-
Parachilna, Hookina, Burt Lagoon and Kootaberra (part of the Wilkatana Project). Joint final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 26/11/2015 to 18/1/2018.
Following the completion of desktop studies of previous exploration data, and the conduct of a site visit to the Wilkatana Project area, it was decided that the metalliferous mineral prospectivity of basinal sediments underlying the four subject...-
Document
Published: 23 Jan 1918
-
Gilles Downs. Combined first annual/final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/8/2018 to 22/11/2019.
An area centred ~55 km west-northwest of Whyalla, extending between the northern shore of Lake Gilles and country to the west of Iron Baron, has been explored for possible buried economic epithermal style base and precious metal mineralisation...-
Document
-
Novel technologies for [use in] mining and [earth resource] exploration: remote smart sensor deployment for in situ geophysical analysis. Final report, Project ADI RD01-123 [part of Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 1, 2022].
Nine compact seismic motion recorders and nine co-located ground probe thermocouples have been deployed at various sites near the Carrapateena mine, to test the efficacy of making continuous remote data collection and the reliability of their...-
Document
Published: 27 Oct 1922
-
Copper Coast Project - Final Report - Utilising Seismic to Map, Validate and Understand 3D Basin Architecture and Vector Potential Locations of Sediment-hosted Copper Mineralisation ADI RD03-418 [Accelerated Discovery Initiative Round 3, 2023].
IGO Ltd’s (IGO) Copper Coast Project is located along the eastern Spencer Gulf and is centred around Port Pirie. It sits along the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton and covers Proterozoic rocks of the Stuart Shelf, Torrens Hinge Zone, and Adelaide...-
Document
Published: 31 Jan 1923
-
Aspects of coal type and rank variation, and their bearing on hydrocarbon potential in seven wells from the southern Cooper Basin.
Seven wells along a line of section in the southern Cooper Basin were studied. Examination of coals in Permian and Triassic sequences revealed marked vertical and lateral trends in vitrinite, inertinite and exinite content and their microlithotypes....-
Document
-
2009 Renmark Magnetotelluric Survey.
The 2007 Renmark Magnetotelluric Survey was primarily an undergraduate honours research project designed to investigate the geothermal prospectivity of the Renmark Trough. The survey was carried out by students of the University of Adelaide, with full...-
Document
-
Port Augusta Seismic Survey (09AG03).
Torrens Energy Ltd contracted Terrex Seismic Services to record the 2009 Port Augusta Seismic Survey during May 2009 in Geothermal Exploration Licences(GEL) 285 and 501. The location of the survey area was 10km north of Port Augusta as a single line...-
Document
-
Geology and hydrocarbon prospects of the Arckaringa Block.
Due to its thin sequence and shallow depth of burial, most of the Arckaringa Basin is predicted to be immature for hydrocarbon generation in traditional terms. Source rock and vitrinite studies in the Boorthanna Trough however indicate that the basal...-
Document
-
Curnamona Seismic Survey (09AR01).
Tenement holder Geothermal Resources Ltd contracted Terrex Seismic Services to record the 2009 Curnamona Seismic Survey on its Geothermal Exploration Licences 181 and 210. The location of the survey area was east of the Flinders Ranges, over the...-
Document
-
Parachilna 2D Seismic Survey.
Torrens Energy Ltd contracted Terrex Seismic Services to record the 2009 Parachilna seismic Survey during January 2009 in Geothermal Exploration Licences(GEL) 230 and 278. The location of the survey area is on the western flank of the Flinders ranges...-
Document
-
Nilpena Seismic Survey (09AG04).
Torrens Energy Ltd contracted Terrex Seismic Services to record the 2009 Nilpena Seismic Survey on Geothermal Exploration Licences 230, 407 and 408. The location of the survey area was on the western flank of the Flinders Ranges, extending westwards...-
Document
-
Evaluation report on South Australian deep water acreage (SA-10 and SA-11).
From the interpretation of the 1971 R 6 seismic survey data plus earlier geophysical work in the central Bight Basin region, present indications are that a 10,000-26,000 feet thick sedimentary sequence occurs in the area covered by Shell's SA-10 and...-
Document
-
Carbon dioxide in natural gas from the Cooper Basin.
Isotopic and chemical evidence reported herein suggests that the bulk of the carbon dioxide in natural gas from the Cooper Basin appears to be sourced from the underlying granite, rather than from the thermal decomposition of humic (coally)...-
Document
-
Hydrologic constraints on petroleum generation and migration within the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, South Australia. CSIRO / University of New Hampshire, USA, collaborative study. Project initiation and progress reports.
The Cooper and Eromanga Basins region, Australia's most productive onshore petroleum province, has a regional groundwater flow system over 1500 km in length. While the present-day hydrology of the Cretaceous and Jurassic aquifer system is well...-
Document
Published: 02 Oct 1992
-
Interpretation of apatite fission track data from the Officer Basin.
13 sedimentary rock samples from Proterozoic through to Mesozoic formations intersected in 5 Officer Basin wells yielded apatite fission track analysis data (track length and density) used to interpret, via statistical modelling, the broad geothermal...-
Document
Published: 21 Dec 1994
-
2008 Limestone Coast Magnetotelluric Survey.
Panax Geothermal Ltd contracted Quantec Geoscience Pty Ltd to record the Limestone Coast MT Project during August to October 2008. The purpose of the survey was to determine the depth to basement and any possible conductive zones at depths of 2-5 km...-
Document
-
Greenly prospect file, EPP 26, Duntroon Basin, offshore South Australia.
BHPP's Greenly 1 well is herein proposed to test a faulted hanging wall anticline with minor crestal collapse faults, an estimated fault-dependent maximum closure area of 53.3 square km, and a closure height of 140 metres at the primary target. The...-
Document
-
Kirby prospect. Proposal to drill.
The Kirby Prospect is an anticlinal play in the Nappamerri Trough of the Cooper Basin. Current seismic coverage and quality are adequate to place the existence of closure beyond reasonable doubt. Up to 760 feet of vertical closure occurs within a...-
Document
Published: 07 Sep 1977
-
OELs 20 and 21, PELs 5 and 6. Regional geological studies. Reports.
Contains interpretive company reports on regional structural geology, geothermal gradient and petroleum play definition studies.-
Document
-
Burra Copper [open pit mining] Project. Reports of geological investigations for the period October 1969 to February 1981.
A collection of miscellaneous reports referring to geochemical sampling of costeans and exposed bedrock, drilling, mapping and petrology work that has recently been carried out in the re-developed Burra open cut copper mine. The focus of the work...-
Document
Published: 21 Apr 1980