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RB 53/00052 Report on sand deposit, sections 131, 132, 133, 140, 142 and 143 Hundred of Willunga.
Drilling has detected sand of early Tertiary age overlain by younger loam, kunkar and clay. The sand is lying unconformably on weathered Precambrian bedrock or on Permian glacial clay. Drilling on Section 140, Hundred Willunga has failed to locate a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 53/00139 Test drilling of Tertiary sand deposits, sections 139 and 150 Hundred of Willunga.
Boring has proved 1½ million cubic yards of basal Tertiary sand under 600,000 cubic yards of overburden to an average depth of 12 feet. The sands lie on an uneven basement of Permian and Proterozoic sediment which shallows to the north. The sand has a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 54/00156 Geosurveys of Australia. Samples from offshore investigations, Port Stanvac.
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 53/00071 Test drilling of sand deposit, secn 142 Hd Willunga - Twin Power Excavations.
Further boring has confirmed the presence of 2½ million cubic yards of sand covered by 2 million cubic yards of overburden. The mean clay content of all samples tested from section 142 is 7.6% by weight. Unwashed sand has a slightly higher proportion...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 56/00116 Report on test boring of Tertiary sand deposit, mineral secns 1293, 1294 and pt secn 365 Hd Willunga - ABM Noarlunga Sand Co.
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 57/00089 Report on test boring of sand deposit, section 133 Hundred of Willunga.
Boring has intersected basal Tertiary North Maslin Sands under Tortachilla Limestone. The age of the underlying clays is tentatively regarded as Permian. An estimated 60 000 cubic yards of overburden covers 220 000 cubic yards of sand within the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 60/00103 Phosphate reconnaissance sampling, Willunga and Noarlunga sub-basins.
Reconnaissance sampling of coastal and inland exposures of the Tertiary succession in the Willunga and Noarlunga sub-basins of the Saint Vincent Basin indicates that the P205 content of the sediments is below the average of normal marine carbonates. A...-
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Published: 25 May 1965
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RB 61/00004 Sand deposit, secn 364 Hd Willunga - Monier Besser.
Auger drilling has been undertaken on behalf of Monier Besser Pty Ltd on section 364, Hundred of Willunga, to determine the availability of sand suitable for the manufacture of roof tiles. The property adjoins the Main South Road near Pedlar Creek,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 49/00192 Test drilling of Tertiary sand deposit, section 366 Hundred of Willunga.
The area tested contains sands of Tertiary age overlain by a thin veneer of Recent material. The probable reserves within this area are a quarter million cubic yards; the possible reserves are three-quarter million cubic yards. The sands are finer...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 48/00060 Coal exploration, northern end of the St Vincent Basin.
The northern end of the St. Vincent Basin in the Port Wakefield area consists of two well marked sub-basins of unequal area divided by a meridional fault passing along the east side of a median basement block. A deep trough occurs along the western...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 80/00090 Northern Adelaide Plains underground gas storage study, Two Wells area.
Geophysical and geological surveys plus test drilling have located a Tertiary palaeochannel incised within Cambrian-Precambrian bedrock. Present data indicate potentially favourable reservoir and seal conditions, although its headward extent and...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1980
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RB 84/00007 Sand and clay resources of the Maslin Beach-Pedlar Creek area.
Evaluates economic potential of all stratigraphic units and recommends modification of Extractive Industry Zone. Contains 115 million tonnes of construction sand predominantly in North Maslin Sand Member and widespread weathered bedrock brick shale....-
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Published: 30 Sep 1985
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RB 79/00146 Exploration for underground gas storage targets in South Australia.
Geophysical and geological surveys and drilling in the Northern Adelaide Plains of South Australia have located a Tertiary palaeochannel incised within Proterozoic bedrock. Present data indicate favourable reservoir and seal conditions for the...-
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RB 79/00062 Investigation of a possible site for underground gas storage in the Northern Adelaide Plains.
Exploration for a suitable underground gas storage target in the Northern Adelaide Plains was initiated in 1964. Prior to the present investigation, four other areas have been examined and rejected as target areas, mainly due to the shallow depth of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 94/00009 Soils, stratigraphy and engineering geology of near surface materials of the Adelaide Plains.
Metropolitan Adelaide is founded on a wide variety of soils that overlie sediments and rocks. Some of the soils and sediments react to seasonal and human-induced changes in water content with marked changes in volume. The black earths and...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1996
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RB 97/00025 Preliminary report of palaeodrainage in the St Vincent Basin and Mount Lofty Ranges.
Generalised contouring of the Mount Lofty Ranges aimed at reconstructing the Tertiary landsurface topography has identified the locations of a number of possible buried fluvial valleys and channels associated with the St Vincent Basin palaeodrainage,...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1997
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RB 90/00037 Willunga Basin groundwater investigation - Progress report 1989.
Two observation wells were drilled and they penetrated the entire Tertiary sequence, with 1 cased to basement, and the other completed in the lowermost Tertiary aquifer. Two pumping tests were carried out in the lower Tertiary aquifer and 2 in the...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1990
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RB 93/00040 Reverse circulation drilling of construction sand deposits, Maslin Beach extractive industry zone.
During January 1993, 25 reverse circulation holes totalling 1072 m were drilled in the Maslin Beach Extractive Industry Zone in parts of the zone where previous drilling was very broadly spaced or where samples were of uncertain quality. Based on...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1993
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RB 90/00071 Willunga Basin groundwater investigation - Summary report.
The investigation has included drilling, test pumping, expansion of the water level observation network, the establishment of a salinity observation network, geophysical logging of observation wells and a land use survey. Facies changes and...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1990
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RB 95/00004 Willunga Basin. Review of hydrogeology and water budget.
The Willunga Basin is a groundwater resource being stressed by groundwater abstraction for agricultural purposes. The Southern Vales Water Resources Committee, in conjunction with MESA, DENR and SA WATER, are developing groundwater management...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1995
