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Lake Greenly area [Mount Hope kaolin deposit]. Progress and final reports to licence renewal for the period 30/3/1973 to 29/9/1974.
Appraisal of a newly discovered large deposit of kaolin, found in the near surface regolith to Archaean basement on two farms situated 7 km south of Mount Hope on southern Eyre Peninsula, has consisted of further air/rotary drilling (35 holes, total...-
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Anabama Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/11/1980 to 6/11/1982.
In order to further test a large Delamerian granite pluton for its potential to host an economic porphyry molybdenum deposit of the Climax, Colorado type (following initial exploratory drilling and IP surveys that had been carried out by the SA...-
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Amdel reports on the physical and mineralogical properties of white clay samples taken from a core cut in Kalabity drillhole K59.
Clay sample CE3989 has a brightness that is well below the requirements for a paper coating clay (85% or greater). Bleaching of the - 2 micron clay fraction increased the brightness to filler grade requirements (75-85%). Clay sample CE4008 has a...-
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Published: 20 Apr 1972
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RB 60/00101 Reconnaissance for scheelite deposits in the Sir Joseph Banks Group of islands (undertaken during January and March 1964).
In the Sir Joseph Banks Group of southern Spencer Gulf offshore islands, outcropping Archaean arenaceous, arkosic and calcareous sedimentary rocks appear to have been folded and granitised prior to the deposition of the Adelaidean System sedimentary...-
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Published: 21 May 1965
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RB 84/00065 Draft report, Williamstown industrial mineral deposits. Geology of kaolin sillimanite muscovite deposits, near Williamstown, Hd Barossa, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Aust.
This report presents a comprehensive summary of the results of considerable geological, survey and beneficiation work which has been carried out at four mines. The mined deposits have been formed in Burra Group schists and gneisses that constitute the...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1984
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RB 83/00058 Williamstown kaolin-sillimanite-mica deposits.
Report describes these unusual mineral deposits which are currently the only source in Australia of refractory grade sillimanite and filler grade mica.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1983
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RB 78/00017 Non metallic minerals and the future.
South Australia has been a traditional source of non metallic minerals. Those minerals currently being mined that offer scope for expansion is – Barite – In pigments, drilling muds, the manufacture of barium chemicals and for medical purposes...-
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Published: 20 Feb 1978
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RB 88/00090 Report on the 11th Biennial Conference, Australian Clay Minerals Society, Brisbane 29-31 August, 1988 and text of paper presented on the origin and economic geology of Birdwood Kaolin, South Australia.
Kaolin deposits at Birdwood, 48 km NE of Adelaide, are a commercial source of well-crystallized kaolinite formed in medium-grade metamorphic rocks equated with Saddleworth Formation of Adelaidean age. The kaolin appears to have formed by weathering...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1988
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RB 97/00051 Poona copper mine, Moonta, South Australia - Investigation of alteration mineralogy using short-wave infrared analysis.
The Poona Copper Mine on northern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, was worked from 1988-92 on an extension of the original Poona lode, a narrow, shear-hosted copper sulphide vein deposit in Moonta Porphyry of Mesoproterozoic age. The orebody is...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1997
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RB 90/00007 Industrial minerals in South Australia. Current operations and future trends.
Established producers have taken advantage of export opportunities for gypsum, salt and dolomite. New developments include a graphite processing plant at the former Uley Graphite Mine and trial mining of micaceous iron oxide for pigments. Proposals...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1990
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RB 93/00056 Tenth International Clay Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, July 1993. Guidebook for the F3 field tour of Adelaide Hills kaolin (deposits).
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Published: 01 Jul 1993
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RB 91/00008 Birdwood kaolin deposit - Results of investigations on kaolin rheology and gold distribution in the weathered zone. (Adelaide Brighton Cement Ltd).
Two bulk samples from high-grade kaolin zones in ABC Ltd South and ABC Ltd North pits were taken to test the suitability of the <2um size fraction for use as a coating clay. The samples gave a relatively high yield of <2um size particles which...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1990
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RB 96/00016 Review of mineral exploration - CHILDARA region.
Mineral exploration on CHILDARA 1:250 000 geological map sheet was reviewed from SADME open file Envelopes, to complement an overview of regional prospectivity supported via the recent acquisition of high quality aeromagnetic data and a compilation by...-
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Published: 01 May 1996
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Cocunda and Calca (Poochera Kaolin Project). Progress reports, annual reports, and final reports to licences' full surrender, for the period 12/5/1986 to 28/3/2002.
Kaolin, derived mainly from deep weathering of Hiltaba Suite granites, was the principal target of exploration in the area south and south-west from Poochera, near Streaky Bay on western Eyre Peninsula. Following a review made of historic drillhole...-
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Mikkira (south-west of Port Lincoln). Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 2/3/1981 to 27/10/1987.
Exploration for graphite primarily, and secondarily for BIF-associated massive base metal sulphides, in the area surrounding the historic Uley graphite mine situated 15 km west south-west of Port Lincoln, initially comprised an airborne reconnaissance...-
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Published: 30 Oct 1987
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SADM/ Amdel Project no. 1/1/100: Evaluation of South Australian clays [for their physical and chemical properties]. Progress reports 1 to 37 for the period August 1966 to May 1983.
Includes all clay mineral analytical data presently available on the "Australian Clay Register", as developed by the CSIRO with sponsorship from the Commonwealth's Department of National Development, the Bureau of Mineral Resources, and the South...-
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Published: 17 May 1983
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Lipson Cove. Annual reports for the period 29/9/2009 to 28/9/2014.
An area in the Cowell Hills centred ~20 km north of Tumby Bay on eastern Eyre Peninsula was taken up primarily to explore and evaluate known talc and graphite occurrences, but the grant licensee's initial review of previous exploration data revealed...-
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Published: 12 Dec 1914
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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 1923
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Whichelby. Annual reports for the period 18/9/2012 to 17/9/2015.
An area centred ~20 km east of Streaky Bay is being explored for bulk commodity industrial minerals deposits including gypsum and kaolin. The Carey’s Well kaolin deposit (Measured Resource 16.3 Mt of “bright white” kaolinised granite) is located ~8 km...-
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Published: 08 Feb 1916
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Mount Magnificent. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 30/9/1968 to 29/12/1968.
Fourteen shallow auger holes to 30 feet deep were drilled in the Mount Magnificent area to test an occurrence of kaolinised sand which might suit as raw material for refractory ceramic manufacture. Laboratory sieve analyses and clay silica...-
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