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Summary statement of Australian bauxite reserves at 31st December, 1952

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This statement has been prepared as a supplement to Summary Report No. 27 - Aluminium and Bauxite - which was issued in 1946. Since that year testing of deposits in Tasmania has been completed and new discoveries of commercial bauxite have been made in northern New South Wales and the Northern Territory. Further exploration in South Gippsland has resulted in minor additions to the proved reserves of Victoria, and the presence of bauxite has been reported in Papua and New Guinea. Exploration of deposits of bauxite on the north coast of the Northern Territory is not complete but sufficient accessible reserves have been proved to change the formerly unfavourable outlook for the aluminium industry now being established in Australia. Re-examination of the formerly known deposits has necessitated recalculation of the stated reserves, and has generally resulted in a reduction of the earlier estimates, but, on the other hand, a substantial increase has been made for the Tamborine Mountain deposits in Queensland. South Gippsland tonnages have been recalculated and expressed as dry ore for the sake of greater accuracy and consistency. Tonnages throughout are long tons (2240 pounds) of dry ore. In the following tables proved reserves are those which have been systematically tested by pits or bores regularly spaced at intervals of not more than 400 feet, and in many cases only 100 feet. Indicated reserves have been tested by more widely or irregularly spaced holes.

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Title Summary statement of Australian bauxite reserves at 31st December, 1952
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/2276cbec-ee8e-4d47-ba04-7865b7e20d3f
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
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https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/summary-statement-of-australian-bauxite-reserves-at-31st-december-1952