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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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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 90/00074 Explanatory Notes for the ELLISTON 1:250 000 map sheet.
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Published: 01 Nov 1990
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RB 91/00086 Mineral occurrences of the YARDEA 1:250 000 map sheet area.
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Published: 01 Sep 1991
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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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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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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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Stratigraphic study progress report of the Moomba and Big Lake field areas.
This report forms part of a continuing study of the Permian in the Cooper Basin by the PELs 5 and 6 licensees. All cuttings and cores from wells drilled in the Moomba and Big Lake field areas, and from Burley 1 in the Nappamerri Low depocentre, have...-
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Published: 20 Sep 1974
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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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Starvation Creek, Kangaroo Island. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 19/5/1978 to 18/5/1980.
A programme of rotary drilling on Kangaroo Island of 56 shallow exploratory holes for 191 m, conjointly carried out by Comalco on its ELs 396 and 408, was designed to test for possible economic bauxite and low iron bauxite claystone occurrences...-
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RB 76/00064 Report of geology, MURLOOCOPPIE 1:250 000.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] due to licence expiry and pending approval of its subsequent re-grant : Pine Ridge (part of the Central Giles Nickel Project). Annual reports for the period 25/2/1999 to 29/3/2007.
A licence area located in South Australia's Far North-west Aboriginal Lands, approximately 140 km north-west of Marla, has been explored by Rio Tinto Exploration (RTE) as part of work planned for a larger set of project exploration licences currently...-
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RB 2000/00013 Australian Clay Minerals Society Inc. 17th Biennial Conference, Adelaide, 10-12 April 2000: Field Guide for post-conference tour, 13-14 April 2000 - Yorke Peninsula clays and carbonates, copper mines, desert loam soils and mangroves.
This tour is concerned with aspects of the soils, geology, landforms, clays and mining on Yorke Peninsula, and likewise for the northern Adelaide Plains which are separated from the Peninsula by Gulf St Vincent. Both of these regions are among the...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2000
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Streaky Bay. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 28/7/1980 to 27/5/1982.
In an area located east-southeast of Streaky Bay township, the target mineral commodities were uranium, base metals, gold, tin, tungsten, tantalum and lignite; kaolinite was recognised as a secondary target later during the exploration programme. 25...-
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Published: 30 Mar 1982
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Central-southern Eyre Peninsula. First quarterly report for the period 12/8/1971 to 11/11/1971.
55 groundwater samples obtained from water bores were analysed for dissolved uranium content, with 8 ppb U being the highest assay. Gamma ray and scintillometer logging probes were run down 6 water bores but did not locate anomalous radioactivity....-
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Mount Crawford clay deposits. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 1/3/1968 to 28/2/1970.
As part of the evaluation of a known occurrence of possibly pegmatite-related, kaolinised Cambrian talcose sandstone in the Mount Crawford area, located about 35 miles north-east of Adelaide, 74 scout auger drillholes were sunk, 25 separated clay...-
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Published: 15 Jan 1969
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Lincoln Uplands area. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 9/12/1971 to 8/12/1972.
Exploration conducted primarily for base metals, over an area extending for 5-50 km north of Port Lincoln, has consisted of soil sampling on a 1/4 mile grid spacing along a line 5000 feet west of the Butler Tanks magnetic trend, check geological...-
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Caralue Bluff. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 1/11/1969 to 31/10/1971.
Reconnaissance exploration for possible Cainozoic sedimentary uranium deposits across part of central Eyre Peninsula sought to remotely map any erosional depressions in the buried basement surface prior to drilling interpreted palaeochannel sandstone...-
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Mount Crawford kaolin/silica deposit. Mining feasibility study and related technical appraisal reports for the period 1/3/1968 to 28/2/1970.
The white clay deposit examined at Mount Crawford appears to be an attractive prospect for producing paper-coating grade raw kaolin material, but it has been inadequately tested to date. Although at least 239 drillholes aggregating 7395 feet have been...-
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Geological report on the Birdwood clay and silica quarry.
Burra Group metasedimentary argillite and quartzite beds outcropping 3 km north of Birdwood, which have been altered during a Tertiary deep weathering event, are excavated by the licensee to produce refractory and other industrial raw materials....-
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Published: 20 Oct 1975
