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United States Geological Survey Publications of Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Rim:


PP 456 C / Hamilton, W. / THE HALLETT VOLCANIC PROVINCE, ANTARCTICA, 1972, pb, 62 pages, 40 figs., 3 tables, $ 12

PP 1078 / Hamilton, W. / TECTONICS OF THE INDONESIAN REGION, 1979, pb, 345 pages, 1 plate (in pocket), 154 figs., $ 40

PP 1112 / Garrison, R. E., et.al. / PETROLOGY, SEDIMENTOLOGY, AND DIAGENESIS OF HEMIPELAGIC LIMESTONE AND TUFFACEOUS TUBIDITES IN THE AKSITERO FORMATION, CENTRAL LUZON, PHILIPPINES, 1979, pb, 16 pages, 12 figs., $ 4

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Australia Mineralogical Records:


9,1 / ZINC PHOSPHATE AT REAPHOOK HILL, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, $20
11,2 / MALACHITE PSEUDOMORPHS FROM THE SIR DOMINICK MINE, ARKAROLLA, $15
16,4 / FAMOUS MINERAL LOCALITIES: KINGSGATE MINES, NEW SOUTH WALES, $15
19,6 / AUSTRALIA!, $20


Australian Mineral Industry Quarterly (with production, export, and import statistics):


Issue Year Contents Price
30(1) 1977

Includes Copper Mining in Australia, 1953-1975

$ 10
30(2) 1977

Includes Australian Sulfur Industry

$ 10
37(3) 1984

Production, Export, and Import Statistics

$ 8
       

New South Wales Geological Publications:


New South Wales Volumes -

Volume 1 (part 1 and 3) and volume 2 (parts 1, 2, 3, and 4) / Wilkinson, C. S., et.al. / GEOLOGY OF THE BARRIER RANGES DISTRICT AND MOUNT BROWNE AND THE TIBOOBURRA GOLDFIELDS / HUMAN REMAINS IN THE SAND AND PUMICE BED AT LONG BAY / ERUPTIVE ROCKS CONNECTED WITH THE SILVER-BEARING LODES AT SUNNY CORNER, MITCHELL / A CORAL INTERMEDIATE / OCCURRENCE OF TELLURIUM IN COMBINATION WITH BISMUTH / TELLURIDE-BISMUTH ORES FROM NORONGO / SKETCH OF COLUMNAR BASALT / OCCURRENCE OF Meiolania IN TE PLIOCENE DEEP LEAD / LEUCITE BASALTS / MINERAL SPRING AT FLAT CREEK / PALEONTOLOGY OF NEW GUINEA / CLASSIFICATION OF ROCKS / GENUS Tryplasma / TERTIARY DEEP LEAD AT TUMBARAUMA / ABORIGINAL ROCK CARVINGS / STONE SPEAR-HEADS / UNDESCRIBED UNIVALVES / ROCKS AND MINERALS FROM MOUNT MORGAN / NEW SOUTH WALES MINERALS / MICROSCOPIC FUNGI / VOLATILITY OF GOLD / ANALYSIS OF SAMPLES OF COAL AND COKE / CHLORINATION PROCESS / GENERAL GEOLOGY OF THE SOUTH COAST / RUGOSA SPECIES / CAVE SHELTERS / ROCKS CARVINGS / more...,Sydney, 1889-1892, cl, 224 pages, - 5 -, $ 395

Volume IX, Part III, CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENT LABORATORY, Syndey, 1916, pb, 9 plates (on in color), - 5 -, $ 125 [Contents include: Assay of tin ores; Composition of the Delegate Meteorite; Molong Meteorite; Gilgoin No. 7 Meteorite; also Nos. 1, 2, 6 Gilgoin Meteorites; Analysis of Obsidianites from the Uralla District, Charlotte Waters, more...]

Volume VIII, Part I, GEOLOGY OF THE KIAMA-JAMBEROO DISTRICT, Sydney, 1905, pb, 14 plates (plate 14 is a large, colored geological map with sections with one small repair to its edge), 13 figs., 3 tables, - 5 -, $ 30

Volume IX, Part IV, RECORDS OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, 1919, afb, pages 177 - 196, - 5 -, $ 15 [Includes Mineralogical and Petrographic Notes and Pallsdiyr from Mount Dyrring, Singleton District]

New South Wales Bulletins -

Bulletin 2 / Kenny, E. J. / SILVER, LEAD, ZINC, Sydney, 1923, pb, 46 pages, 7 plates including a map of the City of Broken Hill and plan of the main hill leases, 3 figs., 8 tables, book has good mine descriptions, - 5 -, $ 125

B 4 / Harper, L. F. / IRON, Sydney, 1923, afb, 23 pages, 6 plates, - 5 -, $ 45

B 5 / Kenny, E. J. / ANTIMONY, ARSENIC, BISMUTH, MOLYBDENUM, AND TUNGSTEN, Sydney, 1924, afb, 47 pages, 4 plates, 1 sketch of mine plans with sections, 1 figure, - 5 -, $ 95

B 7 / Kenny, E. J. / GOLD, Sydney, 1924, afb, 60 pages, - 5 -, $ 95

B 11 / Kenny, E. J. / CADMIUM, AND MERCURY OR “QUICKSILVER,” Sydney, 1924, afb, 12 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

New South Wales Miscellaneous -

Ashley, P. M., et.al. / ARSENIC CONTAMINATION AT THE MOLE RIVER MINE, NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 46, # 6, 1999, pb, pages 861 - 874, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue contains 11 additional research papers concerning Proterozoic biotite Rb-Sr dates in the Northwestern part of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia; Mesoproterozoic Fraser Complex: Geochemical evidence for multiple subduction - related sources of lower crustal rocks in the Albany-Fraser Orogen, Western Australia; Ages of internal granitoids in the Southern Cross Region, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, and their crustal evolution and tectonic evolutions, more...]

Brown, M. C. / CENOZOIC TECTONICS AND LANDFORM EVOLUTION OF THE COAST AND ADJACENT HIGHLANDS OF SOUTHEAST NEW SOUTH WALES, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 47 # 2, 2000, pb, pages 245 - 258, - 2 -, bending of several pages on bottom right corner, ovg, $ 25 [Issue contains 10 additional papers concerning Greta Coal Measures in the Muswellbrook Anticline area, New South Wales; Structural Muswellbrook Anticline area, New South Wales; Structural geometry of a thick-skinned fold-thrust belt termination: the Olary Block in the Adelaide Fold Belt, South Australia, more....]

Crawford, A. J., et.al. / GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION AND METALLOGENESIS OF THE ORDOVICIAN MACQUARIE ARC, LACHLAN OROGEN, NEW SOUTH WALES, THEMATIC ISSUE ON THIS SUBJECT with a total of 15 papers on related topics, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 54, # 2/3. 2007, pages 137 - 479, - 2 -, $ 40

Hebert, C. and Helby, R. / A GUIDE TO THE SYDNEY BASIN, Geological Survey of New South Wales Bulletin 26, Sydney, 1980, cl, 603 pages, - 3 -, $ 65

Miles, I. N., et.al. / ENDEAVOR 42 DEPOSIT, LAKE COWAL, NEW SOUTH WALES: A STRUCTURALLY CONTROLLED GOLD DEPOSIT, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 45 # 6, 1998, pb, pages 837 - 848, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue contains 13 additional papers on topics concerning the French Creek Granite and Hohonu Dyke Swarm, South Island, New Zealand; Lithostratigraphic revision and correlation of the Oligo-Miocene Murray Supergroup, western Murray Basin, South Australia; Volcanic Textures in quartzo-feldspathic gneiss of the Willyama Supergroup, Olary Domain, South Australia, more...]

Pittman, E. F. / THE COMPOSITION AND POROSITY OF THE INTAKE BEDS OF THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN ARTESIAN BASIN, Syndey, 1915, pb, 14 pages, 3 plates, 1 figure, - 5 -, $ 25

Radmanovich, M. and Woodcock, J. T. / BROKEN HILLS MINES - 1968, Victoria, 1968, cl, 619 pages, - 3 -, $ 225

Rothery, E. / TECTONIC ORIGIN OF THE SHAPE OF THE BROKEN HILL LODES SUPPORTED BY THEIR STRUCTURAL SETTING IN A HIGH-GRADE SHEAR ZONE, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 48, # 2, 2001, pb, pages 201 - 220, - 2 -, $ 30 [Issue contains 11 other papers concerning cross-shelf colour zonation in northern Great Barrier Reef Lagoon surficial sediments; Gem-bearing basaltic volcanism, Barrington, New South Wales; Australian Desert Dunes; Stratigraphy, Structure, and Tectonics of Lower Ordovician and Devonian Strata of the central part of the Wonominta Block, more....]

