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RB 41/00029 Suitability of Mount Gambier limestone for the production of hydrated lime.
Samples of polyzoal limestone from Mount Gambier were burned to quicklime and then hydrated. Comparisons of colour, texture and general qualities were made with hydrate made from stone at present used commercially.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 51/00036;Amdel 00049 Limestone investigation. Fluidised bed calcination of Mount Gambier limestone.
This report descibes the fluidisation and calcination treatment of two samples of Mt. Gambier polyzoal limestone under batch and continuous conditions. Although high-grade lime could be produced under single stage conditions, dust losses high and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 55/00145 Amdel 00212 Polyzoal limestone investigation. Entrained bed calcination.
Deposits of limestone at Mount Gambier have for some time attracted attention as a possible source of lime. The limestone is a soft polyzoal material which can be readily mined and is also of high purity, containing about 97 per cent CaCO3, so that...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1962
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RB 49/00187 Mount Gambier building stone.
The limestones outcropping in and around the Mount Gambler district, have been known as coralline, polyzoal, or bryozoal limestones, but are now generally referred to as the Gambler limestones. They have been the main building material for the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 43/00030 Report on foundation testing, Government Sawmill, Mount Gambier, secn 1235 Hd Gambier.
During construction of the green mill at Mount Gambier Government sawmill, cavities were found in excavations for a gangsaw in the Gambier Limestone. Diamond drilling showed the main cavity to be funnel-shaped and not a cavern top, but revealed minor...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 44/00028 Second report on foundation testing, Government Sawmill, Mount Gambier, secn 1235 Hd Gambier, Co. Grey.
Following the discovery, drilling and grouting of a large cavity in the proposed foundation area for the green milling section of the Mt Gambier Government sawmill, a second large cavity was found in the same area. A further 29 diamond drill holes...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 42/00020 Limestone deposit near Glencoe.
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 76/00141 South-East township well surveys no. 1, Naracoorte.
A well survey was carried out in the Naracoorte Township and immediate environs in May and June 1976. 128 wells were located in the surveyed area, two thirds of these being in use, and of these, 11 were for drainage disposal. The remaining one third...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 98/00025 Hydrochemistry of groundwaters in the South Australian-Victorian Designated Area - Groundwater Border Agreement Act.
Hydrochemical data from a total of 165 bores along the 40 kilometre wide strip of the South Australian - Victorian Border Designated Area were used to provide a spatial, and temporal, hydrochemical framework of the groundwaters from the three main...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1998
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Gambier. Final geological report on drilling.
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Published: 09 Aug 1999
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RB 67/00015;Amdel 00595 Calcination of polyzoal limestone in transport.
Background: Enormous reserves of high grade polyzoal limestone exists in the South east of South Australia near Mount Gambier. The conventional methods of calcinations (vertical shaft kilns, rotary kilns and multi stage fluidized beds) are either...-
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Published: 01 May 1968
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RB 65/00117 Tantanoola dolomite deposit at the Up-and-Down Rocks - SA Silicates Co. Pty Ltd.
At Up-and-Down Rocks the Gambier Limestone has been irregularly dolomitised. The deposit supplies about 10 000 tons of dolomite a year for the manufacture of sheet glass. It is pale brown to pink, and varies from very hard rock to loose sand; all...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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RB 71/00185 Construction material, Port MacDonnell breakwater - Minister of Marine.
The construction of a stone-mound breakwater at Fort MacDonnell will require about 100,000 to 170,000-tons of suitable stone. Individual blocks should be about 5 tons in weight, and an amount as yet unspecified should contain individual blocks which...-
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Published: 16 Nov 1971
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RB 75/00079 South-East water resources, Mount Gambier area. Investigation hydrogeological progress report to April 1975.
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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Burnda. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 3/7/1989 to 2/7/1990.
Reverse air circulation rotary drilling of four outcrops of potentially glass-grade raw material dolomite rock (42 holes for a total penetration of 924 m), carried out 14 km north-west of Mount Gambier in April 1989 on a 50 m grid within pine...-
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Published: 31 Jul 1990
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Kongorong. Final report at licence surrender for the period 4/6/2007 to 1/5/2008.
Investigation of several old abandoned limestone quarries in the Kongorong area, situated about 20 km south-west of Mount Gambier, was able to identify only one with uncontaminated, flint-free rock suitable for processing for agricultural or...-
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Published: 01 May 1908
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Caroline limestone prospect Mount Gambier. Developmental proposal 1976, 1978.
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
