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RB 2019/00006 Sedimentology of the late Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks of the Arckaringa Basin, South Australia
Late Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks of the Arckaringa Basin in northern South Australia include diamictite and sandstone units of the Boorthanna Formation that were deposited as lodgement till under fluvioglacial conditions. The clast size and matrix...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2019
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RB 2006/00001 Guide to the sedimentary cover of the central Gawler Craton, South Australia
The central Gawler Craton is blanketed by thin sedimentary cover that ranges in age from Neoproterozoic to Quaternary. Locally, though, such cover can reach a maximum of ~500 m thickness in Permian glacial valleys or rift structures. This guide...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2006
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Gibraltar Rocks. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 16/3/1981 to 15/6/1982.
Coal exploration performed by CRA in the eastern part of the Mulgathing Trough comprised a literature review, stratigraphic interpretation of previous drillhole and geophysical data, and the planning of a 6-hole rotary exploratory drilling programme...-
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Published: 15 Jun 1982
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Wilkinson Lakes. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 24/2/1975 to 1/8/1975.
TARGET: Shallow Permian coal in the Tallaringa Trough, west of the Karari Fault. EXPLORATION: Reconnaissance rotary drilling (21 holes totalling 2009.3 m), plus an additional 12.2 m of bottomhole coring. RESULTS: No Permian coal measures were...-
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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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......[Key SAMREF record for accessing referenced reports and data via DEM Content Manager - SPOT]...... Mount Toondina. Annual reports and final report to licence surrender, for the period 13/2/1995 to 15/8/1998.
The Mount Toondina structure, a small but pronounced vertically fault-bounded inlier of Permian sediments within a flat-lying Mesozoic sequence, is represented by an annular magnetic feature located 45 km south of Oodnadatta. A single gravity profile...-
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Robin Rise. First partial surrender report, for the period 2/1/1997 to 1/1/2001.
A regional drilling programme was undertaken to investigate the economic potential of possible Permian coal occurrences within buried extensions to the Lake Phillipson Trough, in its adjacent northern Penrhyn Trough and south-eastern Ingomar regions...-
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Report of investigations for coal in the Arckaringa Basin, [conducted during the period] September to December 1974.
TARGET: Lower Permian coal of steaming or coking grade, suitable for open cut development. EXPLORATION: Rotary drilling of 42 open and partly cored holes totalling 5122 m, including 105 m of coring, with follow-up geophysical logging. RESULTS: 7...-
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RB 2020/00012 Gawler Craton Airborne Geophysical Survey Region 8A, Coober Pedy West – Enhanced geophysical imagery and magnetic source depth models
This report presents the results of a study jointly conducted by the Geological Survey of South Australia and CSIRO Mineral Resources which aimed to enhance the expression of geological structure in geophysical images and to derive depth to magnetic...-
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Published: 01 Apr 2020
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Alinya. First partial surrender report, for the period 9/2/1982 to 8/2/1983.
Coal exploration undertaken in an area situated 120 km west of Coober Pedy (open rotary drilling and geophysical logging of 2 holes for a total of 252.3 m) failed to disclose any coal seams, despite a previous explorer having found a 1-2 m thick seam...-
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Wirrangula Hill. Progress and final reports for the period 16/11/81 to 15/6/82.
Investigations into the coal prospectivity of the buried Permian sedimentary sequence within the northern Arckaringa Basin, 70 km north-east of Coober Pedy, included an extensive data review, 6-line gravity survey, and reconnaissance drilling of 4...-
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Published: 15 Jun 1982
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Wilkinson Lakes area. Relinquishment report, August 1975.
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Oolgelima Hill. Progress reports plus second partial surrender report, for the period 14/7/1983 to 14/10/1986.
Evaporite minerals in black shale at the base of the Early Cretaceous Bulldog Shale near the western margin of the Eromanga Basin were the target about 50 km NE of Coober Pedy. Reconnaissance mapping, soil sampling, auger drilling and the backhoe...-
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Published: 03 Nov 1986
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Bulgunnia. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 12/2/1981 to 1/10/1982.
Initial bulk gravel sampling for diamond indicator minerals, and sampling of residual surface clays for base metals, returned negative results and only background values respectively. Subsequent rotary drilling of 3 holes (total 390 m), following...-
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Published: 26 Aug 1982
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Mooloogoorana Swamp. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 20/2/1980 to 19/12/1980.
9 widely spaced vertical percussion holes totalling 1340 m were drilled 30 km south-west of Anna Creek Homestead, to search for possible Early Permian coal seams in a relatively shallowly buried sub-basin at the southern end of the Boorthanna Trough....-
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Lake Woorong. Final report at licence full surrender, for the period 15/10/1973 to 14/1/1974.
The finding of substantial Permian sub-bituminous coal deposits in the Phillipson Trough of the Arckaringa Basin prompted discoverer Utah Development Co. to apply for an additional exploration licence to cover the adjoining newly disclosed Wallira...-
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Wilkinson Lakes. Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/11/1975 to 31/10/1976.
Possible shallowly buried, surface-mineable coal formed within the Lower Permian Mount Toondina Formation, and similar to the coal occurring in the Phillipson Trough area, was the target of exploration carried out in the poorly defined Tallaringa...-
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Oodnadatta. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 1/11/1973 to 7/6/1974.
Shallow, open pit mineable near-surface coal within Permian sediments along the eastern rim of the Boorthanna Trough was the target of exploration in EL 108 and in adjoining EL 104 to the south. After conducting photo-interpretation on aerial...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Gidyea Creek. Annual reports for the period 19/1/2016 to 18/1/2018.
Exploration licence 5699 was taken up to evaluate the development potential of the East Wintinna Early Permian sub-bituminous coal deposit, which is the largest known coal deposit in the Arckaringa Basin and is regarded as having the best future...-
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Published: 28 Mar 2018
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ExpNotes COOBER PEDY: Explanatory Notes COOBER PEDY, SH 53-06.
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