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RB 83/00027 Eyre water resources study. Groundwater assessment, Polda Basin.
Potable (over 1000 mg/l) groundwater occurs in 5 lenses. Annual yield totals 14 000 to 19 000 ML. Between 400 and 2 500 ML / year (seasonally dependent) is abstracted for reticulation. Diffuse, unquantified extraction for stock and domestic purposes...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1984
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RB 79/00093 Lock Coalfield hydrogeological study - Progress report no. 1 (Volume 1 of 2).
Hydrogeological investigations undertaken by SADME at the Lock Coalfield have shown that significant aquifer systems occur above and beneath the coal, and that the coal itself has negligible permeability. Permeability of both aquifers is low,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 90/00074 Explanatory Notes for the ELLISTON 1:250 000 map sheet.
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Published: 01 Nov 1990
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RB 96/00010 Musgrave Proclaimed Wells Area groundwater assessment.
The County Musgrave Proclaimed Wells Area on Eyre Peninsula, situated mainly near Elliston and extending eastwards towards Lock, contains a number of small groundwater lenses of potable quality which are surrounded by brackish to saline groundwater....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1994
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RB 97/00027 Further palynological dating and correlation of Mesozoic and Tertiary sediments from Eyre Peninsula, SA.
Two groups of samples from Eyre Peninsula have been analysed. The Elliston samples are correlative with the Polda Formation, probably in the latest Middle Jurassic. The younger Middle Eocene E04-1 sample indicates the presence of Pidinga Formation,...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1997
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RB 92/00021 Petrological data on the evolution of the Great Australian Bight.
Sedimentation in the Great Australian Bight (GAB) has occurred in a variety of settings from the initial intra-cratonic rift to the modern carbonate shelf. An extensive palaeodrainage system, remnants of which are still preserved, supplied clastic...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1992
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RB 92/00009 Preliminary palynological dating of borehole samples from the Polda Basin, Eyre Peninsula.
19 samples of exploratory RC aircore drillhole cuttings were examined by a SADME consultant to determine their microfloral assemblages, and to date the host sediments by correlation of diagnostic palynomorphs with published biostratigraphic schemes.-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lock. Annual and combined annual reports for the period 22/4/2010 to 21/4/2014.
An exploration licence comprising three separate sub-blocks has been taken up with the primary goal of assessing the potential for additional coal resources to occur in proximity to the Lock coal deposit. During licence Year 1, the licensee sourced...-
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Published: 22 Mar 1913
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Venus Bay. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 9/1/1991 to 9/7/1992.
TARGET: Diamonds in 3 areas, one west of Lock, another east of Elliston, and the third surrounding Venus Bay. EXPLORATION: Heavy mineral sampling, airborne magnetic and multichannel radiometric surveys, ground magnetic surveys, and selected anomaly...-
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Lock. Progress and final reports for the period 20/8/79 to 14/9/84.
A large coalfield exists in the Polda Basin, west of Lock, on central Eyre Peninsula. One Jurassic coal deposit in the Polda Formation and 2 discrete Tertiary deposits have been recognized, containing reserves of over 300 million tonnes of Jurassic...-
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Published: 26 Sep 1984
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Final drilling report - CRAE boreholes 83KD1 and 83KD1A.
The intersection of massive halite in the ?Lower Palaeozoic sequence in Occidental Petroleum's Mercury 1 wildcat oil exploration well drilled in the offshore Polda Basin generated interest in the Tuckey area onshore for potash associated with similar...-
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Preliminary report (on) petroleum exploration potential, offshore Polda Trough, South Australia.
This report summarises a geological review and evaluation of Outback Oil's EPP 15 permit area over the Polda Trough. The review is of a reconnaisance nature, with the main purposes being to determine the significance of the Gemini 1 well results,...-
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Published: 05 Oct 1977
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Kolballa. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 31/8/1990 to 15/7/1992.
TARGET: (Stockdale) Diamonds in the Elliston region, related to possible kimberlite primary sources that may be associated with the deep-seated Polda Trough structural feature; (BHP) Mineral sands in Tertiary sediments. EXPLORATION: Stockdale...-
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Coastal bitumen and potential source rocks, Duntroon Basin, South Australia.
This study, for which the supporting data was obtained between August 1983 and April 1984 and reported to the client Getty as Amdel report nos 5769/84 Parts 1-7, was prompted by a renewed exploration effort in the Duntroon Basin after some 9 years of...-
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Published: 31 May 1984
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RB 00778 Palynological examination of selected drillholes, Polda Basin, Eyre Peninsula.
Palynological analyses of 31 selected samples taken from uranium exploration rotary drillholes in the eastern Polda Basin indicate three distinct microfloral units - (a) a Late Jurassic assemblage comparable with that from the Polda Formation further...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1900
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ExpNotes ELLISTON: Explanatory Notes ELLISTON
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Lock [Coalfield]. Annual reports and technical reports for the period 24/5/1993 to 26/10/2014.
The Lock Jurassic sub-bituminous coal deposit was discovered by the South Australian Department of Mines and Energy in 1977. The Lock Coal deposit lies within the eastern portion of the Polda Basin on the Eyre Peninsula. The deposit covers an area of...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1913
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McLachlan, Tuckey, Sheringa and Lock. Joint progress reports and joint final report to licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/7/1980 to 17/4/1985.
In mid-1980, CRA Exploration took out four mineral tenements in the Polda Basin area of western Eyre Peninsula to explore for Tertiary and Jurassic lignites and also for possible Permian sub-bituminous coal. Interest in this area had been generated by...-
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Published: 25 Mar 1985
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Combined report on the full surrender of Sheringa EL 688 and partial surrenders for McLachlan EL 670 and Tuckey EL 687, Polda Basin, South Australia, 17th May 1982.
Relinquishment of parts of the licenses held in the Lock, Tuckey and Tooligie area was made following drilling (31 holes totalling 2 960 metres) to investigate lignite occurrence in the Polda Basin. Possible reserves of Jurassic and Eocene coals in...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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Elliston, western Eyre Peninsula. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 21/2/1996 to 23/12/1998.
Diamond, gold and platinum group element (PGE) exploration activities carried out within an area of known kimberlitic and lamproitic intrusive rocks east of Elliston comprised aircore drilling (23 holes, total 1188 metres), addressing 17 out of 36...-
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