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RB 81/00112 Mount Monster porphyry deposit near Keith, Murray Mallee. Geological investigations 1978 - 1981, Hd Stirling, Co. Buckingham.
Published: 01 Jan 1981 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024
Author: Pain, A.M.;Robertson, R.S.

Ordovician porphyritic rhyolite, 900 metres north of Mt Monster, 12 km south of Keith, was quarried from 1955 - 1976 to produce 548 477 tonnes of rail ballast and road sealing aggregate. This is an important aggregate resource, being finer grained...

Ordovician porphyritic rhyolite, 900 metres north of Mt Monster, 12 km south of Keith, was quarried from 1955 - 1976 to produce 548 477 tonnes of rail ballast and road sealing aggregate. This is an important aggregate resource, being finer grained and more durable than any other granitic rock in the Upper South-East. Reserves of 280 000 million tonnes beneath 70 000 million tonnes of overburden, will leave an artificial lake which should provide an added attraction to the nearby Mount Monster Conservation Park.

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Record No rb8100112
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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    Mine Name Mount Monster Aggregate Quarry
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    Commodity industrial material
    Notes 
    Notes: Published as part of paper, Mount Monster and Papineau Rocks aggregate deposits in: Mineral Resour. Rev., geol. Surv. S. Aust., 154, p: 46-53.
Geographic Locality: Keith
Doc No: RB 81/00112
    Notes: Published as part of paper, Mount Monster and Papineau Rocks aggregate deposits in: Mineral Resour. Rev., geol. Surv. S. Aust., 154, p: 46-53.
Geographic Locality: Keith
Doc No: RB 81/00112
    Language English
    Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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    Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8100112
    Citation Pain, A.M.;Robertson, R.S. 1981. RB 81/00112 Mount Monster porphyry deposit near Keith, Murray Mallee. Geological investigations 1978 - 1981, Hd Stirling, Co. Buckingham. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8100112

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