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RB 57/00067;Amdel 00276 Refractories. Review of industry and requirements.
The South Australian Government Department of Mines requested an investigation on refractories which was to take the form of a review of the industry and its requirements. Aspects of particular interest to be studied were listed by the Sponsor as...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1963
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RB 86/00027 Aluminosilicates of the Olary region.
37 thin sections were examined and 3 specimens selected as possibly indicating potential ore deposits. Uncertainty is introduced by extreme variability of the material. The selected specimens contain andalusite as major aluminosilicate mineral. No...-
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Published: 01 May 1986
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RB 84/00065 Draft report, Williamstown industrial mineral deposits. Geology of kaolin sillimanite muscovite deposits, near Williamstown, Hd Barossa, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Aust.
This report presents a comprehensive summary of the results of considerable geological, survey and beneficiation work which has been carried out at four mines. The mined deposits have been formed in Burra Group schists and gneisses that constitute the...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1984
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RB 86/00050 Radium Hill kyanite deposits. A review of history, tenure, geology and laboratory testing.
Kyanite has been concentrated in early to middle Proterozoic Willyama Supergroup regionally metamorphosed mica kyanite schist by late stage contact metamorphic recrystallization. Based on 1950 - 1963 investigations for refractory grade material,...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1986
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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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Geological investigations of clay, mica and sillimanite occurrences at Williamstown, and evolving mine development plans and alternatives. Progress reports for the period 6/10/1976 to July 1984.
Dataset contains Amdel - derived mineralogical and petrological data on the ore and host rocks, plus the mine operator's reports on its plans to resume and optimize production of the unique ore types known to exist in four current mine pits and their...-
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SADM/Amdel Project 1/1/206 (part) : commodity survey, sillimanite. Final report for the period August 1977 to May 1978.
The aim of this project was to review Australian production and consumption of sillimanite, including gathering data on such topics as raw material sources, production rates, specifications, prices, markets and uses.-
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RB 00672 SADM / Amdel Project 1/1/40 : Beneficiation of kyanite. Progress report - preliminary cost estimates.
This report gives preliminary details and estimated capital and operating costs for the planned possible treatment of kyanite-bearing ore in the Radium Hill mill. The estimated costs are based on the scale of treatment of ore required to produce 50...-
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RB 00671 Kyanite deposits of the Radium Hill area.
Deposits of the mineral kyanite (Al2 Si05), long known in the vicinity of Radium Hill, have been examined and re-sampled in order to assess their possible economic value. There are six known deposits of which three offer prospects of moderate...-
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RB 73/00296 Sillimanite, kyanite, andalusite, SA. In: Knight, C.L. (Ed.) - Economic geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea. 4, Industrial minerals and rocks.
Sillimanite, andalusite and kyanite are three minerals with the same chemical composition (Al2SiO5) but with distinctive crystal structure and heating properties. All eventually convert to mullite at high temperatures. Sillimanite is the most...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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MIS 050 Minor Industrial Minerals of South Australia
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RB 29/00058 Kyanite deposit 2.5 mile north from Radium Hill.
The most promising of three newly discovered kyanite deposits located near Radium Hill has been examined to ascertain its readiness of access, deposit morphology, probable ore grade, possible recoverable tonnage from opening up five orebody masses,...-
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Published: 17 Jan 1951
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Radium Hill area. Progress reports and technical reports for the period 15/4/1966 to January 1967.
During the reporting period, field work comprising brief geological, geochemical and geophysical surveys, plus a limited programme of percussion drilling (2 holes for 320 feet), was undertaken across the licence to evaluate known deposits of kyanite,...-
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Published: 08 Feb 1967
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Kangaroo Island. Progress reports to SML 23, SML 46 and SML 61 licences' expiry/renewal, for the periods 27/9/1956 to 26/9/1957 and 1/12/1962 to 11/5/1964.
TARGET: Heavy minerals in beach sands and dunes. EXPLORATION: Hand auger drilling, heavy mineral analysis and mineralogy. RESULTS: A number of zircon, rutile and kyanite - bearing sand lenses were identified within the beach facies, but they are...-
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Published: 11 Mar 1964
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Northern Kangaroo Island. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 1/12/1967 to 30/11/1968.
Laboratory beneficiation feasibility tests have been conducted on a 250 lb bulk sample of known heavy mineral - bearing beach sands which were taken from nearshore dunes located along the northern coastline of Kangaroo Island at Nepean Bay. It was...-
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Published: 28 Oct 1968
