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RB 72/00032 Clay shale deposits, Glen Osmond, part secn 1079 Hd Adelaide, Co. Adelaide - City Bricks Ltd (Glen Osmond shale deposits).
Published: 07 Apr 1972 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024
Author: Valentine, J.T.

City Bricks Ltd. is quarrying clay shale for brickmaking at Glen Osmond. At present the shale is being won from a lower unit of a three unit sequence of two shales separated by quartzite. Geological mapping and a knowledge of topography enable an...

City Bricks Ltd. is quarrying clay shale for brickmaking at Glen Osmond. At present the shale is being won from a lower unit of a three unit sequence of two shales separated by quartzite. Geological mapping and a knowledge of topography enable an estimate of reserves of 6.9 million cubic yards (5.3 million cubic metres) to be made for the upper shale unit.

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Record No rb7200032
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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    Stratigraphy Burra Group
    Commodity
    Notes 
    Notes: Published in Mineral Resources Review, South Australia, no=136, p: 79-83  71/00917
Geographic Locality: Adelaide metropolitan;Hd Adelaide, secn 1079
Doc No: RB 72/00032
    Notes: Published in Mineral Resources Review, South Australia, no=136, p: 79-83  71/00917
Geographic Locality: Adelaide metropolitan;Hd Adelaide, secn 1079
Doc No: RB 72/00032
    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/rb7200032
    Citation Valentine, J.T. 1972. RB 72/00032 Clay shale deposits, Glen Osmond, part secn 1079 Hd Adelaide, Co. Adelaide - City Bricks Ltd (Glen Osmond shale deposits). Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb7200032

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    Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
    Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[138,-35],[139.5,-35],[139.5,-34],[138,-34],[138,-35]]]}
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