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University student thesis : Detailed geological investigation of the Burra open pit, Burra, SA.
Detailed geological and structural mapping of Samin's partly excavated new Burra open cut was performed by the author at a scale of 1:480 during the period December 1972 to end of January 1973. By the latter date the pit had been excavated downwards a...-
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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 84/00062 Petrography of forty two specimens from within and south of the Burra open cut copper mine.
Includes a discussion about probable processes of mobilisation and recrystallisation of the dolomitic sediments, and describes the evidence found for the presence of a pyroclastic component in many of the non-carbonate sedimentary rock samples.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1984
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RB 83/00055 Lobethal shale pit geological investigations and auger drilling 1983. Secn 135, Hd Talunga.
Weathered shale within the Adelaidean Stonyfell Quartzite has produced in excess of 80 000 tonnes for brick manufacture from 1958 to 1978. Auger drilling of 7 holes (52 metres) and mapping, indicate reserves of 180 000 tonnes of weathered shale.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1983
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RB 83/00028 Comments on the petrography of forty two thin sections of samples from the Burra copper mine, SA.
42 rock specimens collected from the open cut at Burra were examined in order to comment on a report received from a consulting organisation. Despite a high degree of alteration evident in the samples, it was possible to distinguish microscopically,...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1983
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RB 79/00098 Steetley's barite deposit - Linkes Lode, Flinders Ranges, ML 3414, Out of Hundreds, County Taunton.
Since 1962, recorded production from Steetley's barite deposit, which forms part of Linke's lode, has totalled 6,237 tonnes. The deposit is in a Class B Environmental Area within the Flinders Ranges National Park. The steep barite lode has formed in...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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Echunga. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 20/10/1982 to 7/5/1984.
In a search for possible buried kimberlite intrusions that may source authenticated historical diamond finds at the Echunga gold diggings, CRAE drilled 3 vertical percussion holes (total penetration 288 m) on 3 selected magnetic anomalies out of 30...-
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Published: 31 Jan 1984
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Benda Range. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 29/4/1987 to 28/4/1988.
TARGET: Cross-cutting gold mineralised quartz reefs / veining, primarily in the Tarcowie Siltstone; gold in known mineralised zones in the Saddleworth Formation; and circular features as outlined from Landsat image interpretation. EXPLORATION: Rock...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1987
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Burra Copper [open pit mining] Project. Reports of geological investigations for the period October 1969 to February 1981.
A collection of miscellaneous reports referring to geochemical sampling of costeans and exposed bedrock, drilling, mapping and petrology work that has recently been carried out in the re-developed Burra open cut copper mine. The focus of the work...-
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Published: 21 Apr 1980
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Wirrabara. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 5/9/78 to 4/9/80.
EL 417 Wirrabara was secured by CRA to investigate previously untested aeromagnetic, induced polarisation and resistivity anomalies in the Wirrabara - Charlton area, and a reported kimberlite at Bangor. Work has consisted of: - 3 line km of IP...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1980
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Spalding. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 21/8/1979 to 22/4/1982.
Exploration of Adelaidean age clastic metasediments and derived ?Tertiary alluvial gravels in the Spalding area, seeking possible placer diamond deposits, was initially based on stream gravel sampling and evaluation of magnetic features. Following...-
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SADME/Amdel Project no. 1/1/271 - Petrology and geochemistry of the Burra copper mine. Progress reports for the period November 1981 to March 1982.
157 rock samples taken from the Samin Ltd open cut copper mine at Burra were investigated by Amdel to determine their metallic elemental content, and petrological and mineragraphic features that might be diagnostic of rock and mineral genesis. Host...-
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Published: 31 Mar 1982
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SADME/Amdel Project 1/1/219: Geochronology of the Stuart Shelf. Progress reports nos 1-3 for the period 27/9/78 to 24/6/81.
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RB 61/00087 Lightweight aggregate, Tapleys Hill Shale.
Preparation of lightweight aggregate from a sample of Tapleys Hill shale, as successfully achieved by 'bloating' (the expansion of a viscous melt of crushed rock particles by trapped gas released during fusion in a rotary kiln), is described. Six...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1965
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-49, Bird-In-Hand Mine Deeps Project gold mineral prospects. Project final report.
At the historic Bird-In-Hand mining claim, where previous mine exploration drilling beneath the old workings by current licence operator Maximus Resources had delineated an inferred remaining gold resource of 53,000 ounces over the depth extent from...-
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Eurelia. Progress and annual reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 23/6/1969 to 22/6/1970.
In an area located approximately 7 to 20 miles north of Orroroo, a number of previously worked old small barite and copper prospects were examined in detail, and recommendations were made for additional work to be done, e.g. bulldozer trenching, soil...-
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Published: 10 Jul 1970
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Mount Grainger. Progress report to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 8/7/1968 to 7/5/1969.
No economic or potentially economic mineralisation was noted during a geological survey of the old surface and underground gold workings on the Mount Grainger Goldfield. The Mount Grainger anticlinal structure is considered by the authors to be quite...-
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Spring Creek. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 15/7/1968 to 14/7/1970.
Appraisal of the historic Spring Creek copper mine area, located approximately 8 miles south-southeast of the township of Wilmington, commenced with an IP survey of the immediate mine site, where the lode outcrops over some 20 feet in weathered...-
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Report on Beltana concession, SML 113, South Australia.
SML 113 covering about 1000 square km of Upper Proterozoic and Lower Cambrian sediments, and scattered masses of intrusive diapir, was taken out in the vicinity of Beltana to explore for copper deposits analogous to those found by SA Department of...-
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Report on Beltana concessions, Special Mining Leases 113, 136 and 142, SA.
An area surrounding Beltana in the Flinders Ranges, which is known to contain low level base metal mineralised Adelaidean and Cambrian sedimentary rocks and diapiric intrusive structures, has been prospected by a combination of photogeological studies...-
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