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Project proposal - Sceale Bay gypsum development. Summary of development program.
This project proposal relates to the potential for mining a vast gypsum deposit located adjacent to Sceale Bay, about 14 km south of Streaky Bay on the west coast of South Australia. Preliminary estimates put the ore reserves of gypsum of 88% purity...-
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RB 37/00153 Beneficiation of Cooke Plains gypsum.
Plaster of Paris had been made from Cooke's Plains gypsum as mined. This report describes laboratory tests to improve the quality of the gypsum and plant runs to check the standard of plaster that could be made.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 49/00118 Preliminary testing of gypsum, Hundred of Ulyerra.
The raw gypsum contains 86.3 per cent. CaSO4.2H2O. This figure could not be improved by the conventional washing methods tried. The light brown colour of the raw material is not improved by washing. Colour determinations of the calcined fractions show...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 50/00099;Amdel 00007 Beneficiation of Streaky Bay gypsum.
Examination of gypsum material from the Streaky Bay area indicated that a gypsum concentrate assaying 95.1 per cent CaS04.2H20 could be obtained by simple washing and classification. Recovery at this grade was 82.2 per cent. Cyclone separation of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 47/00137 Treatment of overburden from Kangaroo Island gypsum deposit (RD 85).
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 98/00010 Regolith studies related to the Challenger gold deposit, Gawler Craton, South Australia. Geochemistry and stratigraphy of the Challenger gold deposit - Volume 1: text, and Volume 2: appendices.
The Challenger gold deposit lies in the northern Gawler Craton, South Australia, 750 km NW of Adelaide, and 140 km NW of Tarcoola. A 1.5 km traverse (the regolith line) was chosen for the study of geochemical dispersion and regolith stratigraphy...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1998
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RB 98/00008 Geochemical studies of the regolith at the Mount Gunson copper deposits, Stuart Shelf, South Australia.
The principal objective of the Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploration (CRC LEME) Shields Program and the Primary Industry and Resources of South Australia (PIRSA) Regolith Terranes Group in South Australia is to...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1998
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RB 89/00074 Industrial and non metallic minerals - Operations in South Australia.
This data package discusses mining and processing operations of the major non metallic and industrial mineral commodities in South Australia and is of interest to those in the industry and to manufacturers and suppliers of a range of machinery and...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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Salt Lake and New Lake gypsum deposits, eastern Kangaroo Island. Geological appraisal and surface mine planning and development reports for the period March 1955 to March 1984.
Recent exploration by CSR for new rock gypsum deposits on Kangaroo Island which might contain material suitable for calcining to make plaster products has located several minor gypsum occurrences in low-lying areas on the eastern side of the island,...-
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Published: 30 Mar 1984
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Ramco West. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/9/1983 to 10/2/1988.
In an area located west of Waikerie and adjacent to the River Murray, field examination of gypsum bed outcrops and the measuring of strata sections, plus shallow definition drilling (64 holes for a total penetration of 312 m) and backhoe trench...-
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Published: 04 Mar 1988
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Lake Greenly, Lake Malata. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 6/9/85 to 5/9/86.
TARGET: Potentially commercial gypsum, salt or silica occurrences in Holocene paralic lakes and marginal dunes, in an area immediately north-east of Coffin Bay. EXPLORATION: Bulk sampling of lacustrine evaporitic sediments and related aeolian deposits...-
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Blanchetown Plain. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/5/1988 to 19/8/1989.
Four potentially commercial Pleistocene gypsum occurrences located 2.5 km east of Linke's gypsum mining leases, that had previously been outlined by CSR under its lapsed Mineral Claim 2097, were drill-tested by Hooker Resources (46 reverse circulation...-
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Published: 18 Sep 1989
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Blanchetown. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 28/3/1983 to 27/3/1987.
An area located immediately south-east of Blanchetown has been explored for possible economic shallowly buried occurrences of Quaternary gypsum. Work included aerial photo interpretation and reconnaissance auger drilling, the drilling of 89 shallow...-
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Published: 24 Apr 1987
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RB 00551 Beneficiation of Lake Fowler gypsum.
This report covers work carried out on behalf of the Colonial Sugar Refining Co, Ltd to separate fine gypsum from granular seed gypsum. Using an air separator, good separations of the two types were obtained.-
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RB 00573 Manara Gypsum - New South Wales - Colonial Sugar Refining Company .
The Colonial Sugar Refining Company requested that tests be carried out on gypsum bearing material from their deposit at Manara, New South Wales. A gypsum concentrate is being produced at the moment from a plant at the deposit but difficulty in...-
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RB 00611 Beneficiation of Lake Fowler gypsum for Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Ltd. Second report. Pilot plant tests, with estimates of capital and operating costs.
The Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited submitted samples of dune gypsum material from Lake Fowler for treatment; A product free from fine, or flour, gypsum was required. Air separation methods had been used on dried material from this deposit in...-
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RB 00661 Proposed manufacture of sulphuric acid and cement from gypsum by the Billingham Process.
The operation of a planned industrial plant, designed to produce Portland cement and sulphuric acid from anhydrite, is described. Profitable operation of the process in South Australia, using gypsum as the principal raw material, is shown to be...-
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RB 00589 Beneficiation of Nowingi gypsum for Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited - First report.
The Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited, in a letter of April 23rd, 1957 sought assistance is improving the efficiency of gypsum washing carried out by their subsidiary Brunswick Plaster Mills. The Companys main requirements were: (a) Reduction...-
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SP 003 Mining in South Australia - A Pictorial History
In recognition of the centenary of Henry Yorke Lyell Brown's appointment as the first Government Geologist for South Australia, and the foundation of the Department of Mines and Energy, aspects of South Australia's colourful and vital mining and...-
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RB 67/00028;Amdel 599 Extraction of sulphur from gypsum, part 1.
Background: Australia currently imports about 430 000 tons of elemental sulphur per year, valued at about $12,000,000 in 1966. The sulphur is purchased from Canada, the USA and Mexico. The annual production of elemental sulphur in these three...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1968
