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Department of Supply and Development, Commonwealth Copper and Bauxite...
During the visit of the Copper and Bauxite Committee to West Australia, the Lake Campion Alunite deposits, as a source of Alumina, were investigated. The position with regard to... -
The bauxite resources of Tasmania
This report gives an overview of the bauxite resources of Tasmania. The report provides a summary of the work, investigation, and sampling conducted between 1941 and 1949. The... -
Notes on lateritisation and the origin of opal in Australia
In 1946 and 1947 the writer had excellent opportunities to study the effect of lateritisation in the course of geological reconnaissances in Northern Australia. From field... -
Mineralogy of tungsten ores from Rye Park, N.S.W.
An enquiry has come from the Melbourne University Ore-Dressing Laboratory concerning the mineralogy of ores from Nos. 1 and 2 orebodies at Rye Park. Mr. K. S. Blaskett,... -
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... -
Evaporite deposits in Australia
Evaporites comprise all deposits formed by the evaporation of water and the precipitation of its constituents, such as calcium sulphate, sodium chloride, and potassium... -
Bauxite resources of the Inverell area, New South Wales
This report gives an overview of the bauxite resources of the Inverell district, New South Wales, including, in particular, those deposits held or examined by the Australian... -
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... -
Report on the Commonwealth mica mine at Yinnietharra, Gascoyne River,...
The area was visited in company with Mr. R.S. Matheson of the Geological Survey of Australia in December, 1942, when eleven pigmatite bodies bearing mica and beryl were... -
Report on the area, approximately 100 feet wide, between ML180 and DC22,...
Report on the method and findings of the beach sands investigation in the area between ML180 and DC22, Broadbeach to North Burleigh. Estimates of the quantities and grades of... -
Notes on bauxite in Riau Archipelago, Netherlands East Indies
The principal deposits of bauxite occur on Bintan and adjacent islands which lie about 50 to 100 miles south-east from Singapore. This report is comprised of three extracts... -
The bauxite resources of Victoria
This report gives an overview of the known bauxite resources of Victoria. Descriptions are given of the general geology of the area, of the individual deposits, and of the bauxite. -
Further report on samples from W.R. Johnston's bore near Bourke, New South Wales
A preliminary report on these samples was forwarded on 19/2/'42, the final report being delayed until the results of a mineralogical examination of two rock types, prominent in... -
Mineral deposits of the Tweed-Fingal area, northern New South Wales
The deposits of heavy mineral sands along the East Coast of Australia are being investigated primarily to determine their content of monazite. These deposits contain most of the... -
Mineral deposits of the Fingal-Cudgen areas, northern New South Wales
The deposits of heavy mineral sands along the East Coast of Australia are being investigated primarily to determine their content of monazite. These deposits contain most of the... -
Bauxite resources of the Moss Vale district, New South Wales
The occurrence of ferruginous laterite in the vicinity of Moss Vale, Bundanoon and Wingello, County of Camden, has long been known. In order to define any zones enriched in... -
Comparison of glauconite from the Miocene beds at Lakes Entrance, Victoria,...
Samples of "glauconite" were collected from the glauconitic sandstone at Lakes Entrance and the glauconitic fossiliferous Miocene limestone of Maslin's Beach and Hackham. The... -
The heavy mineral deposits of the east coast of Australia
The most important known deposits of what are commonly referred to as the beach sand minerals are situated along the most easterly part of the Australian coast. The geographical... -
Mineral deposits of the Palm Beach area, south-east Queensland
The primary aim of the investigation was to determine the reserves and distribution of monazite in the deposits of heavy mineral sands along the East Coast. These deposits... -
Examination of a supposed bauxite bearing area on Cobourg Peninsula,...
The presence of laterite described as high-silica bauxite at Mt. Roe on Cobourg Peninsula had been reported early in this century by H.Y.L. Brown, who submitted a specimen for...