Returns from copper and gold won from the Moonta-Wallaroo district supported the South Australian economy from 1860-1920. During those 60 years some 355,000 t of copper and 2 t of gold were extracted from the twin mining fields of Wallaroo and Moonta:...

This excursion was designed with the intent of introducing its participants to the geology, mineralisation and alteration styles present in the Moonta - Wallaroo region, through guided drill core inspection, a trip to the Wheal Hughes open pit mine,...

In any discussion of the iron ore resources of South Australia it has always to be borne in mind that, in a country of great distances, with in many cases complete absence of transport facilities, bodies of iron ore are valueless when the cost of...

The Wallaroo and Moonta Copper Mining District is situated in the hundred of Wallaroo, county of Daly, on the eastern shore of Spencer's Gulf. The potential metalliferous area, however, extends into the hundreds of Kadina and Tiparra, to the E. and S....

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Articles and summaries are provided for the following: Copper: Wallaroo and Moonta, Paramatta and Yelta, Hamley, Burra Burra, Kapunda, Blinman, Mount Gunson (North-West), Paull’s Consolidated Gold: Mount Torrens, Peterborough, Tarcoola, Glenloth...

In recognition of the centenary of Henry Yorke Lyell Brown's appointment as the first Government Geologist for South Australia, and the foundation of the Department of Mines and Energy, aspects of South Australia's colourful and vital mining and...

This colourful publication, prepared with the assistance of the local extractive and commercial minerals industry, depicts how current South Australian surface mines and quarries are being designed to acceptable environmental standards. A readily...

The correct stratigraphical succession of certain post-glacial formations, having a very limited range, however, can be determined in this southern portion of the Mount Lofty Range. During the previous six years the writer has had an opportunity of...

This publication represents the work of many officers of the Geological Survey, over a number of years from 1946 to the latter part of 1953. It includes descriptions of the important uranium deposits of Radium Hill, Crockers Well, Mount Painter and...