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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 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
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RB 91/00008 Birdwood kaolin deposit - Results of investigations on kaolin rheology and gold distribution in the weathered zone. (Adelaide Brighton Cement Ltd).
Two bulk samples from high-grade kaolin zones in ABC Ltd South and ABC Ltd North pits were taken to test the suitability of the <2um size fraction for use as a coating clay. The samples gave a relatively high yield of <2um size particles which...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1990
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Cocunda and Calca (Poochera Kaolin Project). Progress reports, annual reports, and final reports to licences' full surrender, for the period 12/5/1986 to 28/3/2002.
Kaolin, derived mainly from deep weathering of Hiltaba Suite granites, was the principal target of exploration in the area south and south-west from Poochera, near Streaky Bay on western Eyre Peninsula. Following a review made of historic drillhole...-
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Mount Hope. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/9/1986 to 1/9/1988.
Pre-development feasibility studies of the Mount Hope kaolin deposit, located 75 km north-west from Port Lincoln, gave indications that the kaolin might extend beyond the boundaries of the nine Mineral Leases under which the deposit was held....-
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Published: 25 Jul 1988
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Dunn Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 19/2/1985 to 18/5/1988.
TARGET: Sedimentary uranium in the Tertiary Narlaby Palaeochannel, 30 km east of Ceduna; and regolith kaolinite formed from weathered Proterozoic basement granite. EXPLORATION: A thermoluminescence study of sediments in the most prospective portion...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Poochera Industrial Minerals Project. Annual reportS, for the period 1/9/2015 to 31/8/2018.
Exploration activity on Exploration Licences 5016 (Whichelby), 5308 (Mount Hall), 5398 (Sceales), 5787 (Yanerbie) and 5814 (Tootla) is focused on gypsum and kaolin deposits. The tenements are grouped in the Poochera Project Amalgamated Expenditure...-
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Economic geology and mineralogy of Birdwood kaolin, South Australia.
White clay is won from 5 pits operated by 3 companies for use in white cement and cream brick manufacture with some as a filler / extender. White clay formed by intensive kaolinization of mica schist and fine grained micaceous quartzite. Irregular...-
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Jones Dam [Mutooroo Station]. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/1/1979 to 3/1/1981.
81 closely-spaced rotary mud vertical open drillholes (total penetration 9218 m) evaluated known low grade palaeochannel uranium mineralisation previously detected in Miocene sand sequences adjacent to the Anabama - Redan Fault by Tricentrol Australia...-
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Lake Gilles, Moonabie. Progress reports for the period 26/1/89 to 30/11/89.
TARGET: Broken Hill-type silver-lead-zinc mineralization in Lower to Middle Proterozoic Hutchison Group metasediments. EXPLORATION: Soil sampling, ground magnetic and IP surveys, and RAB drilling (162 holes totalling 3092 metres). RESULTS: Some weakly...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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Geological investigations of clay, mica and sillimanite occurrences at Williamstown, and evolving mine development plans and alternatives. Progress reports for the period 6/10/1976 to July 1984.
Dataset contains Amdel - derived mineralogical and petrological data on the ore and host rocks, plus the mine operator's reports on its plans to resume and optimize production of the unique ore types known to exist in four current mine pits and their...-
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Mount Sturt clay deposit. Progress and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/10/1971 to 20/10/1972.
A large tonnage (~10-50 Mt), easily mined deposit of white kaolin found by the landowner on a property at Mount Sturt has been partly evaluated by auger drilling 44 shallow holes totalling 707 feet, to obtain samples for materials testing and to...-
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Mount Hopeless, Paralana Creek and John Brown Well areas. First partial surrender report for the period 7/6/1978 to 6/6/1979.
As part of conducting a regional search for possible occurrences of Tertiary sediment-hosted, Wyoming roll-front type uranium mineralisation, the Paralana Plains joint venture partners were required to drop at least 25% of the area of their EL 402...-
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Cummins. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 11/11/1971 to 10/11/1972.
In order to appraise a potentially economic discovery of very pure, high reflectivity kaolin clay located near Kapinnie on southern Eyre Peninsula, a drilling programme is planned by Endeavour Oil which aims to outline around 33 million tons of kaolin...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1972
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RB 72/00108;Amdel 00853 Investigations of ceramics based on barytes.
Based on earlier published work on barium sulphate-alumina-silica systems, Amdel submitted a proposal to the South Australian Department of Mines to examine the application of these reported methods to South Australian barytes and kaolin. The proposal...-
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Published: 01 May 1972
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RB 64/00115 Clay deposit, Springton, secn 166 Hd Para Wirra, Co. Adelaide - Australian Industrial Minerals NL.
Geological and topographical mapping of a white kaolin clay claim on section 166, Hundred Para Wirra, and laboratory ceramic investigation of representative borehole samples has been conducted. White clay, formed by intense leaching of Kanmantoo...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Kottata Well, Eldale, Tootla and Broadacres (also part of the Yaninee Project). First annual report for EL 3135, plus subsequent joint annual reports, for the period 29/9/2003 to 5/6/2009.
An area located on central western Eyre Peninsula between Minnipa and Port Kenny was taken up to explore the Precambrian basement rocks, which are poorly exposed there, for possible economic buried iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) deposits....-
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