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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 58/00120 Summary of recent investigations in the Mount Toondina area of the Arckaringa Sub-basin.
Detailed mapping, drilling of 2 shallow stratigraphic wells, gravity and seismic surveys were carried out over inlier within Mesozoic sediments. Aim of drilling was to test for coal seams and describe Permian strata, but only Cretaceous / Jurassic...-
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Published: 18 Jun 1964
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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 91/00022 Palynological dating of borehole samples, Millers Creek area. Juka Mine Management.
8 drill cuttings samples of cover sediments from the Millers Creek Homestead area were dated palynologically as an aid to regional diamond exploration for buried kimberlite intrusions. Despite poor preservation of most palynomorphs, it was possible to...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1991
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RB 96/00019 Correlation of Permian sandstones in the Officer, Arckaringa and Pedirka Basins.
A detailed petrographic study of Permian sandstone drill cuttings and core samples selected from 32 drillholes variously located within the Officer, Arckaringa and Pedirka Basins was undertaken, with the intent of trying to classify the sandstones as...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1997
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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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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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Conversion of Lake Phillipson coal to fuel gases and liquids.
This report addresses processes and systems by which Lake Phillipson coal may be converted to fuel gases and liquids, sometimes with the simultaneous production of char. Published literature has been the source of all of the information. Aspects of...-
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Published: 14 Apr 1975
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Results of limited quality testing on Lake Phillipson coal.
Analyst's reports presenting the results of small scale test work conducted on selected drill core samples of coal taken from the 'S' and 'T' seams in the West Basin deposit of the Lake Phillipson coal measures.-
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Preliminary evaluation of coal quality for coal deposits in an area near Lake Phillipson, South Australia.
During October 1977, a limited drilling programme was conducted on the Lake Phillipson coal deposits to provide cores of various seams in selected areas of the Main and West Basins. The results of analyses of these cores are considered in this report...-
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Report on 'S' seam from Lake Phillipson bore 3D, South Australia.
Consultant's report discusses the intrinsic and comparative nature of, plus possible causes for, the unique chemical composition of Lake Phillipson coal, when compared with coal from other low-rank Australian deposits such as Leigh Creek and the...-
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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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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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Arckaringa Coalfield. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/2/1982 to 8/2/1984.
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...-
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Nilpinna Springs. [Farminee's diamond exploration] Progress report for the period 13/7/1986 to 12/1/1987.
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 /...-
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The Arckaringa Basin Coal Project. Progress reports to licences' respective expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/5/1980 to 2/7/1990.
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...-
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Arckaringa Block. Farmout block progress reports from November 1982 to January 1989.
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)....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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Organic petrology of samples from a selected group of wells in or near the Arckaringa Block.
Nineteen drill cuttings and 15 drill core samples of Permian, Cretaceous and Jurassic ages were assessed for organic maturation and source rock potential.-
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Mount Hammersley 1. Test reports.
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...-
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