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RB 60/00013 Phosphate investigation - reconnaissance sampling of Cambrian shales, Co. Hindmarsh.
Reconnaissance sampling of the Cambrian Heatherdale Shale and its equivalents further south showed only minor concentrations of phosphate.-
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Published: 18 Jan 1965
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RB 60/00090 Middle River Dam, Kangaroo Island. Proposed quarry for concrete aggregate. Geological investigation, 4th May 1965, report.
A possible quarrying site for concrete aggregate, within Upper Cambrian quartzites exposed in a cliff located half a mile downstream from the Middle River Dam site, was previously described briefly in the progress report on Middle River Dam dated...-
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Published: 07 May 1965
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RB 80/00044 Limestone and dolomite deposits, Port Wakefield area. Report no. 1 - Review and reconnaissance sampling, Hundred of Kulpara - Electricity Trust of SA.
The Electricity Trust of South Australia requires a source of high grade limestone or dolomite to be used in the planned industrial firing process for brown coal from the Wakefield coal deposit. A SADME survey of available literature, supplemented by...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1980
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Angaston. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/7/1991 to 21/1/1992.
TARGET: Marble resources in the Angaston area which might be suitable to use as raw material for soda ash manufacture. EXPLORATION: Detailed geological mapping [some scale(s) given] and surface rock chip geochemical sampling (22) of various deposits....-
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Published: 20 Mar 1992
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Early origin of dolomite in Early Cambrian carbonates on Yorke Peninsula, western margin of Stansbury Basin, South Australia.
This study has shown that significant dolomite formation has occurred during early diagenetic stages in the Early Cambrian carbonate sequence of Yorke Peninsula. Relict depositional textures indicate that the sequence consists of tidal flat...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1994
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Report on a preliminary examination of the "Heatherdale" phosphate deposits at Myponga.
A geological consultancy's initial assessment of the previously worked basal Cambrian rock phosphate occurrence near Myponga has indicated that promising mineral-rich horizons may exist over considerable widths (to at least 300 feet) on the...-
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Reports on the Rapid Bay limestone deposit, for the period 1956 to 1958.
This Cambrian marble deposit, which has been quarried by BHP since August 1942 to supply metallurgical fluxes to its Whyalla Steelworks, has recently been surveyed, mapped at 1:1200 scale and sampled through its entire extent to determine stone grades...-
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RB 00765 Curramulka limestone deposits, Yorke Peninsula. Drilling completion report - Site 2.
2 diamond drillholes (total 518 feet) and 22 air holes (total 1851 feet) have indicated the presence of 28.5 million tons of Lower Cambrian limestone containing over 85% calcium carbonate in a bed dipping at about 10 degrees southwards, and below...-
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Published: 01 May 1900
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RB 00764 Curramulka limestone deposits, Yorke Peninsula. Drilling completion report - Site 1.
3 diamond boreholes (total 737 feet) and 8 air holes (total 1122 feet) were drilled in the Lower Cambrian Parara Limestone, half a mile south-west of Curramulka, to investigate the availability of commercial quality resources of limestone. Recovered...-
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Published: 01 May 1900
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RB 00763 Report on dolomite deposit, Hundred of Kulpara, County Daly.
In a search for metallurgical dolomite with a specified grade of 45% CaCO3, and 45% MgCO3, an angled diamond drill hole was sunk in examination. The hole was continued into the underlying Cambrian and Proterozoic sediments to test for base metal...-
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Published: 01 May 1900
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RB 67/00085 Minlaton stratigraphic no. 2 borehole, Yorke Peninsula. Drilling completion report.
This borehole was drilled to a total depth of 321 ft. 4 ins., and a complete cored section was obtained of the lower part of the Middle Cambrian Ramsay Limestone and of the Lower Cambrian Red Bed Clastics, in which thin bands of gypsum had been...-
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Published: 07 Nov 1968
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RB 63/00007 Dolomite deposit at Kulpara.
Cambrian, Kulpara Limestone Formation (?) dolomite, overlain by kunkar limestone and red sandy clay has been diamond drilled and mapped by stadia survey. Results of laboratory testing and petrographic analysis are included. Reserves are estimated at...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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Melton. Progress reports to licence surrender, for the period 21/7/1980 to 24/5/1989.
A small area located about 20 km north-west of Port Wakefield was taken under licence by ETSA to try to secure limestone/dolomite material of suitable quality and in sufficient quantity to provide chemical additives for aiding the process of...-
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Published: 20 Apr 1989
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Kapunda (latterly part of the Adelaide Hills Project). Annual reports for the period 12/3/2007 to 27/4/2013.
During 2007, Luzenac Australia Pty Ltd (Luzenac), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto Pty Limited, entered into an Option Agreement with Flinders Diamonds to explore for commercial grade talc deposits over part of its EL 3064 situated in the...-
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Published: 06 May 1913
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RB 18/00191 Dr H.G. Raggatt, Geological Adviser, Census Building, Canberra City, Australian Capital Territory. Phosphate rock.
There is no abstract created for this record-
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Published: 27 Jan 1942
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Exploration Licence 253 Ardrossan SA. Final report.
One diamond drillhole tested for dolomite near Ardrossan Quarry. Metallurgical grade dolomite was intersected from 84 metres to end of hole at 91 metres.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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Port Pirie. Progress report to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 1/10/1968 to 31/3/1969.
Field inspection and the assaying of 20 drainage samples of possible zinc silicate - bearing Lower Cambrian archaeocyathid limestone outcrops, in a small area located 8-12 miles west and north-west of Wakefield, failed to identify any such deposits or...-
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Published: 28 Jan 1969
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Cape Jervis, Aldinga and Quorn. Combined progress report to licences' expiry/full surrender for the period 23/9/1968 to 6/4/1969.
Field inspection and the assaying of 207 drainage samples of possible zinc silicate - bearing Lower Cambrian archaeocyathid limestone outcrops, taken from two areas located on the western Fleurieu Peninsula and also from another area a few miles north...-
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Published: 30 Jan 1969
