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University student thesis : Detailed geological investigation of the Burra open pit, Burra, SA.
Detailed geological and structural mapping of Samin's partly excavated new Burra open cut was performed by the author at a scale of 1:480 during the period December 1972 to end of January 1973. By the latter date the pit had been excavated downwards a...-
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Yudnamutana. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 24/6/1972 to 23/6/1973.
As part of continuing exploration for possible economic buried stratiform / hydrothermal copper mineralisation in the Yudnamutana Mining Field, the target lower Callanna Group strata were geologically mapped, petrologically studied and geochemically...-
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Minbrie. Progress reports for the period 28/6/1973 to 27/6/1975.
Reports describe the ongoing field prospecting and downstream jade marketing activities associated with the Cowell nephrite jade discovery. Black nephrite blocky material extracted from the operating company's new mining leases (MLs 4130-4132) was...-
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Published: 09 Aug 1975
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RB 38/00056 Stone deposits - Hd Hawker.
Following the request from the Commissioner of Railways for information regarding a possible road metal deposit (quartzite) in Section 115 Hundred Hawker, contained below, an inspection was made of this deposit and adjacent areas during the period 10...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1954
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RB 54/00012 Results of diamond drilling of marble deposit, sections 113, 341 and 343 Hundred of Moorooroo.
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 51/00094 Marble deposit, sections 113, 341 and 343 Hundred of Moorooroo.
Marbles in the area mapped are equated with the Lower Cambrian Archaeocyatha limestones found elsewhere in the State. The Cambrian sediments which include arkoses, greywackes, and amphibolites are folded into a broad syncline in Section 113, with drag...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 51/00089 (Report of an inspection made at the undeveloped) Truro talc deposit.
An inspection of an occurrence of talc situated in Section 228, Hundred of Jellicoe, 3¼ miles northeast of Truro, was made on 12/10/1960. The deposit was first noted by D. King (Mining Review 103, 1957, pp. 68-69) when a borehole showed about 4 feet...-
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Published: 20 Oct 1960
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RB 59/00152 Further diamond drilling, Bald Hill marble deposit (logs not published) 16/12/1964.
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 59/00093 Further diamond drilling of marble deposits at Penrice (22/10/1964).
Quarrying of marginal zones of low grade marble contaminated by silicate minerals has caused a decline in the quality of stone produced at Penrice. The extent of these zones has been indicated following a re-interpretation of the original quarry...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 57/00077 Diamond drilling operations, marble deposit, pt secn 506 Hd Moorooroo.
In the Bald Hill area, one mile south of Angaston, 1½ million cubic yards of high grade marble (greater than 90% total carbonate) are available for quarrying above the 780 feet level. Reserves of high grade marble in the western area are estimated at...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 41/00134 Mineral investigations in the Mount Painter region. Progress report.
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Published: 06 Jan 1956
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RB 79/00122 Penrice marble deposit. (Report on the) 1977-1978 drilling programme.
Since 1950, recorded production from ICI's Penrice marble deposit near Angaston has totalled 13,083,395 tonnes. High grade marble is used at the company's Osborne plant, while lower grade stone is sold for cement manufacture and roadstone, and small...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1979
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RB 83/00084 Ferns aggregate quarry - Report no. 3. Geological investigations, 1982. Co.Jervois, Hd Hawker, section 385.
Includes detailed geological mapping with stadia surveying, drilling proposals and suggestions for future quarry development.-
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Published: 01 Oct 1983
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RB 87/00106 Textures, minerals and organic remains in marbles from Kapunda.
Thin sections of 3 specimens were examined for traces of organic remains, metallic minerals and the metamorphism of the rocks. Contains petrographic reports.-
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Published: 01 Sep 1987
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RB 78/00011 Mount Howden mine revisited.
Semi quantitative spectroscopy on samples from the Mount Howden Mine gave anomalous results. The best recording was 35cm of greater than 1% Zn, greater than 1% Pb and 10ppm Ag. An interval (10m thick) of above background copper, silver, lead, Zinc,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 80/00139 Tumby Bay marble EML 3554. T.W. Norton, sections 288, 299, Hundred Hutchison, County Flinders.
EML 3554, 9 km NW of Tumby Bay, contains 3 separate marble outcrops, each 40 metres wide, of similar mineralogy, which are isoclinally-folded Katunga Dolomite of the Hutchison Group of Lower Proterozoic age. The marble quarries where mapped, surveyed...-
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Published: 12 Nov 1980
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RB 80/00137 Tumby Bay marble EML 4665. V.R. Hage, section 288 Hundred Hutchison, County Flinders.
EML 4665, 9 km NW of Tumby Bay, contains isoclinally folded Lower Proterozoic Hutchison Group metasediments comprising serpentinized marble, jasper / ironstone, quartzite and gneiss. The lease was mapped, surveyed and sampled. The northern marble band...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 80/00131 Tumby Bay marble quarry, County Flinders.
An abandoned quarry, 9 km NW of Tumby Bay, was mapped and surveyed. It is sited on the equivalent of the Katunga Domomite, part of the Hutchison Group of Middle Proterozoic age. The marble was isoclinally folded and metamorphosed to granulite...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 89/00051 Cowell Jade Province: Detailed geological mapping and diamond drilling of jade and ornamental marble outcrops, 1982-1987. Volume 1.
Detailed mapping undertaken between 1982 and 1987 of 48 known jade outcrops located in the Cowell - Cleve area, and diamond drilling of 3 jade outcrops and 2 ornamental marble prospects, has identified many factors controlling nephrite formation. The...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1992
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RB 93/00017 Physical properties of South Australian building stones.
A program of testing of physical properties of South Australian building stones has been carried out on 30 samples representing: - Seven granite samples from four localities - One marble sample - Thirteen slate and flagstone samples from nine...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1993