Spry, M. J., et.al. / TERTIARY EVOLUTION OF THE COASTAL LOWLANDS AND THE CLYDE RIVER PALEOVALLEY IN SOUTHEAST NEW SOUTH WALES, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Thematic Issue – Long-term Landscape Evolution of the Southeastern Australian Margin: Apatite fission track thermochronology and geomorphology, Volume 46, # 2, 1999, pb, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue contains 11 additional papers on topics such as: Post-Palaeozoic uplift history of Southeastern Australia....; Denudation history of the Snowy Mountains.....; Foraminiferal sequence biostratigraphy of the Oligo-Miocene Janjukian Strata....; Great Victorian Desert, Development and Sand Provenance, more....]


Queensland Geological Publications:


Queensland Geological Survey -

R 16 / Dooley, J. C. / SEISMIC RELECTION SURVEY AT ROMA, QUEENSLAND, 1954, 38 pages, appendix, 9 figs., 20 plates, - 3 -, $ 15

R 23 / Williams, L. W. / SEISMIC REFLECTION SURVEY AT ROMA, QUEENSLAND, 1952-53, 1955, pb, 8 pages, 11 pages, - 3 -, $ 10

R 39 / Thyer, R. F. / LONGREACH-SILSOE SEISMIC SURVEY, QUEENSLAND, 1960, 1962, pb, 6 pages, 5 plates, 4 appendices, - 3 -, $ 10

R 144 / Clarke, D. E., et.al. / GEOLOGY OF THE PROSERPINE 1:250,000 SHEET AREA, QUEENSLAND, Canberra, 1971, pb, 98 pages, 9 appendices, 3 tables, 24 figs., 1 map, - 3 -, $ 25

Queensland Miscellaneous Publications -

Fergusson, C. L., et.al. / STRUCTURE OF THE EARLY PALAEOZOIC CAPE RIVER METAMORPHICS, TASMANIDES OF NORTH QUEENSLAND: EVALUATION OF THE ROLES OF CONVERGENT AND EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 52, # 2, 2005, pb, pages 261 - 277, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue also contains 9 other papers concerning the development of gneiss domes, volcanic provinces, neogene strandlines, more.....]

Giles, D., et.al. / SHRIMP U-Pb ZIRCON DATING OF THE HOST ROCKS OF THE CANNINGTON Ag-Pb-Zn DEPOSIT, SOUTHEASTERN MT ISA BLOCK, AUSTRALIA, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 50 # 3, 2003, pb, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue contains 10 additional research papers concerning Plio-Pleistocene Tectonics and Eustasy in the Gippsland Basin, Southeast Australia: Evidence from Magnetic Imagery and Marine Geological Data; Seismic Structure of the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia; Magnetostratigraphy of the Plio-Pleistocene Carbonate Section of the Great Australian Bight, more...]

Henderson, R. A., et.al. / STRATIGRAPHY, AGE RELATIONSHIPS, AND TECTONIC SETTING OF RIFT-PHASE INFILL IN TH E DRUMMOND BASIN, CENTRAL QUEENSLAND, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 45, # 4, 1998, pb, pages 579 - 596, $ 25 [Issue contains 10 additional research papers concerning Ediacarian Sequence papers concerning Geochronology of Supracrustal rocks from the Golden Grove area, Murchison Province, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia; Modern surface sediments and non-deposition in Ellis Fjord, Eastern Antarctica, more...]

Perkins, C., et.al. / AGE OF CU-AU MINERALISATION, CLONCURRY DISTRICT, EASTERN MT ISA INLIER, QUEENSLAND, AS DETERMINED BY 40Ar / 39Ar DATING, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Thematic Papers on Radiogenic Isotopes to the Study of Australian Ore Deposits, Volume 45, # 2, 1998, pb, pages 233 - 246, - 2 -, $ 30 [Issue contains 9 additional papers concerning Permocarboniferous Gold Epoch of Northeast Queensland; Review of the Application of Isotopic Studies to the Genesis of Cu-Au Mineralisation at Olympic Dam and Au Mineralisation at Porgera, the Tennant Creek District and Yilgarn Craton, more...]

Vos, I. M. A., et..al. / GENESIS OF OROGENIC-GOLD DEPOSITS IN THE BROKEN RIVER PROVINCE, NORTHEASTERN QUEENSLAND, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 52, # 6, 2005, pb, pages 941 - 958, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue also contains papers on topics including Isotope Systematics, volcanic evolution of an island arc, Komatiites, more.....]

Vos, I. M. A., et.al. / NUMERICAL MODELLING OF THE WESTERN HODGKINSON PROVINCE, NORTHEAST QUEENSLAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR GOLD MINERALISATION, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 54, # 1, 2007, pages 27 - 47, pb, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue contains 7 additional papers on Australian Geology related to tectonics, lava flows, volcanism, more...]

Williams, P. J., et.al. / METALLIFEROUS ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE MT. ISA EASTERN SUCCESSION, QUEENSLAND, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Thematic Issue - Geological Framework and Mineralisation in the Mt. Isa Eastern Succession, northwest Queensland, Volume 45, # 3, 1998, pb, pages 327 - 328, - 2 -, $ 40 [Issue contains 9 additional papers on related topics including Structural-Metasomatic Environment of the East Mt. Isa Block Basemetal-Gold Province; Eloise Cu-Au Deposit, East Mt. Isa Block: Structural Environment and Structural Controls on Ore; Geology and Mineralisation of the Greenmount Cu-Au-Co Deposit, Southeastern Marino Basin, more....]


South Australia Geological Publications:


South Australia Miscellaneous -

Alley, C. F., et.al. / FIRST KNOWN CRETACEOUS GLACIATION: LIVINGSON TILLITE MEMBER OF THE CADNA-OWIE FORMATION, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 50, # 2, 2003, pb, pages 139 - 144, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue contains 9 additional research papers concerning characteristics and evolution of the Tertiary Palaeovalleys in the Northwest Gawler Craton, South Australia; Can the role of thermal erosin in strongly deformed Komatiite-Ni-Cu-(PGE) Deposits be determined? Perseverance, Agnew-Wilna Belt, West Australia; Extraction of heavy metals in Sydney Harbour Sediments using 1M Hcl and ) 0.05M EDTA and implications for sediment-quality guidelines, more...]

Paul, E., et.al. / STRUCTURAL GEOMETRY AND CONTROLS ON BASEMENT-INVOLVED DEFORMATION IN THE NORTHERN FLINDERS RANGES, ADELAIDE FOLD BELT, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 46, # 3, 1999, pb, pages 343 - 354, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue contains 12 additional papers concerning geophysical properties of zinc-bearing papers deposits; Facies architecture of the felsic lava-dominated host sequence to the Thalanga Massive Sulfide Deposit, lower Ordovician, northern Queensland; Mary Kathleen Metamorphic-hydrothermal Uranium-Rare Earth Element Deposit: Ore Genesis and numerical model of coupled deformation and fluid flow, more....]

