Nilpena deposits comprise no. 1 and 2 lodes and Jim Crowe lode on the western flank of the Flinders Ranges. The no. 1 and 2 lodes cross cut Brachina Formation on the western limb of the Nuccaleena Dome, whereas Jim Crowe lode has been emplaced along...

Production totals 9 581 tonnes to end of 1983. Remaining barite is ferruginous or thin requiring extensive mine development.

Includes Palaeontological report on Nilpena limestone. Appendix 3 in: Leeson, B.

Rocks belonging to the upper part of the Adelaide System and the overlying Cambrian, outcrop in the eastern part of the Beltana area in the Nuccaleena Dome, and form the basement underlying the more recent sediments to the west. In the central and...