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Minbrie. Progress reports for the period 28/6/1973 to 27/6/1975.
Reports describe the ongoing field prospecting and downstream jade marketing activities associated with the Cowell nephrite jade discovery. Black nephrite blocky material extracted from the operating company's new mining leases (MLs 4130-4132) was...-
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Published: 09 Aug 1975
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Outalpa. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 8/6/1972 to 15/4/1973.
Exploration of an area located approximately 10 miles north of Manna Hill, seeking possible economic Zambian Copperbelt style stratabound copper deposits, has consisted only of an orientation geochemical survey followed by field inspection of...-
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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 52/00042 Report on Coodawa talc deposit, approx. 6 miles ENE of Threesprings, Victoria district, SW division WA - Universal Milling and Western Mining.
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 59/00131 Auger boring, Joes Hill talc deposit (logs not published).
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 59/00150 Karawirra orebody, Lyndoch talc deposits (petrology not published).
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 59/00142;Amdel 00382 Upgrading of low grade talc.
Talc generally is mined selectively with resultant wastage of reserves due to the discarding of low grade material. In addition selective mining tends to disregard small pockets of high grade material and overall mining costs are high. An...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1964
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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 78/00110 Manufacture of talc-based tiles.
Large deposits of talc/albite rock are known at Gumeracha, about 30 kilometres from Adelaide. The deposits have been worked for low grade talc. Albite feldspar impurity precludes use of the material for many purposes. Since feldspar is a commonly used...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1978
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RB 81/00094 Tumby Bay talc deposits, western lodes, secn 413 Hd Yaranyacka, Co. Flinders, Geological investigations and drilling for Brolga Talc Mining Co. Pty Ltd during 1980.
The talc, 14 km NW of Tumby Bay, has been mined intermittently for 40 years. The talc lodes formed in alteration zone which borders folded Katunga Dolomite of the Early Proterozoic Hutchison Group. The talc is white friable and schistose, in thin...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 83/00026 Forreston talc deposits, results of geological investigation and auger drilling, 1982, Adler, Jeanes, Gigante and Western Queen (SA) Pty Ltd - Sections 6109, 6274 and 6380, Hundred Talunga.
Talc deposits in Torrensian Woolshed Flat Shale and Stonyfell Quartzite were investigated by auger drilling of 84 shallow holes and 3 trenches. Inferred reserves total 9 800 tonnes.-
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Published: 01 Apr 1983
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RB 77/00149 Mount Geharty talc deposit, secn 17 Hd Glynn, Co. Jervois, ML 4576 - H.A. Schiller.
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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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 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 79/00152;Amdel 01300 Uses of talc / albite rock.
Background: Extensive deposits of talc exist in the Gumeracha-Lyndoch region of South Australia, located between 50-100 km north-east of Adelaide. Much of the talc rock contains a significant (5-30%) feldspar content. Project investigations have...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 80/00017 Review of the Gumeracha talc deposits, Mount Lofty Ranges, Hundred Talunga.
The Gumeracha deposits occur from Lobethal to Forreston and have formed by metasomatic replacement of metasediments of the Burra Group Undalya Quartzite and Woolshed Flate Shale. Steatite Hill deposit contains proved reserves of 156 000 tonnes of 65%...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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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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RB 89/00044 Mineral resources of the Kapunda District Council area.
Kapunda DC is underlain by folded Adelaidean and Cambrian metasediments which host important mineral deposits in the area. An estimated 15 million tonnes of ore averaging 1.2% copper remains near the Kapunda mine, with potential for further...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1989
