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Lake Greenly area [Mount Hope kaolin deposit]. Progress and final reports to licence renewal for the period 30/3/1973 to 29/9/1974.
Appraisal of a newly discovered large deposit of kaolin, found in the near surface regolith to Archaean basement on two farms situated 7 km south of Mount Hope on southern Eyre Peninsula, has consisted of further air/rotary drilling (35 holes, total...-
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RB 57/00023;Amdel 00263 White clay deposit, Salt Creek, Cowell. Beneficiation tests.
Wet processed china clay rock is suitable as filler in paper manufacture and, with further reduction in grit content, for coating paper. Dry processed clay not bright enough for paper manufacture.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1963
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RB 89/00074 Industrial and non metallic minerals - Operations in South Australia.
This data package discusses mining and processing operations of the major non metallic and industrial mineral commodities in South Australia and is of interest to those in the industry and to manufacturers and suppliers of a range of machinery and...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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Cocunda and Calca (Poochera Kaolin Project). Progress reports, annual reports, and final reports to licences' full surrender, for the period 12/5/1986 to 28/3/2002.
Kaolin, derived mainly from deep weathering of Hiltaba Suite granites, was the principal target of exploration in the area south and south-west from Poochera, near Streaky Bay on western Eyre Peninsula. Following a review made of historic drillhole...-
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Mikkira (south-west of Port Lincoln). Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 2/3/1981 to 27/10/1987.
Exploration for graphite primarily, and secondarily for BIF-associated massive base metal sulphides, in the area surrounding the historic Uley graphite mine situated 15 km west south-west of Port Lincoln, initially comprised an airborne reconnaissance...-
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Published: 30 Oct 1987
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Mount Hope. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/9/1986 to 1/9/1988.
Pre-development feasibility studies of the Mount Hope kaolin deposit, located 75 km north-west from Port Lincoln, gave indications that the kaolin might extend beyond the boundaries of the nine Mineral Leases under which the deposit was held....-
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Published: 25 Jul 1988
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SADM/ Amdel Project no. 1/1/100: Evaluation of South Australian clays [for their physical and chemical properties]. Progress reports 1 to 37 for the period August 1966 to May 1983.
Includes all clay mineral analytical data presently available on the "Australian Clay Register", as developed by the CSIRO with sponsorship from the Commonwealth's Department of National Development, the Bureau of Mineral Resources, and the South...-
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Published: 17 May 1983
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Camel Lake. Annual reports to licence surrender for the period 16/11/2012 to 15/11/2023.
An area located ~ 70 km north-east of Ooldea Siding and 50 km east of Maralinga is being explored for the industrial mineral kaolin, and more particularly its crystallographic form halloysite, which typically occurs as microtubules or nanotubes which...-
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Published: 21 Nov 1923
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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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Streaky Bay - Karcultaby. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/4/1983 to 4/6/1985.
Exploration for possible epithermal/hydrothermal base metal deposits formed within Proterozoic basement, in an area centred ~40 km east of Streaky Bay township, has comprised the acquisition of ground gravity (161 and 210 stations respectively read...-
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Published: 08 Jan 1985
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Kottata Well, Eldale, Tootla and Broadacres (also part of the Yaninee Project). First annual report for EL 3135, plus subsequent joint annual reports, for the period 29/9/2003 to 5/6/2009.
An area located on central western Eyre Peninsula between Minnipa and Port Kenny was taken up to explore the Precambrian basement rocks, which are poorly exposed there, for possible economic buried iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) deposits....-
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RB 30/00046 Fine Point clay deposit. Proposed mining methods and estimated costs.
Following geological examination, test boring, and laboratory metallurgical test works carried out by the South Australian Department of Mines on a ball clay deposit at Pine Point, Yorke Peninsula, a further examination of the deposit was made by the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1952
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Marble Range. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 10/2/1972 to 9/2/1973.
A kaolin deposit located 30 miles north-northwest of Port Lincoln is being appraised for its economic potential as a source of paper-coating clay. A geological consultant's investigations of newly acquired drillhole samples of the kaolin indicated...-
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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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2008 Uno [Range] area HyMap survey. Mineral maps Data Package.
HyVista Corporation was contracted by Mega Hindmarsh during April-May 2008 to process HyMap airborne hyperspectral scanner data acquired over the Uno Range - Lake Gilles North area of SA on 16/3/1998. The nominal pixel size acquired was 4.7 m x 4.7 m,...-
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2008 Corunna area HyMap survey. Mineral maps Data Package.
HyVista Corporation was contracted by Mega Hindmarsh during April-May 2008 to process HyMap airborne hyperspectral scanner data acquired over the Corunna - Pandurra - Myall Creek area of SA on 16/3/1998. The nominal pixel size acquired was 4.7 m x 4.7...-
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Kimba. Final progress/summary report to licence surrender, for the period October 1969 to April 1972.
In an area located immediately south of Kimba, continued exploration of strongly kaolinised metasediments and igneous rocks for deposits of kaolin that could possibly be suitable as paper fillers and coaters has comprised drilling, costeaning,...-
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Caralue Bluff. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 1/11/1969 to 31/10/1971.
Reconnaissance exploration for possible Cainozoic sedimentary uranium deposits across part of central Eyre Peninsula sought to remotely map any erosional depressions in the buried basement surface prior to drilling interpreted palaeochannel sandstone...-
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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