Parkin, L. W. / HANDBOOK OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGY, Adelaide, 1969, cl, 269 pages, - 3 -, $ 75


Geological Survey of Tasmania: 


Geological Survey of Tasmania -

Bulletins -

B 10 / Ward, L. K. / THE MOUNT BALFOUR MINING FIELD, Hobart, 1911, afb, 165 pages, 9 plates (8 in a separate afb), - 5 -, $ 175

B 11 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / THE TASMANITE SHALE FIELDS OF THE MERSEY DISTRICT, Hobart, 1911, afb, 123 pages, 2 photomicrographs, 10 plates (one bound in, other 9 in pocket), - 5 -, $ 45

B 12 / Ward, L. K. / THE X RIVER TIN FIELD, Hobart, 1911, pb, 28 pages, 2 plates, - 5 -, $ 48

B 14 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / THE MIDDLESEX AND MOUNT CLAUDE MINING FIELD, Hobart, 1913, 131 pages, afb, 7 plates (in separate afb), - 5 -, $ 175

B 15 / Waterhouse, L. L. / THE STANLEY RIVER TIN FIELD, Hobart, 1914, afb, 207 pages, 7 photographs, 6 plates (5 plates in a separate afb), - 5 -, $ 150

B 16 / Hills, L. / THE JUKES - DARWIN MINING FIELD, Hobart, 1914, afb, 146 pages, 9 plates (6 in a separate afb), - 5 -, $ 165

B 17 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / THE BALD HILL OSMIRIDIUM FIELD, Hobart, 1914, pb, 41 pages, 4 plates, - 5 -, $ 25

B 18 / Hills, L. / GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN CAPE SORELL AND POINT HIBBS, Hobart, 1914, afb, 23 pages, 2 plates ( 1 as frontispiece, other in pocket), - 5 -, $ 36

B 20 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / THE CATAMARAN AND STRATHBLANE COAL FIELDS and COAL AND LIMESTONE AT IDA BAY, Hobart, 1915, afb, 61 pages, 16 plates (5 in pocket), - 5 -, $ 35

B 21 / Waterhouse, L. L. / THE SOUTH HEEMSKIRK TIN FIELD, Hobart, 1916, afb, 453 pages, 3 appendices, 28 mining locations described, 7 plates (6 in pocket), 22 photos (1 in pocket), - 5 -, $ 215

B 24 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / RECONNAISSANCE OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN RECHERCHE BAY AND NEW RIVER, SOUTHERN TASMANIA, Hobart, 1915, afb, 38 pages, 5 plates (4 in pocket), the frontispiece photograph plate was not included in the original document as indicated, - 5 -, $ 38

B 25 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / THE GLADSTONE MINERAL DISTRICT, Hobart, 1916, afb, 58 pages, 2 plates (one bound in , other in pocket), - 5 -, $ 100

B 26 / Conder, H. / THE TIN FIELD OF NORTH DUNDAS, Hobart, 1918, 96 pages, afb, 4 plates, 2 photographs, - 5 -, $ 145

B 27 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / THE BANGOR MINERAL DISTRICT, Hobart, 1918, afb, 17 pages, 2 plates, - 5 -, $ 45

B 28 / THE NORTH PIEMAN AND HUSKISSON AND STERLING VALLEY MINING FIELDS, Hobart, 1918, afb, 129 pages, 8 plates, 5 photographs, - 5 -, $ 150

B 29 / Reid, A. M. / THE MINING FIELDS OF MOINA, MT. CLAUDE, AND LORINNA, Hobart, 1919, afb, 180 pages, 8 plates, - 5 -, $ 100

B 30 / THE MOUNT PELION MINERAL DISTRICT, Hobart, 1919, 80 pages, 4 plates (one in pocket), 5 photos, - 5 -, $ 20

B 32 / Reid, A. M. / OSMIRIDIUM IN TASMANIA, Hobart, 1921, afb, 126 pages, 10 plates, 12 photos, - 5 -, $ 100

Records -

R 1 / Dun, W. S. / MARINE FOSSILS FROM THE TASMANITE SPORE BEDS OF THE MERSEY RIVER, Hobart, 1913, pb, 9 pages, 2 plates, - 5 -, $ 15

Reports -

R 2 / Ward, L. K. / THE SILVER-LEAD LODES OF THE WARATAH DISTRICT, Hobart, 1911, pb, 14 pages, 2 plates, - 5 -, $ 85

Water Supply Papers -

WSP 1 / Nye, P. B. / THE UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES OF THE MIDLANDS, Hobart, 1921, pb, 139 pages, 14 tables, 7 plates, - 5 -, $ 40

WSP 2 / Nye, P. B. / THE UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES OF THE JERICHO - RICHMOND - BRIDGEWATER AREA, Hobart, 1922, afb, 94 pages, 12 tables, 5 plates, - 5 -, $ 40

Mineral Resources -

MR 1 / Waterhouse, N. E. / TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENUM, Part III. King Island, Hobart, 1916, afb, 49 pages, 2 plates, 2 figs., - 5 -, $ 75

MR 2 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / CEMENT MATERIALS AT FLOWERY GULLY, Hobart, 1917, afb, 18 pages, 1 map, - 5 -, $ 10

MR 3 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN TASMANIA, Hobart, 1917, afb, 7 pages, 1 map, - 5 -, $ 10

MR 4 / Lewis, N. E. / ASBESTOS AT ANDERSON’S CREEK, Hobart, 1917, afb, 26 pages, 2 plates (one in text, other in pocket), - 5 -, $ 52

MR 5 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / A DEPOSIT OF OCHRE NEAR MOWBRAY, Hobart, 1917, afb, 12 pages, 2 plates, - 5 -, $ 10

MR 6 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF TASMANIA, Hobart, 1919, afb, 116 pages, 9 plates, brittle pages, some page edges have been repaired and stabilized with filmoplast archival tape, - 5 -, $ 20

Miscellaneous Tasmania Publications:

Hergt, J. .M. and Brauns, C. M. / ON THE ORIGIN OF TASMANIAN DOLERITES, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, THEMATIC ISSUE ON GRANITES: 25 YEARS OF I AND S GRANITES, Volume 48, # 4, 2001, pb, - 2 -, $ 30 [Issue contains 9 additional papers concerning granite mineralisation; Arc A-Type mineralisation; Arc A-type Granites; High-temperature felsic Granites; Granite Suites and Supersuites of Eastern Australia, more....]


Victoria Geological Publications:


Geological Survey of Victoria Publications -

Report of Progress II / Smyth, R. B. / REPORTS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COLONY, Melbourne, 1875, cl[3], 141 pages, contents cover the early gold fields at Ballarat, Ararat, Stawell, Sandhurst, 6 lithographs, 28 illustrations, - 5 -, $ 495

Report of Progress III / Smyth, R. B. / REPORTS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COLONY, Melbourne, 1876, cl[3], 307 pages, contents cover the early gold fields at Stawell, Upper Yarra, Eltham, Allandale, 101 illustrations, - 5 -, $ 595
Report of Progress IV / Smyth, R. B. / REPORTS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COLONY, Melbourne, 1877, cl[3], 189 pages, contents cover the early gold fields at Creswick, Stawell, Victoria, 64 illustrations, - 5 -, $ 495

Report of Progress VIII / Howitt, A. A. / AGNES RIVER TIN MINING DISTRICT; CORRONG GOLD-FIELD REPORT; DAYLESFORD GOLD-FIELD REPORT; DART RIVER AND ZULU CREEK GOLD FIELD; FOSTER GOLD-FIELD; REPORTS ON GOLD DISCOVERIES AT GEMBROOK; LAURISTON AND MALMSBURY GOLD-FIELDS; ROKEWOOD JUNCTION AND WELCOME GULLY GOLD-FIELDS; AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS IN THE ROKEBY DISTRICT; TAWONGA GOLD-FIELD; WELCOME GULLY AND ROKEWOOD JUNCTION GOLD-FIELDS; SILVER DEPOSITION AND LIMESTONE BEDS OF WARATAH BAY; ZULU CREEK AND DART RIVER GOLD-FIELD, Victoria, 1894, pb, 70 pages, 17 illustrations (15 bound in and two separates), - 5 -, $ 145

Report of Progress XI / Travis, J. / THE MINES, GOLD FIELDS, COPPER ORES, AURIFEROUS DISCOVERIES, AND FOSSILS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COLONY, Melbourne, 1899, pb, 36 pages, five separate plates: Geological plan of the Berringa Goldfield; Topographic map of Victoria with Copper Occurrences indicated; Plan of the Toollen Gold Field; Plan of the Underground Workings of the Northern Star Company; Plan of the Browning’s Luck Mine, - 5 -, $ 195

Monthly Progress Report 3 / Travis, J. / BENALLA GOLD FIELDS, DUNOLLY AND MOLIAGUL DISTRICTS, MINING OPERATIONS AT JACKSON’S CREEK, Victoria, 1899, pb, 24 pages, - 5 -, $ 75

Monthly Progress Reports 4 and 5 / Travis, J. / SILVER AND LEAD DEPOSITS AND GALENA VEINS OF BUCHAN DISTRICT, McCRAE’S SILVER MINE, MOUNT DEDDICK SILVER - LEAD FIELD, Victoria, 1899, 27 pages, - 5 -, $ 75

