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RB 51/00089 (Report of an inspection made at the undeveloped) Truro talc deposit.
An inspection of an occurrence of talc situated in Section 228, Hundred of Jellicoe, 3¼ miles northeast of Truro, was made on 12/10/1960. The deposit was first noted by D. King (Mining Review 103, 1957, pp. 68-69) when a borehole showed about 4 feet...-
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Published: 20 Oct 1960
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RB 58/00115 Report on breach of regulations - H.A. Schoof.
A serious breach of Section 17 of the Mines and Works Inspection Act 1920-1962, i.e. the employment of an under-age male person in underground working, was the subject of a complaint which was later verified at the Gumeracha Talc Mine owned by John...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 50/00093 Mount Pitton Talc Deposits - Northern Flinders Ranges - Outside Counties - Pastoral Block 796.
All the talc deposits investigated occur in schistose dolomite in the Sturtian Series, near the upper or lower limits of a massive interglacial dolomite horizon. Reserves in sight are limited, and further underground exploration of the Nos 4 and 5...-
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Published: 21 Mar 1960
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RB 50/00205 Open cut mining at Mount Fitton talc mine.
Notwithstanding the increase in the number of open cut workings at the Flinders talc mines, of John Dunstan and Son (W.A) Ltd., the mining of first-grade talc became so restricted that underground mining appeared to be necessary. Recommendations are...-
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Published: 28 Jun 1960
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RB 45/00029 Talc occurrence near Truro.
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 80/00055 Talc production in South Australia, 1900-1979.
Deposits in the Mount Lofty Ranges are subdivided into the Gumeracha-Lobethal region and deposits north of Gumeracha which include the Lyndoch deposits. On Eyre Peninsula, deposits are concentrated near Tumby Bay, with smaller deposits associated with...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1980
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RB 77/00027 Tweedie Gully lodes - Lyndoch talc deposits.
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 76/00124 Dunstan's mine and Steatite Hill, Gumeracha talc deposits, Mount Lofty Ranges, secns 6265, 6323, Hd Talunga, Co. Adelaide.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 76/00125 Private Mine no. 142, Chapmans open cut no. 1 Gumeracha talc deposits, Mount Lofty Ranges, secn 6266 Hd Talunga, Co. Adelaide.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 81/00071 Torrens no. 1 deposit, mapping and sampling of the underground workings - Gumeracha talc deposits, Mount Lofty Ranges, section 6264, Hundred Talunga Private Mine 142.
10 000 tonnes of talc were produced since 1942. Talc and albite were formed by metasomatism within zones of intense shearing in metasediments of the Undalya Quartzite (Stonyfell Quartzite) and Woolshed Flat Shale. The lode comprises 52% talc, with...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1981
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RB 89/00051 Cowell Jade Province: Detailed geological mapping and diamond drilling of jade and ornamental marble outcrops, 1982-1987. Volume 1.
Detailed mapping undertaken between 1982 and 1987 of 48 known jade outcrops located in the Cowell - Cleve area, and diamond drilling of 3 jade outcrops and 2 ornamental marble prospects, has identified many factors controlling nephrite formation. The...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1992
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RB 89/00074 Industrial and non metallic minerals - Operations in South Australia.
This data package discusses mining and processing operations of the major non metallic and industrial mineral commodities in South Australia and is of interest to those in the industry and to manufacturers and suppliers of a range of machinery and...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Lipson Cove. Annual reports for the period 29/9/2009 to 28/9/2014.
An area in the Cowell Hills centred ~20 km north of Tumby Bay on eastern Eyre Peninsula was taken up primarily to explore and evaluate known talc and graphite occurrences, but the grant licensee's initial review of previous exploration data revealed...-
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Published: 12 Dec 1914
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Notes to accompany plans and sections of the Birdwood talc mine, Gumeracha, SA.
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Published: 11 Feb 1966
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Bull 026 Talc Deposits In South Australia
The demand for talc and other non-metallic minerals in South Australia increased markedly during the Second World-War when overseas sources of supply were severed. Australian manufacturers succeeded in using material from local deposits. In recent...-
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Bull 013 Pigment Minerals in South Australia
During the past twenty years attention has been directed to the natural resources of the State in pigment materials, and a considerable body of information, based 011 official reports, has been accumulated, which is now collected into this Bulletin,...-
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SP 003 Mining in South Australia - A Pictorial History
In recognition of the centenary of Henry Yorke Lyell Brown's appointment as the first Government Geologist for South Australia, and the foundation of the Department of Mines and Energy, aspects of South Australia's colourful and vital mining and...-
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Bull 043 Regional And Economic Geology of the Mount Painter Province
The northern Flinders Ranges were opened up by pastoralists from about 1850 onwards; mineral discoveries date from about 1860 in the Mount Painter Province. The region has been one of desultory mining activities since that date, principally for...-
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RB 65/00014 Tumby Bay talc deposit.
Increasing demand for ceramic grade talc may justify reopening of the deposit by open cut mining. Published reports and plans have been used to study production potential. Recent regional mapping has shown an alternative structural setting and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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RB 71/00025 Copper Clay and Talc Prospect - Section 682 - Hundred Nuriootpa.
A recently formed syndicate has extracted 2,000 tons of material containing 3.8 per cent copper, 12,000 tons of talcose clay suitable for brickmaking and a small amount of gold from a 50 foot deep quarry in part of the old Gomersal goldfield....-
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Published: 22 Feb 1971
