RB 84/00039 Beltana barite deposits - No. 2 lode. Geological investigations 1983. Out of Hundreds - Flinders Ranges. Steetley Industries Ltd.
Published: 01 Jun 1984 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024

Barite with abundant botryoidal goethite and quartz formed during Ordovician Delamerian Orogeny as infillings of fissure near regional northwesterly fault. Largely mined for oil drilling grade barite. Uneconomic tonnages remain.

Barite with abundant botryoidal goethite and quartz formed during Ordovician Delamerian Orogeny as infillings of fissure near regional northwesterly fault. Largely mined for oil drilling grade barite. Uneconomic tonnages remain.

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Record No rb8400039
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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Tenement ML 4323
Tenement Holder
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Geological Province Adelaide Geosyncline
Mine Name Beltana Barite Deposit
Stratigraphy Bunyeroo Formation
Commodity
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Geographic Locality: Puttapa
Doc No: RB 84/00039

Geographic Locality: Puttapa Doc No: RB 84/00039

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8400039
Citation Flint, D.J. 1984. RB 84/00039 Beltana barite deposits - No. 2 lode. Geological investigations 1983. Out of Hundreds - Flinders Ranges. Steetley Industries Ltd. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8400039

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Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
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