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Mount Painter, Mount Gee and Mount Ward. Progress reports and technical reports to licences' respective expiry/full surrender, for the period 31/6/1965 to 29/11/1985.
Exploration disclosed widespread uranium mineralisation, with drill-indicated reserves of 6 million tonnes, at an average grade of 0.8 kg / tonne U3O8, existing in 5 major deposits. About 625 drill holes totalling 53,000 m tested these major deposits...-
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Beneficiation of monazite ore.
Beneficiation of a bulk sample of monazite ore taken from Monazite Hill, from an orebody containing in excess of 5 million tons of ore with a monazite content of 5-6%, yielded poor results.-
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RB 38/00052 Report on an inspection of monazite occurrence, Section 60, Hundred of Myponga.
A second occurrence of outcropping monazite on the northern side of Myponga Hill, which is situated about 2 miles south of Myponga township, was inspected and advice given to a prospector concerning how best to further develop the existing small-scale...-
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Published: 29 Sep 1954
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RB 45/00073 Uranium occurrences in the Mount Painter area.
Brief inspection of uranium occurrences at the East Painter, Shamrock and Commonwealth Mines were carried out during August, 1957. A corundum-monazite occurrence was also visited. Recommendations for further work are made.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 77/00018;Amdel 01146 Rare earths from Port Pirie tailings dam. Stage 2.
10 tonnes SC2O3, 50 tonnes Y2O3 450 tonnes Ln2O3 from the slimes fraction can be treated by simple roast leach solvent extraction process. Recovery from the solid residue would not be economically competitive.-
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Published: 01 Feb 1977
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RB 94/00022 Review of heavy mineral sand exploration in South Australia - Eucla Basin.
The Cainozoic Eucla Basin has been the focus of recent heavy mineral exploration due to the recognition of Tertiary coastal features including the Ooldea Range. Hypsometric and Landsat data, together with detailed work on the Tertiary stratigraphy of...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1994
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The Adelaide Hills Project (now including the former Fleurieu Project tenements). Annual reports for the period 1/10/2013 to 30/11/2018 plus expiry/full surrender reports to 7/10/2023.
During the twelfth, 2013-2014 project year, work on the now combined licence holdings of the Terramin Group focussed on prospect evaluation done at Bird-in-Hand (environmental and hydrological studies), Wheal Barton and Golden Slope, plus the ongoing...-
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Kalabity - Boolcoomata region. Progress reports and technical reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 1/7/1968 to 30/6/1970.
The sources of previously reported noteworthy radiometric anomalies located near Old Boolcoomata Homestead, which had been detected in 1962 during a SADME/BMR aerial scintiilometer survey, were investigated by the present joint venturers along with...-
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Published: 31 Jul 1970
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SADME Mount Painter hematitic breccia investigations: drillhole and geochronological data.
Contains summarised diamond drillhole logs and geophysical logs, plus two geochronological dating reports for monazite grain concentrates derived from selected rock chip samples, all representing aspects of the uraniferous, haematitic granitic breccia...-
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Uno Station. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 10/9/1970 to 9/9/1971.
The discovery in July 1970 of a strong surface radioactive thorium anomaly emanating from outcrop near Uno Homestead, 48 km north-west of Iron Knob, which was made by a Japanese company's geophysical prospecting party, prompted the leasing of the...-
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Published: 10 Sep 1971
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Kalabity - Old Boolcoomata area [= Olary 'A' Farmin Block]. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 14/1/1971 to 13/1/1972.
As part of exploration for economic metallic mineral deposits within an area of partly outcropping Precambrian calcsilicate rocks present on Kalabity Station, a field reconnaissance of all known mineralised areas was carried out initially. The...-
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MR 006 Review of mining operations in the State of South Australia during the year ended June 30th, 1907
Articles and summaries are provided for the following: Copper: Wallaroo and Moonta, Paramatta and Yelta, Hamley, Burra Burra, Kapunda, Blinman, Mount Gunson (North-West), Paull’s Consolidated Gold: Mount Torrens, Peterborough, Tarcoola, Glenloth...-
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RB 00596 Heavy mineral sands investigations. Second report. The recovery of monazite from Moana Beach sand.
The treatment of Moana Beach Sands has been investigated further with the object of recovering monazite. Further work is recommended.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 00610 Heavy mineral sands investigation. Third report. The recovery of monazite from Moana Beach sand.
Further investigation into the recovery of monazite from Moana Beach sand has indicated that the production of market grade concentrates with an acceptable recovery would be difficult if not impossible. No further work is recommended.-
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RB 00337 Mineralogy of samples from Tallaringa bore.
Drill cuttings samples taken from the depth interval 102 to 173 feet KB in the SADM Tallaringa (water) bore were separated into light and heavy mineral fractions and these were examined microscopically. The sediments studied can be divided into two...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1900
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RB 00515 Moana Beach sand. First report to Australasian Oil Exploration Ltd.
Results of experimental work carried out on a' sample of mineral bearing sand from Moana are presented in this report. Market grade concentrates were not produced.Possible treatment methods of producing saleable products are outlined and further...-
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RB 00514 Moana Beach sand. First report to SA Rutile Ltd.
A sample from a sand dune at Moana, South Australia, has been tested for extraction of heavy minerals. Good recoveries of rutile and zircon were obtained, but products were below market grade. Possible treatment methods of producing saleable products...-
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RB 00561 Heavy mineral sands investigation. The recovery of monazite, rutile and zircon from Moana Beach sand.
A concentrate of heavy minerals was made from the beach sand deposit at Moana, South Australia. This concentrate was treated by magnetic and electrostatic methods to recover monazite, rutile and zircon. The valuable mineral product was in each case...-
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Mineralogy of heavy mineral separates from sediments of Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
35 surface samples of various clastic sediments deposited on Kangaroo Island were studied microscopically to see if the respective abundances, composition and mineralogical features of their heavy mineral grain components might shed light on possible...-
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Published: 07 Jun 1902
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Teetulpa Goldfield. Combined annual, annual and progress reports, plus related technical consultants' reports, submitted until licence renewal/re-issue, for the period 24/11/1995 to 14/11/2006.
An area surrounding and extending to the south of the Teetulpa Goldfield, which is centred about 60 km west of Olary and 31 km north of Yunta, was taken up primarily to try to find the source for the significant (>100,000 ounces so far recovered)...-
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Published: 05 Jun 1906