Monthly Progress Reports 6 and 7 / Travis, J. / SEBASTIAN GOLD-FIELD, AURIFEROUS LODE AT BULDAH, PALEONTOLOGY REPORT, Victoria, 1899, 22 pages, - 5 -, $ 75

Monthly Progress Reports 8 and 9 / Travis, J. / AVOCA MINING DISTRICT; BOOLA BOOLA AND TOONGABBIE; BEACONFIELD DISTRICT; BEARCREEK, SOUTH WARRAGUAL; BEECH FOREST, CAPE OTWAY DISTRICT; COSTERFIELD AND DISTRICT; DANDENONG RANGES, LITTLE FERN CREEK; DUNOLLY, PRELIMINARY NOTE ON MOTHER o’ GOLD LINE OF REEFS; ELLERY CREEK, REPORT ON AURIFEROUS LODE; GELLIBRAND RIVER GOLD DISCOVERIES; GEMBROOK DISTRICT; GREAT BUNINYOUNG ESTATE MINE; KING RIVER VALLEY, HEDI, GOLD DISCOVERIES; NEERIM DISTRICT GOLD WORKINGS; STONY CREEK, GIPPSLAND GOLD WORKINGS, Melbourne, 1899, pb, 58 pages, - 5 -, $ 95

Monthly Progress Report # 10 / Travis, J. / PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE AIRE MARSH DISTRICT AND THE COAST LINE FROM SLIPPERY POINT TO CAPE OTWAY; NOTES ON THE NEW PIONEER REEF; NOTES ON SURVEY ON YANKEE CREEK GOLD FIELD, Melbourne, 1900, pb, 14 pages, - 5 -, $ 40

Monthly Progress Report # 11 / Travis, J. / ALGAE, POLYZOA, AND HYDROZOA FROM SAN REMO; BENANBRA, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF; CAMBRIAN FOSSILS IN VICTORIA; FRYERSTOWN TO CHEWTON, NOTES ON THE AURIFEROUS BELT; FOSSILS, VICTORIAN PALAEZOIC AND MESOZOIC; KING AND BROKEN RIVERS, COUNTY OF DELATITE, Melbourne, 1900, pb, 26 pages, - 5 -, $ 45

Monthly Progress Report # 12 / Travis, J., et.al. / REPORT ON THE COAST LINE AND ADJACENT COUNTRY BETWEEN FRANKTON, MORNINGTON AND DROMANA; MAROON, BAMBRA, WENSLEYDALE, WHOOREL, LORNE, AND BOONAH, COUNTY OF PELWARTH, GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LOCAL PALEONTOLOGY; WATERFALLS IN VICTORIA; COMPILED ASSAYS OF GOLD AND SILVER THROUGH 1899, Melbourne, 1900, pb, 27 pages, - 5 -, $ 30

Memoir 24 / Talent, J. A. / THE DEVONIAN OF THE MITCHELL AND WENTWORTH RIVER, Melbourne, 1963, cl, 118 pages, 78 plates, 33 figs., 10 tables, 2 maps, - 5 -, $ 100

R 11 / THE NELSON BORE, SOUTHWESTERN VICTORIA, MICROPALAEONTOLOGY AND STRATIGRAPHICAL SUCCESSION, 1954, 39 pages, 2 plates, - 3 -, $ 10

R 19 / Garrett, M. J. / SEISMIC REFLECTION SURVEY, DARRIMAN, GIPPSLAND, VICTORIA, 1955, pb, 13 pages, 13 plates, - 3 -, $ 10

R 22 / Thyer, R. F. and Noakes, L. C. / OIL IN GLAUCONITIC SANDSTONE AT LAKES ENTRANCE, VICTORIA, 1955, pb, 92 pages, 5 tables, 2 plates, 8 figs., - 3 -, $ 20

R 89 / Tickell, S. J., et.al. / COLAC, 1:50,000 MAP GEOLOGICAL REPORT, 53 pages, 18 figs., 2 tables, 3 appendices, 15 plates, 1 map in pocket (of Colac and part of Beech Forest), - 3 -, $ 25

Victoria Miscellaneous Publications -

Macumber, P. G. / INTERACTION BETWEEN GROUND WATER AND SURFACE SYSTEMS IN NORTHERN VICTORIA, Melbourne, 1991, pb, 345 pages, - 2 -, $ 45

Morey, A. A., et.al. / GENESIS OF GREENSTONE-HOSTED Cu-Au MINERALISATION AT HILL 800, MT. USEFUL SLATE BELT, EASTERN VICTORIA, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 49, # 5, 2002, pages, 787 - 800, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue contains 8 additional research papers concerning 1.6Ga felsic volcanic blocks in the moraines of the Terre Adálie Craton, Antarctica; Evolution of deep-lead palaeodrainages and gold exploration at Ballarat, more....]

Raggat, H. G. and Crespin, I. / STRATIGRAPHY OF TERTIARY ROCKS BETWEEN TORQUAY AND EASTERN VIEW, VICTORIA, from the Royal Society of Victoria, Volume 67, # 1, 1955, pb, 15 figs. on 4 platels, 16 tables, 8 text figs., - 5 -, $ 15

Scott, D. / VICTORIA’S INLAND WATERS: SUMMARY REPORT, Melbourne, 1988, pb, 27 pages, appenndix, glossary, 1 large color plate, - 2 -, $ 25

Willman, C. E., et.al. / EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN LACHLAN FOLD BELT IN VICTORIA, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Thematic Issue – Evolution of the Tasmanides, Eastern Australia, Volume 49 # 2, 2002, pb, pages 271 - 290, - 2 -, $ 35 [Issue contains 12 additional research papers concerning the structural history of the Arthur Lineament, Northwest Tasmania: An Analysis of critical outcrops; Delamerian Glenelg Tectonic Zone, Western Victoria: characterisation and synthesis of igneous rocks, more...]

Wilson, C. J. L., et.al. / GOLD MINERALISATION IN WESTERN VICTORIA: ITS SETTING, NEW DISCOVERIES AND TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO IDENTIFY BLIND ORE BODIES, Thematic Issue: 1. Geological Setting and 2. Geophysical setting and numerical modelling (of Gold Deposits of Victoria), In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 53, # 5, 2006, - 2 -, $ 40


 Western Australia Geological Publications:


Geological Survey of Western Australia Publications -

B 1 / Maitland, A. G. / BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth, 1898, afb, 31 pages, small chip on last page which has deleted only two words, ovg, - 5 -, $ 50

B 3 / Blatchford, T. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COOLGARDIE GOLDFIELD, Perth, 1899, afb, 98 pages, 2 plates (1 bound in, other in pocket), - 5 -, $ 225 [description, history, and geology of the Goldfield; water supply; description of reefs and gold mines; gold production and export, etc.]

B 6 / Simpson, E. S. / NOTES FROM THE DEPARTMENT LABORATORY, Perth, 1902, afb, 89 pages, 8 figs., 8 plates, 10 tables, - 5 -, $ 145 [Part I: descriptions of types and locations where gold, silver, mercury, copper, lead, zinc, antimony, rare metals, water, graphite, silicates, and carbonates can be found; part II: petrologic descriptions of rocks in Darling Ranges and Kalgoorlie; part III: Supplemental to the census of minerals of Western Australia in Bulletin 4)

B 7 / Campbell, W. D. / NOTES ON THE AURIFEROUS REEFS OF CUE AND DAY DAWN, Perth, 1903, afb, 38 pages, 1 map, - 5 -, $ 100

B 8 / Gibson, C. G. / LENNONVILLE, MOUNT MAGNET, AND BOOGARDIE, MURCHINSON GOLDFIELD, Perth, afb, 33 pages, 1 plate, 1 map, - 5 -, $ 125

B 16 / Maitland, A. G. and Jackson, C. F. V. / THE MINERAL PRODUCTION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA UP TO THE END OF THE YEAR 1903, Perth, 1904, afb, 105 pages (repairs to bottom right corners on front two pages, rest of text fine) , the main section of text covers each of the goldfields with production from each, numerous tables, includes a rare map of Western Australia showing mining areas (several small repairs), - 5 -, $ 150

B 17 / Gibson, C. G. / GEOLOGY AND AURIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF SOUTHERN CROSS, YILGARN GOLDFIELD, Perth, 1904, afb, 47 pages, 6 plates, 5 figs., 1 map (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 195

