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White Rocks gravel pits, Queanbeyan
A deposit of weathered graphic granite at White Rocks, 2 miles south of Queanbeyan, was investigated and the limits of material in it suitable for easily quarryable road metal... -
Notes on Plen's radioactive deposit at Toongi, South of Dubbo, New South Wales.
A brief geological examination of this deposit was made by the writer and D.N. Smith between 18th and 20th June, 1952. The deposit had been previously examined in 1951 by J.... -
Report of radiometric investigations in the Mt Kavanagh area
In January, 1951, samples of radioactive minerals stated to have been collected in the Mt. Kavanagh (Cavenagh) area, Central Australia, were submitted to the Bureau by Mr.... -
Merton's clay deposit, Parish of Queanbeyan
During an inspection of limestone deposits at White Rocks on 2/11/50, samples of weathered granite were collected from a quarry on the eastern side of the Queanbeyan-Cooma road,... -
The use of the Frantz Isodynamic Separator in the separation of minerals in...
The beach sands on which investigations were carried out, were mainly from beaches along the eastern coast of Australia and from islands adjacent to this coast. A high... -
Testing of cores from Australian Associated Oilfields (N.L.) Well No. 2,...
Six wax-sealed samples of cores were received with a request that they be tested for porosity, permeability and oil and water content. Testing was carried out by Messrs. N.V.H.... -
Sub-surface water supply in the Barkly Tablelands
The information presented in this paper was collected in 1947-8 by a combined scientific team composed of officers from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research... -
Kirby's Hill and Tyldesley - Ben Bullen area, Western Coalfield: results of...
This statement gives the results of a scout drilling campaign conducted by the Bureau at the Kirby's Hill Area of the Western Coalfield of New South Wales. The area investigated... -
Mica specimens - Mr E. Kitchin, Chillagoe
Bearing in mind Mr. Kitchin's statement that the mica has been recovered from a shallow depth of about six feet only it appears to be of really good quality, and in view of the... -
Geomechanical rock properties of the Officer Basin
The Officer Basin spanning South Australia and Western Australia is the focus of a regional stratigraphic study being undertaken as part of the Exploring for the Future (EFTF)... -
Report on radiometric investigations at Carcoar, New South Wales
Attention has been directed to the cobalt workings at Carcoar as a possible source of radioactive minerals in two ways. During testing of museum specimens for radioactivity, it... -
Crater Line Investigation, Rum Jungle, N.T.
The Crater Line consists of a series of rock exposures outcropping in an arcuate pattern around the southwestern flank of the Rum Jungle granite. The exposed rocks are believed... -
Limestone deposits at White Rocks, Parish of Queanbeyan
In conjunction with an engineer of the Works and Housing Branch, a brief examination of the limestone deposits at White Rocks was made on 2/11/50 to determine their suitability... -
Radioactive investigations in the Broken Hill district.
In the search for deposits of radioactive minerals in Australia the area of the Barrier Ranges appears especially worthy of investigation on geological grounds because it is... -
Results of drilling, Oaklands-Coorabin Coalfield, 1950
The boring campaign carried out during 1950 by the Petroleum Technology section of the Bureau proved the existence over an area of 25 square miles in the Oaklands-Coorabin... -
Bauxite at Gove, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory
This report records observations made during two brief visits to the area when reconnaissance was limited to the shores of Melville Harbour and to the immediate vicinity of Gove... -
Reconnaissance geological report on the Mt Cavenagh area
A reconnaissance geological and radiometric survey of the Mt. Cavenagh area was carried out by B.P. Walpole and J. Sleis of the geological section and J. Daly and D. Dyson of... -
Tentative method of test for porosity of rocks, including samples of drill cores
Two methods are outlined in this report. The first, is a method intended for the determination of porosity of consolidated sediments. The method is applicable to those sediments... -
Report on examination of specimens of mill products from mines at Broken Hill
In connection with the search for uranium in Australia samples of mill products from producing mines have been examined for radioactivity by the Bureau. Amongst these were...
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