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RB 84/00102 Silica sand deposits near Lake Alexandrina.
4 Quaternary silica sand deposits were assessed by 47 auger holes. The deposits comprise backshore dunes marginal to the lake and are a potential source of replenishment sand for metropolitan beaches. Only 1 deposit is mined at present, Nalpa no. 1...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1984
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RB 85/00003 Geological and geomorphological evolution of the Roonka area in the Murray Basin, South Australia.
Relative and absolute age of the regolith is emphasized from evidence from the gorge section of the Murray River in the Ngaiwang Folk Province.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1985
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RB 85/00047 Shallow refraction seismic survey of proposed Mobilong Medium Security Prison. - Department of Housing and Construction.
Aim was to delineate the top of the granite which had been detected in auger drilling. Results show that the granite was probably in the form of boulders as the seismic velocity of the layer containing the granite was extremely low. Some test trenches...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1986
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RB 83/00022 Pata Limestone whale bone matrix, Sunlands, Murray Basin.
The benthonic foraminifera `Heterolepa victoriensis indicates unit is Pata Limestone of early Middle Miocene age.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1983
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RB 83/00018 Murray Basin hydrogeological investigation data assessment - Mallee region.
3 aquifer systems are assessed : the Renmark Beds, Murray Group and the Pliocene sands. The Tertiary Murray Group limestone aquifer is the most widely developed in the area. Large areas of potable and irrigation quality groundwater have been delineated.-
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Published: 01 Mar 1983
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RB 84/00072 Woolpunda groundwater interception scheme. Core drilling programme.
5 drill holes (580.2 metres) between Waikerie and Overland Corner to investigate scheme to intercept saline ground water inflows to River Murray, revealed consistent lithology and sequence in Murray Group carbonate sandstone aquifer and average value...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1984
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RB 86/00052 Sugar Loaf Hill quarry - Geological investigations and machine auger drilling, 1985.
Sugarloaf Hill quarry 18 km NE of Barmera has been operating since 1949. Pleistocene dolomitic Bungunnia Limestone has been the source of aggregate, and underlying bimodal Pliocene Loxton Sands, the source of construction sand. Production has been...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1986
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RB 87/00124 Report on drilling and testing of private irrigation, recharge well, Langhorne Creek.
Pump testing of an 80 metre recharge well to confined limestone aquifer in Milang groundwater basin indicates yield of 43 l/s may be sustained for 70 days. Aquifer parameters give transmissivity of 700-1000 cubic metres/d/m and storage coefficient of...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1987
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RB 76/00147 Explanatory Notes for the CHOWILLA 1:250 000 geological map.
The CHOWILLA 1:250 000 map area lies in the north-western part of the Murray Basin, between latitudes 33° and 34°S and longitudes 139°30' and 141°E. Its eastern boundary is the South Australian - New South Wales state border. The area includes...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1977
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RB 77/00146 Loxton sands exposure, Peake area, Murray Basin.
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 78/00089;Env 02960 Appraisal drilling results, Anna Coalfield, Murray Basin, South Australia.
At the Anna Coalfield, the November 1976 appraisal drilling by SADME of 2 rotary mud, partly cored vertical boreholes with a total penetration of 159.62 m (including 28.36 m of continuous ?NQ coring over the coal-bearing section) has confirmed the...-
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Published: 11 May 1978
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RB 78/00155 Rufus River aquifer test, Lake Victoria, NSW (Client - EWS Department).
Lake Victoria is an off-river water storage in western N.S.W. and the Rufus River is its outfall channel to the River Murray. Very saline groundwater seeps into the Rufus River and hence enters the River Murray system. A groundwater pumping scheme is...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 81/00088 Naracoorte sand deposit. Results of geological investigations and auger drilling, 1981. Block.108, Hd Hynam. EMLs 3394 and 3395 (D.G. and V.A. Pitt).
Coarse construction sand, formed by reworking Pliocene Loxton Sands is part of a beach and foredune of the East Naracoorte Dune of Pleistocene Bridgewater Formation. Production totalled 52 305 tonnes from 1965 - 1980. 210000 tonnes of sand conforming...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 82/00098 Murray Basin hydrogeological investigations progress report no. 4 - Upper Murray and northern region.
The drilling of a further 16 rotary holes, as part of continuing investigations by the E&WS Department into the effect of groundwater on River Murray salinity, has indicated that the northern and north-western limits of the Tertiary limestone...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1983
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RB 83/00054 Comaum sand deposit - Report no. 1. Reconnaissance auger drilling 1981-1982 and survey of existing pits.
69 auger holes (303 metres) have shown deposit (2.9 km long, 300 x 400 metres wide and 2 x 10 metres thick) of coarse sand in Pleistocene Bridgewater Formation, largely on State Forest Reserve. Of existing pits, Proviss pit was closed and Gartners pit...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1983
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RB 83/00047 Auger drilling Morgan gypsum deposit in 1981. Blocks Q, 77 and 61 Hd Stuart, County Young.
205 auger holes up to 9 metres deep indicate the bulk of the reserves without beneficiation are suitable for agriculture. Reserves of 149 000 tonnes of high grade seed gypsum, suitable for cement and plaster manufacture near present mining...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1983
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RB 87/00123 BMR Neckarboo Ridge 1 well, Murray Basin, NSW - Foraminiferal biostratigraphy of selected core samples.
5 samples from 80.63 - 175.30 metres, are Late Oligocene. None (unlike SADME Oakvale 1) are Early Miocene. The sample from 80.63 metres is probably latest Oligocene but no younger : Tenuitella gemma' is present. The sample from 175.30 metres is...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1987
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RB 86/00066 New record and tectonic implications of a high-level Lepidocyclina-bearing limestone, Bremer Valley, eastern Mount Lofty Ranges.
The distinctive large, benthonic, shallow marine foraminifer Lepidocyclina howchini has been identified, with an associated benthonic microfauna, in limestone in a borrow pit located in the Bremer Valley 3 km east of Kanmantoo. The limestone is a...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1986
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RB 87/00111 McLelland sand pit - Secn 240, Hd Makaranka, Co. Young.
Coarse, quartz sand within Early Pleistocene, Blanchetown Clay, has been mined for construction sand near Waikerie, with overburden of Bakara Soil which was used for road construction. Production totals 685 tonnes of construction sand, mined in...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1987
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RB 83/00046 Auger drilling of Craigie Plains gypsum deposit no. 2 in 1981. Sections 199 and 120, Hundred Brownlow, County Eyre.
Flour seed gypsum deposit in lunette dune system was investigated by auger drilling of 34 holes up to 9 metres deep. 243 000 tonnes of flour gypsum remain with an average grade of 43% gypsum, which is unsuitable for commercial use, although...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1983
