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Petroleum geochemistry of the Otway Basin, and the significance of coastal bitumen strandings on adjacent southern Australian beaches. Volumes 1 to 5 source rock studies.
The standing of crude oil on the beaches of southern Australia was first recorded approximately 150 years ago. This material, known locally as coastal bitumen, was used by the early maritime visitors and settlers to caulk their vessels and is the...-
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RB 36/00077 Leigh Creek Coalfield. North Field, Lobe C.
Coal has been proved at Lobe C to a depth of 220 feet of overburden in an arcuate area along the southern and western margins of the basin. Within the suggested open cut area the coal seam averages 35 feet in thickness, has a weighted average ash...-
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Published: 26 Oct 1953
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RB 37/00028 Leigh Creek Coalfield: Report on exploration of the north-eastern margin - Telford Basin area 'Telford Opencut, extension east'. (CONFIDENTIAL)
An area located on the north-eastern margin of the Telford Basin, to the east of the present extent of theTelford Open Cut mine main pit, which is known to contain potentially mineable buried coal seams, has been examined geologically and...-
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Published: 03 Mar 1954
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RB 60/00045 Report on overseas visit, April-July 1964. Part 2: Evaporites, brines, sulphur.
Whilst overseas during the period April to July, 1964, the writer visited, in addition to phosphate deposits, most of the major potash mines and a number of evaporated-salt, rock salt, brine and sulphur operations in North America, Europe and Israel,...-
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Published: 10 Mar 1965
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RB 96/00025 Exploration for coal in the Coober Pedy area, South Australia.
As part of the Government's South Australian Exploration Initiative (SAEI), and in support of the South Australian Steel and Energy (SASE) Project, a small coal exploration program was initiated by MESA to investigate a number of subtle magnetic lows...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1996
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NERDDC Project 590 : [ Research into the feasibility of ] Underground gasification of [ mining inaccessible ] Leigh Creek coal. Reports on field investigations and geotechnical studies.
During the first few months of 1985, field investigations were undertaken at Leigh Creek by consultants Golder Associates to provide quantitative data on the strength and permeability characteristics of the geological profile of the Main Series coal...-
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Rehabilitation of the Nairne Pyrites Ltd quarry area and treatment of acidic effluent. Progress and final reports on investigations for the period March 1973 to June 1975.
A chemical survey of Dawesley Creek in the Brukunga Mine area has concluded that seepages from the southern mine waste dumps located alongside the creek contribute the greater proportion of pollutants (acidity, iron, aluminium, manganese, zinc,...-
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Report on 'S' seam from Lake Phillipson bore 3D, South Australia.
Consultant's report discusses the intrinsic and comparative nature of, plus possible causes for, the unique chemical composition of Lake Phillipson coal, when compared with coal from other low-rank Australian deposits such as Leigh Creek and the...-
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Arckaringa [North-east]. Annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 13/4/2005 to 3/6/2014.
An area of 185 square km was taken up by SAPEX to allow it to evaluate afresh known sub-bituminous coal measures in the Permian Mount Toondina Formation that constitute the East Wintinna coal deposit. This deposit had been discovered by Meekatharra...-
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Published: 11 Jul 1914
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Camel Lake. Annual reports to licence surrender for the period 16/11/2012 to 15/11/2023.
An area located ~ 70 km north-east of Ooldea Siding and 50 km east of Maralinga is being explored for the industrial mineral kaolin, and more particularly its crystallographic form halloysite, which typically occurs as microtubules or nanotubes which...-
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Published: 21 Nov 1923
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PACE Discovery Drilling (drilling partnerships with DSD and industry): Year 8 partnership DPY8-14 - Mingary Station, Broken Hill Domain, Palaeoproterozoic lode style stratabound hydrothermal Au-Cu-Ag prospects. Drilling interim and final reports.
During 2014, Minotaur Exploration successfully applied for a PACE 2015 collaborative drilling subsidy grant to help it undertake drill testing of the inferred extension within its current tenement EL 4844 Mingary of the quartzite lode horizon present...-
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Moorlands. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 15/1/1979 to 30/11/1984.
Adelaide Brighton Cement took up tenure of the Moorlands lignite deposit during September 1976 in order to conduct confirmatory drilling of the published coal resource, to prepare a mining study for Lobe 'E', and overall, to assess the coal's...-
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Published: 23 Nov 1984
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Fly Lake 1. Test reports.
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Economic feasibility of producing sulphur from gypsum.
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Published: 01 Jan 1969
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Review of petroleum product specifications.
This document reports on an Amdel project commissioned by SADME Energy Division, to assemble for the benefit of concerned public consumers as much information as possible on currently applicable legislation, standards and specifications for the local...-
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RB 67/00028;Amdel 599 Extraction of sulphur from gypsum, part 1.
Background: Australia currently imports about 430 000 tons of elemental sulphur per year, valued at about $12,000,000 in 1966. The sulphur is purchased from Canada, the USA and Mexico. The annual production of elemental sulphur in these three...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1968
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Sedan lignite deposit. Geological investigations and review of resources.
In October 2000 GTL Energy Pty Ltd began commercial investigations into the feasibility of establishing within Australia newly proven [coal] gas-to-liquids technology for combining power generation and synfuel production, by identifying potentially...-
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RB 26/00118 Gibraltar pyrite deposit near Nairne, SA.
Ideal location - 26 miles from Adelaide - good climate. 3½ miles from Nairne on Adelaide-Melbourne railway line. Electric supply to Nairne-Power requirements could probably be obtained from supply company. Small flow permanent water beside deposit,...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1949
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Moorlands. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 10/9/1976 to 9/9/1978.
Work consisted of gathering all available information and advice on, and assessing the problems associated with, treatment of the Moorlands deposit low rank brown coal to make it a fuel suitable for use in cement manufacture within a newly constructed...-
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Blinman, Maggie Hill, Martins Well, Willippa, Bibliando, Upalinna and Mount Hemming. Quarterly, annual and final reports for the period 14/1/90 to 27/4/96.
Possible intrusive Proterozoic salt bodies beneath the Blinman, Upalinna, Martins Well, Mt Hemming, Willippa and Bibliando Domes were investigated by field mapping, including the construction of measured outcrop stratigraphic sections, seismic...-
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