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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 54/00037 Tertiary sand deposit, section 139 Hundred of Willunga. Subsurface stratigraphy.
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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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 52/00011 Sand deposit, Maslin Beach.
A programme of auger drilling was devised to test an area of Maslin Beach to prove sand suitable for general concrete aggregate. Reserves of sand in the area drilled are estimated to be 700,000 cubic yards. Overburden accounts to 200,000 cubic...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 53/00075 Report on test drilling of a sand deposit on section 180 Hundred of Willunga.
Boring has proved a maximum thickness of 32 feet of Upper Tertiary sand underlain by Port Willunga Beds. These vari-coloured sands which are too fine for use as concrete fine aggregate require washing to conform to standard specifications. Although...-
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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 56/00118 Test boring of sand deposit, secn 366 Hd Willunga.
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 57/00086 Report on scout boring for sand, secn 690 Hd Willunga - The Field Naturalists Society of SA.
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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 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 50/00137 Sand for concrete fine aggregate in the Willunga Basin.
The North Maslin sand of Miocene age forms the base of the coastal Tertiary section of the Willunga Basin about 26 miles south of Adelaide. This sand is exposed in the Maslin Bay quarry where it is suitable for concrete fine aggregate. Recently it has...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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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 81/00107 Heavy minerals at Golden Grove, report no. 2. Results of 1980 drilling programme. Hd Yatala, Co. Adelaide.
During drilling of construction sand and clay in 1976 and 1977, an accumulation of heavy minerals was discovered in an embayment on the eastern margin of the Tertiary basin. Heavy minerals, mainly ilmenite, rutile,and zircon, with lesser amounts of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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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 99/00011 Physical properties of construction sands from the Adelaide area.
In response to a request for assistance from the State Heritage Branch, a suite of 56 sand samples has been collected from all major currently producing sand pits in the outer metropolitan area. Physical properties including grain size, grain...-
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Published: 01 May 1999
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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 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
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Investigation into public risks from potential landfill gas migration and abandoned underground clay mine workings in the Saint Agnes district of Adelaide.
Field investigations including drilling and soil gas sampling, carried out as part of a subsurface hazard assessment for a parcel of land at Saint Agnes, did not indicate any significant risks to an intended building development.-
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Published: 27 Feb 1903
