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RB 85/00061 Stuart Highway, pump-testing construction water supplies, Marla to NT border. Highways Department.
11 of 13 wells, in fractured rock aquifers were tested. Most showed drawdowns linear with the square root of time, and consequently long term yields are generally much smaller than airlift yields. 6 were found to have long term yields greater than 0.5...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1985
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RB 79/00004 North-West Aboriginal Reserves drilling programme 1978.
Twenty four water wells were drilled, and three existing water wells cleaned out, in the North-West Aboriginal Reserves during 1978. Sixteen of the new wells were successful in obtaining a groundwater supply suitable for their specified use, which was...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 91/00042 Groundwater occurrence on the MANN 1:250 000 sheet.
This report documents knowledge gained on groundwater occurrence and well siting.-
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Published: 01 Mar 1991
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RB 98/00019 Spencer Regions strategic water management study.
The availability of adequate water supplies is crucial to future development, particularly in the arid areas of the State. Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), as part of the Spencer Regions Strategic Water Management Study, has...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1998
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RB 99/00022 Water wells, AP Lands, 1998. Site selection, drilling and testing.
Twenty-six sites for water wells to supply isolated homelands and small settlements were selected within the northwest Aboriginal lands of South Australia. Satellite imagery, aerial photography, viewing of the sites from a light aircraft, on-ground...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1999
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RB 97/00022 Appraisal of the water resources of the Musgrave Block, South Australia.
The area of interest divides into two groundwater environments: a Mesoproterozoic hard rock environment containing fresh water in fractures and saprolite; and a younger sedimentary environment containing more saline water in...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1997
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RB 91/00039 Pitjantjatjara - Ngaanyatjara lands, 1990 drilling.
Eight wells were drilled in the Pitjantjatjara Lands in SA, 10 in adjacent aboriginal lands in WA and 1 in the NT. In the Musgrave Block the best yields were obtained by drilling deep weathered zones on sizeable fault lines such as the Mann Fault....-
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Published: 01 Mar 1991
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Mount Davies (part of the Central Giles / Wingellina Nickel Project). Annual reports for the period 24/9/2009 to 23/9/2018.
Field work performed on the subject tenement during licence Year 8 included the conduct of Aboriginal heritage clearance surveys by the APY Traditional Owners to grant access for geological mapping and the acquisition of a trial seismic survey, as...-
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Published: 23 Nov 1918
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] due to licence expiry and pending approval of its subsequent re-grant : Pine Ridge (part of the Central Giles Nickel Project). Annual reports for the period 25/2/1999 to 29/3/2007.
A licence area located in South Australia's Far North-west Aboriginal Lands, approximately 140 km north-west of Marla, has been explored by Rio Tinto Exploration (RTE) as part of work planned for a larger set of project exploration licences currently...-
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RB 2012/00008 Abminga bedrock drilling program 2001.
The Abminga bedrock drilling program was initiated in 1999 as part of the Targeted Exploration Initiative of South Australia (TEISA) strategy conceived by the SA Government and implemented through PIRSA's Mineral Resources Group. Drilling was proposed...-
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Published: 01 May 2012
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Improvement in groundwater supplies at the communities of Kalka, Amata, Mimili and Kenmore Park, Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands, South Australia.
The community water supplies at Kalka, Mimili and Kenmore Park in recent times were insufficient for emergencies, while the wells at Amata were in poor condition. In this remedial work program, drilling of three new wells at Kalka has doubled the...-
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