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Petroleum geochemistry of the Otway Basin, and the significance of coastal bitumen strandings on adjacent southern Australian beaches. Volumes 1 to 5 source rock studies.
The standing of crude oil on the beaches of southern Australia was first recorded approximately 150 years ago. This material, known locally as coastal bitumen, was used by the early maritime visitors and settlers to caulk their vessels and is the...-
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RB 37/00138 Report on an investigation of the unstable constituent of Nairne pyrites concentrates.
Free sulphur has been shown to be present in Nairne Pyrite Ore to the extent of 0.18%. The concentration of free sulphur in Flotation Concentrates was increased to 0.47-0.49%. From 89-94% of the Sulphur in the ore appeared in the concentrates....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1954
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RB 56/00083 Pyrite-pyrhotite deposits at Nairne.
The Nairne Pyrite Deposit occurs at Drukunga, three and a half miles east of Nairne, and 29 miles from Adelaide on the eastern flank of the Mount Lofty Ranges. The deposit is being worked for iron sulphides. Operations commenced in 1955 as a joint...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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NERDDC Project 590 : [ Research into the feasibility of ] Underground gasification of [ mining inaccessible ] Leigh Creek coal. Reports on field investigations and geotechnical studies.
During the first few months of 1985, field investigations were undertaken at Leigh Creek by consultants Golder Associates to provide quantitative data on the strength and permeability characteristics of the geological profile of the Main Series coal...-
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Port Wakefield. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 2/3/1977 to 1/3/1978.
TARGET: Definition of economic brown coal mineralisation in the northern Saint Vincent Basin. EXPLORATION: Open-hole rotary drilling of 127 holes totalling 11,103 m, including a reported minimum of 468 m of HQ rotary coring in 24 of the holes. The...-
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Gidgealpa 6. Test reports.
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Kingston (South-East). Progress reports [until the commencement of WMC's Kingston Coal Project multi-licence joint reporting, approved from 1/5/1980] for the period 21/8/1979 to 20/2/1980.
Continuing reconnaissance and evaluation of potentially economic Tertiary or Jurassic age coal seams, both known to be present in the Naracoorte and Kingston areas, has consisted of the drilling and geophysical logging of 92 open rotary holes...-
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Poolowanna 1. Test reports.
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Review of petroleum product specifications.
This document reports on an Amdel project commissioned by SADME Energy Division, to assemble for the benefit of concerned public consumers as much information as possible on currently applicable legislation, standards and specifications for the local...-
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RB 00574 Oxidised ore flotation - Nairne Pyrites Ltd.
Nairne Pyrites Ltd reported that, when ore drawn from a recently developed area of the open cut was fed to the mill, a serious reduction in metallurgical efficiency occurred. A request was made that laboratory investigations be conducted to determine...-
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RB 00629 Treatment of flotation concentrate, submitted by Peko Mines NL. First report. Magnetic separation.
A sample of flotation concentrate submitted by Peko Mines N.L. was subjected to magnetic separation as received,and after grinding. Approximately 10 per cent of the weight of the concentrate can be rejected as a magnetic fraction which contains five...-
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Mypolonga, Oakbank and Sturt Vale (part of CRA's Murray Basin Project). Final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 7/7/1980 to 20/6/1983.
As part of ongoing exploration of three areas in the western and northern Murray Basin, an open-file data review, in conjunction with the acquisition and interpretation of previous aeromagnetic and gravity data, provided a basis for CRAE's siting of 5...-
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Published: 04 Mar 1983
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Blinman, Maggie Hill, Martins Well, Willippa, Bibliando, Upalinna and Mount Hemming. Quarterly, annual and final reports for the period 14/1/90 to 27/4/96.
Possible intrusive Proterozoic salt bodies beneath the Blinman, Upalinna, Martins Well, Mt Hemming, Willippa and Bibliando Domes were investigated by field mapping, including the construction of measured outcrop stratigraphic sections, seismic...-
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Bunabie. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 18/5/1972 to 17/11/1972.
In a search for carbonate mineral bulk raw materials suitable for use at the BHP Whyalla blast furnace as fluxes in steel-making, 5 exploratory vertical rotary core holes totalling 200 m were drilled on the Nullarbor Plain near the coast and 28 km...-
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Koonalda. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 18/5/1972 to 17/11/1972.
In a search for carbonate mineral bulk raw materials suitable for use at the BHP Whyalla blast furnace as fluxes in steel-making, 5 exploratory vertical rotary core holes totalling 130 m were drilled on the Nullarbor Plain near the coast and south of...-
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Nullarbor. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/5/1972 to 17/11/1972.
In a search for carbonate mineral bulk raw materials suitable for use at the BHP Whyalla blast furnace as fluxes in steel-making, 5 exploratory vertical rotary cored holes totalling 189 m were drilled on the Nullarbor Plain near the coast just west of...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Camel Lake. Annual reports to licence surrender for the period 16/11/2012 to 15/11/2023.
An area located ~ 70 km north-east of Ooldea Siding and 50 km east of Maralinga is being explored for the industrial mineral kaolin, and more particularly its crystallographic form halloysite, which typically occurs as microtubules or nanotubes which...-
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Published: 21 Nov 2023
