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Assessment of data on Mount Hope kaolin.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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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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Anabama Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/11/1980 to 6/11/1982.
In order to further test a large Delamerian granite pluton for its potential to host an economic porphyry molybdenum deposit of the Climax, Colorado type (following initial exploratory drilling and IP surveys that had been carried out by the SA...-
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RB 55/00129 Imbitcha clay deposit.
Imbitcha clay deposit occurs in marine Cretaceous shales which have been incorporated in the basal mottled zone of a laterite profile. Reserves may total millions of tons, but problems of extraction and the alunite content of the clay probably make it...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 57/00088 White clay deposit, secn 87 Hd Miltalie (22/11/1963).
Recoverable reserves of quartz-kaolin rock have been proved by auger drilling to amount to 20,000 cubic, covered by 4,000 cubic yards of overburden. The clay occurs in a bedded sequence of Precambrian rocks and prospecting around a regional syncline...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 58/00013 Prospecting for white clay deposits - County Jervois (21/1/1964).
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 60/00101 Reconnaissance for scheelite deposits in the Sir Joseph Banks Group of islands (undertaken during January and March 1964).
In the Sir Joseph Banks Group of southern Spencer Gulf offshore islands, outcropping Archaean arenaceous, arkosic and calcareous sedimentary rocks appear to have been folded and granitised prior to the deposition of the Adelaidean System sedimentary...-
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Published: 21 May 1965
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RB 42/00066 Ardrossan (Pine Point) clay deposit (22/3/1956).
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 42/00053 Ardrossan (Pine Point) clay deposit. Progress report (9/3/1956).
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 44/00082 White clay deposit, Ardrossan, Pine Point (8/5/1957).
The attempted development of the Pine Point white clay for industrial use is described, including percussion boring in 1950 and 1956. The 1956 programme, though not completed because no sale can be found for the clay, shows that approximately 50,000...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 83/00058 Williamstown kaolin-sillimanite-mica deposits.
Report describes these unusual mineral deposits which are currently the only source in Australia of refractory grade sillimanite and filler grade mica.-
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Published: 01 Jul 1983
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RB 88/00090 Report on the 11th Biennial Conference, Australian Clay Minerals Society, Brisbane 29-31 August, 1988 and text of paper presented on the origin and economic geology of Birdwood Kaolin, South Australia.
Kaolin deposits at Birdwood, 48 km NE of Adelaide, are a commercial source of well-crystallized kaolinite formed in medium-grade metamorphic rocks equated with Saddleworth Formation of Adelaidean age. The kaolin appears to have formed by weathering...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1988
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RB 90/00074 Explanatory Notes for the ELLISTON 1:250 000 map sheet.
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Published: 01 Nov 1990
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RB 93/00018 Review of exploration for kaolin near Poochera, northern Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
The kaolin deposits located south-west of Poochera on northern Eyre Peninsula have formed by deep weathering of early to mid-Proterozoic crystalline basement rocks, which are now blanketed by late Tertiary to Quaternary terrestrial sediments. During...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1993
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RB 97/00051 Poona copper mine, Moonta, South Australia - Investigation of alteration mineralogy using short-wave infrared analysis.
The Poona Copper Mine on northern Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, was worked from 1988-92 on an extension of the original Poona lode, a narrow, shear-hosted copper sulphide vein deposit in Moonta Porphyry of Mesoproterozoic age. The orebody is...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1997
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RB 89/00024 Shale and clay supplies for metropolitan Adelaide - Preliminary report for the Mount Lofty Ranges Review.
This report summarises the main consumers, reserves, production and probable life of current mines and identifies potential alternative sources. Shale reserves in the currently worked pits are sufficient for 50 years, white plastic clay at Golden...-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 90/00007 Industrial minerals in South Australia. Current operations and future trends.
Established producers have taken advantage of export opportunities for gypsum, salt and dolomite. New developments include a graphite processing plant at the former Uley Graphite Mine and trial mining of micaceous iron oxide for pigments. Proposals...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1990
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RB 93/00056 Tenth International Clay Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, July 1993. Guidebook for the F3 field tour of Adelaide Hills kaolin (deposits).
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Published: 01 Jul 1993
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RB 90/00048 Characterisation of kaolin samples from the Mount Hope deposit, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia.
The Mount Hope kaolin deposit on SW Eyre Peninsula was formed by deep weathering of granite gneiss and schist, probably Sleaford Complex. The deposit has been investigated since 1972 as a potential source of high-grade kaolinite suitable for coating...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1989
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RB 91/00008 Birdwood kaolin deposit - Results of investigations on kaolin rheology and gold distribution in the weathered zone. (Adelaide Brighton Cement Ltd).
Two bulk samples from high-grade kaolin zones in ABC Ltd South and ABC Ltd North pits were taken to test the suitability of the <2um size fraction for use as a coating clay. The samples gave a relatively high yield of <2um size particles which...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1990
