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Continuous solvent extraction studies.
Work carried out at Amdel and at the Colorado School of Mines' Research Institute has indicated that both a two solvent system (EHPA and TBP or DBBP) and a three solvent system (EHPA, DBBP and Alamine 336) of cationic exchangers are satisfactory for...-
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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 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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Port Broughton, Redhill and Mount Remarkable - Port Augusta areas (part of the Moonta North Project ELs combined reporting group). Annual reports and joint final report at licences' surrender, for the period 19/4/2002 to 22/5/2006.
Economic deposits of iron-oxide associated copper-gold mineralisation of the Moonta-Wallaroo or Olympic Dam style, hosted in Palaeoproterozoic basement rocks of the Moonta Sub-domain, were targeted by exploration in three now surrendered licences,...-
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Beverley Uranium Project - Environmental Impact Statement, June 1998, and related reports.
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Honeymoon Project - pilot wellfield drilling, January-March 1982.
Drilling was undertaken at the Honeymoon deposit, as allowed for under Miscellaneous Purposes Leases 14 and 15 and Retention Leases 10, 11 and 12, located within EL 597. This drilling was carried out as part of the construction of the 6 litre/second...-
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Lake Anthony. Quarterly reports, first joint annual report (with SML 711) and joint final report to licence full surrender, for the period 1/9/1971 to 31/5/1973.
An area located just to the east of the edge of the Nullarbor Plain, occupied by many scattered large and small salt lakes surrounded by sand dunes, with Precambrian basement [of the western Gawler Craton] subcropping near the surface, has been...-
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Published: 26 Jun 1973
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Cadaree Hill (part of the Stuart Range Joint Venture Project). Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/8/1977 to 10/8/1978.
Following the first public announcement on 18/11/1976 by Western Mining Corp. of its giant Olympic Dam copper, gold and uranium discovery on Roxby Downs Station, Newmont Pty Ltd began a detailed assessment of the Stuart Shelf region of South...-
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RB 00306 Drying tests on magnesia-precipitated product.
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RB 00606 Production of uranium metal by electrolysis in molten chlorides. Part 2.
The molten chloride process previously described has been modified to enable the production of electrolytic uranium metal powder directly from impure oxide. The grade of metal obtained is not sufficiently high for atomic energy purposes. High purity...-
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RB 00605 Production of uranium metal by electrolysis in molten chlorides. Part 1.
A novel process for the manufacture of pure uranium metal is described, in which impure uranium oxides are converted to chlorides in a molten salt bath by means of a graphite chlorination reaction. The melt is then purified and uranium metal recovered...-
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RB 00043 Chemical processing pilot plant, Thebarton, South Australia. Report on activities for the period February 1952 to December 1953.
Includes activities of the Division since its inception; and records of pilot plant work relating to the chemical processing, for treatment, of Radium Hill uranium concentrates to produce high grade chemical salt; with photographs of plant...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1900
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RB 00038 Performance of mineral dressing pilot plant at Radium Hill.
Laboratory tests leading to installation of magnetic separation plant, and to heavy media plant, are decribed. Operations of plants are reviewed. Lab. tests of flotation are described. Operating costs of pilot plant are discussed.-
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Kalabity. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/11/2000 to 28/3/2014.
An area situated ~100 km west of Broken Hill has been explored for buried base and precious metals epigenetic mineralisation that might have formed within Palaeoproterozoic meta-igneous and metasedimentary basement rocks of the north-eastern Olary...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Kottata Well, Eldale, Tootla and Broadacres (also part of the Yaninee Project). First annual report for EL 3135, plus subsequent joint annual reports, for the period 29/9/2003 to 5/6/2009.
An area located on central western Eyre Peninsula between Minnipa and Port Kenny was taken up to explore the Precambrian basement rocks, which are poorly exposed there, for possible economic buried iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) deposits....-
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RB 22/00009 Mineral resources of South Australia and their utilization.
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Published: 27 May 1946
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Trial Well. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 15/6/79 to 4/1/82.
TARGET: An assessment of the potential for uranium and lignite deposits within the Eocene Pidinga Formation, and separate investigations of coincident, possible Olympic Dam target type magnetic and gravity anomalies in the crystalline Precambrian...-
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SADM / Amdel Project 1/1/15 : Crocker Well and Mount Victoria uranium ore concentrate. Recovery of valuable constituents [uranium and thorium]. Final report.
An investigation has been conducted into the leaching of Crocker Well ore concentrates and the recovery of uranium and thorium from the leach liquor. Approximately 90% of the uranium and 80% of the thorium can be extracted from the concentrates by hot...-
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Beverley Uranium Project - Groundwater resources, management and monitoring.
The technical development and operational commencement stage of the Beverley in situ leach uranium mining project are herein discussed from the viewpoint of hydrogeological factors. The author summarises the uranium deposit's hydrogeological setting...-
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SADM/Amdel mineral research Project CM 1/1/184 : "Rare earths from Port Pirie tailings dams". Progress and final reports on Stages 1 and 2, for the period December 1975 to February 1977.
Tailings remaining after the crushing/acidic leach treatment of uranium-bearing davidite ore from the Radium Hill mine, which are held in six clay-lined containment ponds ('dams') at the now disused Port Pirie ore treatment plant, have been studied to...-
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