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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 53/00139 Test drilling of Tertiary sand deposits, sections 139 and 150 Hundred of Willunga.
Boring has proved 1½ million cubic yards of basal Tertiary sand under 600,000 cubic yards of overburden to an average depth of 12 feet. The sands lie on an uneven basement of Permian and Proterozoic sediment which shallows to the north. The sand has a...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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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 57/00089 Report on test boring of sand deposit, section 133 Hundred of Willunga.
Boring has intersected basal Tertiary North Maslin Sands under Tortachilla Limestone. The age of the underlying clays is tentatively regarded as Permian. An estimated 60 000 cubic yards of overburden covers 220 000 cubic yards of sand within the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1963
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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 61/00004 Sand deposit, secn 364 Hd Willunga - Monier Besser.
Auger drilling has been undertaken on behalf of Monier Besser Pty Ltd on section 364, Hundred of Willunga, to determine the availability of sand suitable for the manufacture of roof tiles. The property adjoins the Main South Road near Pedlar Creek,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 49/00192 Test drilling of Tertiary sand deposit, section 366 Hundred of Willunga.
The area tested contains sands of Tertiary age overlain by a thin veneer of Recent material. The probable reserves within this area are a quarter million cubic yards; the possible reserves are three-quarter million cubic yards. The sands are finer...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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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 93/00040 Reverse circulation drilling of construction sand deposits, Maslin Beach extractive industry zone.
During January 1993, 25 reverse circulation holes totalling 1072 m were drilled in the Maslin Beach Extractive Industry Zone in parts of the zone where previous drilling was very broadly spaced or where samples were of uncertain quality. Based on...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1993
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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
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RB 61/00065 Sand deposit, secn 363 Hd Willunga - Monier Besser Pty Ltd.
Auger drilling has been undertaken on behalf of Monier Besser Pty. Ltd. On section 363, Hundred Willunga, to determine the extent of construction sand in this locality. The property adjoins that previously tested (Johns, 1965) and is situated some 31...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1967
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RB 75/00031 Drilling of the Tatachilla sand deposit, secn 142 Hd Willunga, Co. Adelaide - Pioneer Concrete (SA) Pty Ltd.
Rotary drilling of 16 holes at the Tatachilla sand deposit on the northern margin of the Willunga Basin indicates total reserves of 3.6M cubic metres of construction sand and 0.8M cubic metres of filling sand. Overburden and waste totol 2.3M cubic...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 75/00078 Test drilling for sand, pt secn 143 Hd Willunga, Co. Adelaide - Chaplin Holdings Pty Ltd.
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 75/00140 Construction sand resources, Maslin Beach, Hd Willunga, Co. Adelaide.
Maslin Beach is the only major sand producing area south of Adelaide. Since the start of mining in 1928 to the end of 1974, 10.5M tonnes of construction sand have been produced. A total of 36.5M tonnes of washed sand has been proved by drilling....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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RB 76/00067 Price sand deposit.
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Published: 20 May 1976
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Hamley Bridge (North Adelaide Plains). Progress and relinquishment reports for the period 27/7/1981 to 26/4/1982.
In a search for possible economic heavy mineral - bearing buried Tertiary beach sand deposits, similar to the recent Golden Grove discovery made in Eocene fluviatile sediments of an adjacent sub-basin, 20 vertical percussion stratigraphic drillholes...-
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RI 030 The Construction Sand Industry in the Adelaide Metropolitan Area
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