Export metadata
RB 56/00083 Pyrite-pyrhotite deposits at Nairne.
Published: 01 Jan 1965 Created: 05 Nov 2024 Revised: 05 Nov 2024
Author: Mirams, R.C.

The Nairne Pyrite Deposit occurs at Drukunga, three and a half miles east of Nairne, and 29 miles from Adelaide on the eastern flank of the Mount Lofty Ranges. The deposit is being worked for iron sulphides. Operations commenced in 1955 as a joint...

The Nairne Pyrite Deposit occurs at Drukunga, three and a half miles east of Nairne, and 29 miles from Adelaide on the eastern flank of the Mount Lofty Ranges. The deposit is being worked for iron sulphides. Operations commenced in 1955 as a joint venture by a group of companies who formed Nairne Pyrites Limited under the sponsorship of the South Australian Government. The quarrying, crushing and concentration operations are carried out at Brukunga and the concentrate forwarded to Birkenhead, near Port Adelaide, for processing to sulphuric acid. The operations at Brukunga are supervised by Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. as managing agents for Nairne Pyrites Limited.

More +

About this record

Record No rb5600083
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement
Tenement Holder
Operator
Geological Province
    Mine Name Brukunga Mine
    Stratigraphy Nairne Pyrite Member
    Commodity
    Notes 
    Notes: 63/00646
Geographic Locality: Nairne
Doc No: RB 56/00083 p: na
    Notes: 63/00646
Geographic Locality: Nairne
Doc No: RB 56/00083 p: na
    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/rb5600083
    Citation Mirams, R.C. 1965. RB 56/00083 Pyrite-pyrhotite deposits at Nairne. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb5600083

    Technical information

    Status
    Maintenance and Update Frequency
    Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
    Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[138.5,-35.5],[139,-35.5],[139,-35],[138.5,-35],[138.5,-35.5]]]}
    Purpose 
    
                    
                    
    
                    
                      		
                
    
              
                
                
    
                  
                    Lineage