A geological report on the stone deposit of Section 2, Hundred Yongala, was requested by the Highways and Local Government Department. The owner of Section 2, is Mr. A.J. Berryman, of 12 Phillips Street, Somerton, South Australia.

50,000 cubic yards of stone suitable for use as road metal is required by the Highways and Local Government Department from this deposit (vide D.M. 864/50). There is a quarry, known as Hogan's, on section 339 from which good road metal has been...

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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...

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This appraisal was carried out at the request of Mr. G.C. MacGregor, Manger of S.N. Rodda and Co. South Australia Pty Ltd. This company had secured an option to purchase an interest in the property for 14 days from Noarlunga Barytes Ltd, and at the...

The investigation which is the subject of this report was carried out in response to a request from Mr. E.L. Mitton, Accountant, on behalf of Millers Lime Ltd. The property is owned by J.Hallett & Son Ltd., freehold, with mineral rights alienated...

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...

Following representations made by Mrs. Harris and contained in a letter dated 12 April 1954, the writer recently accompanied Mrs. Harris on a visit of inspection of a belt of country to the south east of Williamstown in Hundreds Barossa and Para...

In response to a request by S.N. Rodda and Co., an inspection was made of the "Crystal" barite mine, on Waterworks Reserve, Mount Bold Reservoir, to assess the value of the property as a potential producer, such assessment to be presented in...

In January, 1951, a special mining lease of approximately 5,000 acres in the hundred of Davenport was granted to J. Saeck. This lease was later converted into ten miscellaneous salt leases, having a total area of 5,826 acres. Adjoining these leases to...

In February 1951, South Australian Barytes Limited became interested in this mine, held under claim by Reginald John Alfred Larsson and requested an inspection by Department of Mines officers. This request was repeated, and endorsed by Larsson in...

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...

The Highways and Local Government Department have requested a survey to determine the extent of a limestone deposit northward from Section 466, Hundred Anne. This limestone has been quarried by the Hallett District Council from the southern side of...

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The C.S.I.R.O Division of Industrial Chemistry, Melbourne, expressed interest in the possibility that some of the duricrustal material in the north of South Australia might compare favorably with the South African "silcrete" which has successfully...

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...

Three occurrences of anomalous radioactivity detected by BHP within Palaeoproterozoic metasediments on the eastern side of the Iron Prince open pit iron mine were inspected at the company's request, to try to determine the source of radiation. The...

At the request of the Highways and Local Government Department the limestone deposit on Section 680, Hundred of Willunga, was surveyed by the writer. A topographic survey with a theodolite was made by M.B. Langsford (Surveyor and Draftsman, Department...