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RB 87/00133 Port Gawler 3. Well completion report and revision of the geology around Port Gawler.
312 metres of Cainozoic overlie Precambrian bedrock : ABC Range Quartzite (312-587 metres) conformably overlying finer-grained Brachina Formation (587-682 metres). The drilling and former seismic data permitted reinterpretation of bedrock structure...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1987
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RB 78/00013 Northern Adelaide Plains gas storage study. Barabba gravity low.
The Barabba Gravity Low in the Northern Adelaide Plains has been interpreted as a southerly dipping trough-like depression in Precambrian bedrock, infilled with Tertiary and covered by a blanket of Quaternary sediments. All margins of this feature are...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 78/00057 Adelaide city stratigraphic drilling 1976, hydrogeological completion report.
Two exploration wells have been drilled through the Cainozoic sequence to Precambrian bedrock to provide stratigraphic and hydrogeological data. At the South Parklands site two aquifers were tested. The upper one yielded a large supply of marginally...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 79/00082 Geological results from the 1977/78 drilling programme, Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits.
Between December 1977 and February 1978, 103 coal exploration and development holes were drilled in the Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits, 100 km north of Adelaide. These Tertiary deposits, in the northern extremity of the St. Vincent Basin, contain...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1992
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RB 99/00025 Palynological analyses and dating of nine samples from Lochiel coal pit, St Vincent Basin, South Australia.
Palynological analyses of nine grab samples from the Lochiel coal test pit show two distinct floristic types, i.e. Haloragacidites spp. dominated and Nothofagidites spp. dominated palynofloras. This distinction is interpreted as indicating a change...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1999
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RB 97/00045 Briefing on Adelaide South Parklands aquifer storage and recovery potential.
MESA has been approached by civil engineering firm B.C. Tonkin and Associates to help with assessing the possibility of developing an aquifer storage and recovery scheme in the Adelaide South Parklands. Their client the Adelaide City Council is...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1997
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Kybunga (latterly a part of the Balaklava HMS Project - Iluka tenements Group 9). First annual report 3/5/2012 to 2/5/2013, plus a joint annual report and final report for Group 9 submitted at the five project licences' full surrender on 24/9/2015.
Ground within the northern onshore Saint Vincent Basin was taken up by Iluka Resources to re-appraise the heavy mineral sands (HMS) potential of buried Tertiary sediments there, after some unsuccessful exploration had previously been undertaken in the...-
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Published: 22 Sep 1915
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Geological investigation of the Bowmans trial pit.
The sediments exposed in the Bowmans trial pit were mapped and sampled in detail. The oldest formation recognised is the mid to late Eocene Clinton Coal Measures, which is represented by low rank, soft brown coal and unconsolidated, medium grained...-
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Published: 03 Mar 1981
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Northern Saint Vincent Basin Coalfield, South Australia. Geological report.
All previous data and all the known major deposits within the Clinton Coal Measures are reviewed. The study covers their formation, structure, stratigraphy and various engineering geology aspects associated with the possibility of mining any one of...-
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RB 00796 Tertiary brown coal deposits in the northern Saint Vincent Basin, South Australia.
Known deposits of Eocene brown coal within the basin occur in 3 coalfields. Drilling results from 1975, which are presented and integrated with previous drill hole data, indicate a northern extension of the Inkerman-Balaklava Coalfield. Reserves are...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1900
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RB 75/00057 Inkerman Coalfield dewatering investigation report no. 1. Aquifer test no. 1.
The low grade lignite deposits which form the Inkerman coalfield lie within a sequence of unconsolidated Tertiary sediments 100 m thick in the northern St. Vincent Basin. Drilling and test pumping in three aquifers has provided approximate...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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Condowie. Annual reports plus final report to licence full surrender, for the period 21/2/2011 to 24/12/2015.
The Lochiel North coal deposit was taken under licence to allow for an evaluation of the known coal seams' potential for significant upgrading of their contained thermal energy, through the application of a proprietary autoclave heating process under...-
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