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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In part of a regional coal exploration programme, 3 open rotary mud holes for a total of 380.3 m were drilled into the target Mount Toondina Formation, the third hole being geophysically logged through the Mesozoic and Permian sequences. All three...

TARGET: Native sulphur associated with possible salt dome structures, the locations of which were interpreted from past petroleum exploration seismic reflection surveys. EXPLORATION: A detailed gravity survey, and 2 rotary/core drillholes totalling...

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,...

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...

TARGET: Diamondiferous kimberlites in the Boorthanna Trough region (near Nilpinna Springs). EXPLORATION: A literature review, the reprocessing and re-interpretation of data from BHP's 1983 Peake Creek Aerial Magnetic Survey flown by Aerodata /...

In South Australia, the intracratonic eastern Officer Basin, which may contain up to 10 km of Neoproterozoic to Paleozoic sediments, is bounded by the Precambrian Gawler Craton to the southeast, the Musgrave Block to the north, and passes into...

TARGET: Sub-bituminous coal seams within the Early Permian Mount Toondina Formation in the Mount Dutton - Nilpinna Springs region, these possibly being similar to, or forming an extension of, the large Weedina coal deposit recently discovered 20 km to...

TARGET: Coal in the Arckaringa Basin. EXPLORATION: Rotary drilling (248 holes totalling 56,498 m, including 59 partly cored holes totalling 3555 m. RESULTS: The Wintinna, East Wintinna, Westfield and Murloocoppie coal deposits were discovered and...

AIM:The 1982 Christmas Creek Seismic Survey was designed to cover a wide area of the sparsely explored western farmout blocks of PELs 5 and 6, where Eromanga Basin sediments thin and overly sub-basins of variously aged prospective sediments. Primary...

A review of the Permo-Triassic and Mesozoic distribution of reservoir units. Data for some Birdsville Track Ridge wells are included as the development of the Pedirka Sector basins and the Birdsville Track Ridge are closely related.

Exploration from 1982 includes: Christmas Creek - ARC Seismic Survey (see Envs 4808 and 5064),. Hogarth - ARC Seismic Survey, . Morphett - ARC Seismic Survey,. drilling of 2 wells (Birribiana 1 and Hans Knob 1), (see Envs 7034/6 and 7043/6)....

Nineteen drill cuttings and 15 drill core samples of Permian, Cretaceous and Jurassic ages were assessed for organic maturation and source rock potential.

The structural relationships of the sediments of the Boorthanna Trough are discussed. This feature has an areal extent of approximately 6480 square miles, with dimensions of 32 miles by 180 miles north to south. The structural limits of the trough...

The purpose of this study was to determine the extent, thickness and facies of the Permian Arckaringa Basin where it overlies the Officer basin in central northern South Australia. Marine sediments provide important data for sea level curves, and...

Contains the results of an organic petrology contractor's vitrinite reflectance and maceral analysis of 2 Permian sidewall core samples, plus the results of the tenement operator's separate analyses of 14 and 21 Late Carboniferous to Early Permian...