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Scobie Hill. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 23/3/1973 to 22/3/1974.
New work undertaken on an area located near Manunda Homestead during the current licence period has been restricted by the need to try to attract a joint venture partner, efforts towards which have proved unsuccessful. A geological inspection of the...-
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Hawks Nest. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 20/2/1980 to 29/12/1982.
An area 100 km north of Kingoonya which exhibits a strong regional gravity high and other, intersecting pronounced crustal geophysical features was acquired to search for an Olympic Dam type of base/precious metals deposit. Semi-detailed and detailed...-
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Jenner Hill, Pearson Hill and Sandy Point (the Stuart Shelf JV Project). Joint progress reports, plus later annual reports and final report to full surrender of remnant licence EL 1808, for the overall period 4/10/1989 to 24/10/1996.
Exploration for Olympic Dam-style mineralisation, undertaken over an area centred ~15 km south-east of Arcoona Homestead on the Stuart Shelf, which includes WMC's formerly partly tested Emmie Bluff prospect, has comprised the acquisition of ground...-
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RB 35/00042 Nairne pyrite milled on a pilot scale. Iron sulphides concentrated in a flotation pilot plant operated by the South Australian Department of Mines.
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Published: 01 Jan 1953
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RB 37/00039 Report on the Copper King ochre deposits (near Beltana).
The Copper King orebody, located approximately 10 miles north-northeast of Beltana township, is a massive deposit of iron carbonate, the upper portion of which has been altered by oxidation and hydration to oxides of iron. The deposit was worked...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1954
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RB 37/00077 Petrology of the cores of bores no. 1 and 2, Middleback Ranges.
A representative selection of rock types obtained in the cores of the DDH1 and DDH2 iron ore exploration holes was made with a view to studying the mineralogy, the lithology and any microstructures of interest present in the formations intersected. A...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1954
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RB 41/00048 Diamond drilling of a magnetic anomaly at Balgowan, Yorke Peninsula. Final report.
An aerial magnetometer survey carried out by the BMR in 1952, followed up by SADM during 1953 with detailed ground magnetometer surveys, revealed two prominent magnetic high anomalies located south of Balgowan on Yorke Peninsula (maximum recorded...-
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Published: 29 Aug 1955
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RB 41/00043 Survey of ironstone deposit near Yalpara Station, secns 45, 46 Hd Minburra.
In March 1955, Mr. C.T. Beaty of 60 Beatrice Street, Prospect, submitted a sample of high-grade specular iron ore from Section 46, Hundred of Minburra. The sample was taken from an occurrence extending over twenty acres. It was decided to survey the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1955
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RB 54/00055 Summary report on the investigation of the Razorback Ridge deposit (Braemar Iron Formation).
Sturtian glacial sediments south of Yunta contain haematitic and magnetitic siltstones (banded iron formation) and haematitic and magnetitic tillites formed by chemical deposition of magnetite euhedra in a finer grained haematite groundmass. Both...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1962
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RB 54/00073 Summary report on the investigation of the Warramboo aeromagnetic anomaly, central Eyre Peninsula.
As part of the SADM iron exploration programme in South Australia, geophysical and drilling investigations have been undertaken on the Warramboo Anomaly, the largest elongate asymmetrical aeromagnetic anomaly in the State outside of the Middleback...-
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Published: 15 Mar 1962
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RB 54/00121 Summary report on known iron ore deposits, Central Province.
The accompanying resume of current knowledge of ironstone deposits in the Central Province has been prepared for general distribution. It is based on recent field work, and supersedes that previously recorded by the writer in Summary Report, RB...-
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Published: 06 Apr 1962
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RB 54/00124;Amdel 00178 Peeralilla iron ore beneficiation tests.
The South Australian Government Department of Mines requested an investigation into the beneficiation of iron ore from Peeralilla by various methods. Screening gravity and magnetic methods, flotation and roasting have been applied.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 54/00157;Amdel 00177 Mount Christie iron ore beneficiation tests.
Diamond drilling of the Mount Christie ironstone deposit has shown that three main ore types exist in it. At the request of the SA Department of Mines, drill core samples from hole CD1 were combined to produce three composite samples representing the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 51/00020;Amdel 00037 Beneficiation of low-grade iron ores - Braemar ironstone. Second report.
Beneficiation tests on drill core samples from the two major zones of the deposit produced results similar to those obtained from earlier work on a surface sample. The grade of the samples was made lower than that previously investigated. Magnetic...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1960
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RB 56/00127 Report on Mineral Claim no. 4383, Neales Flat.
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 59/00011;Amdel 00350 Preparation of iron oxide as pigment.
Australia imports annually approximately 2000 tons of red iron oxide which is used as a pigment in the paint, rubber, linolem and building industries. Previous laboratory testwork on an iron ore from Malcolm Creek had shown that a hematite flotation...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1964
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RB 59/00012 Geological report no. 3 on the Greenpatch jaspilite structure, Hundred Lincoln, southern Eyre Peninsula with appendixed summary drill logs.
Following aerial and ground geophysics and detailed geological mapping reconnaissance drilling at five potential ore zones has indicated 8.7M tons with a maximum possibility of 17.8M tons/100 vertical feet assaying 25% Fe or better. Preliminary tests...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 59/00139 Geological report no. 2 on the Koppio, jaspilite complex, Hundred Koppio, southern Eyre Peninsula, Cummins 1-mile map.
Drilling results confirm the general synclinal structure. The jaspilite complex appears to be too low grade, too deeply weathered and too narrow to be of immediate economic interest. The western flank and main synclinal axis need more exploration for...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 55/00125 Metallurgical testing of Peeralilla Hill laterite.
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 57/00014 Report on visit to Western Australian iron and manganese deposits in May 1963.
A comparison of known iron deposits in Western Australia and South Australia suggests that large, high grade iron orebodies occur in flatly dipping favourable horizons which have a leached and oxidised appearance: siliceous, steeply dipping iron...-
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Published: 18 Jul 1963
