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RB 89/00042 Opal industry in South Australia. Report no. 11. The 1988 survey of mining equipment and calculation of value of opal produced.
Published: 01 Jun 1989 Created: 07 Nov 2024 Revised: 07 Nov 2024
Author: Townsend, I.J.;Flintoft, M.W.

The following trends emerged: - an 27% increase in production of 13.5 million to $63.5 million, - again a significant increase in Mintabie production of $10.8 million, (38.2%) - 16.3% increase in Coober Pedy production of $3 million, - 8.5%...

The following trends emerged: - an 27% increase in production of 13.5 million to $63.5 million, - again a significant increase in Mintabie production of $10.8 million, (38.2%) - 16.3% increase in Coober Pedy production of $3 million, - 8.5% decrease in Andamooka production of $0.2 million, - 25% increase in the average number of precious stones claims (PSC), - 30% increase in the estimated number of miners, - upward trend in all aspects of mining, investment and production.

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Record No rb8900042
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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Geological Province
    Mine Name Andamooka Opal Field;Coober Pedy Opal Field;Mintabie Opal Field
    Stratigraphy
    Commodity gemstone
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    Geographic Locality: South Australia
Doc No: RB 89/00042
    Geographic Locality: South Australia
Doc No: RB 89/00042
    Language English
    Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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    Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8900042
    Citation Townsend, I.J.;Flintoft, M.W. 1989. RB 89/00042 Opal industry in South Australia. Report no. 11. The 1988 survey of mining equipment and calculation of value of opal produced. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb8900042

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