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Ten diamond drill holes were drilled to assess the reserves available for quarrying at the Roadside (Maralinga) Quarry and to test its suitability for concrete and road aggregate. Drilling revealed dolomite reserves of 190,000 cubic yards. Large...

In a search for rock suitable for road rubble for the District Council of Clare, ten promising locations have been selected on the Undalya Quartzite, Watervale Sandstone and Leasingham Quartzite. These Torresian formations are steeply dipping and...

The quarrying and crushing operations of D.K. McDonald and Son Ltd. of Port Lincoln have been operating at a loss. This is primarily due to the small local demand for stone, although factors appertaining to practice are secondary contributors....

Boring on Recent sand dunes has intersected sediments which become more clayey with depth below a thin layer of fine well-sorted sand. Deletorious organic matter was detected in the samples which contained more than the specified silica content (93%...

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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...

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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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Recent gravels at Porter Lagoon and two dolomite beds of Proterozoic age are suggested as potential sources of road metal in the Farrell Flat area. If the dolomite does not break down to suitable size aggregate, the adjacent slates may prove to be...

Weathered Torrensian slates underlie a shallow blanket of yellow transported clay in Mineral Claim 3382. A topographic survey, test drilling and laboratory investigation indicate that only the transported material will be suitable for brickmaking by...

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On 24th October 1961, the writer accompanied by Mr. H. Ellerton and Mr. G. Tilley (Ceramics Section – A.M.D.L), inspected Rosewall’s clay pit, section 500, Hundred Noarlunga, a quarter of a mile north east of the township of Reynella. Two quarries...

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