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Lake Cadibarrawirracanna. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 3/6/1980 to 2/12/1980.
Thirty-two shallow auger holes up to 2.76 m deep were drilled into the floor of Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, situated 70 km west of William Creek, in a search for possible potash-rich brines trapped by the lake sediments. The lacustrine sediments were...-
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Lake Phillipson area. Progress and technical reports for the periods 23/11/1978 to 22/11/1980, and 12/2/1981 to 11/5/1982. [forms Part 2 of a SADME - compiled Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package released in December 1994].
The licensee's 1981 coal search programme at Lake Phillipson had the following objectives: - delineation of the total extent of the coal measures; - resolution of seam stratigraphy and correlation of seams between the Main and West Areas; -...-
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Millers Creek Homestead. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/3/1980 to 28/3/1986.
Following a review of existing regional geophysical and geological data for the north-western Stuart Shelf, grid-based gravity and ground magnetic surveys were run to further outline two broad gravity highs associated with discrete magnetic anomalies,...-
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RB 77/00077 Coober Pedy town water supply. Groundwater prospects and completion report. Stuart Range bores 7-10.
Groundwater of salinity lower than 5000 mg/l was found to occur north of Coober Pedy at a distance of 20-30 km. Four holes (cumulative depth 274 m) were drilled and encountered water of salinity 4000-9000 mg/l. A production well will commence in the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 82/00059 Marla town water supply investigation - Completion report SA.
Extra drilling and testing of 13 wells (523 metres) has revealed a 2 aquifer system.-
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Published: 01 Sep 1982
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RB 78/00030 Coober Pedy town water supply groundwater investigations report no. 2 - EWS Department.
The proposed town water well SR11 (60 metres) 22 km NE of Coober Pedy was drilled and tested. Water quality is acceptable.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 86/00065 Bopeechee Seismic Survey, operations and processing report.
A high resolution seismic reflection survey was completed by SADME on the SW margin of the Great Artesian Basin near Lake Eyre South. 38.9 line km of data was recorded from 17.9.85 to 14.12.85. Geophysical Service Inc. (Adelaide) were contracted for...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1986
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RB 84/00042 Progress report on mapping of the Mesozoic and Quaternary of the Curdimurka region.
Results of mapping, particularly basal Mesozoic sandstone unit, description of sections and borehole study of cuttings from 14 holes.-
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Published: 01 Jun 1984
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RB 79/00066 Sampling and measurement of mound springs, Great Artesian Basin, South Australia. Progress report no. 3, WARRINA, OODNADATTA, BILLAKALINA, CURDIMURKA sheets.
This report virtually completes a systematic survey of mound springs around the south-western edge of the Great Artesian Basin in South Australia. There are as yet about 20 springs left unsampled, mostly on BILLAKALINA, in the Francis Swamp and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 77/00059 Coober Pedy town water supply. Completion report. Stuart Range bores 5 and 6.
Two production water wells were drilled during March-May, 1974. The wells are located about 1 km apart within the Coober Pedy town area, and both draw upon the Cadna-Owie Formation. Salinity is uniformly high in both holes, at 16,600 - 16,700 mg/l....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 91/00041 Geology of the KINGOONYA 1:250 000 map sheet area.
Extensive field geological mapping, augmented by petrological and geochemical studies, reinterpretation of company drilling and water-bore logs and a nine-hole drilling programme has detailed the geology of the KINGOONYA area. The stratigraphy spans...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1991
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RB 89/00066 GAB field survey - 1986/1987.
Data collected from 116 flowing and 24 non-flowing wells included shut in pressure, temperature, flow rate, pH, headworks condition and full chemical analyses of water samples. An observation network is to monitor controlled flowing wells every 2 years.-
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Published: 01 Aug 1989
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RB 91/00052 Ruby Hill 1. Well completion report.
SADME stratigraphic drillhole Ruby Hill 1 was sited 10.4 km east of William Creek, and was designed to penetrate Early Cretaceous rocks of the Eromanga Basin and to sample pre-Mesozoic basement. It intersected 191 m of the Eromanga Basin sedimentary...-
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Published: 01 May 1991
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Wintinna Coalfield hydrogeological study.
This report presents a description of the hydrogeology of the Wintinna coal deposit proposed mine site area, and of the investigative work performed to acquire specific data on aquifer properties and groundwater behaviour. Two production bores were...-
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Published: 14 Sep 1983
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-15, Peake and Denison Inliers western flank Mesozoic sedimentary uranium mineral prospects. Project final report.
Approved PACE Initiative Year 3 drilling proposal DPY3-15 aimed to discover a roll-front style uranium deposit hosted in Mesozoic sandstones flanking the exposed radiogenic Peake and Denison Inliers, that is amenable to mining by in-situ leach...-
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Published: 13 Apr 1907
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Paralana Creek (part of the Beverley Project). Annual reports for the period 29/9/2009 to 15/11/2015.
Work undertaken on EL 4378 during the 2009-2010 reporting year included the drilling of 478 vertical rotary mud holes totalling 132,960 m, and core drilling totalling 4117 m performed in 16 of these holes for stratigraphic unit / resource...-
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Published: 24 Dec 1915
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Oolgelima Creek. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/1/2017 to 29/1/2020.
An area consisting of two adjacent small sub-blocks located in the western Lake Cadibarrawirracanna drainage basin has been explored for possible buried economic magnesium- and sodium-sulphate salts and also for possible underlying basement-hosted...-
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Published: 29 Jan 1920
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Dewatering investigations, Lake Phillipson area, South Australia.
An initial investigation programme aimed at obtaining hydraulic data from part of the Lake Phillipson Permian coal field been successfully completed. The initial area under consideration for mining is of approximately 130 hectares within the Western...-
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Starvation Lake. Progress reports and final report on regional exploration programme at licence surrender, for the period 13/1/1972 to 31/7/1972.
In a search for possible economic roll-front, blanket style uranium deposits within Tertiary sediments in part of the eastern Frome Embayment, the licensee undertook 1:75,000 scale geological mapping and exploratory auger drilling of the Quaternary...-
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Report on preliminary feasibility study of use and mining of coal from deposits in an area near Lake Phillipson, South Australia.
Exploration drilling by Utah Development Co. during 1973 and 1974 in the area covered by EL 125 has outlined at least 2,000 million tonnes of medium quality steaming coal, of a quality considered to be comparable to that for coal from ETSA's Leigh...-
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