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RB 35/00021 Recovery of copper from Moonta Dumps.
Published: 09 Feb 1955 Created: 04 Nov 2024 Revised: 04 Nov 2024
Author: Kneebone, C.S.

The ore submitted for beneficiation consisted of borehole samples from the Handcock tailings dump at the old treatment plant at Moonta. Some 21 boreholes were systematically sunk in this dump by the Mines Department during 1951 to investigate the...

The ore submitted for beneficiation consisted of borehole samples from the Handcock tailings dump at the old treatment plant at Moonta. Some 21 boreholes were systematically sunk in this dump by the Mines Department during 1951 to investigate the possibility of copper extraction in view of the acute shortage of this metal in Australia. Sampling of the tailings dumps at Moonta indicates that the ore in the various dumps is generally similar in type but the Handcock dump is slightly higher in copper content.

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Record No rb3500021
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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    Mine Name Moonta Mines;Wallaroo-Moonta Mines
    Stratigraphy
    Commodity copper
    Notes 
    Notes: Published by SADM in: Mining Review, Adelaide. No. 98 (1955); p: 181-186. Metallurgical report no. 45.
Geographic Locality: Yorke Peninsula;Moonta
Doc No: RB 35/00021
    Notes: Published by SADM in: Mining Review, Adelaide. No. 98 (1955); p: 181-186. Metallurgical report no. 45.
Geographic Locality: Yorke Peninsula;Moonta
Doc No: RB 35/00021
    Language English
    Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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    License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb3500021
    Citation Kneebone, C.S. 1955. RB 35/00021 Recovery of copper from Moonta Dumps. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb3500021

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