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Size analyses of sand samples [from ACI's Mount Compass sand quarry].
250 samples of sand recovered from a 1997 SA Government glass-making sand exploration programme undertaken in the Mount Compass area of the southern Mount Lofty Ranges were subjected to [grain] size analysis determinations. The samples were derived...-
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Published: 26 Mar 1998
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RB 84/00073 Cape Jervis Seismic Survey, report no. 2 - Department of Marine and Harbours.
Rippability of the near surface material below the low water mark was determined for proposed excavations below a boat ramp. Excavation by backhoe should be possible, but 2 areas may be difficult. Basement depth contours were calculated to indicate...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1986
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RB 85/00042 Shallow refraction seismic survey Christmas Cove, Kangaroo Island.
In the construction of marina, the results suggest that, apart from small areas, blasting should not be required if the material to be excavated is similar to that removed for the deepening of the cove at Cape Jervis.-
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Published: 01 Aug 1985
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RB 79/00100 Sand deposit, Mount Compass sections 323, 423, Hd of Nangkita.
An estimated 40,000 tonnes have been mined from a Permian sand deposit situated near Mt Compass. Reserves totalling 8.0 million tonnes are indicated. Overall, the sand is too fine grained to warrant the establishment of a washing plant to produce...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 81/00033 Nitschkes sand deposit, Mount Compass, sections 205, 206, Hundred of Nangkita.
Reserves of Permian sand in excess of 2.0 million tonnes were indicated by drilling of 5 auger holes. Most of the sand is too fine grained for structural concrete, and is unsuitable for glass and foundry use. Some of the sand is suitable as garden...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 78/00127 Finniss town water supply bore. Palynology of core samples.
Samples are from Late Eocene Buccleuch Beds and Early Permian Cape Jervis Beds.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 99/00028 Sand resources of the Mount Compass area. Reconnaissance drilling and testing.
Mount Compass is an important sand resource area. The ACI Glenshera sand pit, which supplies Australia's largest container glass plant at West Croydon with over 100 000 tonnes per year of glass sand, is also a major source of foundry sand. Four...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1999
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RB 99/00018 Mount Lofty Ranges groundwater assessment - Tookayerta Catchment.
The Tookayerta Catchment is an area which is increasingly coming under pressure from its landowners for the development of local groundwater resources to irrigate dairy pastures, berry plantations and vineyards. The catchment encompasses two...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1999
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RB 99/00011 Physical properties of construction sands from the Adelaide area.
In response to a request for assistance from the State Heritage Branch, a suite of 56 sand samples has been collected from all major currently producing sand pits in the outer metropolitan area. Physical properties including grain size, grain...-
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Published: 01 May 1999
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Knott Hill. Information status at licence expiry, for the period 3/6/1997 to 2/6/1998 : no work performed.
There is no abstract created for this record-
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Mount Compass. First annual report and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 6/2/2001 to 5/2/2003.
Buried Tertiary sand in the Mount Compass area, ~50 km south of Adelaide, was the target of exploration performed adjacent to the existing Glenshera sand pit. Aircore drilling (31 vertical holes, total 1269 m) defined an area containing a deposit of...-
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Data release - as updated : Maitland (the Yorke Peninsula Copper Project). Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 25/8/2008 to 24/8/2017.
An area of the western Yorke Peninsula, comprising three separate sub-blocks, was taken up to explore for possible economic buried IOCG-U deposits similar to those at Hillside (located 25 km to the east of sub-block 'B'), Olympic Dam, Prominent Hill...-
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Published: 18 Oct 1917
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Meningie. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 7/6/1978 to 6/6/1980.
Exploration for possible Cambrian stratabound base metal sulphide deposits over an area in the vicinity of Meningie has targeted a number of N-S strike-elongated intense aeromagnetic and gravity anomalies presumed to originate in Kanmantoo Group...-
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1969 geophysical review of OEL 24, final report.
A geophysical review of OEL 24 was carried out from January to May,1969, aiming to extend the existing correlation between aeromagnetic, gravity and seismic data with a view to establishing a more complete geological understanding of the area, and to...-
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OEL 24. Tenement reports for the period 1/4/1960 to 31/3/1970.
These reports document the petroleum exploration history and search philosophy behind OEL 24 over two 5-year licence terms. One aeromagnetic, four gravity and nine seismic surveys were conducted across various parts of the licence area, and seven...-
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Published: 21 May 1970
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Stansbury Basin thermal history modelling.
Geothermal modelling has been carried out at 9 locations in or around the Stansbury Basin, at the request of Canyon Australia, with the aim of examining the basin's thermal history and deducing a likely time of petroleum generation. A total of 20...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1994
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Stratigraphic processing and interpretation of seismic lines 92-14, 85-ST-4 and 85-ST-4A, Stansbury Basin, Australia.
Special seismic processing of three offshore seismic lines in south-western Gulf St Vincent was undertaken for Canyon by a Houston, Texas - based consultant, who performed a high resolution velocity analysis using the pre-stack migrated data, followed...-
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Published: 21 Mar 1995
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1994 Gulf Waters (MV Ross Seal) Marine Seismic Survey. Operational reports for the period January to December 1994.
AIM: To acquire regional seismic information about deep basinal structuring and pre-Mesozoic sedimentary history beneath the central portions of the SA gulf waters and their linking shelfal strait, in order to help promote the region's untested...-
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Published: 05 Dec 1994
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1993 Scientific Investigation Permit [for a Marine Seismic Survey], Encounter Bay. Reports for the period March 1993 to February 1995.
AIM: The survey was conducted to provide information on the geology of the virtually unexplored sub-sea region between Backstairs Passage and the offshore Robe Trough of the State's South-East, with a focus on the Kanmantoo Group and Encounter Bay...-
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1992 Scientific Investigation Permit [for a marine seismic survey], Backstairs Passage. Reports for the period April 1992 to February 1995.
AIM:To provide critical structural information on the relationships between major structural provinces (viz. Stansbury Basin / Adelaide Geosyncline / Kanmantoo Trough / Murray Basin) and, in particular, test an hypothesis that folded rocks from the...-
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