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RB 36/00077 Leigh Creek Coalfield. North Field, Lobe C.
Coal has been proved at Lobe C to a depth of 220 feet of overburden in an arcuate area along the southern and western margins of the basin. Within the suggested open cut area the coal seam averages 35 feet in thickness, has a weighted average ash...-
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Published: 26 Oct 1953
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RB 37/00028 Leigh Creek Coalfield: Report on exploration of the north-eastern margin - Telford Basin area 'Telford Opencut, extension east'. (CONFIDENTIAL)
An area located on the north-eastern margin of the Telford Basin, to the east of the present extent of theTelford Open Cut mine main pit, which is known to contain potentially mineable buried coal seams, has been examined geologically and...-
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Published: 03 Mar 1954
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RB 37/00068 Leigh Creek Coalfield, central area - Upper Coal Series. Report on scout drilling.
In the Triassic coal measures of Telford Basin occurring 1000 + (?) feet stratigraphically above the main (Telfod) seam are a number of coal seams - the "Upper coal series" - which further add to the opencut coal reserves at Leigh Creek Coalfield....-
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Published: 19 Mar 1954
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RB 37/00157 Leigh Creek Coalfield - Exploration of the southeastern margin, Telford Basin area (Telford Main Seam eastern margin, southern extension).
The area under review is situated in the south-eastern section of Telford Basin between co-ordinates 8,000 and 34,000, and is a southern extension of the main (Telford) coal seam proved previously on the eastern margin. Coal has been proved by close...-
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Published: 14 Jul 1954
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RB 83/00034 Underground gasification of inaccessible Leigh Creek coal measures - A preliminary evaluation of the geological structure of Telford Basin.
The Telford Basin is an asymmetrically shaped synclinal basin containing sediments of upper Triassic-Jurassic age, which cover a 25 square km area. Sub-bituminous coal occurs in three major series of seams which are informally termed the Leigh Creek...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1983
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NERDDC Project 590 : [ Research into the feasibility of ] Underground gasification of [ mining inaccessible ] Leigh Creek coal. Reports on field investigations and geotechnical studies.
During the first few months of 1985, field investigations were undertaken at Leigh Creek by consultants Golder Associates to provide quantitative data on the strength and permeability characteristics of the geological profile of the Main Series coal...-
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SADME/Amdel mineral research project : Leigh Creek Coalfield - coal petrology investigations. Progress reports for the period April 1979 to June 1980.
Coal samples collected by the SADME Fossil Fuels Div. from the Leigh Creek Coalfield during its recent drilling programme have been examined and analysed according to preset parameters to allow comparison of average coal quality between this field and...-
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Published: 04 Jul 1980
