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RB 59/00122 Auger boring of Happy Valley sand deposit (17/11/1964).
At Happy Valley, Pliocene freshwater sands and clays, capped by a lateritic horizon, are underlain by marine Blanche Point Marls of Eocene age. Boring has proved 2 million cubic yards of fine clayey sand with ¾ million cubic yards of waste material....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 60/00022 Palynological observations on Eocene sediments from two bores in the northern Adelaide Plains.
Microfloras from Eocene marine and non-marine sediments, intersected in two deep bores in the Adelaide Plains Basin, can be placed within two distinct assemblage units. The correlative value of these as time-stratigraphic units is discussed.-
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Published: 03 Feb 1965
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RB 60/00051 Stratigraphy and micropalaeontology of three deep bores, Hd Port Gawler.
Three relatively deep bores, drilled recently on the northern Adelaide Plains in the Hundred of Port Gawler, about 20 miles north of Adelaide, have intersected useful complementary sections of the Cainozoic succession, ranging from 560 feet to 1148...-
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Published: 15 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00055 Auger boring of Hackham clay deposit.
Near horizontally bedded Upper Eocene sediments comprising Blanche Point Marls, Tortachilla Limestone and South Maslin Sands, have been test bored at Hackham in the Noarlunga Basin, in the search for a bentonite - type clay deposit which might provide...-
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Published: 16 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00103 Phosphate reconnaissance sampling, Willunga and Noarlunga sub-basins.
Reconnaissance sampling of coastal and inland exposures of the Tertiary succession in the Willunga and Noarlunga sub-basins of the Saint Vincent Basin indicates that the P205 content of the sediments is below the average of normal marine carbonates. A...-
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Published: 25 May 1965
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RB 50/00161 Inkerman-Balaklava Coalfield.
The presence of lignite in the Inkerman-Balaklava area was proved in 1922 when exploratory drilling was first carried out. A total of 30 bores were drilled between 1922 and 1950. Indicated reserves calculated on the basis of this drilling were 200...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1960
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RB 95/00004 Willunga Basin. Review of hydrogeology and water budget.
The Willunga Basin is a groundwater resource being stressed by groundwater abstraction for agricultural purposes. The Southern Vales Water Resources Committee, in conjunction with MESA, DENR and SA WATER, are developing groundwater management...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1995
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RB 75/00031 Drilling of the Tatachilla sand deposit, secn 142 Hd Willunga, Co. Adelaide - Pioneer Concrete (SA) Pty Ltd.
Rotary drilling of 16 holes at the Tatachilla sand deposit on the northern margin of the Willunga Basin indicates total reserves of 3.6M cubic metres of construction sand and 0.8M cubic metres of filling sand. Overburden and waste totol 2.3M cubic...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 75/00050 Drillhole intersections of Eocene sediments, northern margin Willunga Sub-basin.
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Published: 01 Apr 1975
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RB 75/00078 Test drilling for sand, pt secn 143 Hd Willunga, Co. Adelaide - Chaplin Holdings Pty Ltd.
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 74/00119 Test drilling for sand, secn 143 Hd Willunga. Butterworth Earth Movers Pty Ltd. Maslin Beach extractive industry zone.
One rotary drill hole 52.5m deep encountered a typical Tertiary sequence of Blanche Point Formation, South Maslin Sand and North Maslin Sand overlying Adelaidean basement. The lower 18m of North Maslin Sand are potentially of construction sand quality.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 74/00112 Scout drilling for construction sand, secns 151 and 152 Hd Willunga. Pioneer Concrete Pty Ltd. Maslin Beach extractive industry zone.
Drilling for construction sand near the northern margin of the Willunga Basin intersected the Eocene succession unconformably overlain by Quaternary units. Two of three holes penetrated into the target North Maslin Sand, but were abandoned before...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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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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ExpNotes MAITLAND: Explanatory Notes MAITLAND, SI 53-12.
The MAITLAND Special 1:250,000 scale geological map covers the greater part of South Australia's Yorke Peninsula. The rocks in the map area comprise deformed Palaeoproterozoic and early Mesoproterozoic basement of the south-eastern Gawler Craton, and...-
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Published: 01 Jul 2006