B 24 / Gibson, C. G. / THE LAVERTON, BURTVILLE, AND ERLISTOUN, AURIFEROUS BELT, Perth, 1906, afb, 79 pages, index, 20 photographs, 9 figs., 5 mining plans, 5 plates (4 in pocket), - 5 -, $ 225

B 28 / Gibson, C. G. / GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF LAWLERS, SIR SAMUELS, AND DARLOT (EAST MURCHISON GOLDFIELD) AND MOUNT IDA (NORTH COOLGARDIE GOLDFIELD), Perth, 1907, afb, 73 pages, 3 maps, 5 mining plans, 4 figs., 3 plates, 6 photographs, total of 7 items in pocket, - 5 -, $ 225
B 29, Part I / CUE AND DAY DAWN DISTRICTS, MURCHISON GOLDFIELD, CUE AND CUDDINGWARRA CENTRES, Perth, 1897, afb, 93 pages, 3 maps, 12 photographs, 15 plates (in pocket), 2 figs., - 5 -, $ 175

B 29, Part II / A REPORT UPON THE GEOLOGY, TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRODUCTIVE MINES OF THE CUE AND DAY DAWN DISTRICTS, MURCHINSON GOLDFIELD, Perth, 1907, afb, complete with two maps and 8 plates, - 5 -, $ 175

B 30 / Simpson, E. S. and Gibson, C. G. / THE DISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE OF THE BASER METALS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth, 1907, afb, 129 pages, 1 plate in pocket), - 5 -, $ 145 [covers base metals and where they were located and mined; has an index to the names of places and mines, etc.; the plate is a map showing the locations of mining base metals in Western Australia]

B 34 / REPORT UPON THE AURIFEROUS DEPOSITS OF BARRAMBIE AND ERROLLS (CUE DISTRICT) AND GUM CREEK (NANNINE DISTRICT) IN THE MURCHISON GOLDFIELD; ALSO WILUNA, (LAWLERS DISTRICT) IN THE EAST MURCHISON GOLDFIELD, Perth, 1908, afb, 44 pages, 2 maps, 3 plates, 6 photographs, tape repair on page 44, ovg, - 5 -, $ 175

B 35 / Woodward, H. P. / GEOLOGICAL REPORT UPON THE GOLD AND COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE PHILLIPS RIVER GOLDFIELD, with a description of the Crystalline Rocks of the District, Perth, 1909, afb, 109 pages, 2 maps (in pocket), 8 plates, 7 photographs, - 5 -, $ 175

B 37 / Gibson, C. G. / THE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE COUNTRY LYING ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE PROPOSED TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth, 1909, afb, 30 pages, 21 plates, plate 21 and map in pocket, - 5 -, $ 125 [contains photographs of camels being used for travel prior to the combination of the railway]

B 38 / Campbell, W. D. / THE IRWIN RIVER COALFIELD and the adjacent Districts from Arrino to Northampton, 1910, afb, 108 pages, 7 plates, 53 figs., - 2 -, $ 55

B 39 / Talbot, H. W. G. / GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS IN THE COUNTRY BETWEEN WILUNA HALL’S CREEK AND TANAMI, Perth, 1910, afb, 88 pages, 44 figs., 2 plates, 1 map, - 5 -, $ 75

B 43 / Farquharson, R. A. / PETROLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth, 1912, afb, 100 pages, 16 figs., - 5 -, $ 100 [includes rock making minerals; rocks from Warrawoona; Pilbara Goldfield; rock specimens from the Recovery G.M.L., 2087, Yilgarn Goldfield; rocks from Mons Cupri, West Pilbara Goldfield; rock from South of Serpentine Bay, Kalgoorlie; specimens from Pinyalling and Rothesay Districts, Yalgoo Goldfield; rocks from the Ingliston Extended Mine, Murchison Goldfield]

B 48 / Simpson, E. S., et.al. / MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS 9 - 32; titles included are: Radium-Uranium Ore from Wodgina; Preliminary Notes on the Mineral Resources of Southern Cross; Payne’s Recent Gold Discovery near Coodingnow, Yalgoo Goldfield; The Nemesis Gold Mine, Tuckanarra, Murchinson Goldfield; Kohinoor South Mines, Stake Well, Murchinson Goldfield; Rutile at Yulgering; Mount Jackson Centre, Yilgarn Goldfield, Perth, 1912, afb, 192 pages, 11 plates, 53 figs., - 5 -, $ 75

B 49 / Saint - Smith, E. C. / GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE YILGARN GOLDFIELD, Part I - Southern Cross, Perth, 1913, afb, 193 pages, 9 plates, 52 figs., - 5 -, $ 215

B 50 / Maitland, A. G. and Montgomery, A. / THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRY OF WEST AUSTRALIA, Perth, 1912, afb, 68 pages, 7 figs., 1 map, - 5 -, $ 125

B 51 / Collier, P. / CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STUDY OF THE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF KALGOORLIE, EAST COOLGARDIE GOLDFIELD, PART II, Perth, 1913, afb, 85 pages, 13 plates, 43 figs., - 5 -, $ 215

B 52 / Blatchford, T. / MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE NORTH-WEST DIVISION, INVESTIGATIONS IN 1912, Perth, 1913, original hard-paper binding, 157 pages, 10 plates, 40 figs., - 5 -, $ 225

B 53 / Blatchford, T. / GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE AREA EMBRACING THE BURBANKS AND LONDONDERRY MINING CENTRES, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE ORE DEPOSITS AND THEIR FUTURE PROSPECTS, Perth, 1913, afb, 79 pages, 15 figs., 6 plates, - 5 -, $ 175

B 54 / Jutson, J. T. / THE MINING GEOLOGY OF ORA BANDA, BROAD ARROW GOLDFIELD, Perth, afb, 131 pages, 4 plates, 31 figs., - 5 -, $ 175

B 55 / Etheridge, R., Jr. / PALAEONTOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth, 1913, afb, 34 pages, 4 plates, 5 figs., - 5 -, $ 24

B 56 / Honman, C. S. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN KALGOORLIE AND COOLGARDIE, Perth, afb, 1914, 80 pages, 2 plates, 31 figs., - 5 -, $ 100

B 57 / Woodward, H. P. / A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF A PORTION OF THE MURCHINSON GOLDFIELD, Perth, 1914, afb, 103 pages, 5 plates, 50 figs., - 5 -, $ 195

B 58 / Etheridge, R., Jr. / PALAEONTOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth, 1914, afb, 59 pages, 8 plates, - 5 -, $ 35

B 59 / Collier, P. / MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS 33 - 51:
    33 Boring for Coal upon the Marchinson Railway Line Between Eradu and Mullewa
    34 Kurnalpi, North-East Coolgardie Goldfield
    35 Rare Metals and their Distribution in Western Australia
    36 Mining Centre of Ruby Well, Peak Hill Goldfield
    37 Geological Report on Mikhaburra (Holden’s Find), Peak Hill Goldfield
    38 Mount Keith District, East Murchison Goldfield
    39 Observations / Remarks on the present state of Mining / Districts of Mt. Magnet, Lennonville, and Boogardie, Murchinson Goldfield
    40 Notes on the Geology of Yuin, Yalgoo Goldfield
    41 The Woodline Rush, 6 miles north of Bulong, North-East Coolgardie Goldfield
    42 Ore Occurrence of the Kapanga Mine, Greenbrushes Tinfield
    43 Petrographical Notes on some specimens from Greenbrushes
    44 Economic Geology of the Golden Ridge Gold Mine, East Coolgardie Goldfield
    45 Illgarere Mineral leases and Humphry’s Copper Find
    46 Brenner Range Country, Dundas Goldfield
    47 Some Western Australian Meteorites
    48 Further Notes on the Mining Geology of Kanowna
    49 Ore Occurrence at Narra Tarra Mines, Victoria District
    50 King’s Sound Tin Mine, West Kimberley
    51 On some rocks from the Phillips River
Perth, 1914, afb, 252 pages, 50 figs., 23 plates, - 5 -, $ 195


B 61 / Jutson, J. T. / AN OUTLINE OF THE PHYSIOGRAPHICAL GEOLOGY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth, 1914, afb, 240 pages, 3 plates, 119 figs., - 5 -, $ 75

