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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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Tallaringa. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 12/2/1981 to 11/8/1982.
Scout drilling of gravity low anomalies in the western half of the buried Permian Wallira Trough (2 rotary mud holes totalling 100 m), in a search for possible economic Upper Permian coal seams which might extend westward from those discovered in the...-
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Published: 03 Aug 1982
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Lake Phillipson North. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 16/3/1981 to 15/9/1982.
Drilling of 3 rotary mud holes totalling 392 m on gravity lows in the Mabel Creek area disclosed only thin seams of lignite at about 66 m depth. Because the holes were not geophysically logged, the coal seam thickness could not be ascertained....-
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Published: 20 Aug 1982
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Lake Phillipson area. Progress and technical reports for the periods 23/11/1978 to 22/11/1980, and 12/2/1981 to 11/5/1982. [forms Part 2 of a SADME - compiled Lake Phillipson coal deposit data package released in December 1994].
The licensee's 1981 coal search programme at Lake Phillipson had the following objectives: - delineation of the total extent of the coal measures; - resolution of seam stratigraphy and correlation of seams between the Main and West Areas; -...-
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RB 84/00001 Review of exploration activity in the Arckaringa Basin region 1858-1983. Volume 1 - Report.
State Government and exploration company data are compiled into a review of the geology and resource potential of the region. Attention is directed to the relative lack of basic lithological, petrophysical and biostratigraphic data, despite the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1984
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RB 91/00103 Geology and mineral potential of the Pitjantjatjara Lands - South Australia.
The Pitjantjatjara Lands cover crystalline basement rocks of the Middle Proterozoic Musgrave Block, fringed by relatively unaltered sediments of the late Proterozoic and Palaeozoic Officer Basin, the late Palaeozoic Arckaringa Basin and the Mesozoic...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1991
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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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Update of a study of the Westfield [Coal] Deposit.
A consultancy desk study of Jan.-Feb. 1986, as updated to 1992, for the proposed development of an underground longwall mine at the Westfield coal deposit. It assesses concepts of mining technical feasibility, establishes a preliminary mine plan, and...-
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Evaluation of northern Arckaringa Basin coal occurrences. Miscellaneous technical reports re. the Wintinna deposit, and also the Westfield deposit : mining feasibility and costing studies.
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Economic study - coal from [the] Wintinna Coalfield for power generation in South Australia.
A mine development and fuel technology applications study has been carried out on the Wintinna Coal Deposit to: 1. Determine the output tonnages of coal required for economic operation by opencut mining methods. 2. Compare the quality of Wintinna...-
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Williams Bore [Weedina coal deposit]. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 31/10/1990 to 29/9/1998.
An area of 261 square km covering the Weedina coal deposit within the Arckaringa Basin has been retained by Cyprus Australia to protect the core of a very large buried Permian age sub-bituminous rank coal resource (~ 1200 Mt measured and indicated + ~...-
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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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Williams Bore (Weedinna Coalfield). Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/4/2005 to 3/6/2014.
An area of 304 square km was taken up by SAPEX to allow it to evaluate afresh known sub-bituminous coal measures in the Permian Mount Toondina Formation that constitute the Weedina coal deposit. This deposit, located ~90 km north-east of Coober Pedy,...-
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Published: 11 Jul 1914
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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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Hydrogenation study of Lake Phillipson coal.
Lake Phillipson coal appears to be suitable for liquefaction, giving an 80% solvent-based conversion of dry, ash-free material to 61% coal extract and 19% gas, with the former product yielding 41% mineral oil upon distillation.-
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Published: 14 Jul 1976
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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
