Since discovery of the opal field in 1930, Andamooka, 640 km by road north of Adelaide, has been a major world producer of precious opal. All workable opal at Andamooka has been found in the Marree Formation, a sequence of marine sediments of...

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Details a comprehensive investigation for constructing a decked rock fill dam, 53 metres high, impounding a reservoir of 21000 ML capacity. The report also includes discussion of the suitability of the proposed quarry and water treatment works site,...

Articles include reports on: Copper: Wallaroo and Moonta, Paramatta and Yelta, Hamley, Blinman, Burra Burra; Kapunda, Prince Alfred, Lynda, Mutooroo , Paull's, Clara St. Dora and Mount Fitton South Mines, Gold: Tarcoola, Petersburg Mount Torrens,...

The total value of South Australian mineral production during the year 1903 maybe estimated at £520,000 Articles include: Copper: Paramatta and Yelta mines; Burra Mine; Kapunda mine Gold: the most important gold-mining district during the past year...

Articles and summaries are provided for the following: Copper: Wallaroo and Moonta, Paramatta and Yelta, Hamley, Moonta, Blinman, Burra Burra, Kapunda, Sweet Nell (North-West), Mount Gunson (North-West), Prince Alfred, Lynda Mines Gold: Mount...

Articles and summaries are provided for the following: Copper: Wallaroo and Moonta, Paramatta and Yelta, Hamley, Burra Burra, Kapunda, Blinman, Mount Gunson (North-West), Prince Alfred Mines Gold: Kings Bluff. Mount Torrens, Peterborough, Tarcoola,...

This publication is a detailed compilation of authentic early history mining operations in South Australia published in 1908. The first compilation which can be regarded as an authentic history of mining operations in South Australia is contained in...

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These reports deal with work carried out with the object of ascertaining whether, by intensive study of the structural features of the ore bodies, any recommendation could be made in favour of the further exploration or development of these fields...

During the past twenty years attention has been directed to the natural resources of the State in pigment materials, and a considerable body of information, based 011 official reports, has been accumulated, which is now collected into this Bulletin,...

Data Metallogenica (DM) is a knowledge base of the world's mineral (especially metallic mineral) deposits that relies on a library collection of comprehensive sets of miniaturized rock / ore samples, permanently cemented to approximately A4 page-size...

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Bulletin, No. 20 of the series, dealing with another group of mines was published in 1942, and has proved a valuable source of reference in connection with the proposals for the further exploration of the fields concerned. In the case of the group of...

The demand for talc and other non-metallic minerals in South Australia increased markedly during the Second World-War when overseas sources of supply were severed. Australian manufacturers succeeded in using material from local deposits. In recent...

Returns from copper and gold won from the Moonta-Wallaroo district supported the South Australian economy from 1860-1920. During those 60 years some 355,000 t of copper and 2 t of gold were extracted from the twin mining fields of Wallaroo and Moonta:...

This excursion was designed with the intent of introducing its participants to the geology, mineralisation and alteration styles present in the Moonta - Wallaroo region, through guided drill core inspection, a trip to the Wheal Hughes open pit mine,...

In any discussion of the iron ore resources of South Australia it has always to be borne in mind that, in a country of great distances, with in many cases complete absence of transport facilities, bodies of iron ore are valueless when the cost of...

The Wallaroo and Moonta Copper Mining District is situated in the hundred of Wallaroo, county of Daly, on the eastern shore of Spencer's Gulf. The potential metalliferous area, however, extends into the hundreds of Kadina and Tiparra, to the E. and S....

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