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Mintaro Slate and Flagstone - more than 150 years of production.
Mintaro Slate is produced from what is believed to be the oldest continuously operating quarry in Australia. The quarry was opened in the early 1850s, after Mintaro farmer Peter Brady discovered outcrops of slate in a creek bed on his property and...-
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Bundulla. Progress reports for the period 24/5/79 to 19/10/82.
Airborne and ground magnetic surveys were conducted in the Bundulla area of the Nullarbor Plain (SA), prior to drilling a prominent circular aeromagnetic feature. 2 percussion/rotary mud holes, each drilled to TD 369.5 m, penetrated crystalline...-
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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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Gambier Basin investigation.
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Published: 01 Jan 1966
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Mutooroo [Station]. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 11/9/1989 to 6/9/1994.
Exploration for possible heavy mineral sand marine placer deposits within Tertiary sediments on the northern margin of the Murray Basin comprised aircore drilling (28 holes, total 744 m) in the Mutooroo station area, 50 km south-east of Olary. The...-
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The MIM-Peko Stuart Shelf Joint Venture Project. Progress reports to licences' joint full surrender and their re-issue as a single replacement tenement, for the period 15/2/1983 to 20/10/1989.
Exploration for Olympic Dam-style Cu-Au-U mineralisation, undertaken over areas to the south-east of Arcoona Homestead and in the vicinity of Woomera township, has comprised numerous reconnaissance and then detailed gravity, ground magnetic and CSAMT...-
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Yumali. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 7/6/1978 to 18/10/1983.
Base metal exploration activities undertaken by Thiess Brothers in the Yumali - Coomandook area investigated several coincident regional gravity and aeromagnetic anomalies arising from concealed Palaeozoic basement rocks. These anomalies are part of a...-
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Published: 14 Nov 1983
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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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Mount Gunson - Pernatty. Quarterly reports and annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 14/2/1987 to 15/4/1994.
Ongoing copper exploration in the Mount Gunson area was directed primarily at locating economic stratiform mineralisation in the Tapley Hill Formation, which overlies Pandurra Formation and the associated Cattlegrid orebody. New work comprised...-
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Murray Bridge. Progress reports, annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 15/7/1991 to 14/1/1994.
Exploration was undertaken by BHP along the western margin of the Murray Basin, between Lake Alexandrina and Cambrai township, for possible economic heavy mineral sands and for exhalative sedex-style volcanogenic/stratabound base metal deposits, both...-
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RB 35/00025 Investigation of quartzite for road metal at Truro.
An outcrop of quartzite situated on private property on the southern side of the Sturt Highway, 4 miles east of Truro, was visited on 27/2/1953 to perform a geological survey in order to select sites for testing the rock by diamond drilling. The aim...-
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Published: 06 Mar 1953
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RB 37/00094 Report of examination of clay deposits on Oulnina Station, (near) Manna Hill.
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...-
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Published: 28 Apr 1954
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RB 38/00016 Report on a geological survey of the ) Prairie barite mine, Hundred of Talunga.
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...-
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Published: 28 Jul 1954
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RB 38/00087 Report on results of test boring in a brick clay deposit at Golden Grove.
Geological mapping of seven contiguous mineral claims at Golden Grove held by the SA Builders' and Contractors' Association revealed three areas of potential brick clay. A programme of test boring was carried out to define the deposits and obtain...-
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Published: 26 Oct 1954
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RB 54/00054 Diamond drilling operations, Maralinga - Roadside (Quarry) dolomite.
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...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 55/00025 Lightweight aggregate. Laboratory testing of clays and shales.
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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Published: 01 Jun 1962
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RB 57/00100;Amdel 00297 Lightweight aggregate rotary kiln tests.
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Published: 01 Nov 1963
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RB 60/00026 Chowilla Dam Project, rip-rap investigation, Lowbank quarry site. Progress geological report, February 1965.
A quarry site located near Lowbank on the River Murray, 7 miles east of Waikerie, has been geologically mapped and partly explored by drilling 14 vertical diamond holes with a total depth penetration of 702 feet. Marine sandy limestone and calcareous...-
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Published: 12 Feb 1965
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RB 60/00071 (Report on the) Ukaparinga (Unaparinga) copper mine, Williamstown.
Copper carbonates are sporadically distributed throughout steeply dipping mica schist in a zone up to about 70 ft. wide. The host rocks have been regarded as overturned metamorphosed Burra Group (Torrensian) beds resting on the Aldgate Sandstone...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1965
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RB 42/00021 Clay mineralogy, properities and uses with a suggested classification.
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
