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Assessment of data on Mount Hope kaolin.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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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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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 51/00144 Cromer C white clay deposit. Sections 136, 143 and 154 Hundred Para Wirra - County Adelaide.
The Cromer-C clay deposit consists of three groups of workings extending over 1¼ miles in fractured greywacke rooks of the Kanmantoo Group of sediments. The white clay is derived from kaolinisation of the original sediments possibly due to hydro...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 55/00129 Imbitcha clay deposit.
Imbitcha clay deposit occurs in marine Cretaceous shales which have been incorporated in the basal mottled zone of a laterite profile. Reserves may total millions of tons, but problems of extraction and the alunite content of the clay probably make it...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 57/00023;Amdel 00263 White clay deposit, Salt Creek, Cowell. Beneficiation tests.
Wet processed china clay rock is suitable as filler in paper manufacture and, with further reduction in grit content, for coating paper. Dry processed clay not bright enough for paper manufacture.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1963
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RB 57/00047A Mineral fillers and pigments. Progress report 25th to 30th June, 1963.
At the request of the South Australian Department of Mines a survey of current Australian usage of mineral fillers and pigments was made. The survey was intended to determine the consumptions and specifications typical of various industries and to...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1963
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RB 57/00047;Amdel 00266 Fillers and pigments. Survey of industry.
At the request of the South Australian Government Department of Mines a survey was made of current Australian usage of mineral fillers and pigments. The survey was intended to determine the consumption and specification typical of various industries...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1963
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RB 57/00084;Amdel 00290 Investigation of white clay deposit, Salt Creek, near Cowell - SA Ceramic Properties.
2 beneficiated samples were tested. Wet processed sample suitable for ceramic whiteware and refractory clay, and if more finely washed, may be suitable in high grade paper manufacture. Dry processed clay has unsuitable ceramic properties.-
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Published: 01 Oct 1963
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RB 57/00088 White clay deposit, secn 87 Hd Miltalie (22/11/1963).
Recoverable reserves of quartz-kaolin rock have been proved by auger drilling to amount to 20,000 cubic, covered by 4,000 cubic yards of overburden. The clay occurs in a bedded sequence of Precambrian rocks and prospecting around a regional syncline...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 58/00013 Prospecting for white clay deposits - County Jervois (21/1/1964).
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 42/00066 Ardrossan (Pine Point) clay deposit (22/3/1956).
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 42/00065 Williamstown (Mount Crawford) clay deposit.
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 42/00053 Ardrossan (Pine Point) clay deposit. Progress report (9/3/1956).
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 44/00082 White clay deposit, Ardrossan, Pine Point (8/5/1957).
The attempted development of the Pine Point white clay for industrial use is described, including percussion boring in 1950 and 1956. The 1956 programme, though not completed because no sale can be found for the clay, shows that approximately 50,000...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 43/00053 White clay deposit, Hundred of Miltalie.
The deposit of clay situated on the northern bank of Salt Creek was first recorded by Departmental Prospector, A.S. Giles, in September, 1949. A twenty acre Claim was pegged by the claimholder in 1951 after a proclamation made this land available for...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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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 76/00146 Geology of Mount Laura, Whyalla, South Australia.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 87/00119 Dudley pegmatite - Preliminary investigation for kaolin, feldspar, silica and gem tourmaline (section 79, Hundred Dudley).
The Dudley pegmatite, located 10.5 km south-east of Penneshaw, was worked during the 1890s and early 1900s for gem tourmaline, ceramic-grade feldspar and silica, and kaolin for brickmaking. The pegmatite outcrop strikes in a north-easterly direction...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1987
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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
