The Copper King orebody, located approximately 10 miles north-northeast of Beltana township, is a massive deposit of iron carbonate, the upper portion of which has been altered by oxidation and hydration to oxides of iron. The deposit was worked...

Magnesite or Magnesium Carbonate (MgCo3), is an industrial mineral which occurs in comparative abundance in certain mid northern areas of South Australia. Although the more important of these magnesite deposits have been exploited to some extent over...

Corrosion tests were carried out on several types of stainless steel to determine their suitability for use in the construction of components for digesters to be used for the leaching of Radium Hill ore concentrates. The testing was carried out under...

An occurrence of plastic clay exposed in a creek valley located approximately 14 miles east of Wilmington has been inspected and bulk sampled to provide material for laboratory testing of its possible utility to industry. 4 bulk samples were...

Two small deposits of white to pale-coloured claystone, discovered in creek banks located respectively 10.5 and 12 miles south of Manna Hill township, were inspected for the local station owners. It was found that the beds of clean claystone are very...

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For at least the past forty years the flint deposits occurring on the lower south east coast of South Australia have been worked to supply a comparatively limited Australian demand for flint pebbles as a grinding medium in the mining and paint...

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An occurrence of barite mineralisation located in the eastern valley wall of the River Torrens gorge, 16 miles east-northeast of Adelaide, which lies on freehold property and has been privately mined in the past, was inspected in order to gauge its...

The purpose of the Geologists Field Manual is twofold. Firstly, it is intended to introduce newly appointed geologists to the Department of Mines, It is hoped that by this means they may become readily familiar with the activities of the various...

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This report gives details of tests made to beneficiate granular gypsum ("caso"), which is at present regarded as overburden on the rock gypsum deposits at Stenhouse Bay, into a product suitable for the making of plaster.

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Results are reported of laboratory firing tests made on 11 shale samples and 4 clay samples, performed in both oxidising and reducing furnace atmospheres for various length heating periods over an extensive fusion temperature range. The bloating...

The accompanying resume of current knowledge of ironstone deposits in the Central Province has been prepared for general distribution. It is based on recent field work, and supersedes that previously recorded by the writer in Summary Report, RB...

The purpose of the work described was to compare and contrast the petrography, accessory minerals, and absolute ages of 25 granitic and allied rock samples collected from widely scattered localities in South Australia. The processes that are...

Diamond drilling of the Mount Christie ironstone deposit has shown that three main ore types exist in it. At the request of the SA Department of Mines, drill core samples from hole CD1 were combined to produce three composite samples representing the...