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Peake and Malinong. Final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 7/7/1980 to 6/8/1982.
In a search for economic Tertiary brown coal in the south-eastern Murray Basin, a large reconnaissance drilling programme was undertaken during February-April 1981 to test known carbonaceous sediments reported as encountered by previous drillholes and...-
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Published: 06 Sep 1982
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Lake Phillipson area. Progress and technical reports for the periods 23/11/1978 to 22/11/1980, and 12/2/1981 to 11/5/1982. [forms Part 2 of a SADME - compiled Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package released in December 1994].
The licensee's 1981 coal search programme at Lake Phillipson had the following objectives: - delineation of the total extent of the coal measures; - resolution of seam stratigraphy and correlation of seams between the Main and West Areas; -...-
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RB 35/00042 Nairne pyrite milled on a pilot scale. Iron sulphides concentrated in a flotation pilot plant operated by the South Australian Department of Mines.
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Published: 01 Jan 1953
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RB 36/00077 Leigh Creek Coalfield. North Field, Lobe C.
Coal has been proved at Lobe C to a depth of 220 feet of overburden in an arcuate area along the southern and western margins of the basin. Within the suggested open cut area the coal seam averages 35 feet in thickness, has a weighted average ash...-
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Published: 26 Oct 1953
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RB 37/00028 Leigh Creek Coalfield: Report on exploration of the north-eastern margin - Telford Basin area 'Telford Opencut, extension east'. (CONFIDENTIAL)
An area located on the north-eastern margin of the Telford Basin, to the east of the present extent of theTelford Open Cut mine main pit, which is known to contain potentially mineable buried coal seams, has been examined geologically and...-
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Published: 03 Mar 1954
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RB 37/00068 Leigh Creek Coalfield, central area - Upper Coal Series. Report on scout drilling.
In the Triassic coal measures of Telford Basin occurring 1000 + (?) feet stratigraphically above the main (Telfod) seam are a number of coal seams - the "Upper coal series" - which further add to the opencut coal reserves at Leigh Creek Coalfield....-
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Published: 19 Mar 1954
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RB 37/00078 Preliminary investigations into corrosion of stainless steels during leaching of uranium concentrates from Radium Hill, South Australia.
Corrosion tests were carried out on several types of stainless steel to determine their suitability for use in the construction of components for digesters to be used for the leaching of Radium Hill ore concentrates. The testing was carried out under...-
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Published: 12 Apr 1954
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RB 37/00157 Leigh Creek Coalfield - Exploration of the southeastern margin, Telford Basin area (Telford Main Seam eastern margin, southern extension).
The area under review is situated in the south-eastern section of Telford Basin between co-ordinates 8,000 and 34,000, and is a southern extension of the main (Telford) coal seam proved previously on the eastern margin. Coal has been proved by close...-
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Published: 14 Jul 1954
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RB 41/00101 Report on pilot plant tests made on behalf of Nairne Pyrites Ltd (RD 31).
This report gives details of continuous flotation testing of a sample of pyritic ore submitted by Nairne Pyrite Ltd. The object of the test was to check the results obtained at the Nairne beneficiation plant.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1955
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RB 53/00181 Stansbury limestone lime-making investigations.
Samples of travertine limestone were forwarded by J.A. Bridges of Stansbury to the South Australian Department of Mines for assessment of their suitability as a raw material for the manufacture of hydrated lime. The Mines Department requested the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 51/00092;Amdel 00059 Development, operation and uses of a differential thermal analysis unit.
The setting up of the equipment from its components, the difficulties encountered and the solution of associated problems are described. Variations in technique which may affect results are considered and the methods used in this laboratory for...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1960
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RB 51/00071;Amdel 00060 Differential thermal analysis of natural limestones and mixtures of limestone with various materials.
The method of differential thermal analysis was used to examine various naturally occurring limestones, mixtures of limestone with various minerals and clays, chemically precipitated mixtures of calcium carbonate and hydrated silica, and calcium...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1960
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RB 51/00114;Amdel 00064 Retreatment of Radium Hill tailings dumps. Second report. Pilot plant tests.
A tailings dump of approximately 100 000 tons from earlier treatment exists at Radium Hill. A report of laboratory flotation tests on this material was issued in June, 1960, (AMDL 40). The laboratory work showed that recovery at the grade of 10.0 lb...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 52/00098 Application of differential thermal analysis (DTA) for subsurface and surface (stratigraphic) correlation. First interim report.
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 52/00134 Amdel 00069 Utilization of South Australian phosphate deposits.
Summary of deposits, products, methods of producing phosphorus and phosphoric acid and production costs. All reserves are low grade and unsuitable for super phosphate, but probably amenable to electrothermal reduction for phosphoric acid. Tests on...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1961
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RB 55/00099 Investigation of Stansbury limestone (September 1962).
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 59/00083;Amdel 00370 Study of differential thermal analysis of specific mineral types.
The subject of this report is the result of the differential thermal analysis of certain carbonate, sulphide, and clay minerals. The project had two principal aims - firstly, to establish a reference file of differential thermal traces to facilitate...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1964
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RB 78/00089;Env 02960 Appraisal drilling results, Anna Coalfield, Murray Basin, South Australia.
At the Anna Coalfield, the November 1976 appraisal drilling by SADME of 2 rotary mud, partly cored vertical boreholes with a total penetration of 159.62 m (including 28.36 m of continuous ?NQ coring over the coal-bearing section) has confirmed the...-
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Published: 11 May 1978
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RB 83/00034 Underground gasification of inaccessible Leigh Creek coal measures - A preliminary evaluation of the geological structure of Telford Basin.
The Telford Basin is an asymmetrically shaped synclinal basin containing sediments of upper Triassic-Jurassic age, which cover a 25 square km area. Sub-bituminous coal occurs in three major series of seams which are informally termed the Leigh Creek...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1983
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RB 77/00084;Amdel 01174 SADM/Amdel Project no. 1/1/198. Mintaro slate.
Late in 1976, the Mintaro Slate and Flagstone Company approached the South Australian Department of Mines seeking assistance to enable it to improve the efficiency of its operation and so enable it to operate more profitably in the face of competition...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1977
