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RB 86/00027 Aluminosilicates of the Olary region.
37 thin sections were examined and 3 specimens selected as possibly indicating potential ore deposits. Uncertainty is introduced by extreme variability of the material. The selected specimens contain andalusite as major aluminosilicate mineral. No...-
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Published: 01 May 1986
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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 86/00050 Radium Hill kyanite deposits. A review of history, tenure, geology and laboratory testing.
Kyanite has been concentrated in early to middle Proterozoic Willyama Supergroup regionally metamorphosed mica kyanite schist by late stage contact metamorphic recrystallization. Based on 1950 - 1963 investigations for refractory grade material,...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1986
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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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Echunga. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 20/10/1982 to 7/5/1984.
In a search for possible buried kimberlite intrusions that may source authenticated historical diamond finds at the Echunga gold diggings, CRAE drilled 3 vertical percussion holes (total penetration 288 m) on 3 selected magnetic anomalies out of 30...-
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Published: 31 Jan 1984
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Geological investigations of clay, mica and sillimanite occurrences at Williamstown, and evolving mine development plans and alternatives. Progress reports for the period 6/10/1976 to July 1984.
Dataset contains Amdel - derived mineralogical and petrological data on the ore and host rocks, plus the mine operator's reports on its plans to resume and optimize production of the unique ore types known to exist in four current mine pits and their...-
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SML 420 Olary district SA. Report on 4 prospects.
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Published: 01 Jan 1971
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RB 00558 Beneficiation of kyanite ore from the Radium Hill district.
Report on preliminary investigations to determine suitable treatment methods for producing a kyanite concentrate of a marketable grade for refractory purposes.-
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RB 00671 Kyanite deposits of the Radium Hill area.
Deposits of the mineral kyanite (Al2 Si05), long known in the vicinity of Radium Hill, have been examined and re-sampled in order to assess their possible economic value. There are six known deposits of which three offer prospects of moderate...-
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RB 00337 Mineralogy of samples from Tallaringa bore.
Drill cuttings samples taken from the depth interval 102 to 173 feet KB in the SADM Tallaringa (water) bore were separated into light and heavy mineral fractions and these were examined microscopically. The sediments studied can be divided into two...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1900
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RB 62/00040 Heavy mineral sands, Kangaroo Island (11/2/1966).
Beach sands of Recent age which have accumulated in shallow water adjacent to the present shore of Morrison Beach, Kangaroo Island, have a heavy mineral content of 0.31%. The recently completed drilling programme has defined a sequence of fine to...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 29/00058 Kyanite deposit 2.5 mile north from Radium Hill.
The most promising of three newly discovered kyanite deposits located near Radium Hill has been examined to ascertain its readiness of access, deposit morphology, probable ore grade, possible recoverable tonnage from opening up five orebody masses,...-
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Published: 17 Jan 1951
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RB 2003/00011 Metamorphic investigation of the Palaeoproterozoic metasediments of the Willyama Inliers, southern Curnamona Province, South Australia.
The deformed metasediments of the South Australian Willyama Inliers (in the southern Curnamona geological province) preserve petrologic evidence of a complex and protracted metamorphic history. To assist with unravelling this history, there currently...-
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Published: 01 Oct 2003
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Radium Hill area. Progress reports and technical reports for the period 15/4/1966 to January 1967.
During the reporting period, field work comprising brief geological, geochemical and geophysical surveys, plus a limited programme of percussion drilling (2 holes for 320 feet), was undertaken across the licence to evaluate known deposits of kyanite,...-
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Published: 08 Feb 1967
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RB 00691 SADM / Amdel Project 1/1/40 : Beneficiation of kyanite [derived from the] Radium Hill [district]. Final report.
In April 1963, the South Australian Government's Department of Mines requested that an investigation be done into the feasibility and economics of beneficiating low-grade kyanite ore obtainable from the Olary Province. It was envisaged that the...-
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Published: 07 Jun 1963
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Kangaroo Island. Progress reports to SML 23, SML 46 and SML 61 licences' expiry/renewal, for the periods 27/9/1956 to 26/9/1957 and 1/12/1962 to 11/5/1964.
TARGET: Heavy minerals in beach sands and dunes. EXPLORATION: Hand auger drilling, heavy mineral analysis and mineralogy. RESULTS: A number of zircon, rutile and kyanite - bearing sand lenses were identified within the beach facies, but they are...-
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Published: 11 Mar 1964
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Distribution of kyanite in the magnetic fractions of a table concentrate from a kyanite-bearing schist from the Radium Hill area, SA [Attachment 1 of SML 106 first progress report to January 1967].
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Northern Kangaroo Island. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 1/12/1967 to 30/11/1968.
Laboratory beneficiation feasibility tests have been conducted on a 250 lb bulk sample of known heavy mineral - bearing beach sands which were taken from nearshore dunes located along the northern coastline of Kangaroo Island at Nepean Bay. It was...-
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Published: 28 Oct 1968
