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Bauxite of Manus Island, Territory of Papua and New Guinea
Bauxite was found on Manus Island in 1952 by J.E. Thompson, Senior Resident Geologist, Territory of Papua and New Guinea, at three separate localities. At Lepatuan a dacite flow... -
Preliminary report on magnetite deposit, Gulgong, New South Wales
At the request of Australian Magnetite Pty. Ltd. of Melbourne and with the approval of the New South Wales Mines Department a geophysical survey was carried out over a lease... -
Mitchell's Flat area: drilling results
The area investigated, of approximately 16 square miles, is 10 miles east of Singleton in the Parishes of Sedgefield and Marwood, County of Durham and in the Parish of Belford,... -
Summary statement of Australian bauxite reserves at 31st December, 1952
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... -
Preliminary report on seismic reflection survey, Avon area, Gippsland, Victoria
Gravity surveys were conducted of the Gippsland Lakes district during 1949 and 1951. Both surveys showed an anomaly immediately to the north of Lake Wellington, the magnetic... -
The Tennyson uranium prospects, Edith River, Northern Territory
The Tennyson Uranium prospects, six in number and referred to as prospects 1 to 6, include 15 deposits all apparently too small and too low in grade, at the surface, to be worth... -
Geophysical test survey at Liontown, near Charters Towers, Queensland
This report describes a geophysical test survey made in September 1952, at the request of the Queensland Department of Mines and Mines Exploration Pty. Ltd., over an area... -
Report on alluvial gold deposits of Mastuj and Chitral Rivers in Chitral...
The presence of alluvial gold in the river gravels of Mastuj and Chitral has been known for many years, and local inhabitants have realised the value of the gold and have worked... -
Open cut coal programme - Newcastle region, Kotara area Drilling results
The area investigated lies on the outskirts of Kotara, a suburb in the S.W. of Newcastle. The coal of interest is in the Burwood Seam. Drilling, field work, and surveying were... -
Howick area reports
This report deals with the results of 25,000 ft. of boring over an area of 15 sq. miles. Twenty-six coal seams were identified and named. Total reserves of all seams with band-... -
Ravensthorpe manganese deposits
The Copper Mine Creek deposit is the only manganese deposit worthy of attention in the Ravensthorpe area. It is a bedded deposit enriched by supergene water, and has an... -
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... -
Bauxite in the Wessel Islands, Arnhem Land, Northern Territory of Australia
Pisolitic bauxite containing between 40 and 50 per cent available alumina was discovered on islands off the north-east coast of Arnhem Land in 1949, and after preliminary... -
Are there possibilities for a geophysical survey in the Cloncurry district
The purpose of a visit to the Cloncurry district, which lasted from 21st August to 30th September, 1951, was to see what aid geophysical work could give in the search for copper... -
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... -
Results of drilling for open-cut coal in the Bloomfield area, Newcastle region, NSW
During late 1951 and early 1952 the Bureau, while searching for open-cut coal in New South Wales, prospected the Big Ben and Donaldson's Seams in the Bloomfield Area which is... -
Open cut coal investigations, Cessnock Muswellbrook region, Parnell's Creek...
This report contains an account of the open cut coal investigations in the Cessnock Muswellbrook region. The area herein reported on is of 1.29 square miles, in the Parish of... -
Summary statement of Australian bauxite reserves at 30th June, 1953
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... -
Interim report: geophysical investigations of the copper-nickel deposits,...
The Bureau of Mineral Resources has commenced a geophysical investigation of the copper-nickel deposits in the Five-Mile district near Zeehan at the request of the Tasmanian... -
Ferruginous manganese deposits, Teano Range, North-West Division, Western Australia
Superficial deposits of ferruginous manganese ore occur on the southern end of the Teano Range, Peak Hill Goldfield, Western Australia at about 150 miles by road north-north-...