Authors / CoAuthors
Mawby, M.A. | Nye, P.B.
Abstract
King Island is situated at the western end of Bass Strait. The scheelite deposits at Grassy were discovered by Mr. T. Farrell about 1913. A new Company - King Island Scheelite N.L. was formed and commenced operations during 1938 and results of their operations to the 31st October, 1941 show: [see record for complete table]. The present production (based on 1941 figures) is 30,000 tons of ore per annum from which 200 tons of scheelite concentrate is obtained. Geology, mining operations, milling practice, and recommendations for testing and development are discussed.
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document
eCat Id
10004
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Cnr Jerrabomberra Ave and Hindmarsh Dr GPO Box 378
Canberra
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2601
Australia
Keywords
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- GA PublicationRecord
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- mineral deposits
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- mineral exploration
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- mining
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- resource assessment
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- geology
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- economic geology
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- AU-TAS
- Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
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- Geology
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- Published_External
Publication Date
1942-01-01T00:00:00
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geoscientificInformation
Series Information
Record 1942/008
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[-40.2, -39.9, 143.9, 144.2]
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