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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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Pualco West. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 26/10/1972 to 25/10/1973.
Reconnaissance and detailed bulk loam sampling undertaken to look for diamonds or kimberlite indicator minerals in the vicinity of the Pualco Anticline, plus spectrographic analyses of the derived heavy mineral concentrates for gold and base metals...-
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Published: 12 Dec 1973
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Mount Plantagenet. Progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/1/1982 to 7/1/1986.
Detailed base and precious metals exploration undertaken by Utah Development Company in the area of the Worumba Anticline has targeted possible stratiform Zambian Copperbelt - type deposits. Exploratory work has included 72 geochemical vertical...-
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Mount Allalone. Progress and annual reports for the period 14/6/89 to 31/7/95.
Base metal exploration of two lead-zinc mineralized areas previously discovered by Billiton and WMC within Hutchison Group metasediments near Mt Allalone, northwest of Buckleboo on central Eyre Peninsula, comprised ground magnetic and EM surveys, RAB...-
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Published: 02 Nov 1995
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RB 39/00052 Silver lead prospect, Hundred of Myponga.
Several specimens containing galena, anglesite and cerussite have been submitted from the above locality by Mr. H. J. Button of Myponga. The deposit has since been inspected and sampled-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 53/00155 Geological investigation of sulphide mineralization near the tillite-slate contact, Sturt River area.
A zinc sulphide lode with a quartz/calcite gangue 6 to 9 feet true thickness was penetrated by two drill holes in the left abutment of the proposed flood central dam on the upper site in the Sturt River. The lode is in a brecciated tillite believed to...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 54/00075 Ediacara silver-lead-copper Mineral Field. (Mineralisation investigation) Progress report no. 1.
Lead and copper mineralisation occurs in rocks of Cambrian age in the Ediacara Mineral Field. Rich pockets of ore minerals of limited extent occur in the Transition beds and in the overlying carbonates, associated with breccias or turbidites....-
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Published: 19 Mar 1962
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RB 54/00123 Geochemical lead anomaly, Sellicks Hill.
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 55/00102 Report on Harrogate geochemical anomaly, section 1796 Hundred of Kanmantoo - R.G. Wachtel.
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 59/00153 Copper-silver-lead prospect, Peters Hill mine.
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 56/00083 Pyrite-pyrhotite deposits at Nairne.
The Nairne Pyrite Deposit occurs at Drukunga, three and a half miles east of Nairne, and 29 miles from Adelaide on the eastern flank of the Mount Lofty Ranges. The deposit is being worked for iron sulphides. Operations commenced in 1955 as a joint...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 45/00055 Copper prospect, section 2 Hundred of Campoona.
An inspection of Mineral Claim 2274 was made on August 7th in company with the claimholders. The copper prospect is situated in the extreme south-eastern corner of section 2, Hd. Campoona, eleven miles by road northwest of Cleve Township. The...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 83/00011 Moonta Wallaroo mining field - Production statistics 1860 to 1938.
9.1 million tonnes of crude ore and 2.5 million tonnes of dressed ore, averaging 3.39 and 3.61% copper respectively, were produced from 1890 to 1923. Output totalled 336 000 tonnes of copper and 1682 kg of fine gold. Some of the gold was purchased...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1983
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RB 77/00052 Regional soil sampling of the Willyama Complex, Olary area.
In a regional soil sampling survey over Willyama Complex rocks on parts of the Outalpa 1:50 000 Sheet, 2443 samples were collected at 25 metres intervals on 54 lines roughly 1km apart. These samples were analysed for CU, PB, Zn, Au, Mn, Mo, Co, Ni, V,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 84/00076 Victoria Tower gold mine, Wadnaminga Goldfield, history and production.
Brief description of the workings and historical outline from daily newspapers and Mining Reviews. Since discovery in 1899, 371.07 tonnes of ore have yielded 35 923.91 grams of gold bullion, ore being treated at Mount Torrens and Peterborough...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1985
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RB 86/00045 Review of gold tailings in South Australia.
Stockpiles of tailings from abandoned gold mines are small and probably do not warrant retreatment individually. Total of 71 000 tonnes of tailings are at Government Battery sites at Mount Torrens, Peterborough, Glenloth, Tarcoola and Mongolata. The...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1986
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RB 82/00083 Baratta silver-lead field. Summary of mineral investigations and mining activity, 1969-1981.
An intensive search for a large low grade silver lead zinc deposit was unsuccessful, although widespread low grade mineralization is present. Associated gold values over 26 metre interval at Eukaby Hill are too low grade to support large scale...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1982
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RB 83/00102 Appraisal of gold tailings, Waukaringa Goldfield.
28 auger holes and 14 trenches delineated a minimum of 37 710 tonnes of 2.71 g/t gold at Alma and Victoria and a minimum of 1080 tonnes of 1.94 g/t gold at Alma Extended. Tailings also contain an average of 2 g/t silver. Cyanidation tests show that...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1983
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RB 78/00011 Mount Howden mine revisited.
Semi quantitative spectroscopy on samples from the Mount Howden Mine gave anomalous results. The best recording was 35cm of greater than 1% Zn, greater than 1% Pb and 10ppm Ag. An interval (10m thick) of above background copper, silver, lead, Zinc,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 76/00132 Base metal exploration in the Willouran Ranges to September,1976.
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
