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The Maranboy tinfield Progress report
A geological investigation of the Maranboy Tin Field was commenced by officers of the Bureau of Mineral Resources in May, 1951. The object of the survey is, primarily, to obtain... -
Note on copper possibilities - James Range, Central Australia
During the past three to five years small amounts of oxidized copper ore have been reported from various localities in the James Ranges to the west of Alice Springs. During a... -
Geological report on Peko gold mine, Tennant Creek goldfield, Northern Territory
A geological survey of the Peko Gold Mine was conducted as part of the field activities of the Bureau of Mineral Resources in 1950. The objects of the survey were to study the... -
Geophysical survey at Silver Valley, Copeton, New South Wales
This report describes a geophysical survey made in May 1952 and August 1953 at the Silver Valley mine workings, near Inverell, N.S.W. From the workings there is evidence of... -
Rum Jungle investigations 1951 and 1952: progress report
Mining and exploration activities and geological investigations carried out in the Rum Jungle area during 1951 and 1952 have provided important results and basic information... -
Mount Elliott mine, Selwyn, Queensland
The period 7th to 28th January, 1951 was spent at Selwyn by the writer: approximately one week was spent in preparing a semi-regional map at a scale of 1 inch to 400 feet; one... -
The Pinnacles copper mine, Strangways Range
The area was geologically investigated at the request of the Director of Mines, Alice Springs, by A.D.M. Bell and J. Firman. Mapping was by chain and compass traverse during... -
Dyson's Find (1951), Rum Jungle N.T.
Dyson's Find is situated 1000 yards east-north-east of White's workings. A radiometric anomaly was discovered here in 1950 by geophysicist D.F. Dyson while traversing the... -
The Yeuralba Mineral Field, Northern Territory
A geological investigation of the Yeuralba mineral field was undertaken by the Bureau of Mineral resources as part of the field activities for the 1952 field season. Actual... -
The geology of the Crusader copper mine, Dobbyn, Queensland
This report presents the results of a geological investigation of the Crusader copper deposit, Dobbyn, Queensland. The purpose of the survey was to investigate the geological... -
Tungsten deposits at Rye Park, New South Wales
The existence of wolfram in the deposit has been known since about 1915, and mining was carried out intermittently from that time until about 1938. It was not until June, 1951,... -
Geological report on the Mt Hope copper mine, Mount Hope
Ten days were spent in examination of the property, from July 8th to 18th. All accessible underground workings were mapped in detail on a scale of 30 feet to 1 inch and the... -
Blue Spec mine, Nullagine, Western Australia
The Blue Spec Mine, Nullagine, was visited from 20th to 24th September, 1947. An inspection was made of the mine. No. 3 level (depth 450 feet) was mapped and the antimony-gold... -
Geology of the Peaks - Narri area, Cobar District
An examination of the New Cobar-Chesney-New Occidental area in 1947 concluded that the discordant contact between slaty and sandy beds in the area was a feature of major... -
Application of gold fineness to the search for ore
It has been fairly firmly established that the fineness of the gold in any ore deposit varies with the depth from the surface at which the deposit was formed and as a corollary... -
Ore reserves and diamond drilling campaign, King Island scheelite mine
A request was made for an estimation of the ore reserves indicated to date in the King Island Scheelite Mine, and for a drilling campaign to be drawn up to prove a total of... -
The geology of the Cobar mineral field and its bearing on prospecting
The Cobar mining field was examined between August, 1946 and June, 1947. Attention was concentrated on the operating mines, viz. New Occidental, New Cobar and Chesney. New... -
Reserves of iron ore in Australia
Details concerning the reserves of iron ore in Australia have been tabulated in this report. The report provides estimates of the grade and probable reserves of ore for the... -
Summarised report on ore prospects of mines held by New Occidental Goldmines...
The Great Cobar ore deposit was discovered in 1870. Production commenced in 1871 and since that date mining at Cobar has been more or less continuous. The field has produced... -
Geological report on Wilks Creek wolfram mine, Marysville, Victoria
The Wilks Creek wolfram mine is situated in the parish of Steavenson, county of Anglesey in central Victoria. It is approximately 4 miles south from the small town of...