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RB 56/00137 Report on site investigation for SA Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd, railway yards, Kulkami.
The site of a proposed silo at Kulkami was investigated by means of one cable tool hole 20m deep. The hole intersected fill and Quaternary clay to 1m, and Loxton-Parilla Sand to full depth. No water was cut.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 55/00114 Teal Flat dam site.
Six bores on the eastern bank of the River Murray at the Teal Flat Damsite in the Hundred of Younghusband intersected post Miocene sediments before bottoming in weathered Kanmantoo bedrock. A seventh bore intersected typical Mannum Formation limestone...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 56/00115 Report on site investigation SA Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd site, railway yards, Parilla.
The site of a proposed silo at Parilla was investigated by means of one cable tool hole 20m deep. The drilling showed a sequence of minor fill and Holocene (?) clay 4m thick overlying Pliocene Parilla Sand to the depth drilled.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 57/00019 Report on site investigation SA Cooperative Bulk Handling site, railway yards, Coonalpyn.
A bore was put down at the Coonalpyn railway yards to test the foundation conditions at a silo site. Water was cut in the foundation bore at 40 feet. Static level was at 40 feet. In hydrology bore No. 2, water was cut at 218 and 235 feet. The...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 57/00045 Report on site investigation for SA Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd railway yards, Marama.
A test bore (65 feet in depth) was put down on the site of a proposed silo at Kilkami. The material penetrated was fill, clay and sand horizons of a surface soil developed over the Parilla Sand. Hydrology Bore A was put down 20 chains west of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 58/00009 Report on site investigation South Australian Cooperative Bulk Handling Ltd. railway yards, Wolsely, Hd Tatiara.
Two percussion test boreholes was put down at two alternative sites at the Railway Yards, Wolsely, to test the foundation conditions below a proposed silo site. Subsurface conditions at both sites A and B are essentially similar, consisting of a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1964
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RB 60/00010 CHOWILLA 4-mile sheet (geological mapping). Preliminary report.
Geological sections drawn across the CHOWILLA 4-mile mapsheet area have been prepared from drillers' lithologs of 36 bores. The existence of a number of distinctive marker horizons and paleontological age determinations enable a provisional...-
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Published: 13 Jan 1965
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RB 60/00011 Examination of bore samples for sedimentary phosphate (in the) Murray Basin and Gambier Embayment of the Otway Basin.
In a reconnaissance survey for sedimentary phosphate, sludges and cores were examined from 100 widely-scattered bores in parts of the Murray Basin and the Gambier Embayment of the Otway Basin that are located in South Australia. Microscopic inspection...-
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Published: 25 Jan 1965
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RB 60/00026 Chowilla Dam Project, rip-rap investigation, Lowbank quarry site. Progress geological report, February 1965.
A quarry site located near Lowbank on the River Murray, 7 miles east of Waikerie, has been geologically mapped and partly explored by drilling 14 vertical diamond holes with a total depth penetration of 702 feet. Marine sandy limestone and calcareous...-
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Published: 12 Feb 1965
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RB 60/00036 River Murray drainage investigation. Progress report no. 1.
A review is given of the progress of a SADM investigation into the causes of drainage problems being experienced in some South Australian irrigation areas located along the River Murray. Drilling and geological survey work have been carried out over...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00085 Report on the drainage investigations undertaken at Greenways irrigation scheme, Nildottie.
A survey has been undertaken to determine the areal extent and variation in thickness of impermeable clay strata underlying the Greenways Irrigation Scheme at Nildottie. Thick clay was found on the eastern half of the Scheme underlying, in general,...-
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Published: 27 Apr 1965
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RB 60/00086 Report on the drainage investigations at the proposed Swan Reach irrigation scheme on secns 48 and 85, Hd Nildottie.
The survey was made to determine the extent and variation in thickness of impermeable clay strata under an area proposed for irrigation development. The area was proved to be free of clay except for an insignificant zone on the western boundary of...-
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Published: 30 Apr 1965
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RB 60/00111 River Murray drainage investigation. Progress report no. 2 - stratigraphy and micropalaeontology of bores and surface sections.
Stratigraphic data are provided for: Waikerie Pumping Station - cliff section, Waikerie Bore No. 1, Waikerie Bore No. 1A, Ramco Heights Bore No. 1, Sunlands Pumping Station - cliff section, Sunlands Bore No. 2 and Tolleys Rising Main section (all in...-
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Published: 02 Jun 1965
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RB 60/00128 Preliminary report of resistivity survey, Waikerie area.
In May 1965 an exploratory resistivity survey showed that geophysical - hydrogeological correlation of the sedimentary formations near Waikerie was possible. Further work at closer intervals is warranted.-
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Published: 23 Jun 1965
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RB 61/00019 Report of gas from water bore, secn 8 Hd Kirkpatrick.
Gas was reported effervescing from a water bore of 256 feet depth near Ki Ki, South Australia. The water was sampled on May 11, 1965, but hydrocarbons were detected in the gas above the water in the sample bottle. There was a petroliferous smell from...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 49/00102 Stratigraphy of the Murray Basin in South Australia.
The Murray Basin is an area of Mesozoic and Tertiary sedimentation divided into two main units the Murray Basin proper separated by structural highs, the Padthaway “Horst”, from the Gambier Sunklands. Knowledge of the Mesozoic in the Murray Basin...-
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Published: 05 Oct 1959
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RB 49/00160 Report on subsurface foundation conditions for proposed SA Cooperative Bulk Handling silo installation, railway reserve property, Pata.
The site of a proposed silo at Pata was investigated by means of two cable tool holes 14 and 7m deep. The drilling intersected Molineaux Sand 5-6m thick overlying Tertiary Loxton-Parilla Sand to the depth drilled. Piles more than 10m long would be...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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RB 43/00051 Further report on groundwater prospects, secn 1EC Hd Seymour - Mr G.A. Neumann.
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 43/00036 Note on company's bore, Loxton, 1910.
Material discovered from the lowest portion of Company's Bore enables the age of the oldest sediments entered to be determined as of Cretaceous age. The sequence in the bore is believed to be Quaternary 0-51'; Loxton Sands (Upper Miocene) 51'-7156';...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 44/00076 Report on groundwater prospects, Section 84, Hundred of Laffer.
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Published: 24 Apr 1957
