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Warraweena. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 22/6/1973 to 21/9/1974.
Geological mapping, further surface geochemical sampling, test IP surveys and limited shallow diamond drilling (2 holes, total 201.3 m, including 147 m of NQ/BQ wireline coring) were done over a previously identified stream sediment zinc anomaly at...-
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RB 37/00039 Report on the Copper King ochre deposits (near Beltana).
The Copper King orebody, located approximately 10 miles north-northeast of Beltana township, is a massive deposit of iron carbonate, the upper portion of which has been altered by oxidation and hydration to oxides of iron. The deposit was worked...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1954
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RB 37/00155 Flint deposits, County Grey (16/7/1954).
For at least the past forty years the flint deposits occurring on the lower south east coast of South Australia have been worked to supply a comparatively limited Australian demand for flint pebbles as a grinding medium in the mining and paint...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 38/00110 The Gap stone quarry, Hd Glen Roy.
An Inspection was made of this quarry in response to a request from the Commissioner of Highways. A plane-table survey was carried out in November 1954 by C.J.R. Kingsbury, datum for the levelling being taken at the creek-bed below the collapsed...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1954
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RB 41/00029 Suitability of Mount Gambier limestone for the production of hydrated lime.
Samples of polyzoal limestone from Mount Gambier were burned to quicklime and then hydrated. Comparisons of colour, texture and general qualities were made with hydrate made from stone at present used commercially.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 53/00049 Preliminary report on a survey of the Sugarloaf Hill siliceous limestone deposit (also known as: Jones' quarry, Barmera).
A topographical survey has been carried out to determine the probable extent of a siliceous limestone horizon beneath a mesa, namely Sugarloaf Hill, located 2 miles west of Lake Bonney near Kingston-on-Murray, which on its northern part is worked as a...-
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Published: 18 Aug 1961
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RB 53/00181 Stansbury limestone lime-making investigations.
Samples of travertine limestone were forwarded by J.A. Bridges of Stansbury to the South Australian Department of Mines for assessment of their suitability as a raw material for the manufacture of hydrated lime. The Mines Department requested the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 55/00099 Investigation of Stansbury limestone (September 1962).
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 56/00027 Occurrence of activable clay in South Australia. Second report.
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 58/00142 Limestone deposit, sections 671, 672 Hundred of Davenport, laboratory testing.
Results of laboratory testing of selected drill core samples, carried out by the Highways and Local Government Department, are presented. Those support an earlier recommendation for trial pits.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 60/00051 Stratigraphy and micropalaeontology of three deep bores, Hd Port Gawler.
Three relatively deep bores, drilled recently on the northern Adelaide Plains in the Hundred of Port Gawler, about 20 miles north of Adelaide, have intersected useful complementary sections of the Cainozoic succession, ranging from 560 feet to 1148...-
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Published: 15 Mar 1965
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RB 49/00038 Geological investigations, Myponga Dam construction phase. Progress report no. 4. Stability and water tightness of faulted limestone on left abutment.
Exploration of the limestone of the left abutment by mapping, adits and five diamond drill holes has revealed extensive bedding plane faults, shears and shear tension joints. Fracturing and brecciation caused by the fault movements has allowed deep...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 49/00115 Some recent and Tertiary limestone deposits on Yorke Peninsula (23/10/1959).
Analyses of samples of some Recent and Tertiary limestone deposits on Yorke Peninsula indicate that none of the samples are within the specifications for use in open hearth firing of blast furnaces. The required tonnage could readily be proved, but...-
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Published: 23 Oct 1959
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RB 49/00137 Calcareous aeolianites of South Australia.
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 42/00139 Production of hydrated lime from Murray Bridge limestone.
Calcination and hydration tests on samples of Murray Bridge Limestones indicate 1100°C as the best calcination temperature. The products contained 72.4, 76.0 and 75.2 per cent calcium hydroxide respectively.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 43/00030 Report on foundation testing, Government Sawmill, Mount Gambier, secn 1235 Hd Gambier.
During construction of the green mill at Mount Gambier Government sawmill, cavities were found in excavations for a gangsaw in the Gambier Limestone. Diamond drilling showed the main cavity to be funnel-shaped and not a cavern top, but revealed minor...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 44/00028 Second report on foundation testing, Government Sawmill, Mount Gambier, secn 1235 Hd Gambier, Co. Grey.
Following the discovery, drilling and grouting of a large cavity in the proposed foundation area for the green milling section of the Mt Gambier Government sawmill, a second large cavity was found in the same area. A further 29 diamond drill holes...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 44/00063 Myponga Dam Project - Geological investigation of the tunnel route on the proposed pipeline from the reservoir.
Detailed geological examination of the area in the vicinity of the proposed tunnel has shown that, provided suitable precautions are taken, there are no geological factors which will prevent the successful construction of a tunnel through the ridge...-
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Published: 02 May 1957
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RB 47/00116 Geological investigations, Myponga Dam construction phase report no. 2.
Further geological investigations at the dam site, particularly on the left bank, have delineated the width of limestone present and by means of an exploratory adit have shown that solution cavities are relatively rare. Cavities are of two types;...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 81/00008 Biostratigraphic examination of sample from Permit Bore 7955, Seacliff, southern Adelaide Plains (Marion Golf Course water supply).
A bottomhole drill cuttings sample obtained from a newly drilled water bore at Seacliff has been examined for the purpose of biostratigraphic correlation of the limestone aquifer sediments. It was determined from foraminiferal species assemblage...-
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Published: 03 Feb 1981
