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Copper Hill [and Cameron Hill]. Progress reports and joint final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/10/1972 to 11/2/1974.
In a search for possible economic Permian coal seams buried at the southern end of the Boorthanna Trough of the Arckaringa Basin, the Petromin joint venture consortium selected an area to drill where it was inferred that such coal might lie within 300...-
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Mount Willoughby, Marla, Nicholson Hill, Hope, Manya, Emu, Moorefield, Lake Meramangye, Dingo Claypan and Alinya (Officer Basin). Progress, technical and partial relinquishment reports for the period 20/8/1980 to 19/8/1985.
TRONA EXPLORATION: Of the 9 rotary/diamond holes drilled, only the first, Meramangye 1, intersected a unit equivalent to the Observatory Hill Beds, which was the target horizon for trona. Drillholes Manya nos 2-6 and Marla 7 intersected Cambrian red...-
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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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RB 60/00076 Mount Toondina Beds. Permian sediments in a probable piercement structure.
Mount Toondina lies near to the centre of the Arckaringa Basin, herein redefined somewhat provisionally, on seismic evidence, as a significantly thicker development of Upper Palaeozoic sediments. The Mount Toondina Beds are herein formally described....-
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Published: 07 Apr 1965
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RB 60/00107 Stuart Range no. 3 bore, Coober Pedy, stratigraphy and micropalaeontology.
Stuart Range No.3 bore, which was deepened by rotary drilling during January-March 1965 in a search for additional underground water supplies for the Coober Pedy Opalfield, and which was completed as a stratigraphic bore (with some bottomhole rotary...-
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Published: 26 May 1965
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RB 84/00001 Review of exploration activity in the Arckaringa Basin region 1858-1983. Volume 1 - Report.
State Government and exploration company data are compiled into a review of the geology and resource potential of the region. Attention is directed to the relative lack of basic lithological, petrophysical and biostratigraphic data, despite the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1984
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RB 93/00010 Explanatory Notes for the WARRINA 1:250 000 geological map.
The oldest rocks on WARRINA outcrop in the Peake and Denison Inliers, which comprise the Davenport and Denison Ranges and small inliers to the east. Basement in this area consists of Palaeoproterozoic metamorphic rocks which were intruded by...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1994
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RB 94/00045 Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package (second edition). Detailed index.
MESA's Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package has been created to provide a complete record of all reported exploration activities and related studies (with the exception of certain feasibility studies) carried out by, and prepared for, the...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1994
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Weedina coal deposit, Arckaringa Basin. Mining proponent's submission to FEAC, including supporting geological data.
In June 1986 Cyprus Australia Coal Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of a large American coal producer and marketer then holding exploration licences over the Weedina coal deposit in the far north of South Australia, submitted to the South Australian...-
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Preliminary feasibility study for the Wintinna Coal Project.
This report sets out the results of a pre-feasibility study carried out for the Wintinna Coal Project in South Australia. Contained in it are a description of the facilities and preliminary cost estimates for the development of the project. The study...-
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Proposal to the Electricity Trust of South Australia for the supply of thermal coal for power generation.
This proposal being made to ETSA, for the supply of 1.3 Mt of thermal coal per year over 25 years for electrical power generation at the new Northern Power Station currently being built at Port Augusta, is intended to allow that utility to make an...-
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Williams Bore (Weedinna Coalfield). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/4/2005 to 3/6/2014.
An area of 304 square km was taken up by SAPEX to allow it to evaluate afresh known sub-bituminous coal measures in the Permian Mount Toondina Formation that constitute the Weedina coal deposit. This deposit, located ~90 km north-east of Coober Pedy,...-
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Published: 11 Jul 1914
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Hydrogenation study of Lake Phillipson coal.
Lake Phillipson coal appears to be suitable for liquefaction, giving an 80% solvent-based conversion of dry, ash-free material to 61% coal extract and 19% gas, with the former product yielding 41% mineral oil upon distillation.-
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Published: 14 Jul 1976
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McDouall Peak - Kingoonya area. Data release at licence expiry/renewal : progress and technical reports for the period 26/8/1971 to 26/11/1980. [forms Part 1 of a SADME -compiled Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package released in December 1994].
A review of existing information indicated the possibility of Permian sediments extending southwards beneath Mesozoic cover. During 1971-1972, the licensee completed 10 rotary drilling traverses across strike that covered the entire Phillipson...-
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Published: 02 Dec 1980
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Windy Valley. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 25/1/2010 to 24/1/2015.
An area centred over the south-central Coober Pedy Ridge tectonic feature, 55 km south-southeast of Coober Pedy township, is being explored for possible economic buried massive haematite and magnetite within either Proterozoic banded iron formation...-
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Published: 17 Mar 1915
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Data release - as updated : England Hill, Arckaringa and Copper Hill (the Arckaringa Coal Project). Joint annual reports and joint final report to licences' expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/6/2005 to 6/6/2019.
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...-
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Published: 29 Aug 1919
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Lake Woorong. First partial surrender report, for the period 8/6/2012 to 7/6/2015.
An area centred about 80 km south-west of Coober Pedy is being explored for possible economic buried coal seams in Permian strata and for economic iron ore deposits or massive sulphide base metal mineralisation (copper, nickel) that may have formed...-
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Arckaringa [North-east]. Annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 13/4/2005 to 3/6/2014.
An area of 185 square km was taken up by SAPEX to allow it to evaluate afresh known sub-bituminous coal measures in the Permian Mount Toondina Formation that constitute the East Wintinna coal deposit. This deposit had been discovered by Meekatharra...-
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Published: 11 Jul 1914
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Data release - as updated : Wirrida Outstation. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 8/6/2012 to 7/6/2019.
An area covering probable extensions to the Permian sediments of the southern Phillipson Trough was taken up by Southern Coal Holdings (SCH), a wholly owned subsidiary of WPG Resources Ltd, to explore for possible economic sub-bituminous coal...-
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Published: 30 Jul 1919
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Evelyn Downs Homestead, Woorong Creek, Yijulka Creek and Mount Carulina [part of the Arckaringa Coalfield, northern South Australia]. Combined partial surrender report at licences' expiry/renewal, for the period 20/2/1980 to 28/3/1987.
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...-
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