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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 37/00039 Report on the Copper King ochre deposits (near Beltana).
The Copper King orebody, located approximately 10 miles north-northeast of Beltana township, is a massive deposit of iron carbonate, the upper portion of which has been altered by oxidation and hydration to oxides of iron. The deposit was worked...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1954
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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 38/00070 Report on Stenhouse Bay activities, Waratah Gypsum Limited.
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Published: 01 Jan 1954
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RB 41/00037 Treatment of granular gypsum from Stenhouse Bay (RD 23).
This report gives details of tests made to beneficiate granular gypsum ("caso"), which is at present regarded as overburden on the rock gypsum deposits at Stenhouse Bay, into a product suitable for the making of plaster.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 41/00033 Gypsum occurrence - Hd Stow.
Fred Ingham & Co., Plaster Manufacturers, Port Pirie and Dudley Park have sought Departmental assistance in locating a fresh source of gypsum of sufficient size and quality to satisfy a requirement of 10,000 tons per annum for plaster manufacture...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 51/00090 Gypsum deposit - Blocks Q and N, Hundred of Stuart.
Fourteen power auger holes and three bulldozed cuts have indicated clay containing 45% gypsum under 1m of overburden. Reserves in MLs 661 and 662 on the west margin of a dry lake approach 100 000 t of washed gypsum. Saline water is likely to occur at...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 52/00051 Amdel 00086 Morgan gypsum washing tests.
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 52/00114 Report on test drilling - Lake MacDonnell gypsum deposit.
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 52/00119 Exploration drilling - Lake MacDonnell gypsum deposit.
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 51/00021;Amdel 00038 Streaky Bay gypsum. Second report. Water requirements for washing.
Approximately 690 gallons of water containing 30 grains per gallon total sodium and potassium chlorides similar to the composition of the local water supply, would be required to produce a concentrate containing 0.1% or less total chlorides from the...-
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Published: 01 May 1960
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RB 55/00084 Gypsum deposit, north of Bookabie.
An inspection of a gypsum deposit in the area of a claim pegged by Mr. R.G. Law of Bookabie was made on 12th September 1962. The deposit is situated approximately 40 miles north of Bookabie.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 58/00137 Gypsum deposit, blocks Q and N Hundred of Stuart. Machine-auger boring.
Auger boring on a gypsum dune north-east of Morgan has proved 1 000 000 cubic metres of crude gypsum. Total reserved within MLs 665 and 678 exceed this value as the gypsum extends outside the area tested. 300 000 cubic metres of flour gypsum,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 60/00082 Coober Pedy Opalfield.
Mapping of the Coober Pedy Opalfield has shown that opal occurrence, although erratic, is not entirely unpredictable. Several groups of workings are present in an area of about 150 square miles. The host rock is a distinctive pink and white...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1965
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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 50/00108 Gypsum deposit, Streaky Bay. Report on alternative mining methods - Hundred Ripon.
A large deposit of gypsum has recently been discovered near Streaky Bay and the estimated costs of mining 1,000 tons per week are here discussed. The deposit was inspected on the 15th and 16th February, 1960.-
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Published: 29 Mar 1960
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RB 42/00117 Drilling operations on gypsum deposit, Hundred of Haines. Final report.
Following preliminary investigations into the occurrence of gypsum in a deposit of probable economic importance at "Salt Lake", Hundred Haines, Kangaroo Island, by D. King, Geologist, and the writer during March 1955, drilling operations were carried...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 43/00089 Treatment of gypsum from Kangaroo Island.
Samples were received from a gypsum deposit on Kangaroo Island (Hundred of Haines). Initial test work indicates that clean gypsum can be obtained by washing and that plaster can be made from the calcined washed gypsum. The colour of the plaster...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 44/00091 Lake Fowler gypsum deposit (29/5/1957).
A programme of 39 hand auger holes was carried out for CSR Limited, of Sydney, to define a reported bed of gypsum occuring below the level of the base of the gypsum dunes. The grade of gypsum found was generally lower than that in the dunes and is...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
