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RB 41/00011 Report on sampling of limestone deposits, vicinity of Murray Bridge and Mount Gambier.
The Directors of Hydrated Lime Limited desire to erect a modern Lime Kiln, Hydrating Works etc. in South Australia, such a plant to operate on a continuous process. The plant would produce hydrated lime for building purposes with agricultural lime as...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1955
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RB 41/00029 Suitability of Mount Gambier limestone for the production of hydrated lime.
Samples of polyzoal limestone from Mount Gambier were burned to quicklime and then hydrated. Comparisons of colour, texture and general qualities were made with hydrate made from stone at present used commercially.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 41/00092 Estimated capital and operating costs of plant for production of hydrated lime (RD 21).
Capital and operating costs are estimated for a rotary kiln plant and for a fluosolids plant to produce hydrated lime from Mount Gambier polyzoal limestone.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1955
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RB 51/00057 Aeolianitic lime sands calcination requirements.
Preliminary investigations into the calcinations of lime sands from Eyre Peninsula, South Australia are described in this report. The material as mined has a chemical composition suitable for lime production without prior beneficiation. Usual...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 53/00181 Stansbury limestone lime-making investigations.
Samples of travertine limestone were forwarded by J.A. Bridges of Stansbury to the South Australian Department of Mines for assessment of their suitability as a raw material for the manufacture of hydrated lime. The Mines Department requested the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 54/00012 Results of diamond drilling of marble deposit, sections 113, 341 and 343 Hundred of Moorooroo.
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 51/00036;Amdel 00049 Limestone investigation. Fluidised bed calcination of Mount Gambier limestone.
This report descibes the fluidisation and calcination treatment of two samples of Mt. Gambier polyzoal limestone under batch and continuous conditions. Although high-grade lime could be produced under single stage conditions, dust losses high and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 51/00094 Marble deposit, sections 113, 341 and 343 Hundred of Moorooroo.
Marbles in the area mapped are equated with the Lower Cambrian Archaeocyatha limestones found elsewhere in the State. The Cambrian sediments which include arkoses, greywackes, and amphibolites are folded into a broad syncline in Section 113, with drag...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 55/00099 Investigation of Stansbury limestone (September 1962).
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 55/00145 Amdel 00212 Polyzoal limestone investigation. Entrained bed calcination.
Deposits of limestone at Mount Gambier have for some time attracted attention as a possible source of lime. The limestone is a soft polyzoal material which can be readily mined and is also of high purity, containing about 97 per cent CaCO3, so that...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1962
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RB 42/00111 Production of hydrated lime and quicklime from Mount Gambier limestone.
Capital and operating costs are estimated for a rotary kiln plant to produce agetone, quicklime, and hydrated lime from Mount Gambier limestone. The output from the plant has been considerably increased above that used in the original estimates.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 42/00139 Production of hydrated lime from Murray Bridge limestone.
Calcination and hydration tests on samples of Murray Bridge Limestones indicate 1100°C as the best calcination temperature. The products contained 72.4, 76.0 and 75.2 per cent calcium hydroxide respectively.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 44/00010 Marble deposit, near Mount Torrens.
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 45/00028 Shell grit deposits - Hundred of Inkerman.
Two mineral claims situated on Sec. 5. Hd. Inkerman, and approximately 51 miles north of Adelaide, were inspected on 15th March 1957 by N.A. Clothier. This report was prepared from several minutes presented by him. The profile of the deposit was...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Gambier. Final geological report on drilling.
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Published: 09 Aug 1999
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Data release - as updated : Salt Creek. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/3/2015 to 12/3/2022.
A small area located on the inland side of The Coorong, midway between Salt Creek and Chinaman Wells, has been explored for possible economic evaporitic deposits of dolomitic magnesite which can be used to supply local markets for carbonate minerals....-
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Published: 27 May 1922
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Redcliff. Progress reports to licence surrender, for the period 12/1/1976 to 21/10/1977.
Reports provide a history of the assistance given by the licensee and State Government officials to Dow Chemical Co. to enable their re-assessment of the viability of the proposed Redcliff Petrochemical Plant and associated raw material sources.-
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RB 67/00015;Amdel 00595 Calcination of polyzoal limestone in transport.
Background: Enormous reserves of high grade polyzoal limestone exists in the South east of South Australia near Mount Gambier. The conventional methods of calcinations (vertical shaft kilns, rotary kilns and multi stage fluidized beds) are either...-
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Published: 01 May 1968
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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 74/00191;Amdel 01006 Possible uses of Coffin Bay lime sand.
Background At the request of Mr. R. Adam, South Australian Department of Mines, Amdel undertook an investigation of possible uses for Coffin Bay limesand. This was done as the result of greatly reduced consumption of limesand by the current operator,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
