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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 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 60/00076 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 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 81/00051 Exploration of the Arckaringa Basin. An outline of a work programme to upgrade knowledge of this Permian intracratonic basin.
This outline was compiled from available seismic and drilling data. Renewed exploration activity has shown the need to upgrade information relating to the Permian and the ?Cambrian sub-basins beneath. 2 seismic programmes, to clarify the structural...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 76/00153 Seismic refraction investigation of the Tallaringa Palaeochannel, August 1976.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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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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RB 96/00025 Exploration for coal in the Coober Pedy area, South Australia.
As part of the Government's South Australian Exploration Initiative (SAEI), and in support of the South Australian Steel and Energy (SASE) Project, a small coal exploration program was initiated by MESA to investigate a number of subtle magnetic lows...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1996
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
