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Project proposal - Sceale Bay gypsum development. Summary of development program.
This project proposal relates to the potential for mining a vast gypsum deposit located adjacent to Sceale Bay, about 14 km south of Streaky Bay on the west coast of South Australia. Preliminary estimates put the ore reserves of gypsum of 88% purity...-
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RB 41/00033 Gypsum occurrence - Hd Stow.
Fred Ingham & Co., Plaster Manufacturers, Port Pirie and Dudley Park have sought Departmental assistance in locating a fresh source of gypsum of sufficient size and quality to satisfy a requirement of 10,000 tons per annum for plaster manufacture...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 51/00090 Gypsum deposit - Blocks Q and N, Hundred of Stuart.
Fourteen power auger holes and three bulldozed cuts have indicated clay containing 45% gypsum under 1m of overburden. Reserves in MLs 661 and 662 on the west margin of a dry lake approach 100 000 t of washed gypsum. Saline water is likely to occur at...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 52/00119 Exploration drilling - Lake MacDonnell gypsum deposit.
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 58/00137 Gypsum deposit, blocks Q and N Hundred of Stuart. Machine-auger boring.
Auger boring on a gypsum dune north-east of Morgan has proved 1 000 000 cubic metres of crude gypsum. Total reserved within MLs 665 and 678 exceed this value as the gypsum extends outside the area tested. 300 000 cubic metres of flour gypsum,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 60/00082 Coober Pedy Opalfield.
Mapping of the Coober Pedy Opalfield has shown that opal occurrence, although erratic, is not entirely unpredictable. Several groups of workings are present in an area of about 150 square miles. The host rock is a distinctive pink and white...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1965
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RB 50/00108 Gypsum deposit, Streaky Bay. Report on alternative mining methods - Hundred Ripon.
A large deposit of gypsum has recently been discovered near Streaky Bay and the estimated costs of mining 1,000 tons per week are here discussed. The deposit was inspected on the 15th and 16th February, 1960.-
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Published: 29 Mar 1960
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RB 42/00117 Drilling operations on gypsum deposit, Hundred of Haines. Final report.
Following preliminary investigations into the occurrence of gypsum in a deposit of probable economic importance at "Salt Lake", Hundred Haines, Kangaroo Island, by D. King, Geologist, and the writer during March 1955, drilling operations were carried...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 44/00091 Lake Fowler gypsum deposit (29/5/1957).
A programme of 39 hand auger holes was carried out for CSR Limited, of Sydney, to define a reported bed of gypsum occuring below the level of the base of the gypsum dunes. The grade of gypsum found was generally lower than that in the dunes and is...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 42/00062 Summary of the gypsum industry in South Australia, as at March 1956.
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 48/00148 Gypsum deposits near Streaky Bay and some other localities on Eyre Peninsula.
A survey of gypsum-bearing lakes on Eyre Peninsula has indicated a promising deposit about 10 miles SSE of Streaky Bay. Other deposits examined, namely those near Charra, Point De Mole, Lake Yaninee, Kopi, Lake Malata and Lake Greenly suffer from one...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 48/00005 Testing of marginal gypsum and estimates of gypsum reserves - Lake MacDonnell.
Three small areas (total about 0.8 sq. miles) outside existing gypsum leases near Lake MacDonnell have been tested by Proline auger and found to contain gypsum reserves estimated at about 2,850,000 tons. It is estimated that 29,000,000 tons of gypsum...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 47/00004 Gypsum deposit, sections 72-74 and 78 Hundred of Melville.
On March 18 - 19th, 1958, samples were taken by means of a post hole auger from the floor of a saline lake situated in Hundred Melville, sections 72,73, 74 and 78 3½ miles by road west south west of Yorketown on Southern Yorke Peninsula. The samples...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 76/00120 Stenhouse Bay gypsum deposits, core sampling of Snow Lake and Spider Lake.
Gypsum reserves in Snow Lake and Spider Lake within Innes National Park on southern Yorke Peninsula have been delineated by core sampling and auger drilling. Snow Lake contains indicated geological reserves of 2.8 million tonnes of gypsum to an...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 88/00020 1:250 000 geological series - Explanatory Notes CURNAMONA - South Australia.
The area mapped includes most of the area south of Lake Frome between the Flinders and Barrier Ranges, and part of the Olary Hills. Basin nomenclature has been revised for the Cainozoic. Drilling by CSR, Minad and Petromin NL has been used in the...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1988
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RB 98/00010 Regolith studies related to the Challenger gold deposit, Gawler Craton, South Australia. Geochemistry and stratigraphy of the Challenger gold deposit - Volume 1: text, and Volume 2: appendices.
The Challenger gold deposit lies in the northern Gawler Craton, South Australia, 750 km NW of Adelaide, and 140 km NW of Tarcoola. A 1.5 km traverse (the regolith line) was chosen for the study of geochemical dispersion and regolith stratigraphy...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1998
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Report on dolomite deposits at the Neales River, north-west of Lake Eyre North, SA.
Geological investigations have delineated a dolomite deposit extending at least 8 miles along the lower Neales River and exposed in its banks. An indicated resource of approximately 20 million tons is estimated to be present. It is considered that...-
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Published: 09 Jan 1970
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Gunson (part of the Mount Gunson Project). Annual reports for the period 15/7/1994 to 17/10/2008 [ Index Part 3 of 4 ].
During the eighth year of tenure, work done on EL 2639 included: - the conduct of infill ground gravity and CSAMT surveys; - geophysical modelling and interpretation of the new survey data; - geological interpretation and refinement of drilling...-
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Lake MacDonnell. Progress reports to licence full surrender, for the period 1/11/1968 to 5/5/1970.
An exploratory drilling programme (23 vertical rotary/NX diamond core holes for a total penetration of 487 feet 10 inches) was carried out during May-June 1969 on the surface of Lake MacDonnell, which covers an area of approximately 4.5 square miles....-
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Published: 26 Feb 1970
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Whichelby (part of the Poochera Kaolin Project). Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/9/2012 to 17/9/2022.
The Great White Kaolin Project (previously the Poochera Kaolin Project), until recently, comprised four Exploration Licences operated by Andromeda Industrial Minerals Pty Ltd, namely, EL 6096 Whichelby, EL 6202 Mount Hall, EL 6426 Mount Cooper and EL...-
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Published: 03 Dec 1922
