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(South-eastern) Lake Torrens area. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/7/1994 to 13/10/2000.
Features interpreted from detailed low-level infill airborne coverage to a 1995 SAEI aeromagnetic survey, flown over a large area of disturbed, mainly Adelaidean sedimentary diapiric terrain located between Hawker and the south-eastern shore of Lake...-
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Published: 25 Oct 1900
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Frome Downs and Curnamona. Respective progress reports, annual reports and JV partner's final report to licences' joint expiry/renewal, for the period 11/2/1971 to 12/2/1973.
77 rotary / diamond holes drilled by Pacminex (total 9385 m, including 196 m cored) plus another 53 holes drilled within SML 544 by joint venturer Esso (total 7029 m) indicate that a highly prospective radioactive mineralised zone occurs within...-
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Kanmantoo. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 25/4/1979 to 15/12/1984.
Exploration conducted in the Mount Pleasant - Tungkillo area included stream, soil and rock chip sampling, an airborne magnetic/radiometric survey, ground magnetic, gravity, IP and EM surveys, and drilling. These activities provided further...-
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Published: 21 Feb 1985
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RB 37/00149 Appraisal of Torrens barite mine, Hundred of Onkaparinga.
In February 1951, South Australian Barytes Limited became interested in this mine, held under claim by Reginald John Alfred Larsson and requested an inspection by Department of Mines officers. This request was repeated, and endorsed by Larsson in...-
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Published: 17 Jun 1954
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RB 38/00016 Report on a geological survey of the ) Prairie barite mine, Hundred of Talunga.
An occurrence of barite mineralisation located in the eastern valley wall of the River Torrens gorge, 16 miles east-northeast of Adelaide, which lies on freehold property and has been privately mined in the past, was inspected in order to gauge its...-
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Published: 28 Jul 1954
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RB 60/00057 Mount Compass gravity and seismic survey.
During January 1965 a seismic refraction survey and a detailed gravity survey were carried out by SADM for Australian Development NL at Mount Compass, over an aeromagnetic anomaly covered by an earlier ground magnetic survey. A drilling site has been...-
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Published: 17 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00071 (Report on the) Ukaparinga (Unaparinga) copper mine, Williamstown.
Copper carbonates are sporadically distributed throughout steeply dipping mica schist in a zone up to about 70 ft. wide. The host rocks have been regarded as overturned metamorphosed Burra Group (Torrensian) beds resting on the Aldgate Sandstone...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1965
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RB 78/00109 Geophysical study of the Broughton area in Wallaroo and Blyth 1:100 000 sheet areas.
An interpretation of the results of detailed gravity surveys and of drilling data obtained from stratigraphic drillholes Tickera DDH 1 and 2 and Wokurna DDH 1 - 3 indicates that basement consisting of metamorphic rocks subcrops shallowly west of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 80/00090 Northern Adelaide Plains underground gas storage study, Two Wells area.
Geophysical and geological surveys plus test drilling have located a Tertiary palaeochannel incised within Cambrian-Precambrian bedrock. Present data indicate potentially favourable reservoir and seal conditions, although its headward extent and...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1980
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RB 82/00080 Nilpena barite deposits - Geological investigations 1978-1979. Out of Counties, Flinders Ranges.
Nilpena deposits comprise no. 1 and 2 lodes and Jim Crowe lode on the western flank of the Flinders Ranges. The no. 1 and 2 lodes cross cut Brachina Formation on the western limb of the Nuccaleena Dome, whereas Jim Crowe lode has been emplaced along...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1982
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RB 83/00072 Geophysical investigation in the Barossa Valley.
Surveys aimed to assist hydrogeological investigations. Large negative gravity feature is interpreted to be granite.-
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Published: 01 Aug 1983
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RB 85/00027 Gravity of the Blinman Dome Diapir.
Gravity traverses completed over the Blinman Dome indicate the presence of a low density body, interpreted to consist of brecciated material with a large depth extent. The bulk of the dismembered sedimentary rafts and xenoliths may be confined within...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1985
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RB 76/00147 Explanatory Notes for the CHOWILLA 1:250 000 geological map.
The CHOWILLA 1:250 000 map area lies in the north-western part of the Murray Basin, between latitudes 33° and 34°S and longitudes 139°30' and 141°E. Its eastern boundary is the South Australian - New South Wales state border. The area includes...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1977
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RB 77/00051;Env 03054 Porphyry style copper/molybdenum mineralization at Anabama Hill and the Cronje Dam copper prospect.
For a project to determine the base metal potential of known copper-mineralised igneous rocks which outcrop in an area located approximately 59 km south-west of Olary, the South Australian Government has completed detailed mapping, geochemical...-
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Published: 17 May 1977
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RB 83/00087 Patawarta barite deposit, out of Counties, Flinders Ranges.
2 small vertical lodes which cross cut dolomite, contain inferred reserves of 1100 tonnes of oil drilling grade barite. Selective mining should also yield industrial grade, if deeper barite is less iron stained. Neither lode has been worked.-
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Published: 01 Nov 1983
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RB 86/00004 Gravity survey to locate Eden Burnside Fault Zone in the Clapham-Panorama area.
Readings along 5 traverses confirmed the presence of the Burnside Fault which was an interpreted throw of some 300 metres in this area.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1986
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RB 83/00101 Geology, geophysics and stratigraphic drilling at Depot Creek, southern Flinders Ranges.
Depot Creek is one of few localities with sedimentary contact between the Burra and Callanna Groups. The Depot Creek 1 drillhole [TD 874.35 m] provided subsurface control for making an interpretation of the structure of the eastern margin of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1983
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RB 85/00026 Report of a gravity survey over the eastern Arrowie Basin, South Australia.
Survey was located on 7 seismic lines. Gravity interpretation indicates deep basement structure associated with Precambrian sediments. Features within the Tertiary - Cainozoic units are delineated. Further work is recommended to investigate possible...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1986
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RB 80/00146 Oraparinna barite deposits, Howard Lode, Flinders Ranges.
At Howard Lode, adjacent to the extreme SE corner of the Oraparinna Diapir, barite infills steeply dipping fractures within Sturtian Yudnamutana Subgroup. Sediments have been folded around the diapir, and barite veins are parallel to the axial plane...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 81/00079 Oraparinna barite deposits, Bowering Lodes, Flinders Ranges. ML 4321, out of Hundreds, County Taunton.
Over 12 000 tonnes of barite have been produced, 11 km SSW of Oraparinna Barite Mine in Class B Environmental area. 4000 tonnes remain in blocks, fragmented sheets and shallow dipping veins + 10 000 tonnes if deepened, and 2500 tonnes inferred east of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
