RB 79/00071 Statement of ore reserves, Oraparinna barite mine, Co. Taunton, Flinders Ranges.

Published: 01 Jan 1979 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024

Author: McCallum, W.S.;Harris, R.K.

Australian Barytes Pty Ltd mines high quality barite from steeply dipping lodes in the Brachina Formation siltstone and shale at Oraparinna in the Flinders Ranges. The barite lodes within the mine comprise the Oraparinna No. 1 Lode System as first defined by Broadhurst (1946). Operations consist of shallow open cuts and underground workings on four levels. Ore reserves within the No. 1 Lode system down to the planned No. 6 Level are contained in four main lodes. The total measured and indicated ore reserve in all lodes is 78,700 tonnes, and the total potential ore reserve down to No. 6 Level is 142,700 tonnes. These figures represent industrial grade barite. Numerous other barite lodes in the vicinity of the main mine have been mined by open cut, but reserves remaining in these lodes are small.

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Record No	rb7900071
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Drilling Engineering Earth Sciences Energy Energy Exploration Engineering Geology Mineral Resource Geology Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources) Mineral System Geology Mining Engineering Policy And Administration Primary Mining And Extraction Of Mineral Resources Quarry And Extractive Resource Geology Resource Geology Resources Engineering Stratigraphy
Document Type	Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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Geological Province	Adelaide Geosyncline
Mine Name	Oraparinna barite mine
Stratigraphy	Brachina Formation Oraparinna Shale
Commodity	baryte industrial material
Notes	Geographic Locality: South-central Flinders Ranges;Bunkers Range;Oraparinna Diapir Doc No: RB 79/00071 Geographic Locality: South-central Flinders Ranges;Bunkers Range;Oraparinna Diapir Doc No: RB 79/00071
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb7900071
Citation	McCallum, W.S.;Harris, R.K. 1979. RB 79/00071 Statement of ore reserves, Oraparinna barite mine, Co. Taunton, Flinders Ranges. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia. https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb7900071

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