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Lake Cadibarrawirracanna. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 3/6/1980 to 2/12/1980.
Thirty-two shallow auger holes up to 2.76 m deep were drilled into the floor of Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, situated 70 km west of William Creek, in a search for possible potash-rich brines trapped by the lake sediments. The lacustrine sediments were...-
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RB 77/00077 Coober Pedy town water supply. Groundwater prospects and completion report. Stuart Range bores 7-10.
Groundwater of salinity lower than 5000 mg/l was found to occur north of Coober Pedy at a distance of 20-30 km. Four holes (cumulative depth 274 m) were drilled and encountered water of salinity 4000-9000 mg/l. A production well will commence in the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 79/00066 Sampling and measurement of mound springs, Great Artesian Basin, South Australia. Progress report no. 3, WARRINA, OODNADATTA, BILLAKALINA, CURDIMURKA sheets.
This report virtually completes a systematic survey of mound springs around the south-western edge of the Great Artesian Basin in South Australia. There are as yet about 20 springs left unsampled, mostly on BILLAKALINA, in the Francis Swamp and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 77/00059 Coober Pedy town water supply. Completion report. Stuart Range bores 5 and 6.
Two production water wells were drilled during March-May, 1974. The wells are located about 1 km apart within the Coober Pedy town area, and both draw upon the Cadna-Owie Formation. Salinity is uniformly high in both holes, at 16,600 - 16,700 mg/l....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 89/00066 GAB field survey - 1986/1987.
Data collected from 116 flowing and 24 non-flowing wells included shut in pressure, temperature, flow rate, pH, headworks condition and full chemical analyses of water samples. An observation network is to monitor controlled flowing wells every 2 years.-
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Published: 01 Aug 1989
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Marree, Mount Alford, Meta Hill and Etadunna. Joint first progress and joint final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 20/6/1980 to 19/12/1980.
An assessment of the oil shale potential of marginal Great Artesian Basin sediments in South Australia was carried out, due mainly to their perceived stratigraphic and lithological similarity to Cretaceous strata in Queensland which host the very...-
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Published: 25 Nov 1980
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Billa Kalina Homestead. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 30/6/1977 to 14/2/1979.
Airborne and ground geophysical surveys were undertaken in the Billa Kalina area, prior to commencing to drill in a search for Olympic Dam type Cu-U-Au mineralised haematitic breccias, in order to delineate and detail several broad magnetic anomalies...-
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RB 71/00037 Mount Willoughby 001. Well completion report.
Mount Willoughby 1 was drilled in the northern part of the Arckaringa Basin as a continuation of the SA Department of Mines stratigraphic study of this area. The well was drilled on the western plateau of a positive gravity high on the Wintinna 1 mile...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1971
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RB 72/00157 Geological investigations, Tarcoola to Alice Springs railway, Tarcoola to Robin Rise section - Commonwealth Railways.
Geological investigations indicate that no major foundation problems are anticipated. Physical testing shows that most materials are suitable as fill. Saline groundwater is available for compaction but no water suitable for concrete or camp use has...-
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Published: 24 Aug 1972
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RB 74/00204 Sampling and measurement of Great Artesian Basin mound springs, South Australia. Progress report 1, Dalhousie Springs.
Discharge from visited springs in the Dalhousie area was estimated at .86 cumecs. There may be as much as .02 cumecs additional seepage through many smaller seeps in the area which were not visited. The spring waters were alkaline, with a pH varying...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 74/00177 Progress report on the geology of the COOBER PEDY 1:250 000 sheet area (pre-Quaternary).
The Coober Pedy 1:250 000 sheet area (COOBER PEDY) is bounded by latitudes 29°S and 30°S and by longitudes 133°E and 135°E in the arid north of South Australia. The only town is the opal mining town of Coober Pedy on the northeastern margin of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 74/00178 Oodnadatta town bore 2. Well completion report.
Oodnadatta Town Bore 2 was drilled to supplement the water supply of Oodnadatta, and also to enhance the stratigraphic knowledge of the area. It was drilled to a total depth of 439.48 metres KB, and after pump testing achieved a flow rate of 3.4...-
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Published: 05 Sep 1977
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Mount Woods. Combined first progress/final report at licence full surrender, for the period 6/9/1979 to 5/12/1979.
Following an evaluation of existing subsurface data, 9 vertical percussion holes totalling 670 m were drilled to test discrete gravity anomalies in the Mount Woods area, in a search for Olympic Dam type mineralisation. The holes encountered...-
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Strontium investigations in the Toolebuc and Wooldridge limestones, SML 402, Fossil Creek and SML 403, Mount Arthur, SA.
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Published: 01 Jan 1971
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RB 2018/00001 Regolith hand specimen atlas for South Australia
This regolith material hand specimen atlas displays 246 images of 212 regolith samples which have been collected over the last 30 years by the authors, present and past Geological Survey of South Australia (GSSA) staff and members of the Cooperative...-
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Published: 01 May 2018
