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Blue Gum Hill, Kangaroo Island. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 19/4/1973 to 29/1/1974.
In ongoing exploration of the base metal potential of a small licence area located 34 km west of Kingscote, 5 inclined shallow diamond drillholes totalling 399 m were put down on significant anomalies located by IP surveys and/or geochemical soil...-
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Published: 29 Jan 1974
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Brukunga. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 27/4/1977 to 26/4/1979.
As part of continuing exploration along the eastern Mount Lofty Ranges for economic stratabound base metal occurrences hosted within Kanmantoo Group metasediments, CRAE undertook regional soil and rock chip sampling to confirm the results of 1960s...-
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Published: 31 May 1979
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Kanmantoo. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 25/4/1979 to 15/12/1984.
Exploration conducted in the Mount Pleasant - Tungkillo area included stream, soil and rock chip sampling, an airborne magnetic/radiometric survey, ground magnetic, gravity, IP and EM surveys, and drilling. These activities provided further...-
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Published: 21 Feb 1985
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RB 37/00138 Report on an investigation of the unstable constituent of Nairne pyrites concentrates.
Free sulphur has been shown to be present in Nairne Pyrite Ore to the extent of 0.18%. The concentration of free sulphur in Flotation Concentrates was increased to 0.47-0.49%. From 89-94% of the Sulphur in the ore appeared in the concentrates....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1954
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RB 39/00061 Demag Humboldt Niederschachtofen, GMBH low shaft furnace process for Nairne Pyrites Ltd.
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Published: 01 Jan 1955
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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 50/00010 Beneficiation of Nairne pyrite calcines. First report.
Magnetic separation, flotation concentration arid gravity concentration/size classification methods were tested for the beneficiation of Nairne-pyrite calcines. Magnetic separation following a reducing roast produced a concentrate assaying 62.1% Fe at...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1959
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RB 50/00063 Beneficiation of Nairne pyrite calcines. First report.
Magnetic separation, flotation concentration and gravity concentration/size classification methods were tested for the beneficiation of Nairne-pyrite calcines. Magnetic separation following a reducing roast produced a concentrate assaying 62.1% Fe at...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1959
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RB 50/00104;Amdel 00002 Elemental sulphur from Nairne pyrites. A review of methods for the recovery of elemental sulphur from iron sulphides.
Processes for the production of elemental sulphur from iron sulphides are reviewed. Application of any process to Nairne Pyrites is at present uneconomic.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 94/00043 Brukunga drilling, 1993-1994.
This report details drilling programs carried out by MESA at and near the Brukunga open-cut pyrite mine and tailings dam areas in the period 6/5/93 to 14/4/94. A total of 29 wells were drilled within the tailings dam, the spoil heaps and on the hills...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1994
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Rehabilitation of Brukunga mine. Progress, final and miscellaneous reports for the period from November 1974 to April 1989.
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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RB 66/00119 Report on Nairne pyrite deposit, Brukunga, Hd Kanmantoo - Nairne Pyrites Pty Ltd.
In August 1966, a request for assistance with conducting pyritic sulphur exploration in the vicinity of Brukunga was received by the SA Department of Mines from Nairne Pyrites Pty Ltd. Brukunga is 29 miles east of Adelaide by road and 3.5 miles north...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 73/00260 Sulphur, SA. In: Knight, C.L. (Ed.) - Economic geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea. 4, Industrial minerals and rocks.
South Australia has no known reserves of elemental sulphur. On the southern shore of Lake Eyre native sulphur occurs as nodules within crystalline gypsum resulting from micro-biological reduction of gypsum (Bonython and King, 1956; Baas-Becking and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 74/00222 Amdel 01015 Rehabilitation of Brukunga mine, Nairne Pyrites Ltd.
This investigation of the Brukunga mine site was prompted by the observed release of acid waters with high iron and other heavy metal concentrations into Dawesley Creek, the consequences of which could include possible pollution of Lake Alexandrina...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1974
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RB 75/00092;Amdel 01065 Nairne Pyrites' effluent, 1974/1975.
Work included a chemical survey of Dawesley Creek, analysis of soil samples from the Langhorne Creek area for evidence of concentrations of heavy metals, a lime neutralisation test, examination of soil characteristics for revegetation of the mine...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1975
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RB 26/00118 Gibraltar pyrite deposit near Nairne, SA.
Ideal location - 26 miles from Adelaide - good climate. 3½ miles from Nairne on Adelaide-Melbourne railway line. Electric supply to Nairne-Power requirements could probably be obtained from supply company. Small flow permanent water beside deposit,...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1949
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RB 2015/00019 Manual of geochemical leaching trials, 2010–2014; Brukunga Mine Remediation Program - Phase 3.
The Brukunga mine site is a former open pit iron sulfide mine that continues to contribute to Acid and Metalliferous Drainage (AMD) into downstream waterways. Mine-based sources of AMD include the waste rock dumps and tailings storage facility. In...-
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Published: 01 Jun 2015
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RB 79/00023 Brukunga pyrite mine - Drillhole analyses and mine development plan inventory.
BHP have provided SADME with unpublished data on the inoperative Brukunga pyrite mine. This report is an inventory of these data, providing access to the mine development plans and analytical data on two diamond drill holes.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
