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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 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 50/00104;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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Rehabilitation of the Nairne Pyrites Ltd quarry area and treatment of acidic effluent. Progress and final reports on investigations for the period March 1973 to June 1975.
A chemical survey of Dawesley Creek in the Brukunga Mine area has concluded that seepages from the southern mine waste dumps located alongside the creek contribute the greater proportion of pollutants (acidity, iron, aluminium, manganese, zinc,...-
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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 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