B 62 / Clarke, E. de C. / NOTES ON THE GEOLOGY AND MINING AT SANDSTONE AND HANCOCK’S, EAST MURCHINSON GOLDFIELD, Perth, 1914, afb, 66 pages, 5 plates, 19 figs., - 5 -, $ 215

B 63 / Blatchford, T. / THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE YILGARN GOLDFIELD, PART III. The Gold Belt South of Southern Cross, Perth, 1915, pb, 189 pages, 31 figs., 19 plates, - 5 -, $ 245


B 64 / Collier, P. / MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS, 52 - 60:
    52 Coal Resources of Western Australia
    53 Mining Geology of Yerilla
    54 Mining Centres at the South of the Yalgoo Goldfield
    55 Classification of Kalgoorlie Rocks
    56 Concentration tests of a Tungsten-Molybdenum Ore from Callie Soak, Poona, Murchinson Goldfield
    57 Chloritoid and its congeners with special reference to the chloritoid at Yampi Sound
    58 Geology of Western Australia
    59 Mining Fields of Western Australia
    60 Geological Observations in the Mulline, Riverina, and Ularring Centres, North Coolgardie Goldfield
Perth, 1915, pb, 165 pages, 17 pages, 35 figs., - 5 -, $ 75

B 65 / Woodward, H. P. / THE REPUTED PETROLIFEROUS AREA, WARREN RIVER DISTRICT (SOUTH-WEST DIVISION), Perth, 1915, afb, 54 pages, 2 maps, - 5 -, $ 45

B 72 / Chapman, F. and Etheridge, R., Jr. / PALAEONTOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN, Perth, 1917, afb, 94 pages, - 5 -, $ 35

B 73 / Honman, C. S. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTH COOLGARDIE GOLDFIELD, PART I: The Yerilla District, Perth, 1917, afb, 98 pages, 37 figs., 5 plates, - 5 -, $ 165

B 74 / Robinson, R. T. / MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS 61 - 70:
    61 Phosphatic Deposits of Western Australia
    62 Gold Butterfly Mine, Tampa, North Coolgardie Goldfield
    63 Gold Deposit at Field’s Find (The Patch), Duketon, Mount Margaret Goldfield
    64 Investigations into the cause of the Mineralization of the Seven Mile Swamp at Grassmere, near Albany
    65 The Deep-Lead at Darlot, East Murchison Goldfield
    66 Occurrence of Oil near Wonnerup, South-West Division
    67 Chemical and Physical Properties of some of the Donnybrook Sandstone
    68 Graphite Deposits at Kendenup and Surrounding Districts, South-west Division
    69 Geology of the Water Reserve find at Linden, North-East Coolgardie Goldfield
    70 Clay Deposits at Newlands, South-West Division
Perth, 1917, afb, 112 pages, 12 figs., 8 plates, - 5 -, $ 75

B 75 / Talbot, H. W. B. and Clarke, E. de C. / A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN LAVERTON AND THE SOUTH AUSTRALIA BORDER, INCLUDING PART OF THE MOUNT MARGARET GOLDFIELD, Perth, 1917, afb, 207 pages, 3 plates, 66 figs., - 5 -, $ 125

B 76 / Blatchford, T. / INTERIM REPORT ON THE GRAPHITE DEPOSITS AT MUNGLINUP, EUCLA DIVISION, Perth, 1917, afb, 19 pages, 1 plate, - 5 -, $ 25

B 77 / Simpson, E. S. / SOURCES OF INDUSTRIAL POTASH IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, with two appendices, Perth, 1919, afb, 46 pages, 2 plates, 4 figs., - 5 -, $ 26

B 82 / Feldtman, F. R. / MAGNESITE DEPOSITS OF BULONG, NORTH-EAST COOLGARDIE GOLDFIELD, Perth, 1919, afb, 38 figs., 2 plates, 7 figs., - 5 -, $ 28

B 105, part 1 / Lord, J. H. / COLLIE MINERAL FIELD, Perth, 1952, pb, 56 figs., 247 pages, 11 pocket plates (all missing), - 5 -, $ 25

B 114 / Ellis, H. A. / MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS FOR 1957, Perth, 1960, pb, 194 pages, 45 pocket plates missing, 1 text figure, - 5 -, $ 20 [includes 37 reports concerning oil, diamond drilling, gold fields, underground water, manganese deposits, more....]

B 130 / Grey, K. / BIOSTRATIGRAPHY STUDIES OF STROMATOLITES FROM THE PROTEROZOIC EARAHEEDY GROUP, NABBERU BASIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth, 1984, pb, 123 pages, 32 plates, 30 figs., - 3 -, $ 38

PR 15 / Condon, M. A. / PROGRESS REPORT ON THE STRATIGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE CARNARVON BASIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1954, pb, 163 pages, 2 tables, 3 figs., 3 plates, - 3 -, $ 20

PR 18 / Glover, J. E. / PETROLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF LIMESTONES FROM THE FITZROY BASIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 1955, pb, 12 pages, 15 figs., - 3 -, $ 10

R 15 / Williams, E. J. / GEOLOGY OF GASCOYNE PROVINCE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth, 1986, pb, 85 pages, 2 plates (in pocket), 36 figs., 2 tables, - 3 -, $ 36

West Australia Miscellaneous -

Anonymous / REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR THE YEAR 1949, Perth, 1951, pb, 75 pages, 19 plates (some in colour), 8 figs., - 3 -, $ 100 [Contents include: Kyanite at West Beach; ...alleged Uranium Deposit on M.C. 140, Wodgina; ...Kooline Lead Field, Ashburton Goldfield; Talc Deposit on M.C. 14E, Mt. Konger; Horseshoe Range Manganese Ores, Peak Hill Goldfield; ...Prospecting area 54, Collie Mineral Field; Pyrite, Mt. MacMahon, Phillips River Goldfield, more...., a total of 31 reports]

Anonymous  /  MINERALS AND MINERAL DEVELOPMENT -- 1978, 66 pages, major projects map, - 5 -, $ 45  [lists mineral producers in 1978 with addresses; lists statistics of exports; lists mining companies with locations, development, and sales]

Brown, S. M., et.al. / CONSTRAINTS ON THE COMPOSITION OF ORE FLUIDS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR MINERALISING EVENTS AT THE CLEO GOLD DEPOSIT, EASTERN GOLDFIELDS PROVINCE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 50, # 1, 2003, pb, pages 19 - 38, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue contains 7 additional papers concerning multiple fracture sets in the southeastern Permian-Triassic Sydney Basin, New South Wales; Geomorphic constraints on the late Neogene Tectonics of the Otway Range, Victoria, more.....]

Dalstra, H. J., et.al. / METAMORPHIC EVOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL SOUTHERN CROSS PROVINCE, YILGARN BLOCK, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, In: Australia Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 46, # 5, 1999, pb, pages 765 - 784, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue contains 9 additional papers concerning the timing of orogenic events in the Lachlan Orogeny; Palaeoproterozoic mid-basin inversion in the Mt. Isa Terrane, Queensland

De Broekert, P. P., et.al. / VARIETY, AGE, AND ORIGIN OF ZIRCONS IN THE MID-CENOZOIC WESTONIA FORMATION, SOUTHWESTERN YIGARN CRATON, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, <and> ALUNITE ALTERATION OF TUFFACEOUS LAYERS AND ZIRCON DATING, UPPER PERMIAN KENNEDY GROUP, CARNARVON BASIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 51, # 2, 2004, pb, pages 157 - 169, and 189 - 203, respectively, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue also contains 8 additional papers on topics of fold-thrust belts, volcanic successions, carbonate cements, more...]

Messenger, P. R. / GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE YANDAL BELT METAVOLCANIC ROCKS, EASTERN GOLDFIELDS PROVINCE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, In: Australian Journal of Earth Science, Volume 47, # 6, 2000, pages 1015 - 1028, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue contains 12 additional research papers concerning sequences and biofacies packages in the mid-Cenozoic Gambier Limestone, South Australia; Cambrian metamorphic complex in Tasmania: Tectonic implications; Deformation History of the Hampden Synform in the Eastern Fold Belt of the Mt. Is Terrane, more....]

