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Copper Hill [and Cameron Hill]. Progress reports and joint final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/10/1972 to 11/2/1974.
In a search for possible economic Permian coal seams buried at the southern end of the Boorthanna Trough of the Arckaringa Basin, the Petromin joint venture consortium selected an area to drill where it was inferred that such coal might lie within 300...-
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Mount Willoughby, Marla, Nicholson Hill, Hope, Manya, Emu, Moorefield, Lake Meramangye, Dingo Claypan and Alinya (Officer Basin). Progress, technical and partial relinquishment reports for the period 20/8/1980 to 19/8/1985.
TRONA EXPLORATION: Of the 9 rotary/diamond holes drilled, only the first, Meramangye 1, intersected a unit equivalent to the Observatory Hill Beds, which was the target horizon for trona. Drillholes Manya nos 2-6 and Marla 7 intersected Cambrian red...-
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Lake Phillipson area. Progress and technical reports for the periods 23/11/1978 to 22/11/1980, and 12/2/1981 to 11/5/1982. [forms Part 2 of a SADME - compiled Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package released in December 1994].
The licensee's 1981 coal search programme at Lake Phillipson had the following objectives: - delineation of the total extent of the coal measures; - resolution of seam stratigraphy and correlation of seams between the Main and West Areas; -...-
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RB 94/00045 Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package (second edition). Detailed index.
MESA's Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package has been created to provide a complete record of all reported exploration activities and related studies (with the exception of certain feasibility studies) carried out by, and prepared for, the...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1994
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RB 91/00024 Palynological dating of Mount Toondina Formation from outcrop, southwestern edge of the Peake and Denison Ranges.
2 grab samples of carbonaceous sediments from an outcrop located 6 km south-southwest of Reg Dam were examined to determine whether they belong to the Jurassic Algebuckina Sandstone or the Permian Boorthanna Formation. An Early Permian (Late...-
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Published: 10 Apr 1991
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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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Weedina coal deposit, Arckaringa Basin. Mining proponent's submission to FEAC, including supporting geological data.
In June 1986 Cyprus Australia Coal Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of a large American coal producer and marketer then holding exploration licences over the Weedina coal deposit in the far north of South Australia, submitted to the South Australian...-
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Williams Bore (Weedinna Coalfield). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/4/2005 to 3/6/2014.
An area of 304 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 Weedina coal deposit. This deposit, located ~90 km north-east of Coober Pedy,...-
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Published: 11 Jul 1914
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McDouall Peak - Kingoonya area. Data release at licence expiry/renewal : progress and technical reports for the period 26/8/1971 to 26/11/1980. [forms Part 1 of a SADME -compiled Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package released in December 1994].
A review of existing information indicated the possibility of Permian sediments extending southwards beneath Mesozoic cover. During 1971-1972, the licensee completed 10 rotary drilling traverses across strike that covered the entire Phillipson...-
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Published: 02 Dec 1980
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Windy Valley. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 25/1/2010 to 24/1/2015.
An area centred over the south-central Coober Pedy Ridge tectonic feature, 55 km south-southeast of Coober Pedy township, is being explored for possible economic buried massive haematite and magnetite within either Proterozoic banded iron formation...-
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Published: 17 Mar 1915
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Lake Woorong. First partial surrender report, for the period 8/6/2012 to 7/6/2015.
An area centred about 80 km south-west of Coober Pedy is being explored for possible economic buried coal seams in Permian strata and for economic iron ore deposits or massive sulphide base metal mineralisation (copper, nickel) that may have formed...-
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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 : Wirrida Outstation. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/6/2012 to 7/6/2019.
An area covering probable extensions to the Permian sediments of the southern Phillipson Trough was taken up by Southern Coal Holdings (SCH), a wholly owned subsidiary of WPG Resources Ltd, to explore for possible economic sub-bituminous coal...-
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Published: 30 Jul 1919
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Evelyn Downs Homestead, Woorong Creek, Yijulka Creek and Mount Carulina [part of the Arckaringa Coalfield, northern South Australia]. Combined partial surrender report at licences' expiry/renewal, for the period 20/2/1980 to 28/3/1987.
A significant portion of the Arckaringa Basin acreage held by Meekatharra Minerals, that was subjected to greenfields coal exploration between 1980 and 1986, has now been relinquished. Relevant exploration work, for which the basic data is being...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Arckaringa Creek. Annual reports for the period 27/4/2015 to 11/5/2022.
Two separate areas in the Arckaringa Basin, designated as EL 5598 Areas 'A' and 'B', have been taken up to allow for a fresh assessment of the development potential of the large East Wintinna and Weedina coal deposits, respectively. During the first...-
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Published: 09 May 1918
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Gidyea Creek. Annual reports for the period 19/1/2016 to 18/1/2018.
Exploration licence 5699 was taken up to evaluate the development potential of the East Wintinna Early Permian sub-bituminous coal deposit, which is the largest known coal deposit in the Arckaringa Basin and is regarded as having the best future...-
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Published: 28 Mar 1918
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Phillipson. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 27/4/2000 to 8/8/2010.
During the sixth licence year, on renewed EL 2717 covering the same area as previously, the licensee, now a wholly owned subsidiary of AuIron Energy Limited (formerly Meekatharra Minerals Limited), progressed its investigations of the geology of the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Arckaringa [Hills]. Annual reports for the period 13/5/2016 to 12/5/2018.
Exploration licence 5781 was taken up to evaluate the development potential of the East Wintinna Early Permian sub-bituminous coal deposit, which is the largest known coal deposit in the Arckaringa Basin and is regarded as having the best future...-
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Published: 05 Jun 1918
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Phillipson. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 9/8/2010 to 8/8/2015.
During licence Year 16, on its renewed EL 4534 over the period October to December 2010, South Australian Coal Limited (SA Coal) undertook a drilling campaign of 15 rotary mud partly cored vertical holes for 2871 m which included 2064.7 m of coring,...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
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Noorina Dam [part of Getty's Arckaringa Basin Coal Project]. Progress and final reports for the period 23/12/84 to 31/5/90.
TARGET: Economic sub-bituminous Permian coals in the Mount Toondina Formation, similar to those found by Getty in the Weedina Coal Deposit to the north. EXPLORATION: A review of existing seismic, gravity and magnetic data, aerial photograph...-
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