RB 54/00121 Summary report on known iron ore deposits, Central Province.
Published: 06 Apr 1962 Created: 04 Nov 2024 Revised: 04 Nov 2024

The accompanying resume of current knowledge of ironstone deposits in the Central Province has been prepared for general distribution. It is based on recent field work, and supersedes that previously recorded by the writer in Summary Report, RB...

The accompanying resume of current knowledge of ironstone deposits in the Central Province has been prepared for general distribution. It is based on recent field work, and supersedes that previously recorded by the writer in Summary Report, RB 51/149, of December 1960. Some additional data are recorded in Departmental files and are available for inspection, but all of the essential information is here presented. The Department has diamond drilled Mount Christie, Fingerpost Hill and George Hill, and has mapped in detail these and some other deposits. Metallurgical work has been carried out by Amdel on samples from Mount Christie and Wilgena Hill submitted by the Department. Samples are also available from West Well and Muckanippie. Some prospects, notably the Muckanippie Group and Wilgena Hill, require detailed mapping. All will be covered by the one-mile mapping now in progress, and ground geophysical surveys will be carried out where necessary as opportunity permits. The Department actively assists investigations and development of all such deposits. This report is divided into two sections, numbered decimally to facilitate reference. Reserves for prospects not mapped or drilled are somewhat less definite than for those investigated in detail; in all cases the data used in calculations are presented. Ore grades, except for Mount Christie, are based on careful surface sampling. At Mount Christie, a comparison of diamond drill core and surface sample results suggests that there is considerable surface enrichment.

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Record No rb5400121
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
Contributor South Australia. Department of Mines;Iron Exploration Section
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Tenement
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Geological Province Gawler Craton
Mine Name Big Tank prospect
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Notes: Plan 60-647 attached shows the general location of the Mount Christie Group, and Wilgena Hill.  Plan S2476 attached shows the relation of the various groups of outcrops described. For a geological summary of the whole province, refer to...

Notes: Plan 60-647 attached shows the general location of the Mount Christie Group, and Wilgena Hill. Plan S2476 attached shows the relation of the various groups of outcrops described. For a geological summary of the whole province, refer to "The Geology of South Australia - Chapter V - The Central Province", by Dunlop and Parkin (Journal of the Geological Society of Australia, Vol. 5, Part 2, 1957), which describes the Tarcoola area. 26/05/00075 Geographic Locality: Mount Christie;Mulgathing;Wilgena Hill;Tarcoola;Fingerpost Hill;George Hill;West Well;Muckanippie;Durkin Bore;Aristarchus Tank;Kenella Rocks;Hicks Hill;Commonwealth Hill Doc No: RB 54/00121

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb5400121
Citation Whitten, G.F. 1962. RB 54/00121 Summary report on known iron ore deposits, Central Province. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb5400121

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