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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 76/00146 Geology of Mount Laura, Whyalla, South Australia.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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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 91/00088 Mineral occurrences of the STREAKY BAY 1:250 000 map sheet area.
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Published: 01 Sep 1991
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Charlinga area. Annual technical report for the period ending 22/03/2019.
The Hesso project is located in the Charlinga area approximately 65km North of Port Augusta along the Stuart Highway. The primary mineral target for the Hesso project is kaolin. Historic activities in the area reported occurrences of kaolinite clay in...-
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Published: 09 May 1919
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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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Mount Hope. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/9/1986 to 1/9/1988.
Pre-development feasibility studies of the Mount Hope kaolin deposit, located 75 km north-west from Port Lincoln, gave indications that the kaolin might extend beyond the boundaries of the nine Mineral Leases under which the deposit was held....-
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Published: 25 Jul 1988
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EL 6476 - Kimba area. Annual technical reports for the period 28/02/2020 to surrender 04/05/2023.
Kalotech Pty Ltd (Kalotech) are targeting kaolin type deposits on the Eyre Peninsula within Exploration Licence (EL) 6476. During the reporting period, 28 February 2020 to 27 February 2021, an evaluation of Kaolin Type Deposits within EL 6476 was...-
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EL 6672 - Barna area. Annual technical reports for the period 16/069/2021 to surrender 06/04/2023.
Kalotech Pty Ltd (Kalotech) are targeting kaolin type deposits on the Eyre Peninsula within Exploration Licence (EL) 6672. During the 2021-2022 reporting period, an evaluation of Kaolin Type Deposits within EL 6672 was undertaken [See Env 13289...-
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Economic geology and mineralogy of Birdwood kaolin, South Australia.
White clay is won from 5 pits operated by 3 companies for use in white cement and cream brick manufacture with some as a filler / extender. White clay formed by intensive kaolinization of mica schist and fine grained micaceous quartzite. Irregular...-
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EL 6794 - Pinkawillinie area. Final technical report for the period 05/07/2022 to surrender 04/04/2023.
Exploration licence 6794, White Cloud, is located north-west of Kimba approximately 120 km north of Port Neill and covered an area of 411 square kilometres. Kalotech Pty Ltd were exploring the area for kaolin-type deposits within the Tertiary clay...-
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Published: 09 May 1923
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Lake Gilles, Moonabie. Progress reports for the period 26/1/89 to 30/11/89.
TARGET: Broken Hill-type silver-lead-zinc mineralization in Lower to Middle Proterozoic Hutchison Group metasediments. EXPLORATION: Soil sampling, ground magnetic and IP surveys, and RAB drilling (162 holes totalling 3092 metres). RESULTS: Some weakly...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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Geological investigations of clay, mica and sillimanite occurrences at Williamstown, and evolving mine development plans and alternatives. Progress reports for the period 6/10/1976 to July 1984.
Dataset contains Amdel - derived mineralogical and petrological data on the ore and host rocks, plus the mine operator's reports on its plans to resume and optimize production of the unique ore types known to exist in four current mine pits and their...-
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Report on the Magazine Hill clay, Pandurra area, SA.
The Magazine Hill clay stratum is a weathering product of the black shale facies beds of the Woocalla dolomite and of the siltstones of the Yudnapinna Beds. Some evidence suggests that the stratum was formed during a pre-Marinoan marine regression and...-
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Published: 18 Oct 1974
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Ulooloo. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 29/7/1986 to 6/3/1989.
TARGET: Economic fine-grained, Telfer style gold mineralisation occurring as syngenetic stratabound deposits formed in sedimentary basins during or soon after periods of basin subsidence and instability. The eastern limb of the large, overturned...-
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Published: 22 Feb 1989
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Starvation Creek, Kangaroo Island. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 19/5/1978 to 18/5/1980.
A programme of rotary drilling on Kangaroo Island of 56 shallow exploratory holes for 191 m, conjointly carried out by Comalco on its ELs 396 and 408, was designed to test for possible economic bauxite and low iron bauxite claystone occurrences...-
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RB 72/00080 Investigation of clay (weathered shale) occurrences in the Birdwood area.
White weathered shale in the Birdwood area appears to be associated with north-south trending quartzite ridges. Scout drilling is recommended between quartzite ridges south of the pit in Section 6397, Hundred of Talunga.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1972
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RB 72/00108;Amdel 00853 Investigations of ceramics based on barytes.
Based on earlier published work on barium sulphate-alumina-silica systems, Amdel submitted a proposal to the South Australian Department of Mines to examine the application of these reported methods to South Australian barytes and kaolin. The proposal...-
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Published: 01 May 1972
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RB 73/00004 Investigation of the Anabama copper and molybdenum prospect, Olary Wadnaminga.
Stream sediment sampling, induced polarization surveys and a 44 drill hole rotary drilling program were undertaken over the Anabama Granite. The granite was found to be unmineralized except for greisened portions containing anomalous copper and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1973
