In part of a regional coal exploration programme, 3 open rotary mud holes for a total of 380.3 m were drilled into the target Mount Toondina Formation, the third hole being geophysically logged through the Mesozoic and Permian sequences. All three...

Shallow Tertiary coal deposits were the target in the area north of Kingston SE lying between Tilleys Swamp and Coola Coola Swamp. Within this area, 44 rotary mud vertical open exploratory holes totalling 3658 m were drilled and geophysically logged....

13 percussion holes (total 974.5 m) drilled over large gravity anomaly intersected a granular amphibolite containing variable magnetite, which probably represents an original, intermediate igneous pre-Kimban intrusive. It is of higher density than...

Drilling (132.8 metres) included fully cored geotechnical hole to basement to estimate mine planning constraints for open cut mining. The unconfined aquifer above the lignite must be dewatered for mine slope stability. Overburden contains 2 layers of...

TARGET: Definition of economic brown coal mineralisation in the northern Saint Vincent Basin. EXPLORATION: Open-hole rotary drilling of 127 holes totalling 11,103 m, including a reported minimum of 468 m of HQ rotary coring in 24 of the holes. The...

TARGET: Coal in the northern Saint Vincent Basin. EXPLORATION: Drilling of 8 holes and sampling for coal analysis.

TARGET: Coal in the northern Saint Vincent Basin. EXPLORATION: Drilling of 3 holes and sampling for coal analysis.

Seven wells along a line of section in the southern Cooper Basin were studied. Examination of coals in Permian and Triassic sequences revealed marked vertical and lateral trends in vitrinite, inertinite and exinite content and their microlithotypes....

Organic matter in Jurassic and lower Cretaceous sediments from 5 wells in the central Eromanga Basin was studied microscopically. The lower Jurassic Birkhead Formation, upper Jurassic to lower Cretaceous Murta Member and lower Cretaceous Transition...

A feasibility study into mine development, and coal marketing research, were undertaken. Further investigations into the possible uses of Moorlands deposit coal are required.

A geostatistical evaluation and confirmation of tonnages and grades for the Lochiel deposit is presented. An estimate of the reliability of the parameters used is also provided. The results confirm the earlier resource estimates from the resource...

Coal types and associated quality throughout the coal zone were assessed and the relationship between coal and quality parameters was evaluated.

Literature reviews, plus studies of photogeology and of drillhole data, have confirmed the existence of palaeochannels and of the selective accumulation of Tertiary lignites within a broad area that surrounds and lies to the north and west of Lake...

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These reports describe the development of an innovative analytical system for petroleum source rock assessment, using both pyrolysis - gas chromatography and pyrolysis - flame ionization detection methods, plus gas condensate and drill cuttings gas...

TARGET: Sub-bituminous coal seams within the Early Permian Mount Toondina Formation in the Mount Dutton - Nilpinna Springs region, these possibly being similar to, or forming an extension of, the large Weedina coal deposit recently discovered 20 km to...

A combined sample of 6 borehole cores was used to study the reduction of soluble salts, mainly sodium chloride, in Wakefield coal by a process of water leaching. Practically all the sodium chloride was removed and other chlorides and sulphates were...

A 210 tonne bulk sample of soft brown coal was obtained from the southern margin of the deposit using large diameter coring techniques. The recovered sample stratigraphy is consistent with a 6.4 metre coal seam overlain by clay and carbonaceous silty...

Five wells along a north-south trending section in the southern Eromanga Basin were studied using petrographic techniques to delineate petroleum source rocks and possibly aid in environmental interpretation. The dispersed organic matter (d.o.m.) in...

An assessment of the oil shale potential of marginal Great Artesian Basin sediments in South Australia was carried out, due mainly to their perceived stratigraphic and lithological similarity to Cretaceous strata in Queensland which host the very...