Report on investigation of uranium deposits at Mount Painter, South Australia, June 1944 to September 1945 : undertaken at the request of the British Government by the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, in conjunction with the South Australian Government.

Report on investigation of uranium deposits at Mount Painter, South Australia, June 1944 to September 1945 : undertaken at the request of the British Government by the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, in conjunction with the South Australian Government

Created/Published: [Canberra] : [Commonwealth Department of Supply and Shipping], 1945

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REPORT on INVESTIGATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS AT MOUNT PAINTER, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.	3
TABLE OP CONTENTS.	5
AUTHORISATION.	7
PARTICIPATING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INVESTIGATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.	9
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS IN OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES.	11
INDEX.	15
LIST OF PLANS	35
II. ORGANISATION.	41
PART 1. GENERAL STATEMENT – INVESTIGATION OF URANIUM DEPOSITS. Mount Painter, South Australia.	41
III. HISTORICAL RWIEW.	49
IV. PAST PRODUCTION	55
V. REVIEW OF EXPLORATORY OPERATIONS.	57
VI. EXPENDITURE.	71
VII. SUMMARY OF RESULTS.	71
VIII. CONCLUSION.	73
PART II: CONSTRUCTION AND MINING OPERATIONS	77
PART III – GEOLOGICAL SERVEY REPORTS.	159
II. RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE MOUNT PAINTER AREA	207
REFERENCES.	253
PREFACE.	257
III. REPORTS ON INDIVIDUAL URANIUM OCCURRENCES.	259
B. No. 4 Workings.	261
C. No. 5 Workings.	261
D. No. 6 Workings.	263
E. No. 7 Workings	303
F. No. 8 Workings	305
G. Locality "G"	305
2. EAST PAINTER GROUP	307
H. Locality "J"	307
B. Nos. 1 and 2 Workings, East Painter (Greenwood’s) Camp	311
G. No. 5 Workings, East Painter (Greenwood) Camp.	317
E. No. 1E Workings, East Painter (Greenwood) Cams	327
F. No. 2E Workings	327
G. No. 4E Workings	327
H. Bentley Greenwood Deposit	327
1. Similar Greenwood Deposit	331
3. PARALANA HOT SPRINGS GROUP	333
Locality "B"	333
4. REFERENCES	335
APPENDIX I.	337
APPENDIX II. SAMPLING.	339
APPENDIX III. LIST OF SPECIMENS FORWARDED TO ENGLAND.	341
IV. – A POSSIBLE EXPLANRATION OF THE GENESIS OF THE MQUNT PAINTER URANIUM DEPOSITS LARGELY BAKED ON FIELD OBSERVATION	347
IV – ORIGIN OF THE MOUNT PAINTER URANIUM DEPOSITS	361
PART IV – REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS OF URANIUM DEPOSITS, MOUNT PAINTER DISTRICT. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.	369
VIII. RESULTS OF ACTIVITY TESTS ON MINE SAMPLES	429
EAST PAINTER.	433
IX. REFERENCES.	435
PART V – ORE TREATMENT REPORTS.	439
II. URANIUM ORBS FROM MOUNT PAINTER (Second Report)	463
3. STICKY-SURFACE CONCENTRATION TEST ON ORE FROM 50 FT. LEVEL WINZE. NO.6 WORKINGS MOUNT PAINTER.	467
III. DEFFEREUTIAL GRINDING OF URANIUM ORES FROM MT. PAINTER (Third Report.)	475
IV. CONCENTRATION TESTS ON URANIUM ORES FROM MOUNT PAINTER (Fourth Report)	495
V. CONCENTRATION TESTS ON URANIUM ORES FROM MT. PAINTER (Fifth Report)	508
VI. ELECTROSTATIC CONCENTRATION OF URANIUM ORES FROM MOUNT PAINTER AND EAST MOUNT PAINTER SOUTH AUSTRALIA	518
VII. THE RECOVERY OP URANIUM FROM THE TORBERNITE – AUTUNITE ORES OF MOUNT PAINTER, STH. AUSTRALIA	546
METHOD OF ASSAY ADOPTED FOR THE ESTIMATION OF URANIUM IN MOUNT PAINTER ORE	622
II. NOTES ON THE PHOTOGRAPHIC ACTION OF RADIO-ACTIVE MATERIALS.	627
PART VI – MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS.	627
III. TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF MT. PAINTER AREA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. REPORT ON COMPILATION METHODS USED.	629
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.	634

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Dickinson, S. B & Rivett, David & Newman, J. Malcolm & Australia. Department of Supply and Shipping, issuing body. 1945, Report on investigation of uranium deposits at Mount Painter, South Australia, June 1944 to September 1945 : undertaken at the request of the British Government by the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, in conjunction with the South Australian Government [Commonwealth Department of Supply and Shipping], [Canberra] viewed 6 December 2024 http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-251604017

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