In August, 1955, Mr Bruce Addis, Chief Engineer, Renmark Irrigation Trust, requested Departmental help in finding a new quarry site to provide material suitable for road metal and concrete aggregate. On 25th August, Mr, Addis called on the writer and...

A geological inspection for a quarry (road metal) and clay deposits for brickmaking was requested by the Corporation of Peterborough on 2.9.55 (the subject of clay deposits for brickmaking in this area will be treated in another report). On 19.9.55, a...

A geological inspection for a quarry (treated in another report) and clay deposits for brickmaking was requested by the Corporation of Peterborough on 2/9/55. On 19/9/55, a visit was made to the office of Mr McClure. Dr Webster, a member of the town...

As requested by the Highways and Local Government Department a geological and topographical survey of that portion of Section 5536, Hundred of Onkaparinga, containing blue dolomite, has been carried out. The mapping includes little detail, only major...

Mr. J.C. Paul has applied to the Department of Lands (D.L. 1263/55) for a "long lease" on Part Block C, Hundred Copley, outside the Parklands at Port Augusta West, to erect a kiln for burning Gypsum for Plaster of Paris. In view of the background of...

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An ever increasing difficulty confronting civic controlling authorities of capital cities and towns is the equitable provision of access to the naturally occurring mineral materials required for civil construction purposes, to meet the needs of...

The report describes the progress made to September 1st 1960 of a survey of stone deposits within a 50 mile radius of the Chowilla Damsite. It is concluded that only shallow deposits of variable quality will be available within 30 miles of the site...

Sediments in the area mapped belong to the Torrensian Series of the Adelaide System and includes dolomites, phyllites and quartzites, on the east limb of a major anticlinal fold. Some minor folding (interpreted as dragstructures) and faults were seen....

Following a request for a geological survey of private property situated in Hundred Yatala, Sections 5451 and 5445 to aid in the determination of its quarry potential, a survey was initiated on September 26th and completed on October 19th, 1960....

Several deviations from the existing route of the 3 foot 6 inches narrow gauge line have been proposed for the construction of a standard (4 foot 8 inches line) gauge railway between Cockburn and Port Pirie. In each case, the deviation and grading...

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Raw materials used in the manufacture of Marseille pattern roofing tiles have been exhaustively examined and an optimum blend suggested. The extrusion moisture content range suitable for repressing tiles has been found to be somewhat limited, namely...

Drilling has detected sand of early Tertiary age overlain by younger loam, kunkar and clay. The sand is lying unconformably on weathered Precambrian bedrock or on Permian glacial clay. Drilling on Section 140, Hundred Willunga has failed to locate a...

A topographical survey has been carried out to determine the probable extent of a siliceous limestone horizon beneath a mesa, namely Sugarloaf Hill, located 2 miles west of Lake Bonney near Kingston-on-Murray, which on its northern part is worked as a...

At the present time supplies of screenings for concrete and bituminous work are obtained from a quarry at Watson Siding and it is now desired to establish a quarry near Roadside. On August 16th to 17th 1961 a site where some stripping operations have...

Boring has proved 1½ million cubic yards of basal Tertiary sand under 600,000 cubic yards of overburden to an average depth of 12 feet. The sands lie on an uneven basement of Permian and Proterozoic sediment which shallows to the north. The sand has a...

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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...