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Wallaroo and Moonta mines and smelters, Yorke's [sic] Peninsula, South Australia. History, nature and methods.
A detailed account of the large scale copper mining and processing operations occurring in the 'Copper Triangle' region of South Australia in the few years following the end of the First World War. The included metrics and pictorial coverage of many...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1921
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Summary of the previous exploration for stratiform copper and proposed follow-up exploration in the Yudnamutana Hill area, South Australia.
This report summarises the relevant results of previous copper exploration in the Yudnamutana Hill area by Utah Exploration Co. and Australian Aquitaine Petroleum Pty Ltd, and suggests an ongoing exploration programme for stratiform copper. It also...-
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Appraisal of the northern Flinders Gunsight Project, South Australia.
This report reviews exploration work done from 1965 through 1993 by North Flinders Mines and four joint venturers on the Northern Flinders Ranges Gunsight Project. The enormous number of reports and interpretive maps generated are listed as...-
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Review of stratiform gold within the Adelaidean sediments, Mount Painter Province, South Australia.
The southern portion of the Mount Painter Province held under ELs 871 and 1049 contains Adelaidean sediments of the Upper Callanna Beds and Burra Group overlying the Carpentarian Mount Painter Complex. Reconnaissance work by Marathon Petroleum during...-
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Mount Misery. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/11/1981 to 29/11/1985.
Stratabound, chemically precipitated Telfer - type replacement style vein gold was the target of exploration undertaken over an area 25 km north-west of Yunta, which contains good exposures of Neoproterozoic Umberatana Group clastic metasediments that...-
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Copperlinka. Progress and annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/4/1991 to 6/6/1997.
Exploration for possible large, potentially open cut - mineable disseminated quartz vein - type syngenetic gold and base metal deposits within a licence area located near Outalpa, 150 km south-west of Broken Hill, has comprised geological mapping,...-
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Woomera, Portulacca Ridge and Red Lake. Joint final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 15/2/1983 to 7/11/1986.
The three licences now being surrendered were originally taken out by Seltrust in the mid-1970s to search for stratabound base metals and Olympic Dam type mineralisation. After Seltrust withdrew from the subsequently formed Stuart Shelf joint venture...-
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RB 84/00064 Glenloth Gold Battery. Ore treated and gold bullion recovered, 1904 - 1963.
13 869 tonnes of ore were treated, with recovery of 260 080 g of gold bullion by amalgamation and cyanidation. 34 500 g of gold remain in tailings at the site.-
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Published: 01 Sep 1984
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RB 84/00031 Appraisal of gold tailings - Mount Grainger Goldfield.
Between 1901 and 1916 gold ore from Mount Grainger Goldfield, 10 km north of Oodla Wirra, was treated by battery amalgamation and cyanidation at the Mount Grainger Mine. Tailings and slimes from this ore processing period still remain on site, and...-
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Published: 01 May 1984
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RB 85/00067 Appraisal of gold tailings, Virginia gold mine, Wadnaminga Goldfield.
Discovered in 1890, mine has recorded production of 5 464 tonnes which yielded 262 185.90 grams of gold bullion. To determine gold content and tonnage, 5 hand auger and 2 shallow holes were drilled on the dumps. On site are 4080 tonnes of tailings...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1986
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RB 86/00045 Review of gold tailings in South Australia.
Stockpiles of tailings from abandoned gold mines are small and probably do not warrant retreatment individually. Total of 71 000 tonnes of tailings are at Government Battery sites at Mount Torrens, Peterborough, Glenloth, Tarcoola and Mongolata. The...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1986
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RB 87/00037 Re-evaluation of gold tailings at Alma-Victoria and Alma extended mines Waukaringa Goldfield.
These 2 largest mines on the goldfield, reportedly treated 54 810 and 2 302 tonnes of ore on site during the late nineteenth century, and 3 789 tonnes of ore from the Alma battery. Based on survey and sampling programme in 1983 a minimum 37 710 tonnes...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1987
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RB 83/00102 Appraisal of gold tailings, Waukaringa Goldfield.
28 auger holes and 14 trenches delineated a minimum of 37 710 tonnes of 2.71 g/t gold at Alma and Victoria and a minimum of 1080 tonnes of 1.94 g/t gold at Alma Extended. Tailings also contain an average of 2 g/t silver. Cyanidation tests show that...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1983
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RB 85/00041 Appraisal of gold tailings at Tarcoola Blocks mine.
An indicated 29 100 tonnes of tailings containing 1.88 g/t Au, 2 g/t Ag, 70 ppm Cu, 1200 ppm Pb, 350 ppm Zn, and 80 ppm As in 2 separate dumps remain on site. Cyanidation leach tests show that about 60% of Au in the truck dumps and up to 50% of the Au...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1985
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RB 87/00039 Results of SADME diamond drilling, Waukaringa Goldfield, 1985.
8 fully cored diamond holes tested possible fold structures near old mines, for Telfer type stratabound gold mineralization in shoots similar to those mined in the Alma and Victoria mines. 5 distinctive auriferous reefs were intersected in each...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1987
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RB 87/00045 Appraisal of gold tailings, Westward Ho gold mine, Mannahill Goldfield.
Discovered in 1886, Westward Ho mine has a recorded production of 3 765.5 tonnes which yielded 34 729.48 grams of gold bullion. 4 000 tonnes were treated at a stamp battery at the mine and tailings were later cyanided. Remaining on site is an...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1987
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RB 87/00078 Geological investigation, Mittopitta Goldfield 1985-1987.
Gold mineralization in a deep lead was appraised. Alluvial gold occurs in a 1 metre thick basal bed. Over 60 samples collected from exploratory bulldozer cuts, main open cut and drill cuttings from water bore indicate grade of 0.073 g/t Au, although...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1987
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RB 87/00109 Geological investigations and exploration activities, 1982 to 1986, at Mount Grainger gold mine, Hundred Coglin, County Herbert. Volume 1 (of 2).
Investigations consisted of: 1) economic appraisal, mapping and sampling of mineralised structures within mineral leases; 2) regional investigation to east of Mount Grainger mine (report in RB 84/31) - includes details of exploration by Abignano Ltd....-
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Published: 01 Sep 1987
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RB 87/00107 Appraisal of gold tailings, Glenloth Goldfield.
Gold ore was treated by 5 head stamp battery between 1904 and 1924, then by 10 head stamp battery between 1935 and 1963 on adjacent sites. Tailings are stored on both sites and an indicated total of 13 620 tonnes containing 15.8 kg of gold at an...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1987
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RB 85/00018 Appraisal of gold tailings at the Tarcoola state battery and cyanide works.
Tarcoola State Battery and Cyanide plant crushed and treated 33 514 tonnes of ore from 1901 to 1955 yielding 1 161 092.8 grams of gold bullion. An indicated 29 250 tonnes containing 2.18 g/t Au, 320 ppm Cu, 2970 ppm Pb, 870 ppm Zn, 250 ppm As and 6.0...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1985
