Possible shallowly buried, surface-mineable coal formed within the Lower Permian Mount Toondina Formation, and similar to the coal occurring in the Phillipson Trough area, was the target of exploration carried out in the poorly defined Tallaringa...

In a search for possible north-westwards thickening, basinwards extensions to some thin Cretaceous coal seams which had been reported from the 1914 drilling of an artesian water bore on Finniss Springs Station, Endeavour Oil drilled 2 vertical rotary...

TARGET: Lower Permian coal measures of the Mount Toondina Formation in the Evelyn Downs - Mount Barry area. EXPLORATION: Ten holes totalling 853.4 m. RESULTS: Most holes intersected thin coal seams at depths ranging from 73 m to 121 m.

10 reverse circulation holes were drilled, totalling 311 m. Surface radiometric effects were attributed to groundwater Ra and/or Rn, or to evaporitic concentrations of uranium daughter products. Results from drilling and from track etch (alpha)...

Shallow, open pit mineable near-surface coal within Permian sediments along the eastern rim of the Boorthanna Trough was the target of exploration in EL 108 and in adjoining EL 104 to the south. After conducting photo-interpretation on aerial...

TARGET: Coal horizons developed within Mesozoic sediments on the south-western margin of the Great Artesian Basin. RESULTS: Two vertical rotary mud holes (total 122 m) were drilled, transecting Mesozoic sediments and reaching basement at relatively...

In a search for possible Proterozoic - Cainozoic unconformity - related, concealed sedimentary uranium deposits in an area of the Eucla Basin located 60 km north of Fowlers Bay, 17 rotary holes totalling 711.8 m were put down along 4 traverses across...

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The subject EL 2249 and follow-on EL 2966 consisted of two areas: Area 'A', centred 40 km SSW of Coober Pedy, covering a Permian coal basin, the Penrhyn Trough; and Area 'B', centred 70 km SSE of Coober Pedy. Interpretation of regional gravity and...

The subject licence was taken up to allow for for technical and commercial evaluation of the coal resource existing at Sedan on the western margin of the Murray Basin. During licence Year 1, consultant Lindsay Curtis was engaged to compile and report...

Under a new strategic focus, three licence areas covering three Early Permian buried coal deposits located at Wintinna, Westfield and Murloocoppie in the northern part of the Arckaringa Basin, ~120 km north of Coober Pedy, have been evaluated both for...

Within an area located approximately 110 km north-west of Ceduna, exploration has primarily been directed at assessing the heavy mineral sands potential of Tertiary Eucla Basin shoreline sediments, with an additional objective of determining the base...

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The target was lignite or oil shale hosted by Tertiary sediments possibly preserved on top of a series of tilted fault blocks bordering the western shoreline of Spencer Gulf, due south-west of Whyalla. 29 vertical rotary mud drillholes (total 2729...

The subject report describes prospecting follow-up to a March 1972 discovery of anomalous radiation associated with playa salt lakes in the BARTON and TALLARINGA mapsheet areas. Preliminary assay of the lake surficial sediments had indicated the...

The search for stratiform / stratabound base metals of the Broken Hill / Aggeneys type was extended from Warramboo to the McLachlan area because of similar magnetic features. 11 RAB holes (total 664 m) drilled over magnetic and geochemical anomalies...

Coal exploration undertaken in an area situated 120 km west of Coober Pedy (open rotary drilling and geophysical logging of 2 holes for a total of 252.3 m) failed to disclose any coal seams, despite a previous explorer having found a 1-2 m thick seam...

Investigations into the coal prospectivity of the buried Permian sedimentary sequence within the northern Arckaringa Basin, 70 km north-east of Coober Pedy, included an extensive data review, 6-line gravity survey, and reconnaissance drilling of 4...

Behaviour of SA lignite under elevated temperatures and pressures in a water slurry, and effects of temperature and water / coal ratio on coal drying and salt removal.

Investigated application of simple washing process to remove much of sodium with minimum water requirement. Leaching with 0.1N sulphuric acid is effective in removing sodium from Wakefield and Kingston coals in addition to sodium chloride. Preliminary...