Polito, P. A., et.al. / COMPOSITIONAL ZONING OF FLUID INCLUSIONS IN THE ARCHAEAN JUNCTION GOLD DEPOSIT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA; A PROCESS OF FLUID-WALL-ROCK INTERACTION? In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 48, # 6, 2001, pages 833 - 856, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue contains 13 additional research papers concerning Pliocene-Quaternary History of Futuna Island; late Quaternary fluctuations of the Lecuwin Current and Paleoclimates on the adjacent landmasses: Clay Mineral evidence; Facies in an Upper Permian Volcanic Succession, Emmaville Volcanics, northeastern New South Wales, more.....]

Simpson, E. S. / MINERALS OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Volume 1: Actinolite to Chlorite, 479 pages; Volume 2: Chloritoid to Jasper, 675 pages, Volume 3: Kamacite to Zoisite, 714 pages, a number of locations given in latitude and longitude in back of each volume, - 3 -, exceptionally clean set, no illustrations, just authoritative text, $ 350

Sorjonen-Ward, P., et.al. / NUMERICAL MODELLING OF OROGENIC PROCESSES AND GOLD MINERALISATION IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF THE YILGARN CRATON, THEMATIC ISSUE: GEODYNAMICS OF AUSTRALIA AND ITS MINERAL SYSTEMS: MINERAL PROVINCES, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 49, # 6, pb, pages 935 - 964, - 2 -, $ 45 [Issue contains 7 additional papers on numerical models of gold-deposit formation in the Bendigo-Ballarat Zone, Victoria; Geodynamic Modelling of the Century Deposit, Mt. Isa Province, Queensland, more....]

Thorne, A. M. and Tyler, I. M. / GEOLOGY OF THE PARABURDOO 1:100 000 sheet, 12 pages, geologic map (in pocket), 1 figure, - 2 -, $ 20

Welch, B. K., et.al. / MINERAL SAND DEPOSITS OF THE CAPEL AREA, WEST AUSTRALIA, Economic Geology of Australia and Papua New Guinea - Metals Reprint, 1976, pb, pages 1070 - 1088, - 5 -, $ 10

Williams, I. R. / GEOLOGY OF THE WARRAWAGINE 1:100 000 sheet, 33 pages, geologic map (in pocket), 2 appendices, 5 figs., 2 tables, - 3 -, $ 25

Witt, W. K., et.al. / TOWER HILL GOLD DEPOSIT, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: AN ATYPICAL, MULTIPLY DEFORMED ARCHAEAN GOLD-QUARTZ VEIN DEPOSIT, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 48, # 1, 2001, pb, pages 81 - 100, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue also contains 10 other papers concerning deformational history of the Naraku Batholith; Superposition of Gold Mineralisation on pre-existing Carbonate Alteration; Blue Amphiobolite; A post-glacial biota, more....]

Zhou, T., et.al. / WOODCUTTERS GOLDFIELD: GOLD IN AN ARCHAEAN GRANITE, KALGOORLIE, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Volume 50, # 4, 2003, pages 553 - 570, - 2 -, $ 25 [Issue contains 10 additional papers concerning: Fault geometry as evidence for inversion of a former Rift Basin in the Eastern Lachlan Orogen; A newly defined Late Ordovician Magmatic-thermal event in the Mt. Painter Province, Northern Flinders Ranges, South Antarctica, more....]


New Zealand Geological Publications:


New Zealand Geological Survey:

B 1 / Bell, J. M. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE HOKITIKA SHEET, NORTH WESTLAND QUADRANGLE, with which has been included a small portion of the Upper Wilderforce Valley, in the Waimakariri Quadrangle, Wellington, 1906, cl[3], 11 micro-photographs, 9 maps (6 of which are separate maps), 4 geologic sections, 32 illustrations, 101pages, slight rolling of top right corners of pages, ovg, - 5 -, $ 355
[includes gold mining history, quartz veins or the Arahura and Kanieri Series, economic possibilities of the area]

B 13 / Morgan, P. G. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE GREYMOUTH SUBDIVISION, Wellington, 1911, pb, 159 pages, 6 plates, 7 figs., 8 maps, - 5 -, $ 60

B 18 / Henderson, J. / THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REEFTON SUBDIVISION (ALSO THE WESTPORT AND NORTH WESTLAND DIVISIONS), Wellington, 1917, afb, 232 pages, 11 plates, 22 maps, and plans (14 of which are located in pocket), - 5 -, $ 475 [contains general information and early history of area; lode mining and labour conditions, physiography; faulting, ldoes and faults, general geology, mines and deposits; ore containing gold, copper-pyrites, molybdenum, more...]

B 21 / Hendersen, J. and Ongley, M. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE GISBORNE AND WHATATUTU SUBDIVISIONS, RAUKUMARA DIVISION, Wellington, 1920, afb, 88 pages, 4 tables, 2 appendices, 9 plates, 2 maps, 8 geological maps in pocket, - 3 -, $ 55

B 22 / Morgan, P. G. / THE LIMESTONE AND PHOSPHATE RESOURCES OF NEW ZEALAND, PART 1. LIMESTONE, Wellington, 1919, afb, 316 pages, 14 plates, 6 text figures, 2 maps (in pocket), - 3 -, $ 45

B 24 / Henderson, J. and Ongley, M. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE MOKAU SUBDIVISION, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ADJOINING AREAS, AND THE TEKUITI DISTRICT, PIRONGIA AND TARANAKI DIVISIONS, Wellington, 1923, afb, 83 pages, 5 plates, 6 maps and sections (3 of which are located in pocket), - 5 -, $ 110 [general information of the area; physiography; general geology; types and locations of coal found; petroleum; brick clay; limestones; iron ore; fossils, output of coal mines; more...]

B 25 / Onlgley, M. and MacPherson, E. O. / THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COLLINGWOOD SUBDIVISION, KARAMEA DIVISION, Wellington, 1923, afb, 52 pages, 4 tables, 4 plates, 5 maps and sections (2 in text and 2 of 3 in pocket, 1 is missing), 2 appendices concerning the composition and output of the coal mines, - 5 -, $ 85

B 26 / Morgan, P. G. / THE GEOLOGY AND MINES OF THE WAIHI DISTRICT, HAURAKI GOLDFIELD, NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, 1924, afb, 218 pages; 9 text figs.; 7 plates; 6 maps, plans, and sections (1 bound with text; 5 in pocket); appendix, - 5 -, $ 495 [contains general information on the Hauraki goldfield; history of mining; mineral production; physiography; general geology; mineral veins and ore bodies; mining claims and lodes; descriptions of microphotographs of rocks sections, more..]

B 52 / Fleming, C. A. / THE GEOLOGY OF WANGANUI SUBDIVISION, Wellington, 1953, pb, 362 pages, 5 appendices, 34 plates, 62 text figs., 50 tables, 4 geologic maps and cross-sections (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 55

B 53 / Wood, B. L. / THE GEOLOGY OF THE GORE SUBDIVISION, Wellington, 1956, pb, 127 pages, 46 figs., 26 tables, 1 geological map (in pocket), 1 block diagram (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 40

B 55 / Gage, M. / THE GEOLOGY OF WAITAKI SUBDIVISION, Wellington, 1957, pb, 135 pages, 19 tables, 33 figs., 4 geological maps and cross-sections, - 5 -, $ 40

B 57 / Reed, J. J. / PETROLOGY OF THE LOWER MESOZOIC ROCKS OF THE WELLINGTON DISTRICT, Wellington, 1957, pb, 60 pages, 8 tables, 36 figs., - 5 -, $ 18

B 60 / Reed, J. J. / REGIONAL METAMORPHISM IN SOUTH-EAST NELSON, Wellington, 1958, pb, 64 pages, 17 tables, 38 figs., - 5 -, $ 28

B 63 / Kear, D. and Wood, B. L. / THE GEOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY OF WESTERN SAMOA, Wellington, 1959, pb, 92 pages, 4 tables, 40 figs., 6 maps (5 in pocket), 1 appendix, - 5 -, $ 35

B 67 / Fleming, C. A. and Kear, D. / THE JURASSIC SEQUENCE AT KAWHIA HARBOUR, NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, 1960, pb, 50 pages, 3 tables, 16 figs., 5 maps (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 20

B 72 / Waterhouse, J. B. / PERMIAN STRATIGRAPHY AND FAUNAS OF NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, 1964, pb, 101 pages, 64 figs., 5 tables, - 5 -, $ 55

B 75 / Grindley, G. W. / THE GEOLOGY, STRUCTURE, AND EXPLOITATION OF THE WAIRAKEI GEOTHERMAL FIELD, TAUPO, NEW ZEALAND, WELLINGTON, 1965, pb, 3 appendices, 63 figs., 10 tables, 4 maps and sections (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 26

