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Copper Hill [and Cameron Hill]. Progress reports and joint final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/10/1972 to 11/2/1974.
In a search for possible economic Permian coal seams buried at the southern end of the Boorthanna Trough of the Arckaringa Basin, the Petromin joint venture consortium selected an area to drill where it was inferred that such coal might lie within 300...-
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Kadlongaroo Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/8/1981 to 10/8/1982.
Drilling of a 196 m deep vertical diamond hole to further investigate the oil shale potential of Permian strata in the axis of the Boorthanna Trough, north of Billa Kalina Homestead, intersected only Lower Permian glacial sediments below 30 m thick...-
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Published: 02 Jun 1982
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Millers Creek Homestead. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/3/1980 to 28/3/1986.
Following a review of existing regional geophysical and geological data for the north-western Stuart Shelf, grid-based gravity and ground magnetic surveys were run to further outline two broad gravity highs associated with discrete magnetic anomalies,...-
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RB 82/00022 Arckaringa Basin coal investigation.
Review was made of past exploration and an assessment of the coal potential of portion of the Boorthanna Trough in the Billa Kalina area, where 2 grabens containing shallow Mount Toondina Formation are indicated.-
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Published: 01 Aug 1983
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RB 93/00010 Explanatory Notes for the WARRINA 1:250 000 geological map.
The oldest rocks on WARRINA outcrop in the Peake and Denison Inliers, which comprise the Davenport and Denison Ranges and small inliers to the east. Basement in this area consists of Palaeoproterozoic metamorphic rocks which were intruded by...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1994
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Weedina coal deposit, Arckaringa Basin. Mining proponent's submission to FEAC, including supporting geological data.
In June 1986 Cyprus Australia Coal Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of a large American coal producer and marketer then holding exploration licences over the Weedina coal deposit in the far north of South Australia, submitted to the South Australian...-
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Williams Bore (Weedinna Coalfield). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/4/2005 to 3/6/2014.
An area of 304 square km was taken up by SAPEX to allow it to evaluate afresh known sub-bituminous coal measures in the Permian Mount Toondina Formation that constitute the Weedina coal deposit. This deposit, located ~90 km north-east of Coober Pedy,...-
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Published: 11 Jul 1914
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Boorthanna 001 Well completion report.
Boorthanna 1 was drilled as a combined mineral/petroleum exploration hole and stratigraphic test in the southern section of the Boorthanna Trough, 29 km west of William Creek township, to: (1) penetrate the Devonian section in the search of potash...-
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Arckaringa [North-east]. Annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 13/4/2005 to 3/6/2014.
An area of 185 square km was taken up by SAPEX to allow it to evaluate afresh known sub-bituminous coal measures in the Permian Mount Toondina Formation that constitute the East Wintinna coal deposit. This deposit had been discovered by Meekatharra...-
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Published: 11 Jul 1914
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Arckaringa Creek. Annual reports for the period 27/4/2015 to 11/5/2022.
Two separate areas in the Arckaringa Basin, designated as EL 5598 Areas 'A' and 'B', have been taken up to allow for a fresh assessment of the development potential of the large East Wintinna and Weedina coal deposits, respectively. During the first...-
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Published: 09 May 1918
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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 1918
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Painted Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/7/1982 to 11/7/1987.
Stockdale's diamond exploration work included reconnaissance stream sampling, and photogeology and Landsat interpretation. Ground magnetic surveys were run over aeromagnetic anomalies interpreted from the previous nickel exploration (Mount Purvis)...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Arckaringa [Hills]. Annual reports for the period 13/5/2016 to 12/5/2018.
Exploration licence 5781 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: 05 Jun 1918
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Mount Kingston. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 10/10/1979 to 26/4/1984.
Diamond exploration undertaken over an area situated 70 km south-east of Oodnadatta included photogeological studies, the acquisition of a 2400 line km low level aerial magnetic and radiometric survey, and geochemical analyses of 452 reconnaissance...-
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Noorina Dam [part of Getty's Arckaringa Basin Coal Project]. Progress and final reports for the period 23/12/84 to 31/5/90.
TARGET: Economic sub-bituminous Permian coals in the Mount Toondina Formation, similar to those found by Getty in the Weedina Coal Deposit to the north. EXPLORATION: A review of existing seismic, gravity and magnetic data, aerial photograph...-
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Nilpinna Springs. [Farminee's diamond exploration] Progress report for the period 13/7/1986 to 12/1/1987.
TARGET: Diamondiferous kimberlites in the Boorthanna Trough region (near Nilpinna Springs). EXPLORATION: A literature review, the reprocessing and re-interpretation of data from BHP's 1983 Peake Creek Aerial Magnetic Survey flown by Aerodata /...-
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Mount Dutton. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/7/1985 to 29/1/1990.
TARGET: Sub-bituminous coal seams within the Early Permian Mount Toondina Formation in the Mount Dutton - Nilpinna Springs region, these possibly being similar to, or forming an extension of, the large Weedina coal deposit recently discovered 20 km to...-
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Noorina Dam, Birthday Hill, Codna Hill and Cadaree Hill. [Diamond exploration - sole risk and joint venture] Joint progress reports and joint final report to licences' joint expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/9/1983 to 29/5/1990.
TARGET: Possible diamonds and source diamondiferous kimberlites in the Boorthanna Trough region. EXPLORATION: Present-day drainage heavy mineral sampling for kimberlitic indicators, follow-up barrage sampling for diamonds, an aerial magnetic survey...-
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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...-
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Arckaringa Block. Farmout block progress reports from November 1982 to January 1989.
Exploration from 1982 includes: Christmas Creek - ARC Seismic Survey (see Envs 4808 and 5064),. Hogarth - ARC Seismic Survey, . Morphett - ARC Seismic Survey,. drilling of 2 wells (Birribiana 1 and Hans Knob 1), (see Envs 7034/6 and 7043/6)....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
