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SADME/Amdel Project no. 1/1/271 - Petrology and geochemistry of the Burra copper mine. Progress reports for the period November 1981 to March 1982.
157 rock samples taken from the Samin Ltd open cut copper mine at Burra were investigated by Amdel to determine their metallic elemental content, and petrological and mineragraphic features that might be diagnostic of rock and mineral genesis. Host...-
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Published: 31 Mar 1982
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Billy Springs. Progress and surrender reports for the period 24/8/1973 to 23/8/1975.
Exploration to search for metasomatic talc bodies locally developed within sheared and brecciated dolomitic marbles of the Neoproterozoic Balcanoona Formation near Mount Fitton, 120 km north-east of Leigh Creek, has mainly consisted of surface...-
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Published: 16 Jul 1975
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Memorandum re. assessment of talc prospect No. 24, Mount Fitton area.
An assessment has been made of the No. 24 talc prospect, which was discovered in 1964 and is located about 5 miles south-east of the principal No. 5 deposit and the mine camp. The prospect lies within the main dolomite mass, not far from its top, a...-
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Published: 18 Apr 1967
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Mount Fitton. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 28/10/1975 to 27/10/1976.
No technical data - work consisted only of office appraisal of previously obtained geological data, plus studies of newly acquired aerial photographs covering the entire licence area, to try to define structures possibly hosting new talc deposits or...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1976
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Truro talc prospect. Evaluation progress reports for the period December 1975 to November 1978.
Exhaustive beneficiation and quality testing of bulk samples of talc taken from the Truro prospect, which lies 1 mile north of Truro township, followed by widespread canvassing of potential customers both locally and abroad, failed to find buyers for...-
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Published: 14 Nov 1978
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Peterborough. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 31/8/1977 to 30/8/1978.
An occurrence of impure talc within fault-related Adelaidean diapiric carbonate breccia material, that is poorly exposed in disused railway cuttings to the west and south-west of Yongala, was investigated by performing 1:50,000 scale geological...-
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Published: 14 Jul 1978
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Mount Fitton. Progress and technical reports for the period 1/7/1971 to 30/6/1973.
A review has been carried out by Amdel Ltd, under contract to the licensee, of the applicability and suitability of low-cost geophysical reconnaissance tools in prospecting for concealed talc occurrences in the Mount Fitton area. It appears that use...-
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Published: 13 Jun 1973
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1998 Mount Painter area HyMap survey. Mineral maps Data Package.
HyVista Corporation was contracted by PIRSA during July 2012 to process HyMap airborne hyperspectral scanner data acquired over the Mount Painter region of SA on 28/3/1998. The nominal pixel size acquired was 4.5 m x 4.5 m, within a surveyed area of...-
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Myrtle Springs. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 26/2/1985 to 25/2/1986.
Exploration for magnesite in the Myrtle Springs - Copley region was confined to sampling (167 samples, both of outcrop and crushed ore) and analysing 30 known magnesite occurrences held under mining lease, to determine the distribution of silica...-
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The Needles - Sitting Bull area [portion of Arkaroola Station]. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 1/7/1968 to 30/6/1969.
Numerous small, occasionally high grade occurrences of talc and asbestiform amphibole minerals, barite, vermiculite and sodic feldspar were discovered by prospecting across a wide, often rugged hilly area lying to the north-west of Arkaroola...-
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History of mines in the areas held under ELs 349 and 350 by Uranerz Australia Pty Ltd.
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Billy Spring. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 1/1/1968 to 10/7/1969.
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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Structural approach to talc exploration in EL 95, Mount Fitton area.
The applicability of prospecting methods based on lithological variations and structural controls have been investigated for locating the talc deposits which occur dispersed in the Mount Fitton region. Emplacement of these deposits is thought to have...-
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Published: 31 Aug 1974
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Geological reports on mining leases in the vicinity of Billy Springs, northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia, for the period 11/3/1968 to October 1968.
The possible economic potential of eight mineral leases held by Mr H.N. Thomas in the greater Billy Springs area were evaluated by hired consultants, who undertook brief lease inspections and related literature reviews, and made recommendations for...-
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Billy Springs North. Progress report for the period 14/6/1968 to 13/12/1968.
Seven talc occurrences containing an estimated 63,000 in situ tons of potentially commercial grade talc have been discovered in the area between Billy Springs and Mount Livingston. Further prospecting of the host dolomite outcrop, and shallow...-
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Published: 12 Nov 1968
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Mount Fitton. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/7/1963 to 30/6/1971.
Following a geological survey of the area held under Special Mining Lease 58 by Industrial Rock Mines Pty Ltd in the Mount Fitton area, a detailed reconnaissance of all mineralisation was undertaken by two company prospectors during the period March...-
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Published: 14 Oct 1970
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Note on No. 19 talc deposit in SML 82A, Mount Fitton area.
Evaluation of the Mount Fitton No. 19 talc prospect discovered in 1964, and situated some 3 miles south-east of the current main talc workings and company camp, has included a topographical survey, the wagon drilling of 49 vertical holes, and the...-
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Published: 14 Oct 1970
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Magnesite in the Mount Fitton area, South Australia.
Over the past three years crystalline magnesite has been found in the Mount Fitton area in many places, in a 12 miles long belt which follows the lower edge of a dolomite mass of Late Proterozoic age. The Mount Livingston deposit with indicated...-
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Published: 17 Apr 1967
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Note on drilling at the Creek Junction talc deposit, SML 82A, Mount Fitton area.
The Creek Junction talc deposit, located 4 miles south-east of the No. 5 talc deposit and the Mount Fitton mining camp, had been worked on a small scale prior to 1963. In view of the comparatively narrow widths of the exposed talc lenses and their...-
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Published: 13 Oct 1970
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SP 008 Mineral Resources of the Adelaide Geosyncline
This publication has been compiled from a display prepared for the launch of SADME Bulletin 53, held at the Australian Mineral Foundation on 7 December 1987. The importance and diversity of commodities found in the Geosyncline are highlighted in the...-
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