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Peake and Malinong. Final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 7/7/1980 to 6/8/1982.
In a search for economic Tertiary brown coal in the south-eastern Murray Basin, a large reconnaissance drilling programme was undertaken during February-April 1981 to test known carbonaceous sediments reported as encountered by previous drillholes and...-
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Published: 06 Sep 1982
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Karoonda. Final report at licence full surrender, combined with related partial surrender reports for Peake, Swan Reach, Waikerie and Malinong, covering the period 7/7/1980 to 6/7/1981.
Within the surrendered sections of the subject exploration licences in the Karoonda, Marmon Jabuk, Swan Reach, Blanchetown and Cooke Plains areas, following the conduct there of a 45.4 line km gravity survey and the drilling and geophysical logging of...-
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Published: 12 Jun 1981
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Mutooroo [Station]. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 11/9/1989 to 6/9/1994.
Exploration for possible heavy mineral sand marine placer deposits within Tertiary sediments on the northern margin of the Murray Basin comprised aircore drilling (28 holes, total 744 m) in the Mutooroo station area, 50 km south-east of Olary. The...-
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Yumali. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 7/6/1978 to 18/10/1983.
Base metal exploration activities undertaken by Thiess Brothers in the Yumali - Coomandook area investigated several coincident regional gravity and aeromagnetic anomalies arising from concealed Palaeozoic basement rocks. These anomalies are part of a...-
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Published: 14 Nov 1983
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Late Eocene - Pliocene stratigraphy of the Langhorne Sub-basin (north-western Padthaway Archipelago, South Australia).
The following Tertiary units were identified : Kongorong Fm, Narrawaturk Fm, Buccleuch Fm, Ettrick Fm, Mannum Fm, Kalibar Limestone, Parilla Sand and North West Bend Fm. All of these units are separated by unconformities. Erosional surfaces,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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Murray Bridge. Progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 15/7/1991 to 14/1/1994.
Exploration was undertaken by BHP along the western margin of the Murray Basin, between Lake Alexandrina and Cambrai township, for possible economic heavy mineral sands and for exhalative sedex-style volcanogenic/stratabound base metal deposits, both...-
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Goolwa - Strathalbyn - Murray Bridge - Mannum area. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender/re-issue as part of a larger tenement, for the period 13/11/1979 to 21/2/1985.
A multi-commodity mineral exploration programme carried out over an area between Mannum and Strathalbyn, seeking buried targets concealed in Tertiary sediments and basement rocks, comprised aerial magnetic, radiometric and EM surveys; groundwater,...-
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Published: 01 May 1985
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RB 36/00104 Hydrology of the Lower South-East.
Report presents results of the first regional hydrogeological survey of the Lower South-East area of South Australia, aimed at providing guidelines for optimising groundwater prospecting, use and protection during the period of strong urban,...-
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Published: 27 Jun 1953
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RB 35/00069 Preliminary report on palaeontological examination of sludges from Canopus bore, (depth interval) 0-706 feet.
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Published: 29 Apr 1953
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RB 37/00083 Microspore content of certain Tertiary sediments in a bore at Canopus Station, South Australia.
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Published: 27 Apr 1954
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RB 37/00082 Stratigraphical and faunal sequence in Canopus bore no. 1, PL 1644, north of Renmark, South Australia.
In the stratigraphic sequence penetrated by Canopus Bore No. 1, five formations are present. From the surface to a depth of 185 feet, the boring passed through Recent surface sand and kunkar followed by medium to coarse sands of Plio-Pleistocene age....-
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Published: 27 Apr 1954
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RB 37/00111 Petrography of the Canopus bore.
A study of the drill cuttings samples obtained down to 641 ft depth from this vertical cable-tool drilled hole indicates an organic origin for a large part of the sediments, and a marine environment of deposition.-
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Published: 12 Feb 1954
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RB 53/00049 Preliminary report on a survey of the Sugarloaf Hill siliceous limestone deposit (also known as: Jones' quarry, Barmera).
A topographical survey has been carried out to determine the probable extent of a siliceous limestone horizon beneath a mesa, namely Sugarloaf Hill, located 2 miles west of Lake Bonney near Kingston-on-Murray, which on its northern part is worked as a...-
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Published: 18 Aug 1961
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RB 53/00048 Chowilla Dam site, geological investigations materials of construction. Supplementary report.
The report discusses chiefly the occurrence of hard rock in the area within 40 miles radius of the site but details of deposits of sand and fine grained impermeable material at the site are given. Most of the stone deposits are of secondary origin and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 51/00090 Gypsum deposit - Blocks Q and N, Hundred of Stuart.
Fourteen power auger holes and three bulldozed cuts have indicated clay containing 45% gypsum under 1m of overburden. Reserves in MLs 661 and 662 on the west margin of a dry lake approach 100 000 t of washed gypsum. Saline water is likely to occur at...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 60/00005 Report on an exploratory resistivity survey of the Waikerie - Renmark area.
In November 1964 this exploratory survey found good hydrological - geophysical correlation for the sedimentary formations to depths of 100 feet in the Murray River irrigation areas between Waikerie and Renmark. Analysis indicates that the sands,...-
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Published: 05 Jan 1965
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RB 59/00999 Yumali township water supply.
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Published: 01 Apr 1959
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RB 58/00083 Reconnaissance seismic refraction and gravity surveys in the northern portion of the Murray Basin in South Australia - 1963.
Following indications from previous work, a programme of reconnaissance seismic refraction and gravity exploration was carried out in the northern portion of the Murray Basin in South Australia in 1963. It has been shown that Permian sedimentation is...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 58/00106 Report on reconnaissance seismic refraction surveys, Naracoorte to Paruna and Kingston to Meningie.
The purpose of this report is to present the results of a number of short, reconnaissance, seismic refraction lines shot in 1961 and 1963 between the Gambier and Murray Basins and northward into the latter. One series of lines was shot in 1961 between...-
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Published: 01 May 1964
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RB 58/00051 Geophysical exploration in the South Australian portion of the Murray Basin.
Gravity and seismic surveys conducted over a number of years in the South Australian portion of the Murray Basin are discussed in chronological sequence and related to the geology. Little is known of the pre-Tertiary geology of the area from outcrops...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
