RB 50/00032 Quartzite deposit diamond drilling.
Published: 11 Feb 1960 Created: 04 Nov 2024 Revised: 04 Nov 2024

A bed of quartzite to over 150 feet in thickness situated adjacent to the Clare-Mintaro road has been tested by diamond drilling to prove its suitability for road building. Drilling has confirmed that there are over 2 million cubic yards of good...

A bed of quartzite to over 150 feet in thickness situated adjacent to the Clare-Mintaro road has been tested by diamond drilling to prove its suitability for road building. Drilling has confirmed that there are over 2 million cubic yards of good quality quartzite available for quarrying.

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Record No rb5000032
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
Contributor
Sponsor SA Highways and Local Government Department
Tenement
Tenement Holder
Operator
Geological Province Adelaide Geosyncline
Mine Name
Stratigraphy
Commodity industrial material
Notes
Notes: Published by SADM in: Mining Review, Adelaide. No. 112 (1961); p: 141-143 (1961).  51/00799
Geographic Locality: Mintaro;Hd Clare, secn 331
Doc No: RB 50/00032

Notes: Published by SADM in: Mining Review, Adelaide. No. 112 (1961); p: 141-143 (1961). 51/00799 Geographic Locality: Mintaro;Hd Clare, secn 331 Doc No: RB 50/00032

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

Citations

Use constraints License
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb5000032
Citation Johns, R.K. 1960. RB 50/00032 Quartzite deposit diamond drilling. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb5000032

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Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[138.5,-34],[139,-34],[139,-33.5],[138.5,-33.5],[138.5,-34]]]}
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