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The mineral deposits and mining industry of Papua
Mineral deposits in Papua include those of gold, copper and manganese and from these there has been produced gold; silver; copper, copper matte and copper ore; manganese ore;... -
Gazetteer of Australia WFS
This service will be decommissioned on 12/01/2025. The most up to date national gazetteer data can be found at the following address: https://placenames.fsdf.org.au/. The... -
Report on a sample of diatomite from Queensland
A sample of diatomite was submitted for palaeontological examination. The results are of the examination are recorded in this report. -
Review of geophysical surveys in the Wallaroo-Moonta district, South...
The Wallaroo-Moonta copper field offers a challenge to modern geological and geophysical ore-finding methods. After the production of some 338,066 tons of copper valued at over... -
The Lesi structure, Papua
The Lesi structure, situated near the coast of the Gulf of Papua, about 100 miles north-west of Port Moresby, was surveyed by plane table. A full account of this survey work is... -
Summary of results of boring operations, Coorabin-Oaklands coalfield 1942-1943
During the period August 1942 - August 1943, a boring campaign was conducted in the Coorabin section of the coalfield by the Commonwealth Coal Commission. The boring was done by... -
Mica deposits near Northampton, Western Australia
A description of the mica deposits inspected. -
Geological report on the Rumbalara ochre deposits
Rumbalara is a small siding on the Adelaide-Alice Springs railway line. It is about 120 miles by rail and 143 miles by road south of Alice Springs. The mine is 35 miles by road... -
The micro-fauna of the Dandaragan chalk, Western Australia
The samples of chalk examined for a micro-fauna came from two localities in the Dandaragan district: "Kayanaba" Station and "Chelsea" Station. The material yielded numerous... -
The Renison Bell tinfield, Tasmania
The discovery of tin ore on the field was made in June, 1890, and for many years work was confined to the alluvial and detrital tin ore. The gossan outcrops of the pyritic tin-... -
Notes on the Blue Spec mine
The present report gives an overview of the general geology and ore geology of the Blue Spec Mine. The main orebodies are described in some detail. General estimates of reserves... -
Preliminary report on the Greisen orebody, Mt Bischoff tin mine, Tasmania
"Greisen Lode" is the name given locally to the foot-wall section of a wider mineralised zone, which will be referred to as the Greisen Orebody in this report. Mining operations... -
Preliminary geophysical survey, Morwell brown coalfield, Victoria
This report deals with the results obtained in tests with the electrical resistivity method on the brown coalfields at Morwell and Traralgon, Victoria, in an attempt to develop... -
Report on geology of Leigh Creek coalfield
Following a request by the Premier of South Australia an inspection of the Leigh Creek Coalfield was made on December 5th to December 8th, 1941. My opinion was sought chiefly on... -
Notes on the Iron King mine, Norseman, Western Australia
The statements in this short report are based entirely upon the information supplied by the Superphosphate Industry Committee, in connection with pyrite in the Iron King mine,... -
Conodonts from Waterhouse Range, central Australia
The small series of conodonts herein described was found in the crushings of a hard brownish to yellowish calcareous shale from the South Gorge, Waterhouse Range, Central... -
Geological report on a copper-gold deposit at Yeuralba, Northern Territory
Consequent upon instructions received from the Superintending Geologist, Mr. C.J. Sullivan, the copper-gold deposit at Yeuralba was visited and inspected on the 9th, 10th, and... -
Geological observations on Macquarie Islands (Geological observations on...
A geological investigation was carried out by the writer. The aim was to check the previous mapping of the geology, and if necessary, to assist the Magnetician in locating a... -
Maintenance of gold mines in Western Australia
A summary report of the maintenance work being carried out in various Western Australian gold mines. -
Leigh Creek coalfield Gravity survey Progress report for period May-June 1949
This report covers gravity surveys carried out by the Bureau of Mineral Resources in the Leigh Creek area of northern South Australia between May 10th and June 23rd, 1949. Field...