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Radioactive surveys, Katherine - Darwin region: annual report for 1953
As a result of the field activities of the Bureau during 1953 regional geological maps have been prepared for the Rum Jungle district, the Katherine-Edith River district and the... -
Crater Prospect (1951), Rum Jungle, N.T.
The Crater Prospect is situated about 4 miles south-south-east of White's workings and 1 mile north-east of the junction of Batchelor Road and the Darwin-Birdum railway line. It... -
Test surveys with radore equipment in Tasmania
A test survey was made with a Radore Equipment over three mineralised areas in Tasmanian. The investigations were made in January, 1955 for the purpose of comparing the... -
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... -
Note on the recent discovery of marmatite on the Wau-Edie Creek road, Wau
An outcrop of marmatite (zinc sulphide) has been located within the boundaries of E.P.L.26 held by New Guinea Goldfields Limited. The following notes describe the outcrop as... -
Brief report on an investigation of mines in the Harts Range and Plenty...
An examination was made of many of the mines in the Harts Range and Plenty River mica fields during the latter portion of 1951, in the company of Messrs. G.F. Joklik and W.... -
The uranium-copper deposits, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia:...
At Whites Deposit, Rum Jungle, chalcopyrite-uraninite ore has been intersected in a cross-cut at a depth of 100 ft., and sampling shows a grade of 1.5 per cent. U3O8 and 4.6 per... -
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...