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Wallaroo and Moonta mines and smelters, Yorke's [sic] Peninsula, South Australia. History, nature and methods.
A detailed account of the large scale copper mining and processing operations occurring in the 'Copper Triangle' region of South Australia in the few years following the end of the First World War. The included metrics and pictorial coverage of many...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1921
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Pontifex report no. 8684 : Petrology of one drill core sample from hole 02CDDH0049 located at the Challenger gold mine.
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Published: 23 Jun 2005
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RB 59/00128 First report on geophysical investigation in the vicinity of the Tarcoola mine area.
Originally confined to the Cornish Copper line, the geophysical investigation was extended to cover the Tarcoola Blocks, Afghan Camp and also Brown Hill areas of workings. Resistivity contours supply some information as to the structure in the areas...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 56/00030 Inspection of gold lease - Pitcairn Range.
A gold mining lease in the Pitcairn Range, approximately 25 miles east of Peterborough, has been worked by Messrs. Asaris, Zoloteve and Walvert under an agreement with a syndicate represent by Mr. Jones. The gold occurs in narrow gently dipping veins...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 58/00003 Preliminary report on Mount Grainger Goldfield, section 183 Hd Coglin.
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 45/00151 Report on gold prospect (probably Bullapratta mine), secn 242 Hd Waitpinga, Co. Hindmarsh.
Greywackes and phyllitic slates of the Kanmantoo Series intruded by quartz veins carrying gold and in part lateralised occur in the area mapped. Gold values are too low to warrant further development and it is recommended that permission be granted to...-
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Published: 23 Dec 1957
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RB 76/00122 Geology of the Kitticoola mine (with appendix on Palmer granite).
37 000 tonnes of gold-copper ore have been produced from the Kitticoola Mine in five phases of mining during its 150 year history. 30 000 tonnes were mined as gold ore, yielding 162 560 grams of gold at an average grade of 5.4 grams/tonne. 7 000...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 84/00031 Appraisal of gold tailings - Mount Grainger Goldfield.
Between 1901 and 1916 gold ore from Mount Grainger Goldfield, 10 km north of Oodla Wirra, was treated by battery amalgamation and cyanidation at the Mount Grainger Mine. Tailings and slimes from this ore processing period still remain on site, and...-
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Published: 01 May 1984
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RB 85/00015 Orama Hill gold mine. Geological investigations and diamond drilling, 1983.
Orama Hill gold mine, also known as Koonamore Goldfield or Butlers Claim recorded production since 1930 of 808.89 grams of bullion. The mine is on the steeply dipping, sheared, axial plane of the Orama Hill anticline, in sandstone, siltstone and shale...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1985
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RB 87/00109 Geological investigations and exploration activities, 1982 to 1986, at Mount Grainger gold mine, Hundred Coglin, County Herbert. Volume 1 (of 2).
Investigations consisted of: 1) economic appraisal, mapping and sampling of mineralised structures within mineral leases; 2) regional investigation to east of Mount Grainger mine (report in RB 84/31) - includes details of exploration by Abignano Ltd....-
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Published: 01 Sep 1987
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RB 86/00092 Historical and geological review of Teetulpa Goldfield. Volume 1 - Background.
Alluvial gold was discovered at Teetulpa in 1886 by Thomas Brady and Thomas Smith. Reef mining soon commenced, but the reefs were narrow and low grade and only worked on very small scale. Teetulpa Goldfield is predominantly alluvial, from erosion of...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1987
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RB 79/00150 Evaluation of gold tailings and slimes, Government Stamp Battery, Peterborough.
Tonnages and gold content of tailings and slimes stockpiled at the Government Stamp Battery at Peterborough were calculated from hand auger drilling and mining return records. The amount of recoverable gold was determined by mineralogical and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 79/00037 Quartz crystals from Kings Bluff, Teetulpa and Nillinghoo Goldfields, Olary Province.
The Kings Bluff goldfield operated from 1887 to about 1918, with sporadic interest shown by prospectors thereafter. Gold is found primarily in vuggy quartz veins transecting the quartzite host-rock. The vugs themselves, which are relatively higher...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 79/00061 Geochemical exploration for gold, Orama Hill area.
Gold mineralisation occurs near Orama Hill, situated north of Koonamore Station Homestead, and at Kirkeek?s Treasure gold mine on the Nillinghoo Goldfield. These two localities are about 25 km apart, and lie along the axis of the Orama Hill Anticline....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 89/00079 Mongolata Gold Battery. Historical review and summary of ore treated and gold recovered, 1923-1954.
From commencement of crushing operations in March 1933 until its closure in March 1954, the South Australian State Government battery at Mongolata Goldfield crushed a total of 7600 tonnes of ore for a recovery of 318.25 kg of gold bullion via onsite...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1989
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RB 98/00022 Review of open file company exploration data from the early 1980s to mid-1997, over the Yunta, Winnininnie, Anabama and Oakvale 1:100 000 map sheets, OLARY 1:250 000 map sheet, South Australia.
Significant exploration focussed on: · stratabound 'Telfer-style' gold in Adelaidean metasediments in the Nackara Arc, using stratiform or stratabound structurally-controlled genetic models; and structurally controlled gold and base metal...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1997
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RB 91/00066 Major South Australian gold deposits. Summaries.
This report summarizes information on 10 South Australian mineral deposits with individual aggregate gold resources and/or historic production of 1 tonne or more. By far the largest is the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, with a measured and indicated...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1991
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RB 95/00025 Geological investigation of Mineral Claim 2597, Mount Grainger Goldfield.
An appraisal of Mineral Claim 2597 at the Golden Slope workings on the Mount Grainger Goldfield has revealed gold mineralization associated with hydrothermally altered basal arkosic sandstone of Appila Tillite and the underlying Burra Group shale. A...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1995
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RB 89/00075 Geological investigations of the Earea Dam Goldfield, South Australia.
Gold was discovered near Earea Dam 50 km SE of Tarcoola in 1899. Production to date totals 59 237.59 grams of gold bullion from 1869.63 tonnes of ore, with an average head grade of 35.33 g/t gold. Gold-bearing quartz was mined from an east-dipping...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1990
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RB 89/00073 Gold occurrences and mines in the Waukaringa area.
This records the history and production of various mines, occurrences and prospects in the Waukaringa area outside the main Waukaringa Goldfield, from 1873 to 1989. Apart from that obtained from the goldfield proper, 83 856 grams of alluvial and reef...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1989
