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Results of a chemical analysis for possible bromine present in halite samples taken from the drill core and cuttings of Wilkinson 1.
XRF analyses of 25 selected samples of halite interbedded with Early Cambrian strata, which had been taken from stored Wilkinson 1 drill core and cuttings, returned a maximum value for contained bromine of 470 ppm Br. This result was not of enough...-
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Published: 09 Sep 1982
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Watson Siding (South). Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 11/12/81 to 10/10/82.
In a search for possible concealed Olympic Dam type base metal deposits within an area located 80 km north-west of Yalata, the licensee investigated several previously identified contiguous magnetic and gravity anomalies by performing ground magnetic...-
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Published: 16 Dec 1982
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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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RB 88/00010 Maralinga Lands - 1987 drilling.
Seven wells were drilled in the Oak Valley area. One well drilled at the airstrip yielded 3 L/s of 74 000 mg/L water, a quality that is only suitable to use for compaction. Three wells drilled close to swamps located west of Oak Valley gave low yields...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1988
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RB 78/00152 Murnaroo 1. Well completion report.
During September-December 1976, Murnaroo 1 was drilled by the SA Department of Mines to TD 627.5 m near Observatory Hill in the central southern part of the Officer Basin, to investigate the local subsurface stratigraphy and economic potential, and...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1979
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RB 84/00082 Strained and unstrained quartz in the Cambrian Observatory Hill beds in Murnaroo no. 1 - A means of subsurface correlation in the Officer Basin.
Following credible and internally consistent correlation between the wells SMD5001 and SMD5002 the method using strained and unstrained quartz was extended to Murnaroo 1. Stratigraphic subdivisions were suggested which transcended local lithological...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1984
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Wilkinson. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/1/1999 to 3/1/2002.
Possible potash and halite resources in evaporite - rich sediment sequences of the Tallaringa Trough, lying at depths that might be suitable for solution mining, were the initial targets of exploration in the Wilkinson Lakes area. Following a...-
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Wintinna Hill, Welbourn Hill Homestead, South Neales River and Mount Willoughby Homestead. Joint progress reports to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 11/11/1986 to 10/11/1987.
An extensive review was undertaken of the potential of the eastern Officer Basin area extending 50-150 km west of Oodnadatta for hosting buried native sulphur deposits in association with salt dome structures, but the recommended follow-up exploration...-
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Published: 20 Jan 1988
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Eastern Officer Basin technical assessment.
This technical assessment of petroleum prospectivity and attendant exploration risk for the eastern Officer Basin was prepared by SAOGC staff to help management decide the merits or otherwise of making a PEL application for vacant acreage gazetted by...-
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ELs 730 - 739, Great Victoria Desert (CRAE Wyola Project). Progress and final reports for the period 6/10/1980 to 14/9/1981.
Compilation and re-interpretation of open file data from the Eucla Basin - southern Officer Basin region preceded exploratory and stratigraphic percussion drilling undertaken in an area north of the Trans Australian Railway (6 holes, total 1032 m)....-
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Published: 09 Jul 1981
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RB 00843 Geology of the Maralinga area, South Australia.
Maralinga is located on the crest of the Ooldea Range, an ancient (Tertiary) coastal dune which is bounded to the south by the Nullarbor Plain and to the north by Tietkens Plain. The dune field of the Great Victoria Desert covers much of the region...-
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ExpNotes WINTINNA: Explanatory Notes WINTINNA
A new generation, first edition WINTINNA 1:250 000 scale geological map and explanatory notes have been published. These documents represent the conclusion of the Geological Survey of South Australia's geological mapping program undertaken in the...-
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Marla (part of the Nawa Domain Project). Annual report and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 25/6/2013 to 24/6/2015.
No work - reports only contain comments about the Project area's perceived prospectivity.-
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Published: 07 Sep 1915
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Aston Hill (part of the Nawa Domain Project). Annual report and final report to licence surrender, for the period 25/6/2013 to 4/6/2015.
No work - reports only contain comments about the Project area's perceived prospectivity.-
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Published: 07 Sep 1915
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Tallaringa North - Manya Bore area (part of the Nawa Domain Project). Annual report and final report to licence surrender, for the period 25/6/2013 to 4/6/2015.
No work - reports only contain comments about the Project area's perceived prospectivity.-
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Published: 07 Sep 1915
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Wilkinson Lakes South. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 5/9/1980 to 4/2/1982.
TARGET: Possible Irish Plains type carbonate-hosted base metals, and sylvite, hosted within the evaporite sequence of the Early Cambrian Observatory Hill Formation in the area immediately south of the Wilkinson Lakes. EXPLORATION: Two percussion...-
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RB 2014/00005 WINTINNA, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SG53-14. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The WINTINNA 1:250 000 mapsheet area lies between latitudes 27° to 28° South and longitudes 133°30’ to 135°00’ East. This ~16 400 square km area includes the Marla and Cadney Park settlements, and is crossed by the Stuart Highway and Adelaide to...-
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Published: 01 Mar 2015
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Carnadinna Well, and Paraminna and Wilkinson Lakes, eastern Officer Basin. Joint progress reports to a subsequently renewed licence's full surrender, for the period 3/6/1980 to 3/12/1981.
TARGET: Possible buried stratiform or Mississippi Valley type base metal deposits, that may have formed within the eastern Officer Basin where the Middle Cambrian Observatory Hill Beds formation onlaps an east-northeast trending basement ridge. The...-
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Marla. Annual report for the period 29/9/97 to 28/9/98.
Some potential for gold and base metal mineralisation in the Marla area emerged from reinterpretation of existing drillhole and aeromagnetic data.-
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Published: 29 Sep 1998
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ExpNotes BARTON: Explanatory Notes BARTON
Shallow Precambrian crystalline basement underlies the greater part of the BARTON 1:250 000 map area. Thicker Neoproterozoic, Cambrian and Carboniferous Permian sediments occur in the northwest, with the southern margin bounded by the Karari Fault...-
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