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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 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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Wintinna Coalfield hydrogeological study.
This report presents a description of the hydrogeology of the Wintinna coal deposit proposed mine site area, and of the investigative work performed to acquire specific data on aquifer properties and groundwater behaviour. Two production bores were...-
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Published: 14 Sep 1983
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-29, Mount Woods area sandstone-hosted uranium mineral prospects. Project final report.
As part of the PACE Initiative Year 3 collaborative drilling projects between PIRSA and the minerals industry, Goldstream carried out an approved programme of reverse circulation drilling on its Mount Woods area exploration tenements, into selected...-
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Published: 18 Dec 1906
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Water resources assessment for Lake Phillipson, South Australia.
The Lake Phillipson coal deposits currently under consideration by Utah Development Company as a potential mine, are located in a remote and arid region of Australia. Surface water sources simply do not exist in this area and any development will...-
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 1 partnership DPY1-47 - [prospecting for] water in Permian palaeochannels draining the Mount Woods Inlier. Project final report.
Development of the Prominent Hill copper-gold deposit in the Mount Woods region will require an adequate source of water to support planned mining and ore processing operations, currently estimated to involve at least 6 million tonnes of ore per year....-
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Published: 10 Jun 1905
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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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Analysis of Borehole samples for Residual Hydrocarbons, Mulka and Arckaringa Blocks, Eromanga Basin.
Six rock samples (2 core, 4 cuttings) from Mesozoic acquifers within old water boreholes in the Mulka and Arckaringa Block areas were analysed geochemically for traces of residual oil, using solvent extraction, liquid and gas chromatography and Rock...-
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Mount Eba. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 23/2/1978 to 22/2/1979.
In a search for possible buried stratiform base metal deposits of Mount Gunson type in an area surrounding Mount Eba Homestead, Carpentaria undertook a field reconnaissance of surface geological structures, followed by a study of aerial photographs...-
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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 74/00012 Commonwealth Railways - Tarcoola-Alice Springs railway (Robin Rise-Wintinna Hill section) progress report no. 5.
During the last drilling programme, six bores were drilled five of which were completed as water productive. The sixth (viz. Bore 30) is to be completed during the next drilling programme. As in progress report no. 4 the drilling target was the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 76/00065 Tarcoola Alice Springs railway. Groundwater completion report. Second tender progress report no. 7.
Twenty four holes with a total combined penetration of 2443 m were drilled by cable tool and rotary techniques between Robin Rise and Marla Bore, to locate and supply water for the Tarcoola to Alice Springs railway project. The holes penetrated the...-
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Published: 18 May 1976
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Mundowdna, Wilpoorinna, Dalarinna Hill and Calcutta (the Marree Project). Combined annual reports plus final reports to licences' respective expiry or surrender, for the period 21/6/2006 to 29/5/2014.
The Marree Project consists of four adjacent exploration licences, ELs 3574, 3577, 3578 and 3579, which together cover 3909 square km. Work performed on the project was governed by the Eromanga Basin joint venture agreement made between Eromanga...-
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Published: 30 May 1914
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Strangways [Springs]. Annual report plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/1/2011 to 6/1/2013.
An area extending along the Marree - William Creek - Oodnadatta Track, some distance to the west of Lake Eyre South and centred 140 km north of Olympic Dam, has been explored for possible economic buried Mesozoic sandstone-hosted (Kazakhstan style)...-
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Murangoona. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/1/1980 to 15/1/1982.
A small graben indicated by regional geophysical data from an area north of Mount Woods was investigated for its Permian coal potential. A semi-detailed gravity survey of three NW-SE lines totalling 57 km at 200 m station spacing was conducted, and a...-
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West Lake Eyre. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 31/10/1977 to 30/10/1979.
Exploration was undertaken in an area located approximately 80 km north of William Creek township, looking for a possible very large Olympic Dam - type buried epithermal base metal sulphide body that might occur in Precambrian basement, concealed...-
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Mount Distance. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 13/1/1972 to 12/1/1973.
Exploration for possible sedimentary uranium deposits of Lake Frome type hosted within anticipated buried Quaternary, Tertiary or Jurassic palaeochannels in the Mount Distance area, 60 km east-northeast of Lyndhurst, has included reconnaissance and...-
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Published: 13 Jan 1973
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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
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Mount Alberga. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 6/7/1973 to 17/1/1974.
Exploration was aimed at delineating favourable lithologies within Eromanga Basin sediments for hosting sedimentary uranium, which may have leached from the crystalline rocks of the Musgrave Ranges located to the west of the licence area. As part of...-
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Published: 18 Dec 1973
