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RB 55/00124; Amdel 00205 Phosphate deposits, Kapunda. Production of phosphoric acid.
At least 90% of the phosphate was leached with either nitric, hydrochloric or sulphuric acids. Products unsuitable for the surface preparation of steel. The most promising outlet would be for upgrading the P2O5 content of super phosphate fertilizer.-
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Published: 01 Oct 1962
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Reaphook Hill and Mount Frome (part of the Flinders Ranges Project). Respective early annual reports, for the period 17/1/2000 to 16/1/2002.
Two adjoining licence areas located ~50-70 km to the east and south-east of Blinman are being explored for possible economic buried willemite (zinc silicate), scholzite (zinc phosphate) and other base metal mineralisation associated with particular...-
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Data release - as updated : World's End. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 3/3/2009 to 2/3/2016.
An area centred about 30 km south-east of Burra has been explored for possible buried economic Burra style copper mineralisation and for Mongolata Goldfield type alluvial and reef gold. The host metasedimentary unit to the Monster mine, the...-
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Published: 16 Mar 1916
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Reaphook Hill (part of the Flinders Ranges Project). Sixth partial surrender report, for the period 4/8/1997 to 29/8/2019.
The northern portion of EL 6132, comprising ~0.59% of its former area, was relinquished by the JV partners on 18/7/2019. The only work performed within the now relinquished ground has consisted of reconnaissance + infill surface geochemical sampling...-
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Published: 10 Sep 1919
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Mount Frome (part of the Flinders Ranges Project). Fifth partial surrender report, for the period 17/1/2000 to 29/8/2019.
Four separate portions of EL 5773, together comprising ~56% of its former area, were relinquished by the JV partners on 29/8/2019. The only work performed within the now relinquished ground has consisted of reconnaissance + infill surface geochemical...-
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Published: 10 Sep 1919
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Frome. Annual reports for the period 4/11/2015 to 3/11/2018.
During the 2015-2016 period, reconnaissance portable XRF instrument soil spectrochemical sampling, plus limited rock chip sampling, was continued on the subject tenement. Work concentrated on infill sampling at Erragoonah Hill and over Aster...-
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Published: 21 Dec 1918
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Witchitie. Progress and final reports for the period 16/10/87 to 16/7/88.
TARGET: An aeromagnetic anomaly located 12 km north-west of Witchitie Homestead was investigated as to whether it is indicative of a possible carbonatite source. EXPLORATION: Ground magnetic surveys, geological field reconnaissance and limited...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Reaphook Hill (formerly part of the Flinders Ranges Project). Licence-specific annual reports for the period 27/9/2015 to 26/9/2018.
A small area centred ~110 km south-east of Copley is being explored for possible buried economic Beltana style zinc silicate mineralisation, as well as for possible epigenetic hydrothermal lead-zinc sulphide and copper mineralisation. During...-
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Published: 26 Nov 1918
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RB 68/00085 Diamond drilling of Fairview phosphate deposit.
Bedded phosphate deposits which occur principally at or near the base of the Cambrian Succession and also within sediments of the Adelaide System have been variously exploited in a number of areas from shallow quarries but utilisation has been limited...-
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Published: 09 Jun 1969
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The Flinders Ranges Project, Jamestown Group of tenements. Data release at partial surrender of subsequent licences: combined annual reports for the period 18/9/2004 to 31/12/2010.
Ten contiguous exploration licences in the Jamestown - Peterborough - Quorn region are being explored for possible economic diamonds associated with inferred buried kimberlite intrusions. Prior work done in the 1960s by Stockdale Exploration (a de...-
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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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Reaphook Hill. Final report at licence surrender, for the period 1/12/1965 to 13/5/1968.
The reported presence of high geochemical zinc values in the Parachilna Formation rocks exposed there prompted Kennecott Explorations to include the Reaphook Hill outlier of Lower Cambrian sediments into its regional investigation of the stratiform...-
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Published: 25 Mar 1967
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Mount Lyall. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 1/5/1969 to 24/3/1971.
The Third Plain zinc silicate (willemite) deposit, located 14 miles south-east of Blinman, has been newly assessed by North Flinders Mines for its economic potential. Originally discovered by Kennecott Explorations in late 1966, and evaluated by them...-
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Clare. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 12/3/1970 to 11/3/1971.
In a search for possible economic stratiform / hydrothermal base metal occurrences and stratabound phosphate mineral deposits in the Clare Hills district, an initial reconnaissance visit and literature search was followed by the conduct of a regional...-
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Published: 10 Jun 1971
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Peterborough area. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 12/3/1970 to 11/3/1971.
Exploration for possible economic stratabound / hydrothermal deposits of base metals and perhaps also uranium, within a large area surrounding Peterborough, has consisted of field inspection and rock chip geochemical sampling of known historic mines,...-
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Published: 10 Mar 1971
