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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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Anabama Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/11/1980 to 6/11/1982.
In order to further test a large Delamerian granite pluton for its potential to host an economic porphyry molybdenum deposit of the Climax, Colorado type (following initial exploratory drilling and IP surveys that had been carried out by the SA...-
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Amdel reports on the physical and mineralogical properties of white clay samples taken from a core cut in Kalabity drillhole K59.
Clay sample CE3989 has a brightness that is well below the requirements for a paper coating clay (85% or greater). Bleaching of the - 2 micron clay fraction increased the brightness to filler grade requirements (75-85%). Clay sample CE4008 has a...-
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Published: 20 Apr 1972
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RB 57/00023;Amdel 00263 White clay deposit, Salt Creek, Cowell. Beneficiation tests.
Wet processed china clay rock is suitable as filler in paper manufacture and, with further reduction in grit content, for coating paper. Dry processed clay not bright enough for paper manufacture.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1963
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RB 57/00084;Amdel 00290 Investigation of white clay deposit, Salt Creek, near Cowell - SA Ceramic Properties.
2 beneficiated samples were tested. Wet processed sample suitable for ceramic whiteware and refractory clay, and if more finely washed, may be suitable in high grade paper manufacture. Dry processed clay has unsuitable ceramic properties.-
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Published: 01 Oct 1963
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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 83/00058 Williamstown kaolin-sillimanite-mica deposits.
Report describes these unusual mineral deposits which are currently the only source in Australia of refractory grade sillimanite and filler grade mica.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1983
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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 93/00018 Review of exploration for kaolin near Poochera, northern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
The kaolin deposits located south-west of Poochera on northern Eyre Peninsula have formed by deep weathering of early to mid-Proterozoic crystalline basement rocks, which are now blanketed by late Tertiary to Quaternary terrestrial sediments. During...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1993
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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 89/00024 Shale and clay supplies for metropolitan Adelaide - Preliminary report for the Mount Lofty Ranges Review.
This report summarises the main consumers, reserves, production and probable life of current mines and identifies potential alternative sources. Shale reserves in the currently worked pits are sufficient for 50 years, white plastic clay at Golden...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 91/00008 Birdwood kaolin deposit - Results of investigations on kaolin rheology and gold distribution in the weathered zone. (Adelaide Brighton Cement Ltd).
Two bulk samples from high-grade kaolin zones in ABC Ltd South and ABC Ltd North pits were taken to test the suitability of the <2um size fraction for use as a coating clay. The samples gave a relatively high yield of <2um size particles which...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1990
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RB 93/00037 Review of exploration for kaolin in the Kimba area, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
During 1969-72, kaolinised bedrock south of Kimba on northern Eyre Peninsula was investigated by Pechiney and CSR Ltd as a potential source of alumina. Exploration drilling of 102 holes outlined 4 broad areas of kaolinisation at Kelly Tank,...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1993
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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] : Lipson Cove. Annual reports for the period 29/9/2009 to 28/9/2014.
An area in the Cowell Hills centred ~20 km north of Tumby Bay on eastern Eyre Peninsula was taken up primarily to explore and evaluate known talc and graphite occurrences, but the grant licensee's initial review of previous exploration data revealed...-
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Published: 12 Dec 1914
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Camel Lake. Annual reports to licence surrender for the period 16/11/2012 to 15/11/2023.
An area located ~ 70 km north-east of Ooldea Siding and 50 km east of Maralinga is being explored for the industrial mineral kaolin, and more particularly its crystallographic form halloysite, which typically occurs as microtubules or nanotubes which...-
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Published: 21 Nov 1923
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Hall. Annual reports for the period 23/7/2013 to 22/7/2015.
An area extending inland between Baird Bay and Venus Bay, 50-80 km South-east of Streaky Bay, has been taken up to explore for significant buried occurrences kaolin associated with the deep Cenozoic weathering of Proterozoic granite, in order to...-
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Dunn Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 19/2/1985 to 18/5/1988.
TARGET: Sedimentary uranium in the Tertiary Narlaby Palaeochannel, 30 km east of Ceduna; and regolith kaolinite formed from weathered Proterozoic basement granite. EXPLORATION: A thermoluminescence study of sediments in the most prospective portion...-
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