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RB 53/00181 Stansbury limestone lime-making investigations.
Samples of travertine limestone were forwarded by J.A. Bridges of Stansbury to the South Australian Department of Mines for assessment of their suitability as a raw material for the manufacture of hydrated lime. The Mines Department requested the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 51/00071;Amdel 00060 Differential thermal analysis of natural limestones and mixtures of limestone with various materials.
The method of differential thermal analysis was used to examine various naturally occurring limestones, mixtures of limestone with various minerals and clays, chemically precipitated mixtures of calcium carbonate and hydrated silica, and calcium...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1960
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RB 52/00134 Amdel 00069 Utilization of South Australian phosphate deposits.
Summary of deposits, products, methods of producing phosphorus and phosphoric acid and production costs. All reserves are low grade and unsuitable for super phosphate, but probably amenable to electrothermal reduction for phosphoric acid. Tests on...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1961
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RB 77/00084;Amdel 01174 SADM/Amdel Project no. 1/1/198. Mintaro slate.
Late in 1976, the Mintaro Slate and Flagstone Company approached the South Australian Department of Mines seeking assistance to enable it to improve the efficiency of its operation and so enable it to operate more profitably in the face of competition...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1977
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RB 77/00097;Amdel 01178 Production of hydrogen fluoride.
South Australia has been proposed as a possible location for a uranium enrichment plant. The process considered most attractive for enrichment is the centrifuge process, which uses uranium hexafluoride, UF, as a feed material. Existing technology...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1977
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Olary (part of the Braemar Iron Project). Annual reports to licence expiry/cancellation, for the period 20/9/2010 to 19/9/2015.
A licence area in the Olary district comprising three separate sub-blocks has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore occurrences within partly concealed Neoproterozoic bedrock. The subject ground was taken up by Wentworth Metals...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Outalpa. Annual reports for the period 9/7/2013 to 8/7/2018.
An area comprising three sub-blocks that cover most of the western side of the Outalpa Inlier in the Olary district was initially explored for possible buried epigenetic White Dam style primary gold mineralisation. In 2015, with a change of licence...-
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Razorback Ridge. First partial surrender report, for the period 7/5/2015 to 6/5/2018.
A small licence area centred ~ 28 km south-southeast of Yunta which consists of two separate sub-blocks is being explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial tillitic/siltstone strata of the...-
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Coober Pedy. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/11/2016 to 31/10/2019.
A large area situated on the north-eastern side of the Stuart Range, comprising three separate sub-blocks that taken together are centred ~20 km north of Coober Pedy township, has been explored for possible economic near-surface accumulations of the...-
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Outalpa [Siding - West]. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 20/6/2019.
A licence area centred ~25 km west of Olary township has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial tillitic/siltstone strata of the Neoproterozoic Braemar Ironstone, beneath sparse...-
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Coober Pedy. First partial surrender report, for the period 1/11/2016 to 31/10/2018.
An area located immediately east and north-east of Coober Pedy is being explored for possible economic near-surface accumulations of the evaporite industrial mineral epsomite. Historic drilling and costeaning in this area performed by CRA Exploration...-
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Braemar. First partial surrender report, for the period 30/4/2015 to 29/4/2018.
A small licence area centred ~ 55 km south-east of Nackara, which consists of three separate sub-blocks, is being explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial tillitic/siltstone strata of...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Tootla. Annual reports for the period 6/6/2009 to 13/10/2015.
During the 2009-2010 reporting year, Great Southern Kaolin Pty Ltd (GSK)'s activities comprised: - commissioning the pilot plant at the fabrication site in Kingaroy, Qld, in May-June 2010, and processing about 2 t of kaolinised granite through it to...-
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Braemar. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 20/6/2019.
A small licence area centred ~ 55 km south-east of Nackara, which consisted of three separate sub-blocks, has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial tillitic/siltstone strata of...-
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Olary. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 16/7/2019.
A licence area which consists of three separate sub-blocks located ~45 km WNW and ~5 km and 35 km ENE of Olary township has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial...-
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Outalpa [Siding - East]. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 20/6/2019.
A licence area centred ~5 km WSW of Olary township has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial tillitic/siltstone strata of the Neoproterozoic Braemar Ironstone, beneath sparse but...-
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Bindarrah. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 30/4/2015 to 16/7/2019.
A licence area which consists of two separate small sub-blocks located ~35 km NE of Olary township has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial tillitic/siltstone strata of the...-
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Razorback Ridge. Annual reports to licence forfeiture/cancellation, for the period 7/5/2015 to 20/6/2019.
A small licence area centred ~ 28 km south-southeast of Yunta, which consists of two separate sub-blocks, has been explored for possible economic stratabound iron ore mineralisation that could occur within buried glacial tillitic/siltstone strata of...-
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Lake Torrens - Port Augusta and Point Paterson areas. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 26/11/1977 to 30/11/1979.
SALT MINING STUDY: Field tests on the feasibility of Lake Torrens salt production to supply raw material for the planned Redcliff Petrochemical Project were continued, with project planning technical data demonstrations given to visiting officials of...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Poochera Industrial Minerals Project. Annual reportS, for the period 1/9/2015 to 31/8/2018.
Exploration activity on Exploration Licences 5016 (Whichelby), 5308 (Mount Hall), 5398 (Sceales), 5787 (Yanerbie) and 5814 (Tootla) is focused on gypsum and kaolin deposits. The tenements are grouped in the Poochera Project Amalgamated Expenditure...-
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