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Yumali. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 7/6/1978 to 18/10/1983.
Base metal exploration activities undertaken by Thiess Brothers in the Yumali - Coomandook area investigated several coincident regional gravity and aeromagnetic anomalies arising from concealed Palaeozoic basement rocks. These anomalies are part of a...-
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Published: 14 Nov 1983
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RB 36/00104 Hydrology of the Lower South-East.
Report presents results of the first regional hydrogeological survey of the Lower South-East area of South Australia, aimed at providing guidelines for optimising groundwater prospecting, use and protection during the period of strong urban,...-
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Published: 27 Jun 1953
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RB 53/00051 Examination of water bores, Hundred of Murra Binna, County MacDonnell.
A water bore on Section 500, Hundred of Murra Binna intersected a sequence of Recent, Pleistocene, Oligocene (Gambier Limestone and Compton Conglomerate) Eocene (Knight Group) and probably Permian sediments to a depth of 320 feet. Two other bores in...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 52/00159 Cellulose Australia Ltd water bore, Hundred Mayurra, section 78. Micropalaeontological examination.
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 59/00054 Reinterpretation of the stratigraphy of the Comaum no. 2 bore, South Australia.
The stratigraphy of the Comaum 2 bore was revised and corrected. Tertiary sediments extend to 146m, and at this depth are dated as Paleocene on microfloral comparisons with south-western Victoria. Most of the Eocene section of the Knight Group (now...-
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Published: 27 Aug 1964
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RB 55/00065 Woodside (Lakes Entrance) Oil Co. NL. Bundy 1, NSW. Palaeontological report.
Bundy No. 1 well near the eastern margin of the Murray Basin intersected a sequence 1340 feet thick of non marine lignitic sands and silts of Tertiary age. The oldest are Eocene and the youngest probably Pliocene. The well bottomed in granite at 1340...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 55/00066 Woodside (Lakes Entrance) Oil Co. NL. Balranald 1, NSW. Palaeontological report.
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 60/00011 Examination of bore samples for sedimentary phosphate (in the) Murray Basin and Gambier Embayment of the Otway Basin.
In a reconnaissance survey for sedimentary phosphate, sludges and cores were examined from 100 widely-scattered bores in parts of the Murray Basin and the Gambier Embayment of the Otway Basin that are located in South Australia. Microscopic inspection...-
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Published: 25 Jan 1965
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RB 49/00102 Stratigraphy of the Murray Basin in South Australia.
The Murray Basin is an area of Mesozoic and Tertiary sedimentation divided into two main units the Murray Basin proper separated by structural highs, the Padthaway “Horst”, from the Gambier Sunklands. Knowledge of the Mesozoic in the Murray Basin...-
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Published: 05 Oct 1959
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RB 42/00119 Micropalaeontological examination of sludges from three water bores, Millicent.
Sludges from three bores sunk recently at Millicent were examined in an effort to determine the cause of failure of two of them. All bores are considered to be in Pleistocene sediments containing much reworked Gambier Limestone material increasing...-
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Published: 08 Jun 1956
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RB 43/00030 Report on foundation testing, Government Sawmill, Mount Gambier, secn 1235 Hd Gambier.
During construction of the green mill at Mount Gambier Government sawmill, cavities were found in excavations for a gangsaw in the Gambier Limestone. Diamond drilling showed the main cavity to be funnel-shaped and not a cavern top, but revealed minor...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 43/00012 Material collected during field conference. Frome - Broken Hill Co. Pty Ltd, Mount Gambier area, July 2-6, 1956.
Samples collected in the Mount Gambier, Mount Burr and Naracoorte areas include material from Knight Group sediments at their only South Australian exposure in Knight's Quarry where they are discordantly overlain by a basal conglomerate and the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 44/00028 Second report on foundation testing, Government Sawmill, Mount Gambier, secn 1235 Hd Gambier, Co. Grey.
Following the discovery, drilling and grouting of a large cavity in the proposed foundation area for the green milling section of the Mt Gambier Government sawmill, a second large cavity was found in the same area. A further 29 diamond drill holes...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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RB 76/00139 Groundwater pollution potential of the Mount Gambier City Council rubbish dump, Hd Blanche, secn 249.
Pollution potential of the dump has been assessed from existing geological data and knowledge of the local groundwater table. Samples of groundwater have been analysed and calculations made of potential leachate volume and sub-surface flow rates....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 77/00050 Groundwater resources available for South-East town water supplies, review no. 3, Naracoorte.
Naracoorte town water supply can be increased by drilling additional production wells to the confined Knight Group sand aquifer which occurs at a depth of about 150 m below the town. D-rawdown interference from nearby production wells is expected to...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 78/00150 Hydrogeological assessment of proposed rubbish tip sites for Mount Gambier.
In conjunction with an inter departmental committee and representatives, from local government, fifteen proposed solid waste disposal sites were investigated in the vicinity of Mt. Gambier. After subjecting each site to relevant pollution potential...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 83/00063 Allens sand quarry, section 715, Hd Blanche). Results of auger drilling, 1981 - 82 - I.A. and C.H. Allen.
18 auger holes have outlined probable reserves of 80 000 tonnes of construction sand in Middle Eocene Tartwaup Formation below 57 000 tonnes of overburden. Allens Quarry (formerly Knight's Quarry) is the only exposure of Early Tertiary sediments in...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1983
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RB 84/00084 Kongorong groundwater pollution investigation.
An SA government investigation has been undertaken to determine the extent of groundwater pollution resulting from the waste disposal practices used at the now abandoned Kongorong cheese factory. During the period 1924 to 1971, liquid effluent from...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1984
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RB 88/00002 Review of Gambier Limestone - Geology, uses, specifications and production.
The Marte area, 10 km west of Mount Gambier is the largest producer of building stone in Australia. Reviews production of ashlars from Gambier Limestone with emphasis on the Mount Gambier area; coverage is incomplete for production of ashlars from the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1988
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RB 77/00087 South-East water resources, Mundulla town water supply. Progress report no. 2.
A recent scout well drilled into the confined Dilwyn Formation (formerly Knight Group) at Mundulla intersected only low permeability sediments unsuitable for development. However, this does not rule out the possibility that a suitable aquifer will be...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
