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RB 79/00003 Fine tailings investigation. Drilling of tailings dams and the results of laboratory evaluation. Report no. 2, Gawler.
Published: 01 Jan 1979 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024
Author: MacCallum, W.S.;Pain, A.M.;Spencer, W.G.

A total of 0.5 million cubic m of fine tailings, weighing 0.7 million tonnes, and averaging 44.8% solids, are impounded in 10 tailings dams at three sand deposits near Gawler, 35 km north-east of Adelaide. The dams are still in use, and pose a...

A total of 0.5 million cubic m of fine tailings, weighing 0.7 million tonnes, and averaging 44.8% solids, are impounded in 10 tailings dams at three sand deposits near Gawler, 35 km north-east of Adelaide. The dams are still in use, and pose a major problem in rehabilitation, and, in places, sterilize adjacent sand resources. Composite samples obtained by a pontoon - mounted Gemco drilling rig were found suitable for brick making, being plastic, low maturing, strong, and firing to a terracotta hue or paler. Only in RMC Dam B is the clay unsuitable for brick making. Further research is required into the mining, drying and other uses of these fine tailings.

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Record No rb7900003
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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Tenement
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Geological Province St Vincent Basin
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Commodity industrial material
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Geographic Locality: Gawler;Sandy Creek;Hd Barossa, secn 3036, secn 3037, secn 3081, secn 3058;Hd Barossa, secn 059
Doc No: RB 79/00003
Geographic Locality: Gawler;Sandy Creek;Hd Barossa, secn 3036, secn 3037, secn 3081, secn 3058;Hd Barossa, secn 059
Doc No: RB 79/00003
Language English
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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb7900003
Citation MacCallum, W.S.;Pain, A.M.;Spencer, W.G. 1979. RB 79/00003 Fine tailings investigation. Drilling of tailings dams and the results of laboratory evaluation. Report no. 2, Gawler. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb7900003

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