be derived from the Musgrave Block basement rocks and that could have become precipitated within calcrete horizons from ponded uraniferous surface drainage...-
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RB 60/00099 Testing of bores from the Eucla and Officer Basins for sedimentary phosphate.
Phosphate testing of bores from the Eucla and Officer basins showed that phosphate is distributed throughout the sediments in only small amounts, usually less than 1% P205. The highest values of P205 recorded were 1.65% obtained from Nullarbor no. 8...-
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Published: 18 May 1965
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RB 88/00010 Maralinga Lands - 1987 drilling.
Seven wells were drilled in the Oak Valley area. One well drilled at the airstrip yielded 3 L/s of 74 000 mg/L water, a quality that is only suitable to use for compaction. Three wells drilled close to swamps located west of Oak Valley gave low yields...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1988
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RB 78/00152 Murnaroo 1. Well completion report.
During September-December 1976, Murnaroo 1 was drilled by the SA Department of Mines to TD 627.5 m near Observatory Hill in the central southern part of the Officer Basin, to investigate the local subsurface stratigraphy and economic potential, and...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1979
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RB 84/00082 Strained and unstrained quartz in the Cambrian Observatory Hill beds in Murnaroo no. 1 - A means of subsurface correlation in the Officer Basin.
Following credible and internally consistent correlation between the wells SMD5001 and SMD5002 the method using strained and unstrained quartz was extended to Murnaroo 1. Stratigraphic subdivisions were suggested which transcended local lithological...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1984
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RB 90/00078 South Australia - Exploration Towards 2000. Seminar, Adelaide, 13 December, 1990. Extended abstracts.
A seminar designed to heighten industry interest in South Australia as a place in which to search for minerals and petroleum was organised by the Department of Mines and Energy at the Australian Mineral Foundation on 13 December 1990. A number of data...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1990
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RB 91/00103 Geology and mineral potential of the Pitjantjatjara Lands - South Australia.
The Pitjantjatjara Lands cover crystalline basement rocks of the Middle Proterozoic Musgrave Block, fringed by relatively unaltered sediments of the late Proterozoic and Palaeozoic Officer Basin, the late Palaeozoic Arckaringa Basin and the Mesozoic...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1991
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RB 96/00001 Mineral exploration and development in South Australia.
This mineral promotional brochure reviews significant historical developments in South Australia's mineral industry and canvasses the currently recognised mineral potential within the State, for the benefit of local and overseas interested companies...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1996
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RB 90/00064 Exploration opportunity, Officer Basin (Areas K, L, M and N). Data package brochure.
Contains a statement of intent inviting PEL applications by 31/5/91 over 4 blocks of vacant onshore petroleum exploration acreage totalling 44 300 square kms in the northeastern Officer Basin of South Australia. Three of the blocks lie wholly within...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1990
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RB 96/00034 1996 MESA petroleum industry survey.
A consultant to MESA interviewed approximately 30 petroleum industry personnel throughout Australia from April to July, 1996. The aims of the customer feedback poll were to measure the Petroleum Division's performance in promoting and regulating the...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1996
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Tallaringa, Emu Southwest and Wilkinson Lakes. First annual and final report for the period 4/9/97 to 3/9/98.
A comprehensive data review was carried out, influenced by new concepts and techniques. One licence (EL 2421) was accessed for reconnaissance calcrete and lag sampling. Weak calcrete geochemical responses are thought to be related to cover...-
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Giles. Annual report for the period ending 10/8/98.
Reinterpretation of existing aeromagnetic and gravity data from an area 160 km west of Marla identified broad features beneath an unknown but possibly excessive thickness of sedimentary cover.-
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Published: 10 Aug 1998
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Wilkinson. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/1/1999 to 3/1/2002.
Possible potash and halite resources in evaporite - rich sediment sequences of the Tallaringa Trough, lying at depths that might be suitable for solution mining, were the initial targets of exploration in the Wilkinson Lakes area. Following a...-
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Mount Chandler (Musgrave Ranges Project). Annual and final reports for the period 11/11/1996 to 10/11/1999.
Cu-Au-U prospects associated with shear zones and Kulgeran age granites have been identified in an area approximately 60 km north-west of Marla. Best assay results were obtained from the Indulkana Shear Zone, where rock chip sampling returned up to...-
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Murloocoppie North-west (part of the Nawa Domain Project). Annual reports to licence surrender, for the period 25/6/2013 to 4/6/2015.
An area centred approximately 115 km south-east of Marla was taken up to explore for possible economic buried gold and base metal mineralisation that may have formed in Archaean to Proterozoic basement rocks or the overlying Palaeozoic sedimentary...-
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Published: 29 Sep 1914
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Great Victoria Desert - Alinya area (part of the Nawa Domain Project). Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 25/6/2013 to 24/6/2016.
An area centred ~145 km west-northwest of Coober Pedy, and extending northwards for ~40 km from near the Anne Beadell Highway, has been explored for possible buried economic mineralisation that may occur in basement rocks of the Gawler Craton and the...-
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Published: 05 Oct 1916
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Wilkinson Lakes East. Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 3/5/2010 to 6/2/2015.
An area centred ~150 km west of Coober Pedy, that is located mostly north-west of and that also has a small part lying immediately south-east of the Karari Fault, a major crustal structure which has controlled deposition at the southern limit of the...-
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