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Feasibility level geotechnical and hydrogeological studies, Moorlands coal deposit, Lobe E, Moorlands SA.
Drilling (132.8 metres) included fully cored geotechnical hole to basement to estimate mine planning constraints for open cut mining. The unconfined aquifer above the lignite must be dewatered for mine slope stability. Overburden contains 2 layers of...-
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Moorlands coal deposit conceptual mining study.
Coal seam thickness averages 9.55 metres. In situ reserves are 8.85 MT. Recoverable coal reserves are 8.6 MT. Capital required to bring the mine into operation is $15.2 M. The real average cost of production is $13.69 / T.-
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Morgan. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 28/11/1977 to 1/9/1978.
During Dampier's exploration conducted near Morgan township in the western Murray Basin, the main target was possible economic coal measures in Cretaceous or Tertiary sediments, with the base metal potential of pre-Mesozoic basement rocks constituting...-
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RB 2003/00013 North-western Murray Basin geological synthesis, South Australia.
The Murray Basin is an intracratonic basin filled with Cainozoic fluvial to shallow marine sediments. Deposition in the Eocene and early Oligocene was characterised by floodplain and swamp deposits, emplaced with occasional interbeds of shelly clays...-
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Published: 01 Aug 2003