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Stansbury Basin, South Australia. The Marsden Trend and Investigator prospect.
The Stansbury Basin is a relatively unexplored Cambrian sedimentary basin in South Australia. Good quality seismic data has defined a large untested prospect, the Investigator prospect, which has the potential to contain 200 to 300 mmbbl of oil, or...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1991
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1992 Scientific Investigation Permit [for a marine seismic survey], Backstairs Passage. Reports for the period April 1992 to February 1995.
AIM:To provide critical structural information on the relationships between major structural provinces (viz. Stansbury Basin / Adelaide Geosyncline / Kanmantoo Trough / Murray Basin) and, in particular, test an hypothesis that folded rocks from the...-
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Early origin of dolomite in Early Cambrian carbonates on Yorke Peninsula, western margin of Stansbury Basin, South Australia.
This study has shown that significant dolomite formation has occurred during early diagenetic stages in the Early Cambrian carbonate sequence of Yorke Peninsula. Relict depositional textures indicate that the sequence consists of tidal flat...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1994
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Stratigraphy, sedimentology and thermal history of the Early Cambrian Heatherdale Shale, Fleurieu Peninsula.
Report summarises the stratigraphic, sedimentological and organic geochemical data so far assembled for the Heatherdale Shale where it outcrops on the Gulf St Vincent coastline south of Adelaide, with the aim of: - establishing the location and...-
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Stratigraphy, sedimentology and thermal history of the Early Cambrian Heatherdale Shale, Fleurieu Peninsula.
A detailed study of the stratigraphy, sedimentology and thermal history of the Heatherdale Shale, the youngest unit of the Early-Mid Cambrian Normanville Group (Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia), was undertaken to elucidate its petroleum source...-
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Thermal maturity and biomarker geochemistry of the Early Cambrian Kulpara Formation, Stansbury Basin.
5 Early Cambrian drillcore samples and 1 Permian outcrop sample were submitted for determination of the aromatic maturity of their preserved organic matter, to augment the existing petroleum source rock organic geochemistry database for the Stansbury...-
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2008 Stansbury Basin Hydrocarbon Micro-Seepage Survey.
DMS Partners, holders of PEL 073 conducted a trial Hydrocarbon Micro-Seepage survey over their Stansbury Basin licence area during September 24 -30th 2008. Soil methane readings were taken using a conventional methane detector with the sensor probe...-
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Annual and Technical Reports for Stansbury Basin PEL 73.
PEL 73 covering 625 km2 was awarded to David M Schuette on 27/6/2000 and was surrendered 22/3/2011. During the time of tenure a prospectus was prepared in an attempt to attract farm-in partners. Also completed was an interpretation of airborne...-
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Report on a preliminary examination of the "Heatherdale" phosphate deposits at Myponga.
A geological consultancy's initial assessment of the previously worked basal Cambrian rock phosphate occurrence near Myponga has indicated that promising mineral-rich horizons may exist over considerable widths (to at least 300 feet) on the...-
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Palaeozoic history of the St Vincent Gulf region, South Australia.
The stratigraphic, tectonic setting and evolution of mainly Cambrian sediments are considered in relation to hydrocarbon generation and entrapment. Index maps were prepared of geological, aeromagnetic, gravity and seismic data and interpreted to...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1972
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Reports on the Rapid Bay limestone deposit, for the period 1956 to 1958.
This Cambrian marble deposit, which has been quarried by BHP since August 1942 to supply metallurgical fluxes to its Whyalla Steelworks, has recently been surveyed, mapped at 1:1200 scale and sampled through its entire extent to determine stone grades...-
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Murray Basin basement data package.
During 1990, a drilling program investigated the Proterozoic-Palaeozoic basement to the Murray Basin. Targets were selected to provide data on magnetic domains identified on reprocessed regional aeromagnetic data. Several hydrological observation...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1991
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Edithburgh 1. Test reports.
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East Maitland. Final report at licence surrender for the period 12/9/1979 to 11/3/1980.
In a search for possible economic Mississippi Valley - type base metal mineralisation within an area located 30 km north-east of Maitland, 941 auger holes for 6839.2 m total penetration were drilled at 100 to 200 m spacings along roadsides to test the...-
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Published: 07 Feb 1980
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1988 water sampling scientific investigation survey, Gulf Saint Vincent. Reports and data.
Amoco Australia Petroleum Company, as a prelude to considering farming-in to PEL 53 over the Stansbury Basin, applied to SADME to conduct a near bottom water geochemical exploration survey of Gulf Saint Vincent. This survey was intended to detect...-
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Maitland. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 24/2/1975 to 23/2/1977.
As part of an ongoing search for MVT style base metal mineralisation within Lower Cambrian strata of the southern part of the Torrens Hinge Zone on Yorke Peninsula, in September 1975 112 RC holes for 1730 m were drilled at 500 m spacings along...-
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Price. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 24/2/1975 to 23/2/1977.
In continuing regional exploration conducted over north-eastern Yorke Peninsula, further reconnaissance stratigraphic drilling and wireline geophysical logging (in 3 vertical rotary percussion holes totalling 373 m) was carried out in May 1976 to test...-
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RB 00765 Curramulka limestone deposits, Yorke Peninsula. Drilling completion report - Site 2.
2 diamond drillholes (total 518 feet) and 22 air holes (total 1851 feet) have indicated the presence of 28.5 million tons of Lower Cambrian limestone containing over 85% calcium carbonate in a bed dipping at about 10 degrees southwards, and below...-
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Published: 01 May 1900
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RB 00826 Roger Corner seismic refraction survey.
The results of a 2300 m long seismic refraction profile run over coincident hydrochemical and aeromagnetic anomalies within EL 1018 are here interpreted as representing bedrock, of either buried Archaean metamorphic basement, or else a dense Cambrian...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1900
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Kangaroo Island Data Package.
An open file report dataset prepared in early 1994 to promote regional mineral potential and to underpin the results of the latest, SAEI-funded, targeted geophysical survey and stratigraphic drilling programmes then being conducted by the Department's...-
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Published: 16 Feb 1994
