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Lake Tallacootra. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/9/1972 to 20/9/1974.
In a search for possible Proterozoic - Cainozoic unconformity - related, concealed sedimentary uranium deposits in an area of the Eucla Basin located 60 km north of Fowlers Bay, 42 rotary mud drillholes totalling 1432.4 m were put down on 5 traverses...-
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Published: 12 Nov 1974
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Ifould Lake. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 21/9/1972 to 20/9/1974.
Continuing exploration for possible buried economic Tertiary sediment-hosted uranium deposits in the vicinity of Ifould Lake consisted of ground truthing of aerial radiometric anomalies by scintillometer surveys and chemical analysis of auger...-
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Published: 12 Nov 1974
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Lake Phillipson area. Progress and technical reports for the periods 23/11/1978 to 22/11/1980, and 12/2/1981 to 11/5/1982. [forms Part 2 of a SADME - compiled Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package released in December 1994].
The licensee's 1981 coal search programme at Lake Phillipson had the following objectives: - delineation of the total extent of the coal measures; - resolution of seam stratigraphy and correlation of seams between the Main and West Areas; -...-
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Farina. Progress reports for the period 28/2/82 to 29/8/82.
An area of approximately 1791 square km located to the north and north-west of the Leigh Creek Coalfield was taken out under licence by ETSA for one year, to enable the conduct of a joint ETSA/SADME coal exploration programme over alluvium-covered...-
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RB 36/00077 Leigh Creek Coalfield. North Field, Lobe C.
Coal has been proved at Lobe C to a depth of 220 feet of overburden in an arcuate area along the southern and western margins of the basin. Within the suggested open cut area the coal seam averages 35 feet in thickness, has a weighted average ash...-
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Published: 26 Oct 1953
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RB 37/00028 Leigh Creek Coalfield: Report on exploration of the north-eastern margin - Telford Basin area 'Telford Opencut, extension east'. (CONFIDENTIAL)
An area located on the north-eastern margin of the Telford Basin, to the east of the present extent of theTelford Open Cut mine main pit, which is known to contain potentially mineable buried coal seams, has been examined geologically and...-
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Published: 03 Mar 1954
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RB 39/00079 Review of mineral production - 1954.
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Published: 17 Jun 1955
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RB 47/00010 Report on the East Boolcunda Triassic basin.
The East Boolcunda Basin was examined in order to map the Triassic rocks in detail and to assess their coal-bearing potentiality. It was found that these rocks conform to a true basin structure, similar in most respects to the Leigh Creek and...-
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Published: 04 Jul 1958
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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 79/00014 Compilation of coal borehole data for computer processing. Summary of an industry method.
The author worked as wellsite geologist for a large exploration company during 1977. This report summarises the operational methods employed, and describes a system of encoding borehole data for computer processing. The report may serve as a basis for...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 79/00114 Palaeodrainage systems in western South Australia. Their detection by Landsat imagery, stratigraphic significance and economic potential.
Two major palaeodrainage systems of Tertiary age, with watersheds of up to 35 000 square km and channel lengths of 200-250 km, have been recognised and delineated using LANDSAT imagery, during 1:250 000 scale geological mapping in western South...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 94/00045 Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package (second edition). Detailed index.
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...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1994
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RB 97/00038 Criteria for picking Cooper Basin formation tops from wireline logs.
A complete and consistent set of interpreted formation tops has been compiled for the Cooper Basin, representing wireline log picks that are based on criteria designed to reflect regionally mappable lithological breaks. In addition, some units were...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1997
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RB 96/00001 Mineral exploration and development in South Australia.
This mineral promotional brochure reviews significant historical developments in South Australia's mineral industry and canvasses the currently recognised mineral potential within the State, for the benefit of local and overseas interested companies...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1996
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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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Update of a study of the Westfield [Coal] Deposit.
A consultancy desk study of Jan.-Feb. 1986, as updated to 1992, for the proposed development of an underground longwall mine at the Westfield coal deposit. It assesses concepts of mining technical feasibility, establishes a preliminary mine plan, and...-
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Evaluation of northern Arckaringa Basin coal occurrences. Miscellaneous technical reports re. the Wintinna deposit, and also the Westfield deposit : mining feasibility and costing studies.
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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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Williams Bore [Weedina coal deposit]. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 31/10/1990 to 29/9/1998.
An area of 261 square km covering the Weedina coal deposit within the Arckaringa Basin has been retained by Cyprus Australia to protect the core of a very large buried Permian age sub-bituminous rank coal resource (~ 1200 Mt measured and indicated + ~...-
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Weedina coal deposit, Arckaringa Basin. Mining proponent's submission to FEAC, including supporting geological data.
In June 1986 Cyprus Australia Coal Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of a large American coal producer and marketer then holding exploration licences over the Weedina coal deposit in the far north of South Australia, submitted to the South Australian...-
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