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Project proposal - Sceale Bay gypsum development. Summary of development program.
This project proposal relates to the potential for mining a vast gypsum deposit located adjacent to Sceale Bay, about 14 km south of Streaky Bay on the west coast of South Australia. Preliminary estimates put the ore reserves of gypsum of 88% purity...-
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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 37/00158 Gypsum occurrence - Hd Haines, Kangaroo Island.
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Published: 01 Jan 1954
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RB 41/00006 Report on prospects of obtaining brine from subsurface sources - Lake Fowler, Hd Melville - Australian Salt Co.
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Published: 01 Jan 1955
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RB 41/00033 Gypsum occurrence - Hd Stow.
Fred Ingham & Co., Plaster Manufacturers, Port Pirie and Dudley Park have sought Departmental assistance in locating a fresh source of gypsum of sufficient size and quality to satisfy a requirement of 10,000 tons per annum for plaster manufacture...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 51/00090 Gypsum deposit - Blocks Q and N, Hundred of Stuart.
Fourteen power auger holes and three bulldozed cuts have indicated clay containing 45% gypsum under 1m of overburden. Reserves in MLs 661 and 662 on the west margin of a dry lake approach 100 000 t of washed gypsum. Saline water is likely to occur at...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 52/00051 Amdel 00086 Morgan gypsum washing tests.
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 52/00114 Report on test drilling - Lake MacDonnell gypsum deposit.
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 52/00119 Exploration drilling - Lake MacDonnell gypsum deposit.
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 55/00084 Gypsum deposit, north of Bookabie.
An inspection of a gypsum deposit in the area of a claim pegged by Mr. R.G. Law of Bookabie was made on 12th September 1962. The deposit is situated approximately 40 miles north of Bookabie.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 58/00137 Gypsum deposit, blocks Q and N Hundred of Stuart. Machine-auger boring.
Auger boring on a gypsum dune north-east of Morgan has proved 1 000 000 cubic metres of crude gypsum. Total reserved within MLs 665 and 678 exceed this value as the gypsum extends outside the area tested. 300 000 cubic metres of flour gypsum,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 60/00082 Coober Pedy Opalfield.
Mapping of the Coober Pedy Opalfield has shown that opal occurrence, although erratic, is not entirely unpredictable. Several groups of workings are present in an area of about 150 square miles. The host rock is a distinctive pink and white...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1965
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RB 49/00006 Mineral industry on Yorke Peninsula (13/7/1959).
Since the days of early settlement in South Australia mineral production from Yorke Peninsula has made an important contribution to the wealth of the state. Firstly, with the discovery and mining of copper in the Moonta Wallaroo district early in...-
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Published: 13 Jul 1959
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RB 49/00023 Gypsum deposit, south of Hammond, secn 60 Hd Pinda - G.H. Bennett.
Gypsum resulting from the weathering of slate occurs in two places along a creek-bank near the surveyed township of "Amyton". Mottled red and white clay contains only 25 to 34 percent gypsum; the deposit is thus considered to be uneconomic.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 50/00108 Gypsum deposit, Streaky Bay. Report on alternative mining methods - Hundred Ripon.
A large deposit of gypsum has recently been discovered near Streaky Bay and the estimated costs of mining 1,000 tons per week are here discussed. The deposit was inspected on the 15th and 16th February, 1960.-
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Published: 29 Mar 1960
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RB 42/00117 Drilling operations on gypsum deposit, Hundred of Haines. Final report.
Following preliminary investigations into the occurrence of gypsum in a deposit of probable economic importance at "Salt Lake", Hundred Haines, Kangaroo Island, by D. King, Geologist, and the writer during March 1955, drilling operations were carried...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 44/00091 Lake Fowler gypsum deposit (29/5/1957).
A programme of 39 hand auger holes was carried out for CSR Limited, of Sydney, to define a reported bed of gypsum occuring below the level of the base of the gypsum dunes. The grade of gypsum found was generally lower than that in the dunes and is...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 42/00062 Summary of the gypsum industry in South Australia, as at March 1956.
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 45/00032 Diamond Lake gypsum deposits.
Gypsum deposits occurring at Diamond Lake are at present being worked at the rate of 200 tons per week by Mr. C.D. Bartsch of Nuriootpa. The area of the deposits is private property owned by Mr. E.W. Wilson of Whitwarta, with minerals alienated from...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 45/00110 Report on bulk sampling procedure, 5000 ton shipment of gypsum ex. Thevenard.
At the request of Waratah Gypsum Pty. Ltd. bulk sampling of a 5000 ton shipment of Gypsum for export overseas from the Lake Macdonnell deposit, was carried out by Department of Mines officers, Messrs. C. R. Sandman, Metallurgist, and C. M. Willington,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
