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RB 88/00064 Mount Fitton talc deposits, northern Flinders Ranges - A summary.
Talc mines located near Mount Fitton produce 60% to 80% of the South Australian production of talc, of which two thirds is high grade material (suitable for pharmaceutical or paint manufacture). Over 40 known deposits occurring within an area of 60...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1988
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North Well Creek. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 15/11/1994 to 14/11/1999.
Exploration, initially for rare metal elements, was carried out in the vicinity of diapiric structures intruded by leucogranite in the area between Arkaroola Village and Umberatana Homestead. Work comprising petrography, rock chip sampling, stream...-
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Published: 07 Feb 1900
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Interim report on a geological survey of Special Mining Lease no. 58, Mount Fitton area, South Australia.
Talc occurs in the Mount Fitton area in a massive recrystallized dolomite of Proterozoic age. The larger talc deposits are concentrated on its margins. This massive dolomite cuts through bedding and formation boundaries, and available evidence...-
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Published: 29 Jun 1964
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Mount Fitton Talc Province. Progress, annual and miscellaneous technical summary reports for the period 16/2/79 to 24/11/96.
Talc has been mined at Mount Fitton in the northern Flinders Ranges on a continuous basis since 1945, for industrial use in the manufacture of cosmetics, ceramics and refractory ware. From 1979 to 1996, under authority of a series of Exploration...-
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RB 00797 Stratigraphic drilling for coal in the Copley Basin, 1974-75.
The Copley Basin is one of four small Upper Triassic basins occupying a folded Adelaidean depression in the Leigh Creek area. It covers approximately 7 square kilometres. Thirteen rotary drillholes totalling 1810 m were put down in 1974-75, which...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1900
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Giant Head. Progress reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 16/1/1980 to 15/4/1982.
Calc-silicate contact metamorphic aureoles within moderately deformed Adelaidean carbonate sedimentary rocks, which surround Ordovician granitic intrusions in the Needles area of the northern Flinders Ranges, were investigated for epigenetic gold,...-
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Published: 08 Apr 1982
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RB 2012/00004 MARREE, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SH54-5. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The MARREE mapsheet area includes the south-western portion of the Strzelecki Desert plus parts of the Tirari Desert, north-western Flinders Ranges and north-eastern Willouran Ranges, between latitudes 29 to 30 degrees S and longitudes 138 to 139...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2012
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RB 2009/00001 Explanatory Notes for [the] CALLABONNA 1:250 000 Geological Map, sheet SH 54-6.
The CALLABONNA map area includes the southern end of the Strzelecki Desert and the north- eastern Flinders Ranges, between latitudes 29° to 30° S and longitudes 139° 30' to 141° E. Cameron Corner adjoins New South Wales and Queensland in the...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2009
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Structural approach to talc exploration in EL 95, Mount Fitton area.
The applicability of prospecting methods based on lithological variations and structural controls have been investigated for locating the talc deposits which occur dispersed in the Mount Fitton region. Emplacement of these deposits is thought to have...-
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Published: 31 Aug 1974
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ExpNotes MARREE: Explanatory Notes MARREE
A new generation, second edition MARREE 1:250 000 scale geological map and its explanatory notes have been published. These documents represent the conclusion of the Geological Survey of South Australia's latest geological mapping program (1993 to...-
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