The Sedan lignite deposit was discovered in 1979 and was subsequently investigated as fuel for an onsite conventional thermal power station. At that time, predicted high future energy demand by the 1990s required the state government to put in place...

The Adelaide Hills Project consists of 3419 square km of land covered by eight contiguous exploration licences, ELs 3057, 3064, 3141, 3215, 3239, 3277, 3425 and 3534, which are owned by or joint ventured to Flinders Diamonds Limited (FDL). By an...

A diamond exploration project area comprising nine mineral exploration licences located in the central Mount Lofty Ranges was taken up by new public company Flinders Diamonds (FDL) to search for possible commercial accumulations of diamonds, thought...

Two exploration licences covering most of Yorke Peninsula south of Maitland were taken up by Avoca Resources to allow it to determine the region's potential for having economic basement-hosted iron oxide - associated copper-gold (IOCG) mineralisation...

Deposits of low rank Tertiary brown coal formed in the Sedan area on the western margin of the Murray Basin, ~80 to 100 km north-east of Adelaide, have been investigated as potential sources of fuel for electricity generation. Attention has been...

A licence area now consisting of two separate small blocks located about 60 km west of Whyalla was taken up, along with other ground in the region, because it is thought to have potential for the discovery of uranium associated with Olympic Dam style...

The Lochiel North coal deposit was taken under licence to allow for an evaluation of the known coal seams' potential for significant upgrading of their contained thermal energy, through the application of a proprietary autoclave heating process under...

Describes the purpose and functions of the SA Mines Department during a recent period of rapid growth that commenced in about 1944, immediately preceding the Second World War. Major work projects and acquired technical capabilities are highlighted....

At two alternative proposed dam sites, to check for the possibility of seepage being able to occur through dam wall abutment rocks, a diamond drilling and core sampling programme is suggested. Test holes should be bored on a 50 ft. grid at both sites....

A programme of bedrock diamond drilling has been completed by the SA Department of Mines at the locations of the proposed storage dam abutments and foundation at Lower Dam Site no. 2 on the Myponga River. The logs of the drill cores are presented, and...

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This project reviewed literature in order to: - evaluate any downhole environmental risks associated with drilling fluids and completion practices in the Cooper and Eromanga Basins; and - assess the effectiveness of cementing practices in achieving...

Aquifer testing at two sites in the Qualco Sunlands Irrigation Area showed there is no detectable leakage between the Loxton Sands perched aquifer and the underlying Murray Group Limestone aquifer, provided that representative readings were obtained...

This report has been produced to provide a record of road surfacing aggregate production in South Australia, as well as a general guide to the resources that are available and technical requirements for stone for this purpose. The aggregate material...

During the early to mid-1980s, the SADME (SA Department of Mines and Energy) Engineering Division collaborated with CSIRO Soils Division to jointly sponsor a major geomechanics project, investigating metropolitan Adelaide’s problem soils and near...

A five-layer finite difference groundwater flow model (MODFLOW) was developed for the Mallee Region to determine the impacts of irrigation on water levels and salinities. The model was calibrated for steady-state conditions over the entire modelled...

On 22nd February 1952 the writer accompanied Messrs. Gild and England, Engineering and Water Supply Department, on an inspection of a proposed site for the erection of storage tanks in lieu of the original Summit tank proposal for the Mannum -...

A three-layered transient groundwater flow model of the Tertiary Confined Sand Aquifer (TCSA) underlying the South-East of South Australia and south-west region of Victoria has been constructed using MODFLOW software. The model is being used as a...

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