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Lake Greenly area [Mount Hope kaolin deposit]. Progress and final reports to licence renewal for the period 30/3/1973 to 29/9/1974.
Appraisal of a newly discovered large deposit of kaolin, found in the near surface regolith to Archaean basement on two farms situated 7 km south of Mount Hope on southern Eyre Peninsula, has consisted of further air/rotary drilling (35 holes, total...-
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RB 60/00101 Reconnaissance for scheelite deposits in the Sir Joseph Banks Group of islands (undertaken during January and March 1964).
In the Sir Joseph Banks Group of southern Spencer Gulf offshore islands, outcropping Archaean arenaceous, arkosic and calcareous sedimentary rocks appear to have been folded and granitised prior to the deposition of the Adelaidean System sedimentary...-
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Published: 21 May 1965
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RB 44/00058 Activation of Birdwood kaolin clay.
Birdwood Kaolin Clay was subjected to the normal methods of acid leaching and acid salt roasting, but did not produce a sufficiently activated product for use as a decolourising agent.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 76/00146 Geology of Mount Laura, Whyalla, South Australia.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 78/00087;Amdel 01229 Aluminium sulphate from Birdwood clay - Stage 2.
Aim was to estimate effects of modifications on the cost of producing aluminium sulphate solution from Birdwood clay for the treatment of domestic water supplies.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 77/00096;Amdel 01177 Aluminium sulphate from Birdwood clay.
The Engineering and: Water Supply Department has let a contract to Adelaide and Wallaroo Fertilizers limited for the supply of an estimated 8,000 to 25,000'tonnes per annum of aluminium sulphate solution OW.5% A1203) to be used% ais'a coagulant for...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 88/00090 Report on the 11th Biennial Conference, Australian Clay Minerals Society, Brisbane 29-31 August, 1988 and text of paper presented on the origin and economic geology of Birdwood Kaolin, South Australia.
Kaolin deposits at Birdwood, 48 km NE of Adelaide, are a commercial source of well-crystallized kaolinite formed in medium-grade metamorphic rocks equated with Saddleworth Formation of Adelaidean age. The kaolin appears to have formed by weathering...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1988
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RB 97/00051 Poona copper mine, Moonta, South Australia - Investigation of alteration mineralogy using short-wave infrared analysis.
The Poona Copper Mine on northern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, was worked from 1988-92 on an extension of the original Poona lode, a narrow, shear-hosted copper sulphide vein deposit in Moonta Porphyry of Mesoproterozoic age. The orebody is...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1997
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RB 90/00007 Industrial minerals in South Australia. Current operations and future trends.
Established producers have taken advantage of export opportunities for gypsum, salt and dolomite. New developments include a graphite processing plant at the former Uley Graphite Mine and trial mining of micaceous iron oxide for pigments. Proposals...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1990
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RB 91/00088 Mineral occurrences of the STREAKY BAY 1:250 000 map sheet area.
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Published: 01 Sep 1991
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Cocunda and Calca (Poochera Kaolin Project). Progress reports, annual reports, and final reports to licences' full surrender, for the period 12/5/1986 to 28/3/2002.
Kaolin, derived mainly from deep weathering of Hiltaba Suite granites, was the principal target of exploration in the area south and south-west from Poochera, near Streaky Bay on western Eyre Peninsula. Following a review made of historic drillhole...-
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Mikkira (south-west of Port Lincoln). Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 2/3/1981 to 27/10/1987.
Exploration for graphite primarily, and secondarily for BIF-associated massive base metal sulphides, in the area surrounding the historic Uley graphite mine situated 15 km west south-west of Port Lincoln, initially comprised an airborne reconnaissance...-
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Published: 30 Oct 1987
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Mount Hope. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/9/1986 to 1/9/1988.
Pre-development feasibility studies of the Mount Hope kaolin deposit, located 75 km north-west from Port Lincoln, gave indications that the kaolin might extend beyond the boundaries of the nine Mineral Leases under which the deposit was held....-
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Published: 25 Jul 1988
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Tootla. Annual reports for the period 6/6/2009 to 13/10/2015.
During the 2009-2010 reporting year, Great Southern Kaolin Pty Ltd (GSK)'s activities comprised: - commissioning the pilot plant at the fabrication site in Kingaroy, Qld, in May-June 2010, and processing about 2 t of kaolinised granite through it to...-
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EL 6476 - Kimba area. Annual technical reports for the period 28/02/2020 to surrender 04/05/2023.
Kalotech Pty Ltd (Kalotech) are targeting kaolin type deposits on the Eyre Peninsula within Exploration Licence (EL) 6476. During the reporting period, 28 February 2020 to 27 February 2021, an evaluation of Kaolin Type Deposits within EL 6476 was...-
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EL 6672 - Barna area. Annual technical reports for the period 16/069/2021 to surrender 06/04/2023.
Kalotech Pty Ltd (Kalotech) are targeting kaolin type deposits on the Eyre Peninsula within Exploration Licence (EL) 6672. During the 2021-2022 reporting period, an evaluation of Kaolin Type Deposits within EL 6672 was undertaken [See Env 13289...-
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Economic geology and mineralogy of Birdwood kaolin, South Australia.
White clay is won from 5 pits operated by 3 companies for use in white cement and cream brick manufacture with some as a filler / extender. White clay formed by intensive kaolinization of mica schist and fine grained micaceous quartzite. Irregular...-
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Antechamber Bay. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/11/1986 to 26/11/1989.
TARGET: Evaluation of the gemstone tourmaline and kaolin clay potential of the Dudley Pegmatite on Kangaroo Island. It is believed that this known occurrence of coloured tourmaline is one of only two locations in Australia which have produced...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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Lake Gilles, Moonabie. Progress reports for the period 26/1/89 to 30/11/89.
TARGET: Broken Hill-type silver-lead-zinc mineralization in Lower to Middle Proterozoic Hutchison Group metasediments. EXPLORATION: Soil sampling, ground magnetic and IP surveys, and RAB drilling (162 holes totalling 3092 metres). RESULTS: Some weakly...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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Geological investigations of clay, mica and sillimanite occurrences at Williamstown, and evolving mine development plans and alternatives. Progress reports for the period 6/10/1976 to July 1984.
Dataset contains Amdel - derived mineralogical and petrological data on the ore and host rocks, plus the mine operator's reports on its plans to resume and optimize production of the unique ore types known to exist in four current mine pits and their...-
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