RB 38/00053 Report on an inspection of an asbestos deposit located on Mount Lyndhurst Station.
Published: 29 Sep 1954 Created: 04 Nov 2024 Revised: 04 Nov 2024

A minor outcropping occurrence of blue-grey ?tremolite asbestos found in a fault crush zone located near the head of Mount Lyndhurst Creek was visited to assess its economic viability. Because of the largely narrow and unpredictable development of...

A minor outcropping occurrence of blue-grey ?tremolite asbestos found in a fault crush zone located near the head of Mount Lyndhurst Creek was visited to assess its economic viability. Because of the largely narrow and unpredictable development of the asbestos-bearing quartz veins, resulting in short and broken asbestos mineral fibres, and a likely low tonnage of useable material, it was concluded that the occurrence held little promise of being economic.

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Record No rb3800053
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
Contributor South Australia. Department of Mines
Sponsor
Tenement
Tenement Holder
Operator
Geological Province Adelaide Geosyncline
Mine Name
Stratigraphy Myrtle Springs Formation
Commodity
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Geographic Locality: Northern Flinders Ranges;Mount Lyndhurst Station;Mount Clive Fault
Doc No: RB 38/00053

Geographic Locality: Northern Flinders Ranges;Mount Lyndhurst Station;Mount Clive Fault Doc No: RB 38/00053

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/rb3800053
Citation Johns, R.K. 1954. RB 38/00053 Report on an inspection of an asbestos deposit located on Mount Lyndhurst Station. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb3800053

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