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Chundie Swamps. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 13/3/1980 to 12/9/1981.
Drilling of 49 rotary mud and partially cored holes totalling 1443 m (of which only 20 holes penetrated into the top of the basement) has been undertaken at the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin to further outline an occurrence of Tertiary lignite...-
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Published: 05 Sep 1981
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Ifould Lake, Eucla Basin, lignite exploration. Progress reports for the period 13/3/80 to 7/9/81.
14 rotary/cable tool holes were drilled to test for lignite and uranium.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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West of Leigh Creek - Nilpena area. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 19/8/1982 to 18/8/1983.
A programme of exploration was undertaken over an area located to the west of the Leigh Creek and Copley basins, aiming to find possible buried Leigh Creek - type Triassic coal measures within the Beltana Sub-basin. Due to sparse information about...-
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Mount Igy. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/3/1980 to 12/9/1981.
TARGET: To define lignite in the Wilkinson Lakes lignite deposit which is of a composition that would be suitable to undergo carbon beneficiation and/or coal liquefaction processes; also, any economic oil shale occurrences and/or sedimentary uranium...-
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Published: 02 Sep 1981
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Hamilton Creek. Quarterly and presentation reports for the period 22/11/1976 to 22/11/1978.
Exploration for base metals, over an area extending 50 km southwest from Moolowatana, was subtendered to Aquitaine Australia Minerals for two years by North Flinders Mines under a joint venture agreement. A program of geophysical appraisal of known...-
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Published: 23 May 1978
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Preliminary mine planning and costing study, Wintinna Coal Deposit.
The 2000 Mt Wintinna coal deposit is located approximately 700 km north-northwest of Port Augusta in South Australia. The area has opencut potential, and is proposed for development to supply a thermal power station. Meekatharra Minerals Ltd holds...-
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Beneficiation of Wakefield lignite, with particular reference to the reduction of the sodium content.
Study aimed at beneficiating the lignite, particularly removing sodium and chlorine, so that it could be used in pulverised fuel boiler unit to produce electricity. Study involved various leaching tests on lignite, and settling and filtering tests on...-
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State Energy Research Advisory Committee (SENRAC) Project 2/86 - Moomba and Big Lake Fields, log and special core analysis for improved reserves assessment. Analytical data and progress reports for the period August 1987 to January 1989.
This project, initiated and managed by SADME, aimed to improve in-house methods of petrophysical log analysis in order to more reliably estimate producible gas reserves in the Moomba and Big Lake Fields, via more accurate estimation of reservoir...-
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Published: 18 Jan 1989
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Mount Serle - Angepena area. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 21/5/1970 to 20/5/1972.
Renewed base metal exploration over a 160 square mile area near Angepena Station in the northern Flinders Ranges, 20 miles east of Copley, involved on-going geochemical exploration of known mineral occurrences, plus regional reconnaisance stream...-
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Progress reports on activities in the the Oodnadatta and Wilkatana areas for the period May 1956 to June 1957.
Reports include a description of a non-commercial oil show observed during exploratory percussion drilling in a Cretaceous fossiliferous sandy shale at 190 feet depth in Santos' Oodnadatta 1 wildcat well. Trace amounts of oil and wax of unknown...-
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Published: 25 Jun 1957
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Report on alleged oil seep, Lake Eyre area, for Santos Ltd.
An inspection of alleged oil seeps near Lake Eyre was carried out between October 22nd and November 2nd, 1962, by B.P. Webb (Geosurveys). Location no. 1: On the north bank of Anchor Creek near Anchor Water Hole, outcrop consists of dark-coloured...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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Palm Valley 001 Well completion report.
There is no abstract created for this record-
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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Potential gas reservoirs in the Lake Frome Basin.
At least 23 artesian water bores flowing in the northern Frome Embayment produce methane, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and other gases thought to be derived from organic matter in ?Cambrian sediments beneath the Mesozoic Bulldog Shale, e.g. the Coonana...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1959
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Karkaro. Progress report to licence full surrender, for the period 26/11/1974 to 25/2/1975.
TARGET: Possible open-pit mineable Lower Permian coal seams, present down to a depth of 100 m below surface, associated with an inferred basinal depression located to the north-west of and adjacent to previous SADM stratigraphic drillhole Karkaro 1,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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Moorlands. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 29/6/1972 to 28/6/1973.
Lignite seams in three separate parts of the Moorlands Coalfield were further assessed for their potential to produce commercial grade montan wax in marketable quantities, via the drilling and sampling of three appraisal cable tool percussion/core...-
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Published: 07 Jan 1974
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Moorlands. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 29/7/1974 to 28/7/1975.
The natural organic compound Montan wax, extracted from drill core samples of lignites that are present in the Moorlands Coalfield, has been tested in West Germany by the Hoechst GmbH company. The wax was found to be of poor quality, with excessive...-
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Published: 25 Aug 1975
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Clinton. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 29/6/1972 to 28/6/1973.
Lignite seams in the Clinton Coalfield were further assessed for their potential to produce commercial grade montan wax in marketable quantities, via the drilling and sampling of two appraisal rotary/core holes with a total penetration of 533 feet, to...-
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Published: 07 Jan 1974
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Clay minerals of the Gidgealpa Permian sediments.
12 selected drill core specimens were analysed.-
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Kapunda private mine area joint venture - Data on preliminary investigations made by Noranda (Australia) Ltd during March-April 1970, that relate to their intended application for an SML.
A programme of inclined and vertical percussion exploratory drilling (56 holes, total 6637 feet) conducted by Noranda during March and April 1970 on leased private land subject to private mineral ownership rights, in the area of the old Kapunda copper...-
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Kidman North 1. Test reports.
Contains contractors results and Unit gasfield operators reservoir engineering interpretations of the single rate and modified isochronal gas production tests conducted on the Toolachee Formation (Upper production zone) and Patchawarra Formation...-
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