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Copper Hill [and Cameron Hill]. Progress reports and joint final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/10/1972 to 11/2/1974.
In a search for possible economic Permian coal seams buried at the southern end of the Boorthanna Trough of the Arckaringa Basin, the Petromin joint venture consortium selected an area to drill where it was inferred that such coal might lie within 300...-
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Mount Willoughby, Marla, Nicholson Hill, Hope, Manya, Emu, Moorefield, Lake Meramangye, Dingo Claypan and Alinya (Officer Basin). Progress, technical and partial relinquishment reports for the period 20/8/1980 to 19/8/1985.
TRONA EXPLORATION: Of the 9 rotary/diamond holes drilled, only the first, Meramangye 1, intersected a unit equivalent to the Observatory Hill Beds, which was the target horizon for trona. Drillholes Manya nos 2-6 and Marla 7 intersected Cambrian red...-
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RB 58/00120 Summary of recent investigations in the Mount Toondina area of the Arckaringa Sub-basin.
Detailed mapping, drilling of 2 shallow stratigraphic wells, gravity and seismic surveys were carried out over inlier within Mesozoic sediments. Aim of drilling was to test for coal seams and describe Permian strata, but only Cretaceous / Jurassic...-
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Published: 18 Jun 1964
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RB 60/00076 Mount Toondina Beds. Permian sediments in a probable piercement structure.
Mount Toondina lies near to the centre of the Arckaringa Basin, herein redefined somewhat provisionally, on seismic evidence, as a significantly thicker development of Upper Palaeozoic sediments. The Mount Toondina Beds are herein formally described....-
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Published: 07 Apr 1965
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RB 76/00153 Seismic refraction investigation of the Tallaringa Palaeochannel, August 1976.
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Published: 01 Jan 1976
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RB 93/00010 Explanatory Notes for the WARRINA 1:250 000 geological map.
The oldest rocks on WARRINA outcrop in the Peake and Denison Inliers, which comprise the Davenport and Denison Ranges and small inliers to the east. Basement in this area consists of Palaeoproterozoic metamorphic rocks which were intruded by...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1994
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RB 94/00045 Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package (second edition). Detailed index.
MESA's Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package has been created to provide a complete record of all reported exploration activities and related studies (with the exception of certain feasibility studies) carried out by, and prepared for, the...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1994
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RB 96/00025 Exploration for coal in the Coober Pedy area, South Australia.
As part of the Government's South Australian Exploration Initiative (SAEI), and in support of the South Australian Steel and Energy (SASE) Project, a small coal exploration program was initiated by MESA to investigate a number of subtle magnetic lows...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1996
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RB 96/00019 Correlation of Permian sandstones in the Officer, Arckaringa and Pedirka Basins.
A detailed petrographic study of Permian sandstone drill cuttings and core samples selected from 32 drillholes variously located within the Officer, Arckaringa and Pedirka Basins was undertaken, with the intent of trying to classify the sandstones as...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1997
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Weedina coal deposit, Arckaringa Basin. Mining proponent's submission to FEAC, including supporting geological data.
In June 1986 Cyprus Australia Coal Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of a large American coal producer and marketer then holding exploration licences over the Weedina coal deposit in the far north of South Australia, submitted to the South Australian...-
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Preliminary feasibility study for the Wintinna Coal Project.
This report sets out the results of a pre-feasibility study carried out for the Wintinna Coal Project in South Australia. Contained in it are a description of the facilities and preliminary cost estimates for the development of the project. The study...-
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Proposal to the Electricity Trust of South Australia for the supply of thermal coal for power generation.
This proposal being made to ETSA, for the supply of 1.3 Mt of thermal coal per year over 25 years for electrical power generation at the new Northern Power Station currently being built at Port Augusta, is intended to allow that utility to make an...-
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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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Dewatering investigations, Lake Phillipson area, South Australia.
An initial investigation programme aimed at obtaining hydraulic data from part of the Lake Phillipson Permian coal field been successfully completed. The initial area under consideration for mining is of approximately 130 hectares within the Western...-
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Conversion of Lake Phillipson coal to fuel gases and liquids.
This report addresses processes and systems by which Lake Phillipson coal may be converted to fuel gases and liquids, sometimes with the simultaneous production of char. Published literature has been the source of all of the information. Aspects of...-
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Published: 14 Apr 1975
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Preliminary evaluation of coal quality for coal deposits in an area near Lake Phillipson, South Australia.
During October 1977, a limited drilling programme was conducted on the Lake Phillipson coal deposits to provide cores of various seams in selected areas of the Main and West Basins. The results of analyses of these cores are considered in this report...-
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McDouall Peak - Kingoonya area. Data release at licence expiry/renewal : progress and technical reports for the period 26/8/1971 to 26/11/1980. [forms Part 1 of a SADME -compiled Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package released in December 1994].
A review of existing information indicated the possibility of Permian sediments extending southwards beneath Mesozoic cover. During 1971-1972, the licensee completed 10 rotary drilling traverses across strike that covered the entire Phillipson...-
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Published: 02 Dec 1980
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Evelyn Downs Homestead, Woorong Creek, Yijulka Creek and Mount Carulina [part of the Arckaringa Coalfield, northern South Australia]. Combined partial surrender report at licences' expiry/renewal, for the period 20/2/1980 to 28/3/1987.
A significant portion of the Arckaringa Basin acreage held by Meekatharra Minerals, that was subjected to greenfields coal exploration between 1980 and 1986, has now been relinquished. Relevant exploration work, for which the basic data is being...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Arckaringa Creek. Annual reports for the period 27/4/2015 to 11/5/2022.
Two separate areas in the Arckaringa Basin, designated as EL 5598 Areas 'A' and 'B', have been taken up to allow for a fresh assessment of the development potential of the large East Wintinna and Weedina coal deposits, respectively. During the first...-
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Published: 09 May 1918
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Phillipson. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 27/4/2000 to 8/8/2010.
During the sixth licence year, on renewed EL 2717 covering the same area as previously, the licensee, now a wholly owned subsidiary of AuIron Energy Limited (formerly Meekatharra Minerals Limited), progressed its investigations of the geology of the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
