A request, to test by diamond drilling the old I.C.I. Limestone Quarry, Secs.333/4, Hundred Moorooroo at Angaston, has been received from the present operators S.A. Portland Cement Co. Ltd., with a view to increasing reserves and so extend the life of...

In August, 1955, Mr Bruce Addis, Chief Engineer, Renmark Irrigation Trust, requested Departmental help in finding a new quarry site to provide material suitable for road metal and concrete aggregate. On 25th August, Mr, Addis called on the writer and...

A topographical survey has been carried out to determine the probable extent of a siliceous limestone horizon beneath a mesa, namely Sugarloaf Hill, located 2 miles west of Lake Bonney near Kingston-on-Murray, which on its northern part is worked as a...

At the present time supplies of screenings for concrete and bituminous work are obtained from a quarry at Watson Siding and it is now desired to establish a quarry near Roadside. On August 16th to 17th 1961 a site where some stripping operations have...

Samples of travertine limestone were forwarded by J.A. Bridges of Stansbury to the South Australian Department of Mines for assessment of their suitability as a raw material for the manufacture of hydrated lime. The Mines Department requested the...

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Twelve million cubic yards of Sturtian slaty limestone may be quarried above the 200 foot level. The stone, which has been tested by the Highways Department, is suitable as crusher run for base courses. The Adelaide system sediments have been folded...

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This report descibes the fluidisation and calcination treatment of two samples of Mt. Gambier polyzoal limestone under batch and continuous conditions. Although high-grade lime could be produced under single stage conditions, dust losses high and...

The method of differential thermal analysis was used to examine various naturally occurring limestones, mixtures of limestone with various minerals and clays, chemically precipitated mixtures of calcium carbonate and hydrated silica, and calcium...

A geological survey of deposits of marble situated in section 1564, Hundred Yankalilla adjacent to the township of Second Valley has been under taken with the assistance of Surveyor, M.G. Orian. The deposits are exposed over the north western slopes...

Small rich lenses of manganiferous minerals occur in Cambrian sediments near the northern boundary of Mineral Claim 1621. Reserves in the lenses are limited to a few tons. Because of lack of reserves, the isolated position of the claim, the rugged...

To aid in the assessment of South Australian limestone and dolomite resources, systematic sampling of outcropping beds has been carried out on nine one mile geological sheets between Cape Jervis and Kulpara. Limestones low in silica and magnesia occur...

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A diamond drilling programme was initiated to ascertain the reserves and grade of dolomite at the Tantanoola Dolomite Deposit. Developing the quarry in a northerly direction would yield 260,000 cubic yards of dolomite. Developing the quarry in a...

Dolomitisation of Tertiary Gambier Limestone along the Nelson Fault is irregular. Diamond drilling of four holes at a prospect on Section 333, Hundred of Caroline, shows that dolomite which is hard and dense at the surface passes down into partially...

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