The Abminga bedrock drilling program was initiated in 1999 as part of the Targeted Exploration Initiative of South Australia (TEISA) strategy conceived by the SA Government and implemented through PIRSA's Mineral Resources Group. Drilling was proposed...

During the early to mid-1980s, the SADME (SA Department of Mines and Energy) Engineering Division collaborated with CSIRO Soils Division to jointly sponsor a major geomechanics project, investigating metropolitan Adelaide’s problem soils and near...

The Tatiara Prescribed Wells Area (PWA) is about 250 km SE of Adelaide and covers about 3500 squ km. The PWA consists of a coastal plain to the west and the uplifted Pinnaroo Block to the east, referred to as the eastern highlands area. They are...

A series of microgravity surveys were conducted during February-March and April-May 2017, within the COOMPANA 1:250k map sheet area on the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia, prior to the commencement of the Geological Survey of South Australia...

A five-layer finite difference groundwater flow model (MODFLOW) was developed for the Mallee Region to determine the impacts of irrigation on water levels and salinities. The model was calibrated for steady-state conditions over the entire modelled...

Monitoring equipment is now installed in the 30 wells that supply groundwater to 8 major communities in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands. The equipment provides readings of standing water level and pumping rate on an hourly basis for each well;...

A three-layered transient groundwater flow model of the Tertiary Confined Sand Aquifer (TCSA) underlying the South-East of South Australia and south-west region of Victoria has been constructed using MODFLOW software. The model is being used as a...

A desktop study was undertaken to review the current status of the groundwater system in the Barossa Valley Prescribed Water Area. With the current rates of groundwater withdrawal, water table levels are remaining generally stable, except in the...

The revised digital geology map of the Cultana 1:100 000 map sheet and accompanying geological descriptions in this report are the first components of the 2nd edition PORT AUGUSTA 1:250 000 map sheet to be completed. The subject map sheet occupies the...

The Minerals value-chain ScoreCard, initiated in 2001, provides information regarding the performance of South Australia’s mineral industry across the exploration, investment, production, processing and export stages of wealth creation. In doing so,...

The Minerals value-chain Scorecard, initiated in 2001, provides information regarding the performance of South Australia’s mineral industry across the exploration, investment, production, processing and export stages of wealth creation. In doing so,...

Water well sites were selected on eight homelands in the vicinity of Umuwa community and along a section of road (Fregon to Mimili) that was scheduled for upgrading. A total of thirteen wells were drilled at seven of the homelands, with at least one...

Coal exploration performed by CRA in the eastern part of the Mulgathing Trough comprised a literature review, stratigraphic interpretation of previous drillhole and geophysical data, and the planning of a 6-hole rotary exploratory drilling programme...

Following evaluation and interpretation of the existing subsurface and geophysical data, it was concluded that the probability of Permian coal seams occurring in the western Pedirka Basin area at depths less than 500 m was slim.

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Potentially large, poorly-defined resources of black coal buried at the south-western and southern margins of the Cooper Basin were investigated via a review of relevant previous petroleum exploration geological and geophysical data. Probable thick,...

Dr K.R. Miles, following his recent study of the Underground Water Resources of the Adelaide Plains area, advocated artificial recharge and put forward several suggestions for practical consideration. The following may be considered supplementary, in...

Sixteen groundwater observation wells were drilled in the Virginia area between 17th December 1999 and 20th January 2000. Nine of these were completed in the first Quaternary aquifer (Q1), with eight ranging between 8.0 and 12.5 m deep, and one 17 m...

Numerical modelling of the hydrogeology in the area south of Mount Gambier was used to examine the potential of increasing the Permissible Annual Volumes of extraction for the unconfined aquifer, beyond the levels of assessed vertical recharge to the...

The Lacepede-Kongorong Prescribed Wells Area (PWA) is the largest in the South-East, extending from the Coorong to Port MacDonnell, and from the coast to the boundaries of the adjoining Padthaway, Naracoorte Ranges and Comaum-Caroline PWAs. It covers...