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RB 37/00155 Flint deposits, County Grey (16/7/1954).
For at least the past forty years the flint deposits occurring on the lower south east coast of South Australia have been worked to supply a comparatively limited Australian demand for flint pebbles as a grinding medium in the mining and paint...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 38/00009 Duricrust silica for high-quality refractory bricks, near Oodnadatta.
The C.S.I.R.O Division of Industrial Chemistry, Melbourne, expressed interest in the possibility that some of the duricrustal material in the north of South Australia might compare favorably with the South African "silcrete" which has successfully...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 84/00102 Silica sand deposits near Lake Alexandrina.
4 Quaternary silica sand deposits were assessed by 47 auger holes. The deposits comprise backshore dunes marginal to the lake and are a potential source of replenishment sand for metropolitan beaches. Only 1 deposit is mined at present, Nalpa no. 1...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1984
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RB 78/00154 Stuart Creek agate deposit.
Agate or banded chert nodules weather out of the Cambrian Andamooka Limestone over an area of several square kilometres south of the Stuart Creek Opal field. In places the agate nodules are concentrated into extensive deflation lag gravels. Banding is...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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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 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 89/00074 Industrial and non metallic minerals - Operations in South Australia.
This data package discusses mining and processing operations of the major non metallic and industrial mineral commodities in South Australia and is of interest to those in the industry and to manufacturers and suppliers of a range of machinery and...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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Woomera and Wirrappa. Annual reports and first joint annual report, plus final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 14/1/2013 to 13/11/2018.
Two adjacent areas located immediately south and east of Woomera township were taken up to search for possible buried economic stratabound deposits of copper or other metals that may have formed in the Neoproterozoic and Mesoproterozoic cover sequence...-
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Published: 07 Jan 1919
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Cooltong. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/8/2016 to 3/8/2020.
A very small area centred ~10 km west of Renmark, and adjacent to the River Murray, has been explored for possible extensions to a recently discovered occurrence of high purity (>90% SiO2) semi-consolidated quartz sand that was found in September...-
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Published: 08 Oct 1920
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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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Antechamber Bay. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 27/11/1986 to 26/11/1989.
TARGET: Evaluation of the gemstone tourmaline and kaolin clay potential of the Dudley Pegmatite on Kangaroo Island. It is believed that this known occurrence of coloured tourmaline is one of only two locations in Australia which have produced...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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Kyancutta. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 6/9/1985 to 5/9/1986.
Marketable quality gypsum was the major commodity sought in Recent salt lakes and marginal dunes of a large swamp in the Kyancutta area. Reconnaissance mapping, plus hand or power auger drill sampling of the near-surface sediments, has identified...-
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RB 69/00131 Report on clay and silica deposit, secn 7 Hd Belvidere, Co. Light - S.E. Smith.
Samples of friable white sandstone from two auger drill holes have been analysed and shown to be suitable for glass manufacture after removal of approximately 20% kaolin. White clay underlying the sandstone is worth further exploration.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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RB 65/00019 Raw materials for tile manufacture.
Ceramic white ware bodies have been developed successfully on a laboratory scale using samples of local clays, talc and silica. Proposals are being examined to manufacture wall tiles and other ceramic products at Port Pirie. Aspects of the occurrence,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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RB 75/00006 Introduction to laboratory testing, characterisation and evaluation of industrial minerals and rocks.
'Industrial minerals' are those minerals or assemblages of minerals which are economically important because of their physical or chemical properties, rather than their metal or energy content. The term is synonymous with 'non-metallic minerals', and...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1974
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RB 75/00068 Longwood clay deposits, County Adelaide, Hundred Noarlunga, sections 326, 327, 328, 331, 332, 333, ML 2754 - Bradbury Industries.
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 74/00040 Silica, SA. In: Knight, C.L. (Ed.) - Economic geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea. 4. Industrial mineral and rocks.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 2007/00022 [South Australian earth] resources production [statistics] for the 6 month [period] ended [30] June 2007.
This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 30 June 2007, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...-
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Published: 01 Nov 2007
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RB 2016/00003 South Australian mineral resource production statistics for the six month [period] ended 30 June 2015.
This report presents detailed industry-derived statistics on the State's output and sales values of earth resource commodities realised during the six month period ended 30 June 2015, and compares the data with that returned for the previous six...-
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Published: 01 Mar 2016
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RB 2012/00011 South Australian mineral resources production statistics for the six month [period] ended 31st December 2011.
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Published: 01 May 2012
