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Lake MacFarlane. Combined first annual / final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/1/2016 to 19/1/2017.
Laboratory analysis of 18 samples of groundwater seepage brine collected from Lake MacFarlane during June-July 2016 indicated that the lake was unlikely to host an economically viable potash resource, and therefore the mineral exploration licence...-
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Published: 30 Nov 1916
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Point Paterson - Port Pirie area. Progress reports on work carried out prior to grant of a special mining lease, for the period June 1962 to November 1969.
The applicant proposes during the two year SML period to undertake a work and study programme to determine the economic feasibility of developing a seawater salt recovery complex on the areas applied for, which will be capable upon completion of the...-
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Published: 07 Nov 1969
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Port Augusta - Lake Torrens area. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 28/11/1979 to 29/10/1986.
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Lake Torrens. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 13/4/1973 to 12/4/1975.
Continuing exploration by Delhi of the industrial salt potential of subsurface brines in the Lake Torrens basin aimed to ascertain the potential reserves of NaCl in the southern part of the lake, and to confirm the availability of suitable brine...-
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Redcliff. Progress reports to licence surrender, for the period 12/1/1976 to 21/10/1977.
Reports provide a history of the assistance given by the licensee and State Government officials to Dow Chemical Co. to enable their re-assessment of the viability of the proposed Redcliff Petrochemical Plant and associated raw material sources.-
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Commodore. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 22/9/1980 to 21/10/1986.
Multicommodity exploration undertaken in the Commodore - Parachilna area of the west-central Flinders Ranges, just outside of the western boundary of the newly proclaimed national park and the included Heysen Range, has comprised limited gravel...-
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Point Paterson - Port Pirie area. Progress, technical and final reports for the period 22/1/1970 to 10/12/1971.
Reports on the investigation of potential northern Spencer Gulf coastal sites for the solar evaporative production of seawater salt, principally as a feedstock for the proposed petrochemical plant which was being considered by Dow Chemical Corp. for...-
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Published: 10 Dec 1971
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Port Augusta (including Delhi Petroleum's Lake Torrens Salt Project). Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 24/1/1980 to 23/1/1982.
Field tests continued as part of the salt project, to confirm salt crystallization and purification data. Results indicate that brine production rates and quality and quantity of salt output are comparable with the results from previous tests....-
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Bull 041 Geology and Mineral Resources of the Andamooka and Torrens Area
Regional geological mapping of the area was initiated in 1959 and was completed in 1964. All tracks in the area were traversed and detailed mapping confined to critical localities and to areas where this was considered desirable. Geological boundaries...-
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RB 73/00094 Construction materials of the Adelaide area - Production, restraints and resources.
Analysis of present production and estimated future requirements shows that available reserves in existing quarry areas will be depleted around the year 2010. Ownership of mineral deposits does not bestow statutory rights for working and legislative...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 61/00102 Geology and mineral resources of the Andamooka-Torrens area (19/10/1965).
The area embraced by the Andamooka and Torrens 4-mile geological sheets is defined by long 136° 30- long 138° 00 and lat 30° 00- lat 32° 00 and comprises an extensive partially dissected plateau west of Lake Torrens, the Lake Torrens sunkland and part...-
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Published: 19 Oct 1965
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RB 61/00160 Report on construction materials, Port Pirie-Port Broughton road - Department of Highways and Local Government.
Construction materials are not readily available along the route. Within the district, rocks from several geological formations have been used for road construction, and those are described. Exploratory work is required and recommended to prove...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 63/00077 Report on reconnaissance survey for road metal, Hds Pirie, Wandearah, Napperby, Co. Victoria - District Council of Port Pirie.
Kunkar limestone and buried stream channel deposits provide road metal on the plains of the Pirie-Torrens Basins. Reconnaissance mapping showed that kunkar is restricted to areas where sand dunes are developed. Shallow drilling with the Wacker...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1966
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Lake Torrens Areas 1 and 2, Lake Torrens South and Lake Torrens North (the Lake Torrens Brine Potash Project). First joint annual report plus final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 5/1/2015 to 16/6/2016.
Much of the eastern side of the very large, 5,745 square km saline playa Lake Torrens, which occupies one of the most arid parts of Australia, was taken under licence by a Northern Territory - based company with the intent of systematically sampling...-
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Published: 14 Jun 1916
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Lake Torrens East. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 15/1/79 to 14/10/79.
A planned 48-hole stratigraphic/exploration shallow RC drilling programme on the surface of eastern Lake Torrens was aborted due to heavy rainfall before commencement making lake site access impossible. The intended drill targets were possible trona...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1979
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Mineral Resource Potential Map Series - Wilkatana.
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
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Mineral Resource Potential Map Series - Uro.
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
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Mount Michael. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 28/11/1977 to 27/11/1979.
As part of a regional search for possible economic sodium carbonate (trona) evaporite mineralisation formed within buried Miocene lacustrine sediments in an area located east of Lake Torrens, ground magnetic and gravity surveys were run along four...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1979
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Mineral Resource Potential Map Series - Corraberra.
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
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Mineral Resource Potential Map Series - Port Augusta.
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
