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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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RB 91/00086 Mineral occurrences of the YARDEA 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] : 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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Whichelby (part of the Poochera Kaolin Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/9/2012 to 17/9/2022.
The Great White Kaolin Project (previously the Poochera Kaolin Project), until recently, comprised four Exploration Licences operated by Andromeda Industrial Minerals Pty Ltd, namely, EL 6096 Whichelby, EL 6202 Mount Hall, EL 6426 Mount Cooper and EL...-
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Published: 03 Dec 1922
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Poochera Industrial Minerals Project. Annual reportS, for the period 1/9/2015 to 31/8/2018.
Exploration activity on Exploration Licences 5016 (Whichelby), 5308 (Mount Hall), 5398 (Sceales), 5787 (Yanerbie) and 5814 (Tootla) is focused on gypsum and kaolin deposits. The tenements are grouped in the Poochera Project Amalgamated Expenditure...-
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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 72/00108;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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Port Lincoln - Kimba area. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/11/1967 to 31/10/1969.
The possible areal extent and potential in-ground resources of secondary kaolin developed from deep lateritic weathering of Early Proterozoic basement rocks on central-eastern Eyre Peninsula were investigated by the licensee, with a view to obtaining...-
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Monarto. Combined first annual/final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 21/6/2011 to 20/6/2012.
As part of a continuing search for kaolin of suitable quality for use in cement manufacture, the licensee commissioned Johnson Geological Services to investigate any areas that have a well developed weathered horizon overlying fresh granite bedrock....-
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RB 2000/00013 Australian Clay Minerals Society Inc. 17th Biennial Conference, Adelaide, 10-12 April 2000: Field Guide for post-conference tour, 13-14 April 2000 - Yorke Peninsula clays and carbonates, copper mines, desert loam soils and mangroves.
This tour is concerned with aspects of the soils, geology, landforms, clays and mining on Yorke Peninsula, and likewise for the northern Adelaide Plains which are separated from the Peninsula by Gulf St Vincent. Both of these regions are among the...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2000
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RB 2009/00006 Alteration mapping - HyLogger workshop, course manual, ASEG 09.
HyLogging systems, and the PIMA and ASD field spectrometers (Terraspec, Labspec and Fieldspec), are a generation of analysis instruments which provide rapid and cost effective data on sample mineralogy and on mineral characteristics. Spectral...-
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Published: 26 Feb 2009
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Marble Range. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 10/2/1972 to 9/2/1973.
A kaolin deposit located 30 miles north-northwest of Port Lincoln is being appraised for its economic potential as a source of paper-coating clay. A geological consultant's investigations of newly acquired drillhole samples of the kaolin indicated...-
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Mount Crawford clay deposits. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 1/3/1968 to 28/2/1970.
As part of the evaluation of a known occurrence of possibly pegmatite-related, kaolinised Cambrian talcose sandstone in the Mount Crawford area, located about 35 miles north-east of Adelaide, 74 scout auger drillholes were sunk, 25 separated clay...-
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Published: 15 Jan 1969
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Calca [part of CML's Poochera Project]. First partial surrender report, for the period 12/7/1993 to 11/7/1997.
Exploration for kaolin, gold and base metals in the Colley Hill - Witera area, centred 40 km south-east of Streaky Bay, comprised aircore drilling (23 holes, total 379 m) and calcrete geochemical sampling on a regional 1 km x 1 km grid. Despite the...-
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Published: 08 Aug 1997
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Kimba. Final progress/summary report to licence surrender, for the period October 1969 to April 1972.
In an area located immediately south of Kimba, continued exploration of strongly kaolinised metasediments and igneous rocks for deposits of kaolin that could possibly be suitable as paper fillers and coaters has comprised drilling, costeaning,...-
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Poondana Rock. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 23/5/1973 to 22/11/1974.
Reports present drilling logs and laboratory testing analytical data for clay samples taken from the occurrences near Mount Sturt, aimed at finding material of commercial paper coating grade in economic quantities. No firm conclusions have been...-
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Published: 21 Nov 1974
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Mount Crawford kaolin/silica deposit. Mining feasibility study and related technical appraisal reports for the period 1/3/1968 to 28/2/1970.
The white clay deposit examined at Mount Crawford appears to be an attractive prospect for producing paper-coating grade raw kaolin material, but it has been inadequately tested to date. Although at least 239 drillholes aggregating 7395 feet have been...-
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Agnes Creek. Final report for the period 7/5/1970 to 6/11/1970.
Contains a brief reconnaissance geological report on basement and cover rocks of the eastern Musgrave Ranges which are exposed in an area on De Rose Hill Station. Kennecott targeted photo linears that might reflect mafic/ultramafic dyke complexes...-
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