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Lake Greenly area [Mount Hope kaolin deposit]. Progress and final reports to licence renewal for the period 30/3/1973 to 29/9/1974.
Appraisal of a newly discovered large deposit of kaolin, found in the near surface regolith to Archaean basement on two farms situated 7 km south of Mount Hope on southern Eyre Peninsula, has consisted of further air/rotary drilling (35 holes, total...-
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Anabama Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/11/1980 to 6/11/1982.
In order to further test a large Delamerian granite pluton for its potential to host an economic porphyry molybdenum deposit of the Climax, Colorado type (following initial exploratory drilling and IP surveys that had been carried out by the SA...-
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Amdel reports on the physical and mineralogical properties of white clay samples taken from a core cut in Kalabity drillhole K59.
Clay sample CE3989 has a brightness that is well below the requirements for a paper coating clay (85% or greater). Bleaching of the - 2 micron clay fraction increased the brightness to filler grade requirements (75-85%). Clay sample CE4008 has a...-
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Published: 20 Apr 1972
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RB 57/00047A Mineral fillers and pigments. Progress report 25th to 30th June, 1963.
At the request of the South Australian Department of Mines a survey of current Australian usage of mineral fillers and pigments was made. The survey was intended to determine the consumptions and specifications typical of various industries and to...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1963
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RB 57/00047;Amdel 00266 Fillers and pigments. Survey of industry.
At the request of the South Australian Government Department of Mines a survey was made of current Australian usage of mineral fillers and pigments. The survey was intended to determine the consumption and specification typical of various industries...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1963
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RB 57/00084;Amdel 00290 Investigation of white clay deposit, Salt Creek, near Cowell - SA Ceramic Properties.
2 beneficiated samples were tested. Wet processed sample suitable for ceramic whiteware and refractory clay, and if more finely washed, may be suitable in high grade paper manufacture. Dry processed clay has unsuitable ceramic properties.-
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Published: 01 Oct 1963
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RB 60/00101 Reconnaissance for scheelite deposits in the Sir Joseph Banks Group of islands (undertaken during January and March 1964).
In the Sir Joseph Banks Group of southern Spencer Gulf offshore islands, outcropping Archaean arenaceous, arkosic and calcareous sedimentary rocks appear to have been folded and granitised prior to the deposition of the Adelaidean System sedimentary...-
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Published: 21 May 1965
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RB 42/00040 Beneficiation of Ardrossan (Pine Point) clay.
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 42/00066 Ardrossan (Pine Point) clay deposit (22/3/1956).
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 42/00065 Williamstown (Mount Crawford) clay deposit.
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 42/00053 Ardrossan (Pine Point) clay deposit. Progress report (9/3/1956).
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 44/00082 White clay deposit, Ardrossan, Pine Point (8/5/1957).
The attempted development of the Pine Point white clay for industrial use is described, including percussion boring in 1950 and 1956. The 1956 programme, though not completed because no sale can be found for the clay, shows that approximately 50,000...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 42/00044 Beneficiation of Williamstown (Mount Crawford) clay.
This report forms part of a series covering an investigation into the clay resources of South Australia. Washing and cyclone treatment of the clays from Mount Crawford, containing damourite and silliminite, gave a product which may be suitable for the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 83/00010 Petrology of three kaolin-rich rock specimens, Cultana area.
Three specimens of kaolin-rich rocks from the Cultana area were examined. One specimen is distinguished by cross-bedded, highly angular quartz and is probably Adelaidean in age. Identification of the other two specimens is uncertain.-
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Published: 01 Feb 1983
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RB 84/00065 Draft report, Williamstown industrial mineral deposits. Geology of kaolin sillimanite muscovite deposits, near Williamstown, Hd Barossa, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Aust.
This report presents a comprehensive summary of the results of considerable geological, survey and beneficiation work which has been carried out at four mines. The mined deposits have been formed in Burra Group schists and gneisses that constitute the...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1984
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RB 87/00119 Dudley pegmatite - Preliminary investigation for kaolin, feldspar, silica and gem tourmaline (section 79, Hundred Dudley).
The Dudley pegmatite, located 10.5 km south-east of Penneshaw, was worked during the 1890s and early 1900s for gem tourmaline, ceramic-grade feldspar and silica, and kaolin for brickmaking. The pegmatite outcrop strikes in a north-easterly direction...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1987
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RB 83/00058 Williamstown kaolin-sillimanite-mica deposits.
Report describes these unusual mineral deposits which are currently the only source in Australia of refractory grade sillimanite and filler grade mica.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1983
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RB 78/00017 Non metallic minerals and the future.
South Australia has been a traditional source of non metallic minerals. Those minerals currently being mined that offer scope for expansion is – Barite – In pigments, drilling muds, the manufacture of barium chemicals and for medical purposes...-
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Published: 20 Feb 1978
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RB 88/00090 Report on the 11th Biennial Conference, Australian Clay Minerals Society, Brisbane 29-31 August, 1988 and text of paper presented on the origin and economic geology of Birdwood Kaolin, South Australia.
Kaolin deposits at Birdwood, 48 km NE of Adelaide, are a commercial source of well-crystallized kaolinite formed in medium-grade metamorphic rocks equated with Saddleworth Formation of Adelaidean age. The kaolin appears to have formed by weathering...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1988
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RB 93/00018 Review of exploration for kaolin near Poochera, northern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
The kaolin deposits located south-west of Poochera on northern Eyre Peninsula have formed by deep weathering of early to mid-Proterozoic crystalline basement rocks, which are now blanketed by late Tertiary to Quaternary terrestrial sediments. During...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1993
