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Nairne pyrite concentrates were examined, using a technique developed by the Mitsui Mining and Smelting Company to study the effect of ambient temperatures on the propensity of the concentrates to heat spontaneously. The work showed that small samples...

Sediments in the area consist of blue dolomitic flaggy and laminated slates and grits, and are equated with the Sturtian Series of the Adelaide System. Copper lodes occur parallel to the beds, which dip between 50-70°W. During the period March to July...

The West Burra copper deposit, which lies in hilly country 3.5 miles west-southwest of Burra, was discovered in January 1913 and worked as a single 40-acre mining claim until that claim was cancelled on 18/2/1919. Information about the mine has been...

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The Nairne Pyrite Deposit occurs at Drukunga, three and a half miles east of Nairne, and 29 miles from Adelaide on the eastern flank of the Mount Lofty Ranges. The deposit is being worked for iron sulphides. Operations commenced in 1955 as a joint...

A third diamond drill hole was completed to a depth of 175m at the Dawesley anomaly. It intersected micaceous siltstones, greywacke and schists of the Kanmantoo Group. No significant mineralisation was encountered.

The problem of the southern continuation of the Upper Proterozoic Adelaide Geosyncline is discussed. A transverse Cambrian trough and the related unconformity with the Precambrian is described, and its palaeogeographic significance outlined.

Following a request from the Department of Shipping and Fuel, the safe moisture content for the shipping of Nairne pyrite residues was determined. Shaking tests, conducted under two different methods, indicated that the material can be safely shipped...

The problem of the southern continuation of the Upper Proterozoic Adelaide Geosyncline is discussed. A transverse Cambrian trough and the related unconformity with the Precambrian is described, and its palaeogeographic significance outlined.

Magnetic separation, flotation concentration arid gravity concentration/size classification methods were tested for the beneficiation of Nairne-pyrite calcines. Magnetic separation following a reducing roast produced a concentrate assaying 62.1% Fe at...

Magnetic separation, flotation concentration and gravity concentration/size classification methods were tested for the beneficiation of Nairne-pyrite calcines. Magnetic separation following a reducing roast produced a concentrate assaying 62.1% Fe at...

Processes for the production of elemental sulphur from iron sulphides are reviewed. Application of any process to Nairne Pyrites is at present uneconomic.

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From 1873 to 1894, this goldfield, located 35 km north of Yunta, produced over 45,000 ounces (1400 kg) of gold from approximately 60,000 tonnes of ore, dug from a series of quartz-ironstone-pyrite reefs that dip southwards at 32 degrees on the...

The abandoned Brukunga pyrite mine is a source of acid drainage which pollutes nearby creeks. 6 holes (6627-WW 7454 to 7459) totalling 123 metres were drilled in the quarry benches to investigate acid drainage which is produced in 2 ways : 1....

For a project to determine the base metal potential of known copper-mineralised igneous rocks which outcrop in an area located approximately 59 km south-west of Olary, the South Australian Government has completed detailed mapping, geochemical...

Specimens from the Mt Grainger Goldfield include quartzites, sandstones in which kaolinite is believed to represent earlier feldspar, siltstones, shales, diamictites of probable glaciogene origin, granitoids and andesites. Low to moderate temperature...

A trial revegetation of the mullock heaps was carried out. A significant reduction in the level of pollution in the Dawsley Creek has been achieved by the partial diversion scheme with acidity levels of the order of one-third of those values prior to...