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This page is designed to provide some basic information that will help with people better understand the material on the website and in publications circulated by the Mineral Resources Group.

Exploration companies operating within South Australia actively seek a wide range of commodities with the following being the most common or frequently referred to:

Au: Gold

Ag: Silver

Co: Cobalt

Cr: Chromium

Cu: Copper

Mo: Molybdenum

Mg: Magnesium

Ni: Nickel

Pb: Lead

Sn: Tin

U: Uranium

Zn: Zinc

HMS: Heavy Mineral Sand
Sand deposits that include a suite of minerals known as 'Heavy Minerals' rich in Titanium and Zirconium. The main minerals are Rutile (TiO2), Ilmenite (FeTiO3) and Zircon  (ZrSiO4).

 

PGEs: Platinum Group Elements
The PGEs are six metallic elements: platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), rhodium (Rh), iridium (Ir), osmium (Os), and ruthenium (Ru), that sit together on the Periodic Table.

 

REE: Rare Earth Elements
A suite of metallic elements known as the Lanthanide Series of elements.
 

For details on each of the commodities listed below, please click on the title.  New commodities will be added when the information becomes available.

 

Asbestos
Barite
Beryl
Celestite
Chromite
Chrysoprase
Coal
Cobalt
Construction minerals
Copper
Corundum
Diamond
Dimension stone
Dolomite
Feldspar
Flint

Fluorite
Garnet
Gold
Graphite
Gypsum
Iron Ore
Iron Oxide Pigments
Kaolin
Lead-Zinc
Limestone
Magnesite
Manganese
Mica
Mineral Sands
Molybdenum
Nephrite Jade

Nickel
Opal
Palygorskite
Phosphate
Rare Earth Elements
Salt
Silica
Sillimanite (And. & Ky.)
Silver
Sulphur
Talc
Tin
Uranium
Vermiculite (see Mica)
Wollastonite

 

 

For more information about the Commodity Reviews, please contact Brian Morris (ph. 61 8 8463 3127).

 

Access to information about and maps showing prospects and operating mines with related resource types is provided on the South Australian Resources page.