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RB 83/00071 Stratigraphic framework of Tertiary duricrusts and weathering profiles, east margin of the Eucla Basin, southern Australia.
Deeply weathered rocks are evident from Late Cretaceous to (Late) Middle Eocene, followed by two major periods of duricrust formation in Oligocene - Early Middle Miocene.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1983
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RB 78/00149 Eocene palynology of SADME Wilkinson no. 1, eastern Officer Basin.
In Wilkinson 1 drillhole, 1 carbonaceous drill cuttings sample and 5 drill core samples were examined, and compared with sediments found in the Tallaringa Palaeodrainage System and Wallira West 1. Palynomorphs are present in the drill cuttings from...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 85/00013 Latest Eocene palynofloras of the Pidinga Formation, Wilkinson no. 1 well, western South Australia.
Diverse palynomorph assemblages were recovered from Wilkinson 1 and are correlated with the latest Eocene Sparganiaceaepollenites barungensis Zone (Harris 1971) in South Australia and the upper Nothofagidites asperus Zone (Stover and Partridge 1973)...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1985
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RB 79/00114 Palaeodrainage systems in western South Australia. Their detection by Landsat imagery, stratigraphic significance and economic potential.
Two major palaeodrainage systems of Tertiary age, with watersheds of up to 35 000 square km and channel lengths of 200-250 km, have been recognised and delineated using LANDSAT imagery, during 1:250 000 scale geological mapping in western South...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 78/00038 Report on drilling in the Tallaringa palaeodrainage system.
Programme of fully cored shallow holes. Aim was to investigate stratigraphy of the palaeochannels, relate this to the geology and evaluate economic potential of channel confined sediments, to test for lignite, sedimentary uranium, alluvial gold, heavy...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 96/00009 Oak Valley groundwater investigation.
MESA was contracted to find a groundwater supply for the Oak Valley Community. It was identified that the water's salinity was required to be less than 40,000 mg/l for desalination, and that the yield needed was 1 l/s. The investigation included a...-
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Published: 01 Feb 1996
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RB 97/00056 An assessment of the groundwater resources of the Lake Maurice area, northwest South Australia, for the Oak Valley Community, Maralinga Tjarutja Aboriginal Lands.
The Oak Valley Community requires a more convenient water supply. If potable groundwater cannot be found then a supply suitable for purification must be found. Current requirements are a supply of 1 L/s of water of salinity not greater than 40 000...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1997
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RB 99/00027 Report on a water search program over the Yalata-Ooldea Road.
A Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) survey was used to prospect for groundwater at three locations on the road between Yalata and Ooldea, on the thesis that water would be available in either deeper overburden or fractured basement. Overburden targets...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1999
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RB 89/00029 Palynological dating of Pidinga Formation from Aquitaine SMD 4031, SMD4034 and SMD4035 wells.
Three drill cuttings samples were assigned a Late Eocene age.-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 89/00030 Palynological dating of Pidinga Formation from PN-19914 well.
A sample of carbonaceous mud was assigned a Late Eocene age.-
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Published: 01 May 1989
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RB 90/00029 Seismic study of the offshore Denman and Eucla Basins.
Four horizons were mapped (top of basement, top of Permian, top of Cretaceous and Sea Floor). The Denman Basin is a 50 km wide, north-south trending depression in Early Palaeozoic - Precambrian bedrock, infilled with up to 400 metres of Permian...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1991
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RB 90/00014 Explanatory Notes for the TALLARINGA 1:250 000 geological map.
There is no abstract created for this record-
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Published: 01 Mar 1991
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RB 96/00043 Report on a transient electromagnetic survey around Garford Palaeochannel, SA.
There are no known major groundwater resources in the Garford area, which borders the Barton and Ooldea Ranges dunefield and Great Victoria Desert southwest of Coober Pedy. The groundwater that is used by graziers for stock watering occurs in...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1996
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Watraba (part of the Watraba Project). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 6/6/2005 to 3/4/2009.
Exploration of an onshore area located in the vicinity of Watraba aimed to discover beach or shallow marine placer concentrations of zircon-rich heavy mineral sands, possibly formed within significant thicknesses of prospective Upper Tertiary Ooldea...-
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Published: 20 May 1909
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Hierns Well. Annual reports and partial surrender report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 29/9/2004 to 28/9/2009.
An area located 40 km south-west of Tarcoola was taken up to explore primarily for possible economic buried sedimentary uranium mineralisation within the Tertiary cover sequence, and secondarily for epithermal/hydrothermal copper-gold deposits or for...-
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Published: 09 Oct 1909
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-01, north-western Eyre Peninsula (eastern Eucla Basin) heavy mineral sands prospects. Project final report.
As a result of PACE Initiative - subsidised regional exploratory drilling for Tertiary heavy mineral sands carried out on the north-western Eyre Peninsula during February-April 2006, comprising 349 aircore drillholes put down along 19 traverses for a...-
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Published: 08 Jun 1906
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 2 partnership DPY2-10, Watraba (eastern Eucla Basin) heavy mineral sands prospect. Project final report.
This partly PACE-funded drilling project aimed to discover a heavy mineral sand deposit along the eastern margin of the Eucla Basin in the EL 3363 Watraba project area, located 40 kilometres north to north-west of Ceduna. Drilling tested an...-
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Published: 18 Dec 1906
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 3 partnership DPY3-57, Streaky Bay area gravity highs and lows - IOCG and sedimentary uranium mineral prospects. Project final report.
As part of the PACE Initiative Year 3 subsidised drilling programmes, Minotaur Exploration proposed exploring a large tenement package in the Streaky Bay area simultaneously for Prominent Hill style iron oxide copper gold (IOCG) and palaeochannel...-
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Pureba Conservation Park, Nunnyah Conservation Reserve, Koolgera Conservation Reserve, Jellabinna, Ooldea South and Ooldea Range (part of the Eucla Basin Project). Joint first partial surrender report, for the period 27/10/2004 to 31/1/2009.
Exploration for possible economic heavy mineral sands carried out by Iluka Resources within the now relinquished portions of its multi-licence acreage has comprised aircore drilling of the Cainozoic sedimentary sequence (173 holes for a total...-
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Published: 31 Jan 1909
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Pyramid Bore. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 8/7/2005 to 5/1/2010.
An area located approximately 10 km north of Glendambo has been explored for possible economic buried uranium deposits which might be indicated by aerial radiometric anomalies associated with playa lakes in the region, since these latter mark zones of...-
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Published: 20 May 1910
