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...

This report covers activities conducted within PEL 687 during Term 1 Year 1 for the period 22/7/2021 - 21/7/2022.

A seismic refraction survey at Roger Corner, near Yorketown on Lower Yorke Peninsula, has profiled pre-Permian bedrock and several other shallower refractors. The survey was carried out at the request of Aberfoyle Exploration Pty Ltd, licensees of EL...

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...

In the past 25 years, late Palaeozoic sediments in South Australia have generally been assigned entirely to the Permian. Recent investigations especially by Balme (1980) suggest that a significant part of this succession, including most of the glacial...

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.

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...

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...

Samples are from Late Eocene Buccleuch Beds and Early Permian Cape Jervis Beds.

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...

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...

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...

This Report describes a number of Permian glacial features from the northwestern section of Fleurieu Peninsula (Fig. 1), from where little information is available. The observations reported here provide further evidence on the characteristics of...

Widespread marine to paralic Cambrian-Ordovician strata form the major Early Palaeozoic succession in South Australia. The Late Palaeozoic succession consists chiefly of non-marine Late Carboniferous to Permian sediments although restricted marine...

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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...

Exploration for possible buried sandstone-hosted uranium mineralisation within early Tertiary or underlying middle Permian palaeochannel sediments of the western Saint Vincent and central Troubridge Basins, and for possible unformity style uranium...

58 square km of the Area C southernmost sub-block of EL 5320 have been relinquished to compensate for a shortfall in exploration spending against commitments. During the past seven years, the only work performed on the relinquished ground was the...

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...

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...