SEARCH FOR MINERALS
AUSTRALIAN WAR EFFORT A vigorous search for minerals of war value, such as gold, copper, antimony, tin, mica, silver, lead and wolfram, is being conducted throughout the vast' desert lands of Northern Australia.
A report of the North Australia survey, presented to the Commonwealth Parliament, and released in New Zealand by the Australian Trade Commissioner, Mr. C. E. Critchley, savs that manganese deposits in the foothills west°of Cairns, in Queensland, are being examined, and that gold, mica and rare minerals are being sought farther south in the Potallah-Alice Creek district. Examination is also being made of copper deposits over an area of -300 square miles in the Chillagoe (Queensland). In the Northern Territory wolfram is being sought. Aerial photographs and mosaics have been taken and prepared of 15,000 miles of country and 1500 geological maps covering the whole area have been prepared.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23759, 12 September 1940, Page 11
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145SEARCH FOR MINERALS New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23759, 12 September 1940, Page 11
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