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RB 84/00012 Clay and sand resources, One Tree Hill.
Drilling has indicated reserves of 166 000 tonnes of white plastic clay and 35 000 tonnes of discoloured plastic clay and inferred reserves of 150 000 tonnes, overlain by 0.9 million tonnes of sand, mostly suitable for fill, but some for concrete or...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1984
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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 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
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SADM/Amdel Project CE 1/1/104 : Investigation of the properties of an imported clay refractory brick, and of the possible scope for its local manufacture using South Australian clay. Progress reports 1 and 2 for the period January-April 1968.
A lightweight insulating refractory brick designed for electric furnace linings, made by the firm Babcox and Wilcocks in the United States, was examined by Amdel to determine its physical and chemical properties, with a view to reproducing an...-
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Published: 26 Apr 1968
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RB 33/00082 Williamstown clay mine - report on a further inspection of the Warren refractory shale.
The mine was visited on Wednesday May 21st to select sites for drilling the cream clay shale known as the Warren Refractory Shale, so that a better estimation or reserves of this material might be calculated.-
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Published: 22 May 1952
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Mount Crawford. Progress reports to licence surrender for the period 29/1/1970 to 28/1/1971.
61 shallow exploratory drillholes were completed in two of nine areas within the lease where it was considered that drilling might uncover additional shallowly buried resources of good quality kaolin. Nine of these holes encountered useable kaolin.-
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1998 Mount Painter area HyMap survey. Mineral maps Data Package.
HyVista Corporation was contracted by PIRSA during July 2012 to process HyMap airborne hyperspectral scanner data acquired over the Mount Painter region of SA on 28/3/1998. The nominal pixel size acquired was 4.5 m x 4.5 m, within a surveyed area of...-
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Geological report on the Birdwood clay and silica quarry.
Burra Group metasedimentary argillite and quartzite beds outcropping 3 km north of Birdwood, which have been altered during a Tertiary deep weathering event, are excavated by the licensee to produce refractory and other industrial raw materials....-
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Published: 20 Oct 1975
