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RB 37/00081 Appraisal of Noarlunga Barytes Ltd mine, sections 110, 120 Hd Willunga.
This appraisal was carried out at the request of Mr. G.C. MacGregor, Manger of S.N. Rodda and Co. South Australia Pty Ltd. This company had secured an option to purchase an interest in the property for 14 days from Noarlunga Barytes Ltd, and at the...-
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Published: 22 Apr 1954
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RB 37/00092 Report on Poonindie brick clay deposit, section 123, Hundred of Louth.
The investigation which is the subject of this report was carried out in response to a request from Mr. E.L. Mitton, Accountant, on behalf of Millers Lime Ltd. The property is owned by J.Hallett & Son Ltd., freehold, with mineral rights alienated...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1954
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RB 37/00091 Clay deposits at Simmonston.
An occurrence of plastic clay exposed in a creek valley located approximately 14 miles east of Wilmington has been inspected and bulk sampled to provide material for laboratory testing of its possible utility to industry. 4 bulk samples were...-
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Published: 28 Apr 1954
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RB 38/00009 Duricrust silica for high-quality refractory bricks, near Oodnadatta.
The C.S.I.R.O Division of Industrial Chemistry, Melbourne, expressed interest in the possibility that some of the duricrustal material in the north of South Australia might compare favorably with the South African "silcrete" which has successfully...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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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 39/00003 Water survey on property of R. Richardson, Tumby Bay.
Mr Richardson at present relies on earth dams for supplying stock water, but these are unreliable for a summer supply in the event of bad seasons. He sought advice on whether a small water supply of about 500 gallons per day would be available by...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1955
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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 56/00072 Dredge sampling, floor of Gulf St Vincent.
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 59/00085 Report on blue metal, Hundred Haines, Kangaroo Island - Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Ltd.
A brief survey has been carried out for Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Ltd. for a proposed "blue metal" quarry at or near Ballast Road, Kangaroo Island. This is in County Carnarvon, Hundred Haimes and in the south east quadrant of the Kangaroo Island 4...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 59/00142;Amdel 00382 Upgrading of low grade talc.
Talc generally is mined selectively with resultant wastage of reserves due to the discarding of low grade material. In addition selective mining tends to disregard small pockets of high grade material and overall mining costs are high. An...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1964
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RB 60/00003 Newlands barite deposit.
A geological and topographical survey has been carried out on a number of lenticular barytes bodies which cross-cut schists and dolomites. Open cut mining of the bodies has previously been abandoned. Underground mining to follow the lode appears to be...-
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Published: 04 Jan 1965
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RB 57/00012 Aluminium sulphate from alunite.
It was proposed that the recovery of aluminium sulphate from South Australia alunite should be investigated. The only known deposit of any significance is in the Hundred of Ramsay, Yorke Peninsula, near Port Vincent. Material from this locality and...-
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RB 58/00147 Report on white clay for aluminium sulphate, Port Pirie district.
Results of sampling of white clay in the Precambrian rocks are recorded and potentially useful deposits are noted. The report relates the deposits to the stratigraphic subdivision of the Adelaide system. The useful clays contain quartz grit and the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 58/00142 Limestone deposit, sections 671, 672 Hundred of Davenport, laboratory testing.
Results of laboratory testing of selected drill core samples, carried out by the Highways and Local Government Department, are presented. Those support an earlier recommendation for trial pits.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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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 58/00005 Report on reconnaissance survey, Quaternary sedimentary succession and subsurface drainage, Murray River irrigation areas.
This investigation was carried out following a request from the Director of Agriculture. Seepage problems associated with the build up of surplus irrigation water have been common in almost all cultivated areas of the Murray Valley since the inception...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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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 60/00035 Sampling of creek sands associated with northern Flinders Ranges diapirs.
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Published: 01 Jan 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
