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The South Australian part of the Cooper Basin had been under licence continuously since 1954, however on 27 February 1999 Petroleum Exploration Licences (PELs) 5&6 expired. The former PEL 5&6 area is being released in four bidding rounds over...

The abandoned and flooded Spring Creek mine, located 7 miles south of Wilmington on the north-western slope of Mount Remarkable, was visited by an officer of the SA Dept of Mines in order to check whether any radioactive minerals were present in still...

Report presents results of the first regional hydrogeological survey of the Lower South-East area of South Australia, aimed at providing guidelines for optimising groundwater prospecting, use and protection during the period of strong urban,...

Four holes have now been logged with a borehole Geiger in the Kadina district. Two of these are holes sited on scintillometer anomalies obtained in a recent survey of the area, and the remaining two are the last holes of an "M.G." series to be...

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DDH2 was drilled vertically over the period 26/8/1952 to 18/6/1953, to a final total depth of 809 feet 4 inches. It was collared at the level of the plain lying just west of and between the southern and northern Katunga Hills. DDH4 was drilled...

Report presents results of reconnaissance wagon [rotary percussion] drilling of 24 vertical iron ore exploration boreholes carried out along four drill traverses laid out on the upland portions of the Katunga Hills, during a campaign progressed during...

Coal has been proved at Lobe C to a depth of 220 feet of overburden in an arcuate area along the southern and western margins of the basin. Within the suggested open cut area the coal seam averages 35 feet in thickness, has a weighted average ash...

A total of 14 test bores were drilled at the site of the proposed new hospital buildings at Mt Gambier. The strata penetrated by the bores was essentially the same sequence with a few variations, the principal variations being differences in the...

The housing trust has requested an examination of the soil profiles at Henley Beach South and advice on the nature of footings that will be required for houses to built there. The area tested is outlined in green on the plan furnished by the Housing...

The Onkaparinga River, the largest watercourse draining the Mount Lofty Ranges from the east, south-east and south of Adelaide, already provides water for two reservoirs supplying the Metropolitan Area of Adelaide. These are Happy Valley Reservoir...

An area located on the north-eastern margin of the Telford Basin, to the east of the present extent of theTelford Open Cut mine main pit, which is known to contain potentially mineable buried coal seams, has been examined geologically and...

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Aerial geologic mapping was undertaken in conjunction with the search for radioactive ore deposits in the region. Field work was commenced in August, 1952 and completed by November, 1952. Mapping was accomplished on vertical air photographs, and the...

Preliminary investigations of the prospect resulted in the recommendation, in a report dated 30th July, 1953, that a single inclined borehole be sunk to intersect the mineralised zone at 220-300 feet borehole depth. Lack of information about the...

The geological maps of the Cape Jervis - Yankalilla area at the scale of 1 inch to 1 mile has been prepared for publication by the South Australian Mines Department in 1953. The related field work was carried out during the years 1952 and 1953, using...

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50,000 cubic yards of stone suitable for use as road metal is required by the Highways and Local Government Department from this deposit (vide D.M. 864/50). There is a quarry, known as Hogan's, on section 339 from which good road metal has been...

Three foundation test holes were drilled for the Highways and Local Government Department at the site of the proposed bridge over the Wilmot Drain on Reedy Creek - Hatherleigh Main Road at Section 103, Hd. of Conmurra. Drilling was carried out during...