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Report on dolomite deposits at the Neales River, north-west of Lake Eyre North, SA.
Geological investigations have delineated a dolomite deposit extending at least 8 miles along the lower Neales River and exposed in its banks. An indicated resource of approximately 20 million tons is estimated to be present. It is considered that...-
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Published: 09 Jan 1970
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RB 00456 Recovery of uranium from anion exchange eluates.
At the commencement of investigations into the chemical extraction of uranium from Radium Rill concentrates, the accented procedure for the elution and precipitation of the uranium after the ion exchange adsorption cycle involved the use of either...-
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RB 67/00028;Amdel 599 Extraction of sulphur from gypsum, part 1.
Background: Australia currently imports about 430 000 tons of elemental sulphur per year, valued at about $12,000,000 in 1966. The sulphur is purchased from Canada, the USA and Mexico. The annual production of elemental sulphur in these three...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1968
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Pernatty Lagoon. First partial surrender report at licence expiry/renewal, for the period 20/7/1973 to 19/7/1975.
Exploration conducted by CSR Ltd for possible economic stratiform base metal deposits in the western part of EL 81 addressed several targets, including Cattle Grid type disconformity - related copper mineralisation, Sweet Nell / MG14 type...-
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Amdel Project : feasibility study into production of magnesia from [Alberrie Creek] dolomite (Stage 2). Progress report no. 3 for the period 5/10/1970 to 2/11/1970.
Report discusses the scope and costing of a calcining and hydration plant designed to produce 100,000 long tons per annum of 95% MgO from dolomite rock feedstock mined at Alberrie Creek, detailing the many input assumptions made in arriving at final...-
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Published: 06 Nov 1970
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Lake Eyre dolomite.
Geological investigations carried out on the Babbage Peninsula at the southern end of Lake Eyre North suggest that an estimated 250 million tons of dolomite, with little or no overburden, is available for mining, and that additional reserves are...-
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SADM / Amdel Project 1/1/87 : Investigations into the future utilisation of the Port Pirie uranium plant - feasibility study on the production of magnesia from local magnesite ore. Progress and final reports for the period 20/8/1965 to 30/6/1966.
A study has been made on the feasibility of using magnesite ore mined from BHP leases in the Port Germein Gorge to produce up to 50 tons per day of high grade magnesia (MgO) using the Bicarbonate Process (ref. US Bureau of Mines, 1946) at the...-
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SADM / Amdel Project 1/1/141 : The significance of biotite in [Musgrave Block] granulite facies rocks. Research report.
The project aim was to determine the petrogenetic significance of biotite found in granulite facies metamorphic rocks from the Kenmore Park and Everard areas of the Musgrave Block, and to provide brief mineralogical data on 92 rock samples to indicate...-
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