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RB 83/00034 Underground gasification of inaccessible Leigh Creek coal measures - A preliminary evaluation of the geological structure of Telford Basin.
The Telford Basin is an asymmetrically shaped synclinal basin containing sediments of upper Triassic-Jurassic age, which cover a 25 square km area. Sub-bituminous coal occurs in three major series of seams which are informally termed the Leigh Creek...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1983
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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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Economic study - coal from [the] Wintinna Coalfield for power generation in South Australia.
A mine development and fuel technology applications study has been carried out on the Wintinna Coal Deposit to: 1. Determine the output tonnages of coal required for economic operation by opencut mining methods. 2. Compare the quality of Wintinna...-
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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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Conversion of Lake Phillipson coal to fuel gases and liquids.
This report addresses processes and systems by which Lake Phillipson coal may be converted to fuel gases and liquids, sometimes with the simultaneous production of char. Published literature has been the source of all of the information. Aspects of...-
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Published: 14 Apr 1975
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Feasibility and cost of utilizing coal from the Lake Phillipson deposits to generate electricity.
This engineering technical report discusses at a basic level the current feasibility of using Lake Phillipson coal for electrical power generation, with the particular aim of determining those factors requiring more detailed evaluation in the future....-
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Report on preliminary feasibility study of use and mining of coal from deposits in an area near Lake Phillipson, South Australia.
Exploration drilling by Utah Development Co. during 1973 and 1974 in the area covered by EL 125 has outlined at least 2,000 million tonnes of medium quality steaming coal, of a quality considered to be comparable to that for coal from ETSA's Leigh...-
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SP 003 Mining in South Australia - A Pictorial History
In recognition of the centenary of Henry Yorke Lyell Brown's appointment as the first Government Geologist for South Australia, and the foundation of the Department of Mines and Energy, aspects of South Australia's colourful and vital mining and...-
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Sedan lignite deposit. Technological investigations and commercialisation of resources.
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...-
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Sedan and Anna coal deposits (the Mannum Project). Data release upon the surrender of a subsequent licence (EL 4269): Coal mining feasibility studies. Expert reports plus supporting data for the period February 1981 to June 1987.
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...-
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Moorlands. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 29/7/1974 to 28/7/1975.
The natural organic compound Montan wax, extracted from drill core samples of lignites that are present in the Moorlands Coalfield, has been tested in West Germany by the Hoechst GmbH company. The wax was found to be of poor quality, with excessive...-
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Published: 25 Aug 1975
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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 2019
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Blackford. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 25/9/1999 to 24/9/2003.
The Kingston coal deposit, located within a geographic area that extends between 20 and 40 km north-east of Kingston (South-East) township, comprises 985 Mt of lignite shallowly interbedded in Tertiary sediments, in a series of seams that now (in a...-
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Published: 08 Dec 2003
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lock. Annual and combined annual reports for the period 22/4/2010 to 21/4/2014.
An exploration licence comprising three separate sub-blocks has been taken up with the primary goal of assessing the potential for additional coal resources to occur in proximity to the Lock coal deposit. During licence Year 1, the licensee sourced...-
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Published: 22 Mar 2013
