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Naarack, Mabel Creek and Wintinna (part of the Arckaringa Basin Project). Respective final reports at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 26/3/2008 to 2/4/2010.
In a search for postulated Tertiary heavy mineral sands marine placer deposits that may have been formed outside of the presently known north-eastern extent of such age sedimentary basins (i.e. along a proto Eucla Basin coastline existing within the...-
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Data release - as updated : England Hill, Arckaringa and Copper Hill (the Arckaringa Coal Project). Joint annual reports and joint final report to licences' expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/6/2005 to 6/6/2019.
Under a new strategic focus, three licence areas covering three Early Permian buried coal deposits located at Wintinna, Westfield and Murloocoppie in the northern part of the Arckaringa Basin, ~120 km north of Coober Pedy, have been evaluated both for...-
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Published: 29 Aug 1919
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Oolgelima Hill. First partial surrender report, for the period 15/7/1983 to 14/7/1984.
Investigation of a reported occurrence of magnesium and sodium sulphates in a black shale at the base of the Cretaceous Bulldog Shale, found previously about 50 km north-east of Coober Pedy near the western margin of the Eromanga Basin, was initially...-
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Published: 24 Aug 1984
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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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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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Rawlinson Hill, Mount Sabine, Snow Hill and Billa Kalina Homestead (Stuart Shelf / Arckaringa Basin). Joint progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/2/1981 to 28/4/1987.
Over the report period Agip Australia completed the drilling and geophysical logging of 39 open rotary holes totalling 3845 m to investigate if economic coal seams occur within Permian sediments of the southern Arckaringa Basin. Although the Permian...-
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Organic petrology of samples from a selected group of wells in or near the Arckaringa Block.
34 selected drill core and cuttings samples from six wells were assessed by petrographic methods for their degree of organic maturation and petroleum source potential. The sampled sequence ranged in age from ?Devonian through to Permian, Jurassic and...-
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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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Bulgunnia. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 22/5/1978 to 10/8/1981.
The base metal and uranium potential of a concealed Proterozoic basement high near Bulgunnia Homestead was evaluated using geological and hydrogeochemical reconnaissance and regional geophysical interpretation approaches. Seismic, ground magnetic and...-
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RI 040 South Australian Department of Mines Cootanoorina No. 1 Well
Includes Part 2 - Upper Palaeozoic and Lower Cretaceous micropalaeontology.-
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ExpNotes GILES: Explanatory Notes GILES
Concealed basement on GILES comprises ?Archaean to Palaeoproterozoic metamorphic rocks belonging to the Nawa Subdomain of the Gawler Craton. These are intruded by Mesoproterozoic Hiltaba Suite granitic bodies and Mesoproterozoic or Neoproterozoic...-
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ExpNotes WINTINNA: Explanatory Notes WINTINNA
A new generation, first edition WINTINNA 1:250 000 scale geological map and explanatory notes have been published. These documents represent the conclusion of the Geological Survey of South Australia's geological mapping program undertaken in the...-
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RB 65/00104 South Australian Government Cootanoorina no. 001 Well completion report.
Cootanoorina 1 was drilled about 33 miles south-southwest of Oodnadatta township by the South Australian Department of Mines, as a combined 'on structure' and stratigraphic test in the Arckaringa Sub-Basin region of the Great Artesian Basin. The main...-
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Published: 04 Dec 1967
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RB 76/00064 Report of geology, MURLOOCOPPIE 1:250 000.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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ELs 4110 - 4114, 4136 and EL 4137 (part of the Arckaringa Basin Project). Joint annual reports, plus final report to remaining licences' joint full surrender, for the period 26/3/2008 to 30/1/2012.
A group of seven adjacent licences were taken out near Cadney Park Homestead in the southern Arckaringa Basin region, extending for ~45 km to ~180 km north-west of Coober Pedy, to explore for possible buried Tertiary, palaeodrainage sediment-sourced,...-
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RB 2006/00001 Guide to the sedimentary cover of the central Gawler Craton, South Australia
The central Gawler Craton is blanketed by thin sedimentary cover that ranges in age from Neoproterozoic to Quaternary. Locally, though, such cover can reach a maximum of ~500 m thickness in Permian glacial valleys or rift structures. This guide...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2006
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RB 2014/00005 WINTINNA, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SG53-14. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The WINTINNA 1:250 000 mapsheet area lies between latitudes 27° to 28° South and longitudes 133°30’ to 135°00’ East. This ~16 400 square km area includes the Marla and Cadney Park settlements, and is crossed by the Stuart Highway and Adelaide to...-
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Published: 01 Mar 2015
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Ely Hill & Ant Hill. Joint first annual & final report for the period 10/1/1997 to 13/1/1998 (Ant Hill Project minerals search), plus joint first partial surrender report for the period 14/7/1997 to 8/12/1998 (Coober Pedy North Project opal exploration).
Two structurally controlled Cu-Au targets, plus a possible kimberlite pipe and a coal prospect, were interpreted in re-processed geophysical data derived from an area approximately 55 km north-northwest of Coober Pedy. The area was seen to contain...-
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Published: 09 Mar 1999
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ExpNotes COOBER PEDY: Explanatory Notes COOBER PEDY
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Oolgelima Hill. Progress reports plus second partial surrender report, for the period 14/7/1983 to 14/10/1986.
Evaporite minerals in black shale at the base of the Early Cretaceous Bulldog Shale near the western margin of the Eromanga Basin were the target about 50 km NE of Coober Pedy. Reconnaissance mapping, soil sampling, auger drilling and the backhoe...-
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Published: 03 Nov 1986