A geological mapping and drilling programme has shown that the making of a tunnel through Wylie Ridge is geologically feasible. The route will pass through folded quartzite and siltstone, and the rock mass possesses various discontinuities which will...

No metallic mineral deposits are known, although potential exists for the discovery of significant metalliferous deposits in shallow basement rocks, concealed below Quaternary cover. Other resources are granular and seed gypsum SE of Streaky Bay, high...

A seminar designed to heighten industry interest in South Australia as a place in which to search for minerals and petroleum was organised by the Department of Mines and Energy at the Australian Mineral Foundation on 13 December 1990. A number of data...

This report details drilling programs carried out by MESA at and near the Brukunga open-cut pyrite mine and tailings dam areas in the period 6/5/93 to 14/4/94. A total of 29 wells were drilled within the tailings dam, the spoil heaps and on the hills...

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...

SA Water contacted MESA early in 1996 regarding advice on the feasibility of aquifer injection at Port Adelaide using reclaimed water. Work previously undertaken on the northern Adelaide Plains has been reviewed for information pertinent to the Port...

MESA were approached by the Kooyonga Golf Club in November 1995 for advice concerning the groundwater supply and quality from three old wells still in production. As indicated in correspondence dated 23/11/95, two of the wells show signs of saline...

An initial investigation was undertaken by The Department of Primary Industries and Resources SA (PIRSA), into the increase in salinity within wells on the Northern Adelaide Plains (NAP). This involved interpreting groundwater salinity data from a...

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...

The main source of irrigation water in the intensely irrigated area of the Padthaway Proclaimed Wells Area is groundwater extracted from the underlying unconfined aquifer. Excess irrigation water, that is, water applied to the crops but not used,...

Trial dewatering of the quarry, which is excavated in fractured and well-bedded Cambrian dolomite, took place for at least 56 days during early 1994, but pumping was terminated when a further significant water level drawdown could not be achieved. Ten...

The groundwater model described in this report was used to quantify the changes in salt loads to the River Murray and induced discharge to the degraded river flats of proposed future management options for the Loxton Irrigation Area. The options...

This document contains the environmental objectives relating to seismic exploration activities required to be achieved by any licensee operating in the South Australian part of the Cooper and Eromanga Basins (i.e. any operator). Objectives have been...

The availability of adequate water supplies is crucial to future development, particularly in the arid areas of the State. Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), as part of the Spencer Regions Strategic Water Management Study, has...

Recently, residents from the SA township of Callington contacted authorities regarding anomalous levels of copper found in soils at their town properties. Subsequently, the State Environment Protection Agency, the Mount Barker Council and the SA...

The Torrens Rural Catchment can be divided into three zones where groundwater extraction from fractured rock aquifers is significant - the Fourth and Sixth Creek catchments, and the Birdwood - Gumeracha area. The Fourth Creek Catchment, which is...

The rural township of Kangarilla currently has no reticulated water supply system or common effluent disposal scheme, so instead its residents' potable water supplies are obtained from domestic rainwater tanks, and garden water is generally drawn...

An increase in groundwater salinity in parts of the Padthaway area threatens the sustainability of established irrigation developments. A number of management options to mitigate the groundwater salinity increase are being considered by State...

The two-day Cooper 99 petroleum symposium organised by PIRSA's Petroleum Group was attended by 160 local and overseas delegates. The prime intent was to announce the release, for competitive tender, of 11 exploration blocks within the soon-to-expire...

The Brownhill Creek Catchment can be divided into two main zones - the Hills Zone (rural catchment) and the Plains Zone (urban catchment). The Hills Zone is underlain by fractured rock aquifers which contain good quality groundwater (salinities...