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RB 53/00052 Report on sand deposit, sections 131, 132, 133, 140, 142 and 143 Hundred of Willunga.
Drilling has detected sand of early Tertiary age overlain by younger loam, kunkar and clay. The sand is lying unconformably on weathered Precambrian bedrock or on Permian glacial clay. Drilling on Section 140, Hundred Willunga has failed to locate a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 53/00071 Test drilling of sand deposit, secn 142 Hd Willunga - Twin Power Excavations.
Further boring has confirmed the presence of 2½ million cubic yards of sand covered by 2 million cubic yards of overburden. The mean clay content of all samples tested from section 142 is 7.6% by weight. Unwashed sand has a slightly higher proportion...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 56/00116 Report on test boring of Tertiary sand deposit, mineral secns 1293, 1294 and pt secn 365 Hd Willunga - ABM Noarlunga Sand Co.
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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RB 56/00118 Test boring of sand deposit, secn 366 Hd Willunga.
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Published: 01 Jan 1965
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RB 60/00022 Palynological observations on Eocene sediments from two bores in the northern Adelaide Plains.
Microfloras from Eocene marine and non-marine sediments, intersected in two deep bores in the Adelaide Plains Basin, can be placed within two distinct assemblage units. The correlative value of these as time-stratigraphic units is discussed.-
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Published: 03 Feb 1965
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RB 60/00051 Stratigraphy and micropalaeontology of three deep bores, Hd Port Gawler.
Three relatively deep bores, drilled recently on the northern Adelaide Plains in the Hundred of Port Gawler, about 20 miles north of Adelaide, have intersected useful complementary sections of the Cainozoic succession, ranging from 560 feet to 1148...-
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Published: 15 Mar 1965
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RB 60/00103 Phosphate reconnaissance sampling, Willunga and Noarlunga sub-basins.
Reconnaissance sampling of coastal and inland exposures of the Tertiary succession in the Willunga and Noarlunga sub-basins of the Saint Vincent Basin indicates that the P205 content of the sediments is below the average of normal marine carbonates. A...-
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Published: 25 May 1965
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RB 41/00124 Supplementary note on Willunga Basin sediments. Appendix in: Cochrane, G.W. - The geology and hydrology of the Willunga Basin.
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 84/00007 Sand and clay resources of the Maslin Beach-Pedlar Creek area.
Evaluates economic potential of all stratigraphic units and recommends modification of Extractive Industry Zone. Contains 115 million tonnes of construction sand predominantly in North Maslin Sand Member and widespread weathered bedrock brick shale....-
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Published: 30 Sep 1985
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RB 79/00146 Exploration for underground gas storage targets in South Australia.
Geophysical and geological surveys and drilling in the Northern Adelaide Plains of South Australia have located a Tertiary palaeochannel incised within Proterozoic bedrock. Present data indicate favourable reservoir and seal conditions for the...-
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RB 81/00107 Heavy minerals at Golden Grove, report no. 2. Results of 1980 drilling programme. Hd Yatala, Co. Adelaide.
During drilling of construction sand and clay in 1976 and 1977, an accumulation of heavy minerals was discovered in an embayment on the eastern margin of the Tertiary basin. Heavy minerals, mainly ilmenite, rutile,and zircon, with lesser amounts of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 94/00009 Soils, stratigraphy and engineering geology of near surface materials of the Adelaide Plains.
Metropolitan Adelaide is founded on a wide variety of soils that overlie sediments and rocks. Some of the soils and sediments react to seasonal and human-induced changes in water content with marked changes in volume. The black earths and...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1996
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RB 99/00011 Physical properties of construction sands from the Adelaide area.
In response to a request for assistance from the State Heritage Branch, a suite of 56 sand samples has been collected from all major currently producing sand pits in the outer metropolitan area. Physical properties including grain size, grain...-
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Published: 01 May 1999
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RB 97/00025 Preliminary report of palaeodrainage in the St Vincent Basin and Mount Lofty Ranges.
Generalised contouring of the Mount Lofty Ranges aimed at reconstructing the Tertiary landsurface topography has identified the locations of a number of possible buried fluvial valleys and channels associated with the St Vincent Basin palaeodrainage,...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1997
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Investigation into public risks from potential landfill gas migration and abandoned underground clay mine workings in the Saint Agnes district of Adelaide.
Field investigations including drilling and soil gas sampling, carried out as part of a subsurface hazard assessment for a parcel of land at Saint Agnes, did not indicate any significant risks to an intended building development.-
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Published: 27 Feb 1903
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Baker Gully. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 13/11/1979 to 12/11/1980.
The licence was taken up to test the alluvial diamond potential of Tertiary gravels exposed in quarry workings at Baker Gully, which were interpreted as having been deposited by an ancestral Onkaparinga River. The surface gravels were bulk sampled (3...-
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Published: 08 Jan 1981
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RI 030 The Construction Sand Industry in the Adelaide Metropolitan Area
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Broch 061 Geology of McLaren Vale Wine Region 2000 (see BROCH 060 for 2010 version)
McLaren Vale, one of South Australia's major wine producing regions, is nestled in a geological province known as the Willunga Embayment, just a short drive south of Adelaide. From the sediments which were deposited in the basin-shaped embayment,...-
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RB 73/00162 Test drilling of Alberts sand deposit.
Albert's Sand Pit Pty. Ltd. is producing sand suitable for construction purposes from the basal Tertiary North Maslin Sands near Maslins Beach. Drilling during 1972 and 1973 has outlined the following reserves of sand under 4.21 million cubic metres...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 61/00098 Construction sand industry in the Adelaide metropolitan area.
Most of the sand utilised for civil construction aggregate in the Adelaide Metropolitan area is supplied from the Golden Grove – Highbury basin, the Willunga Basin and the Gawler – Rowland Flat area. The northern rim of the Willunga Basin, east of the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967