RB 2014/00001 Geology of the dimension stone quarries at Black Hill, South Australia.

Published: 01 Apr 2014 Created: 25 Nov 2024 Revised: 27 Nov 2024

Author: McCallum, W.S.

Black Hill, located 85 km to the east of Adelaide, is an important source of black "granite". The gabbro and norite exposed on the hill over an area of 4 km by 3 km represent the outcropping top of a much larger Cambro - Ordovician gabbroic intrusion. Seven dimension stone quarries and one local council rubble quarry have been established on the outcrop, and three of these quarries are still in operation. Total production of dimension stone from Black Hill from 1947 to 1992 is 132 000 tonnes, representing 78% of the State's granite production. Reserves are sufficient to last for many decades.

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Record No	d20010683
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Basement Geology Civil Engineering Drilling Engineering Earth Sciences Engineering Environmental Sciences Exploration Geochemistry Geochemistry Geology Geomatic Engineering Geophysics Historical Geology Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology Information And Computing Sciences Mineral Exploration Mineral Processing/Beneficiation Mineral System Geology Mineralogy And Crystallography Mining Engineering Petrology Petrophysics Physical Geography Policy And Administration Primary Mining And Extraction Of Mineral Resources Quarry And Extractive Resource Geology Regional Geology Resource Geology Resources Engineering Sedimentology Soil Science Stratigraphy Surface Geology Volcanology
Document Type	Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
Contributor	Geological Survey of South Australia. Mineral Resources Branch
Sponsor	Martins Granite Quarries Pty Ltd;Rocla Quarry Products Div., Amatek Ltd
Tenement	EML 3085 EML 3086 EML 3087 EML 3360
Tenement Holder
Operator
Geological Province	Kanmantoo Trough
Mine Name	Martin main quarry;Rocla quarry;Tillett's new eastern quarry;Council road rubble quarry;Swain's quarry;S.D. Tillett / W.H. Martin quarry;Martin second quarry;R.J. Tillett quarry
Stratigraphy	Black Hill Norite Kanmantoo Group
Commodity	industrial material
Notes	Notes: Subject report is a revised version of a draft originally prepared in May 1993. The content reflects the status of knowledge of Black Hill geology prevailing at that time, but DMITRE has now decided to make it a public record for reasons of... Notes: Subject report is a revised version of a draft originally prepared in May 1993. The content reflects the status of knowledge of Black Hill geology prevailing at that time, but DMITRE has now decided to make it a public record for reasons of providing historical completeness to data available about this commercially important dimension stone/ornamental stone occurrence. Geographic Locality: Black Hill;Sedan;Mannum;Cambrai;Marne River Valley;Hd Ridley, secns 235-238, 240-243, 248 Doc No: RB 2014/00001 More +
Language	English
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Citation	McCallum, W.S. 2014. RB 2014/00001 Geology of the dimension stone quarries at Black Hill, South Australia. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia. https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/d20010683

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