B 76 / Coleman, R. G. / NEW ZEALAND SERPENTINITES AND ASSOCIATED METASOMATIC ROCKS, Wellington, 1966, pb, 102 pages, 5 appendices, 19 tables, 58 figs., - 5 -, $ 45

B 77 / Suggate, R. P. / LATE PLEISTOCENE GEOLOGY OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SOUTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, 1965, pb, 91 pages, 5 tables, 37 figs., - 5 -, $ 40

B 84 / Challis, G. A. / CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF NEW ZEALAND ROCKS AND MINERALS WITH C.I.P.W. NORMS AND PETROGRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS, Part I. Igneous and Pyroclastic Rocks, Wellington, 1971, pb, 178 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

B 86 / Freund, R. / THE HOPE FAULT, A STRIKE SLIP FAULT IN NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, 1971, afb, 49 pages, 2 tables, 32 figs., 6 maps on 2 plates (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 25

MS 18 / Pillans, B. / LATE QUATERNARY MARINE TERRACES, SOUTH TARANAKI-WANGANUI, LOWER HUTT, 1990, pb, 47 pages, map, - 2 -, $ 24

Miscellaneous Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of New Zealand:

Hector, J. / TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT ON THE COLONIAL MUSEUM AND LABORATORY TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF DONATIONS AND DEPOSITS DURING 1889-90, Wellington, 1891, afb, 94 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Suggate. R. P., Ed. / THE GEOLOGY OF NEW ZEALAND, Wellington, 1978, cl, in two volumes, 820 pages total, - 3 -, $ 175 [minor repairs on dust cover, otherwise a very clean set; contents: Environment; late Precambrian-Devonian; Carboniferous-Jurassic; Rangitata Orogeny; Cretaceous; Tertiary; Quaternary; Kaikoura Orogeny; Fossil Record and Paleogeography, Supplement, Indexes]

Thorton, J. / FIELD GUIDE TO NEW ZEALAND GEOLOGY, Auckland, 1985, pb, 226 pages, - 3 -, book is signed by the author, $ 40


Miscellaneous Mining / Mineralogy / Geology Publications of Australia and New Zealand


Aitken, J. / LAND OF FORTUNE: A Study of the New Australia, Atheneum, 1971, cl, 267 pages, - 5 -, $ 10  [front end plate replaced, ovg]

Alexander, J. and Hattersley, R. / AUSTRALIAN MINING, MINERALS AND OIL, Sydney, 1980, cl, 392 pages, - 2 -, $ 50

Austin, B. / PACIFIC RIM CONGRESS 87, AIMM, Parkville, 1987, pb, 949 pages, - 3 -, $ 50

Blainey, G. / THE RUSH THAT NEVER ENDED: A History of Australian Mining, Carlton, 2003, pb, 431 pages, - 1 -, $ 36

Branagan, D., Ed. / AN OUTLINE OF THE GEOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY OF THE SYDNEY BASIN, Sydney, 1979, pb, 60 pages, 36 figs., 12 plates, 2 tables, - 3 -, $ 20

Chalmers, R. O. / AUSTRALIAN ROCKS, MINERALS, AND GEMSTONES, New York, 1968, cl, 398 pages, - 5 -, $ 65

Currie, D. and Nielsen, K. / NEW GENERATION GOLD MINES ‘99, CASE HISTORIES OF DISCOVERY, AMF Conference Proceedings, Glenside, 1999, pb, 168 pages, - 3 -, $ 75

Davison, S. / THE GOLD DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA: THEIR DISCOVERY AND GEOGNOSY; WITH A DISQUISITION ON THE ORIGIN OF GOLD IN PLACER-DEPOSITS, London, 1861, 2007 reprint copy, pb, 484 pages, - 1 -, $ 40

Glasson, K. R. and Rattigan, J. H., Ed. / GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE DISCOVERY OF SOME IMPORTANT MINERAL DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA, AIMM Monograph # 17, Parkville, 1990, cl, 503 pages, - 2 -, $ 150

Glaessner, M. F. / GEOLOGISCHE RUNDSCHAU, Internationale Zeitschrift fur Geologie, Siebenundvierzigster Band, Heft 2, Austalienhaft, Ausgegeben, 1959, pb, seite 487 - 692, - 3 -, $ 35

Hewish, M., et.al. / AUSTRALIAN MINING YEAR BOOK - 1981, Sydney, pb, 384 pages, -3 -, $ 25 [Includes a directory of Mining Companies, Minerals being mined, Products, Suppliers, Who’s Who, Consultants, Buyers Guide in 1981]

Hodgson, I., et.al. / YEARBOOK OF THE BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS - 1991, Canberra, 1992, pb, 170 pages, - 3 -, $ 25 [Contains coverage of the research programs conducted by the BMR during 1991 in various geoscience minerals and petroleum programs]

Hughes, F. E. / GEOLOGY OF THE MINERAL DEPOSITS OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AIMM, Burwood, 1990, cl, two volume set, total of 1828 pages plus index in each volume, each volume with plate in pocket, - 3 -, $ 500

Jaques, A. L., Lewis, J. D., and Smith, C. B. / THE KIMERLITES AND LAMPROLITES OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Perth, 1986,, pb, 268 pages, 2 appendices (1 in pocket), 4 plates (in pocket), 160 figs., 82 tables, - 3 -, $ 95

Miranda, F. E. / DATA ON PHILIPPINE MINERAL RESOURCES, Manila, 1973, pb, 60 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Myatt, B. / AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND GEMSTONES, Sydney, 1972, cl, 511 pages, - 3 -, $ 65

Noakes, L. C. / AUSTRALIAN MINERAL INDUSTRY, 1969 REVIEW, 1970, cl, 354 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Noakes, M. and Lanz, T., Ed. / COST ESTIMATION HANDBOOK for the Australian Mining Industry, AIMM, Parkville, 1993, cl, 412 pages, - 2 -, $ 45

Paine, S., Ed. / YEARBOOK OF THE BUREAU OF MINERAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, 1990, Canberra, pb, 150 pages, - 3 -, $ 25 [Lists projects involving minerals and land use, observatories, mapping, ground water, marine, petroleum, more...]

Place, M. T. / GOLD DOWN UNDER: The Story of the Australian Gold Rush, London, 1969, cl, 169 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Potts, E. D. and Potts, A. / YOUNG AMERICA AND AUSTRALIAN GOLD: AMERICANS AND THE GOLD RUSH OF THE 1850's, St. Lucia, 1974, cl, 299 pages, - 1 -, $ 40

Slee, J. / THE AUSTRALIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1976-77, First Issue, 1977, afb, 223 pages, - 3 -, $ 26

Struckmeyer, H. I. M. and Totterdell, J. M. / AUSTRALIA: EVOLUTION OF A CONTINENT, BMR PALEOGEOGRAPHIC GROUP, Canberra, 1990, pb, 96 pages, - 3 -, $ 36 [Contains color plates and descriptions of Australia during the periods of geologic time]

Talent, J. A. / MINERALS, ROCKS AND GEMS: A Handbook for Australia, Hong Kong, 1970, cl, 287 pages, - 3 -, $ 40

Thomas, L. J. / INTRODUCTION TO MINING, Sydney, 1973, cl, 436 pages, front endplates of book show the main mineral deposits of Australia while the back endplates show the major coal deposits of Australia, - 3 -, $ 45

Truswell, J. F. / BMR JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, Volume 4, # 2, 1979, Canberra, 168 pages, - 3 -, $ 25 [Contents include: heavy metals in the late Cainozoic sediments of southeastern Australia and western Victoria; Drowned dolines from the Pompey Reefs; Geochemistry of weathered rocks, Southwest Queensland; Hydrocarbon potential on onshore Palaeozoic, Canning Basin; Indonesian earthquake...; Seismic refraction in studying reef growth; more...]

Van Andel, T. H. and Veevers, J. J. / MORPHOLOGY AND SEDIMENTS OF THE TIMOR SEA, Canberra, 1967, pb, 173 pages, 5 appendices, - 5 -, $ 25

Warren, R. G. / A COMMENTARY ON THE METALLOGENIC MAP OF AUSTRALIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA, Department of National Development, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Canberra, 1972, afb, 85 pages, - 3 -, $ 40


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