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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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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 57/00047A Mineral fillers and pigments. Progress report 25th to 30th June, 1963.
At the request of the South Australian Department of Mines a survey of current Australian usage of mineral fillers and pigments was made. The survey was intended to determine the consumptions and specifications typical of various industries and to...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1963
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RB 57/00047;Amdel 00266 Fillers and pigments. Survey of industry.
At the request of the South Australian Government Department of Mines a survey was made of current Australian usage of mineral fillers and pigments. The survey was intended to determine the consumption and specification typical of various industries...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1963
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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 84/00003 Industrial minerals, other targets - Paper presented to the Seminar, South Australia - Exploration Potential. Australian Mineral Foundation - Adelaide, 7-8 December 1983.
There is no abstract created for this record-
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Published: 01 Jan 1984
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RB 79/00140;Amdel 01296 Absorbents - Palygorskite and montmorillonite (Amdel report no. 1296).
Background: Examination of certain samples of clay from the Lake Frome area had indicated that there exist potentially large deposits of palygorskite-rich clay of possible economic value. An investigation of absorbent clays in general was requested...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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Giddi Giddinna Creek. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/lapse of tenure, for the period 16/6/1983 to 23/9/1987.
In early 1983, mineral prospector Peter Tayler discovered a near-surface secondary occurrence of magnesium and sodium sulphates in a creek-bank exposure of Mesozoic shales, deposited at the base of the Lower Cretaceous Bulldog Shale near the western...-
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Published: 23 Jun 1987
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Garford Homestead. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 12/4/1983 to 11/4/1984.
After a regional review of the absorbent clay mineral potential of known palygorskite and attapulgite - bearing Middle Tertiary palaeochannel sediments in an area centred 110 km south-west of Coober Pedy, a possibly economic partly-exposed attapulgite...-
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Published: 21 Jun 1984
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Mount Sturt clay deposit. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/10/1971 to 20/10/1972.
A large tonnage (~10-50 Mt), easily mined deposit of white kaolin found by the landowner on a property at Mount Sturt has been partly evaluated by auger drilling 44 shallow holes totalling 707 feet, to obtain samples for materials testing and to...-
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Petrology and diagenesis of the Tirrawarra Sandstone in the Tirrawarra Field, Cooper Basin.
57 selected drill core plug samples from the Permian Tirrawarra Sandstone in 6 wells on the Tirrawarra Field were examined petrographically using thin section, XRD and SEM techniques. The contract brief was to try to establish reasons for observed...-
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Published: 22 Jul 1981
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RB 75/00006 Introduction to laboratory testing, characterisation and evaluation of industrial minerals and rocks.
'Industrial minerals' are those minerals or assemblages of minerals which are economically important because of their physical or chemical properties, rather than their metal or energy content. The term is synonymous with 'non-metallic minerals', and...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1974
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RB 2007/00022 [South Australian earth] resources production [statistics] for the 6 month [period] ended [30] June 2007.
This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 30 June 2007, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2007
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RB 2016/00003 South Australian mineral resource production statistics for the six month [period] ended 30 June 2015.
This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 30 June 2015, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...-
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Published: 01 Mar 2016
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RB 2012/00011 South Australian mineral resources production statistics for the six month [period] ended 31st December 2011.
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Published: 01 May 2012
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RB 2016/00033 South Australian mineral resource production statistics for the six month [period] ended 30 June 2016.
This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 30 June 2016, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...-
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Published: 01 Dec 2016
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RB 2010/00009 [South Australian mineral] resources production statistics for the 6 month [period] ended 31 December 2009.
This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 31 December 2009, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...-
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Published: 07 May 2010
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RB 2008/00015 [South Australian earth] resources production [statistics] for the 6 month [period] ended [30] June 2008.
This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 30 June 2008, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...-
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Published: 19 May 2008
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RB 2009/00009 [South Australian earth] resources production [statistics] for the 6 month [period] ended [31] December 2008.
This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 31 December 2008, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...-
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Published: 11 May 2009
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SADM/Amdel Project CE 1/1/104 : Investigation of the properties of an imported clay refractory brick, and of the possible scope for its local manufacture using South Australian clay. Progress reports 1 and 2 for the period January-April 1968.
A lightweight insulating refractory brick designed for electric furnace linings, made by the firm Babcox and Wilcocks in the United States, was examined by Amdel to determine its physical and chemical properties, with a view to reproducing an...-
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Published: 26 Apr 1968
