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RB 00661 Proposed manufacture of sulphuric acid and cement from gypsum by the Billingham Process.
The operation of a planned industrial plant, designed to produce Portland cement and sulphuric acid from anhydrite, is described. Profitable operation of the process in South Australia, using gypsum as the principal raw material, is shown to be...-
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RB 00617 Scout drilling of gypsum occurrences in the Hundred of Haines and other localities on Kangaroo Island.
Scout drilling, undertaken by hand on a number of salt lakes in the Hundred of Haines, and also on isolated lakes in the Hundreds of Newland and Dudley, all on Kangaroo Island, has indicated that no gypsum occurs in these lakes. Without exception,...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1900
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RB 00614 Uses of fine gypsum. Literature survey and Investigation of by-product gypsum for ICI Alkali Australia.
A survey was conducted of possible uses of finely divided gypsum. As this material is not generally suitable for plastering uses, limited reference only is made to this field of application.-
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RB 00589 Beneficiation of Nowingi gypsum for Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited - First report.
The Colonial Sugar Refining Company Limited, in a letter of April 23rd, 1957 sought assistance is improving the efficiency of gypsum washing carried out by their subsidiary Brunswick Plaster Mills. The Companys main requirements were: (a) Reduction...-
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ExpNotes ELLISTON: Explanatory Notes ELLISTON
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RB 00069 Hydrology and geology of the GILES (4-mile) military sheet, with petrology by G. Taylor and palaeontology by N. Ludbrook.
In order to determine the underground water possibilities of the subject mapsheet area, a vehicle-borne ground reconnaissance was conducted over ten days during July-August 1952, followed in mid-August by several days of low-level aerial flight...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1900
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SP 003 Mining in South Australia - A Pictorial History
In recognition of the centenary of Henry Yorke Lyell Brown's appointment as the first Government Geologist for South Australia, and the foundation of the Department of Mines and Energy, aspects of South Australia's colourful and vital mining and...-
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RB 67/00028;Amdel 599 Extraction of sulphur from gypsum, part 1.
Background: Australia currently imports about 430 000 tons of elemental sulphur per year, valued at about $12,000,000 in 1966. The sulphur is purchased from Canada, the USA and Mexico. The annual production of elemental sulphur in these three...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1968
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RB 67/00085 Minlaton stratigraphic no. 2 borehole, Yorke Peninsula. Drilling completion report.
This borehole was drilled to a total depth of 321 ft. 4 ins., and a complete cored section was obtained of the lower part of the Middle Cambrian Ramsay Limestone and of the Lower Cambrian Red Bed Clastics, in which thin bands of gypsum had been...-
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Published: 07 Nov 1968
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RB 68/00106 Preliminary Report, Parcoola Gypsum Deposit: Hundred Parcoola, County Young.
Preliminary investigation by air photo interpretation and drilling of 5 hand auger holes suggests that probable reserves of seed gypsum accumulated in extensive dunes amount to approximately 10 million tonnes averaging 70% CaSO4.2H2O. Crystalline...-
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Published: 26 Jun 1969
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RB 67/00049 Drilling for gypsum beneath Lake MacDonnell.
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Published: 01 Jan 1970
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RB 68/00054 Mineral resources extractive industries potential of the Mid-North of South Australia - State Planning Office.
To assist the State Planning Office "examine and assess the future development of a defined area in the Mid-North of the State in anticipation of the area being declared a planning area under the provisions of the Planning and Development Act,...-
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Published: 22 Apr 1969
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RB 67/00023 Mineral resources of Kangaroo Island.
Mineral deposits and regional geology are summarised, and future prospects for mineral development are discussed. Gypsum and construction materials are the only commodities being produced at present. Metallic minerals associated with a regional fault...-
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Published: 31 Jul 1968
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RB 68/00097 Preliminary report, Redcliffe gypsum, secn 55B Out of Hundreds, Co. Burra.
Lunette dunes are associated with a playa lake that is underlain by Blanchetown Clay. At the surface the dunes consist of sandy flour gypsum, but auger drilling disclosed silica sand at shallow depth; thus the dunes do not constitute a commercial...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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RB 62/00009 Situation of the gypsum market with particular reference to production from Lake MacDonnell.
The Colonial Sugar Refining Co. has expressed a wish to cease the production of gypsum from their Lake MacDonnell leases for several years. They wish to concentrate their production at their leases on Kangaroo Island, to save costs, because they are...-
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Published: 13 Jan 1966
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RB 62/00103 Investigation of Lakes Torrens and Gairdner. Part 2 investigation of Lake Gairdner.
Lake Gairdner is largely covered by a crust of salt which overlies gypseous muds, silts and sands. Despite the fact that the floor of the lake and the surrounding catchment area are underlain by igneous rocks whose K2O content exceeds 5%, the lake...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 64/00003 Preliminary report on white clay deposit, Mineral Claims 5071, 5072, Hesso Station, County Manchester - J. and M. Spiers.
Laboratory testing of samples from dam and Lake bank exposures has shown the clay to be a high quality plastic type suitable for use in whiteware manufacture. Exposures are limited and a programme of exploratory mapping and drilling is recommended to...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 71/00001 Regional stratigraphy of surficial deposits in the Murray Basin and Gambier Embayment.
This report deals with the regional stratigraphy of surficial deposits in the region of the Murray Basin and adjoining Gambier Embayment of the Otway Basin. The aim is to place deposits described in selected earlier publications of anthropologists,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
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RB 70/00133 Mineral resources of the Eyre planning area.
A comprehensive review of mineral deposits and their geological setting is presented to guide planning decisions relating to the mineral industry. The report also provides basic geological, data and literature references useful to mineral exploration...-
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Published: 04 Sep 1970
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RB 71/00033 RENMARK, South Australia, sheet SI54-10 International Index.
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Published: 01 Jan 1972
