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Wallaroo and Moonta mines and smelters, Yorke's [sic] Peninsula, South Australia. History, nature and methods.
A detailed account of the large scale copper mining and processing operations occurring in the 'Copper Triangle' region of South Australia in the few years following the end of the First World War. The included metrics and pictorial coverage of many...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1921
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RB 35/00042 Nairne pyrite milled on a pilot scale. Iron sulphides concentrated in a flotation pilot plant operated by the South Australian Department of Mines.
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Published: 01 Jan 1953
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RB 79/00088 Wilkinson 1. Well completion report.
Wilkinson 1 stratigraphic well was drilled by the SA Department of Mines and Energy in mid-1978, about 250 km south-west of Coober Pedy, in the Tallaringa Trough. Here a thick section of Cambrian claystones, limestones and evaporites, at least 594 m...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1979
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RB 94/00044 Soil air carbon dioxide and oxygen as a guide to oxidising sulphide concealed beneath shallow cover. Soil air CO2/O2 project: review report 1.
A joint project between Dr I.G. Watmuff (consultant) and the Department of Mines and Energy, South Australia, to appraise the soil air CO2/O2 technique as a guide to concealed oxidising sulphides, has been completed. Testing was conducted over known...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1994
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Pernatty Lagoon. Progress reports [Year 2 subset] to licence expiry/renewal for the period 1/12/1967 to 30/11/1968.
During the current period, 25 holes/1042 feet of diamond drilling to check on discrepancies with previous downhole percussion drillhole ore sample assays reported from the Lagoon area, plus 31 holes/2780 feet of exploratory/appraisal percussion...-
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Thermoanalytical investigation of a sample of Mount Gunson copper concentrate.
Investigates the likelihood of mineral concentrates becoming oxidized and liberating toxic sulphur dioxide gas during their transport to Japan. The sample examined is quite stable, but is not representative of the concentrate likely to be produced...-
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Maitland [second JV programme]. Progress reports for the period 17/8/81 to 14/5/84.
Continuing mineral exploration work over central Yorke Peninsula under a new joint venture arrangement with a different company, now targetting possible Phanerozoic sedimentary uranium in Cambrian and Tertiary strata, has consisted of investigations...-
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RB 00541 Spontaneous combustion of copper concentrates. Report on shipment of concentrate to Japan in SS Sariza, February 1957. Second report to Peko Mines NL.
This report covers readings and observations made during the voyage to Japan of a cargo of concentrates from Peko Mines N.L.-
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RB 2014/00002 Carbonate hosted Pb-Zn-Ag deposits. exploration using light hydrocarbons as pathfinders.
Surveys recently conducted in England, Ireland and Australia have shown that there are major spatial variations in the 'light' [molecular weight] hydrocarbon gas content of rocks which are closely related to the presence of underlying mineralisation....-
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Published: 01 Jul 1995
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Mount Gunson Copper Project. Tailings storage - current status and proposals for future management.
An engineering consultancy firm was engaged by the mine's new operators to review the current situation regarding storage of ore processing mill tailings at the Mount Gunson Project site, and was asked to prepare recommendations for the continued...-
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