-
RB 54/00097 Coal exploration, Clinton North Coalfield.
Drilling has confirmed the presence of a substantial body of lignite in a northern extension of the Clinton coal basin at a higher level than the main seam in the main Clinton Coalfield. The lignite has many sand and clay partings. Further scout...-
Document
Published: 01 Jan 1964
-
RB 50/00161 Inkerman-Balaklava Coalfield.
The presence of lignite in the Inkerman-Balaklava area was proved in 1922 when exploratory drilling was first carried out. A total of 30 bores were drilled between 1922 and 1950. Indicated reserves calculated on the basis of this drilling were 200...-
Document
Published: 01 Jan 1960
-
RB 48/00060 Coal exploration, northern end of the St Vincent Basin.
The northern end of the St. Vincent Basin in the Port Wakefield area consists of two well marked sub-basins of unequal area divided by a meridional fault passing along the east side of a median basement block. A deep trough occurs along the western...-
Document
Published: 01 Jan 1960
-
RB 77/00078 Eocene palynology of a sample from Golden Grove, South Australia.
There is no abstract created for this record-
Document
Published: 01 Jan 1977
-
RB 86/00086 Bowmans coal deposit. 1986 drilling programme data report.
Drilling within preferred mining area of the deposit was undertaken to obtain coal quality and tonneage data.18,100 mm diameter cored holes (554 metres) and 18 open holes (3138 metres) were drilled to delineate optimum mining area (6529 : 4 MW558 -...-
Document
Published: 01 Nov 1986
-
RB 78/00013 Northern Adelaide Plains gas storage study. Barabba gravity low.
The Barabba Gravity Low in the Northern Adelaide Plains has been interpreted as a southerly dipping trough-like depression in Precambrian bedrock, infilled with Tertiary and covered by a blanket of Quaternary sediments. All margins of this feature are...-
Document
Published: 01 Jan 1978
-
RB 77/00055 Refraction seismic survey in the northern St Vincent Basin Coalfield.
A refraction seismic survey was employed to determine depths to bedrock in the northern St. Vincent Basin. The aim was to assist siting drillholes of a coal exploration programme within a down faulted trough. Time-distance curves did not directly...-
Document
Published: 29 Mar 1971
-
RB 79/00082 Geological results from the 1977/78 drilling programme, Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits.
Between December 1977 and February 1978, 103 coal exploration and development holes were drilled in the Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits, 100 km north of Adelaide. These Tertiary deposits, in the northern extremity of the St. Vincent Basin, contain...-
Document
Published: 01 Feb 1992
-
RB 99/00025 Palynological analyses and dating of nine samples from Lochiel coal pit, St Vincent Basin, South Australia.
Palynological analyses of nine grab samples from the Lochiel coal test pit show two distinct floristic types, i.e. Haloragacidites spp. dominated and Nothofagidites spp. dominated palynofloras. This distinction is interpreted as indicating a change...-
Document
Published: 01 Aug 1999
-
Inkerman. Final report at licence surrender for the period 12/5/2008 to 1/6/2009.
Exploration for economic coal seams within Tertiary sediments of the northern St Vincent Basin, south of the recognised Bowmans coal deposit, consisted only of a detailed review of previous Electricity Trust of South Australia exploration in the area...-
Document
-
Lake Bumbunga. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 30/5/1985 to 16/5/1991.
TARGET: Coal in the northern Saint Vincent Basin. EXPLORATION: Rotary open hole and core drilling plus detailed geological and geophysical logging of 24 holes on Lake Bumbunga, designed to achieve coal sampling to 500 m centres in the area lying south...-
Document
Published: 07 Apr 1991
-
Port Wakefield (the Clinton Coal-to-Liquids Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/8/2007 to 15/8/2015.
Ground covering the known extent of three shallowly buried Eocene lignite deposits located in the Port Wakefield district was taken up to allow their delineation in tonnage and quality terms, to modern industry standards (i.e. meeting the Joint Ore...-
Document
-
Port Wakefield. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 2/3/1977 to 1/3/1978.
TARGET: Definition of economic brown coal mineralisation in the northern Saint Vincent Basin. EXPLORATION: Open-hole rotary drilling of 127 holes totalling 11,103 m, including a reported minimum of 468 m of HQ rotary coring in 24 of the holes. The...-
Document
-
Port Wakefield and Clinton. Progress reports for the period 26/7/1974 to 26/7/1977.
TARGET: Coal in the northern Saint Vincent Basin. EXPLORATION: Drilling of 8 holes and sampling for coal analysis.-
Document
Published: 01 Jan 1977
-
Clinton and Port Wakefield. Progress reports for the period 27/5/1974 to 1/9/1975.
TARGET: Coal in the northern Saint Vincent Basin. EXPLORATION: Drilling of 3 holes and sampling for coal analysis.-
Document
Published: 01 Jan 1975
-
Lochiel coal deposit. 1988 geostatistical evaluation.
A geostatistical evaluation and confirmation of tonnages and grades for the Lochiel deposit is presented. An estimate of the reliability of the parameters used is also provided. The results confirm the earlier resource estimates from the resource...-
Document
-
Report to SENRAC on the evaluation of coal types in the Bowmans deposit - phase 1.
Coal types and associated quality throughout the coal zone were assessed and the relationship between coal and quality parameters was evaluated.-
Document
Published: 01 Jan 1988
-
Treatment of coal from Wakefield, South Australia, for removal of soluble salts.
A combined sample of 6 borehole cores was used to study the reduction of soluble salts, mainly sodium chloride, in Wakefield coal by a process of water leaching. Practically all the sodium chloride was removed and other chlorides and sulphates were...-
Document
Published: 29 Apr 1977
-
Lochiel coal deposit bulk sampling programme, 1982.
A 210 tonne bulk sample of soft brown coal was obtained from the southern margin of the deposit using large diameter coring techniques. The recovered sample stratigraphy is consistent with a 6.4 metre coal seam overlain by clay and carbonaceous silty...-
Document
Published: 01 Jan 1983
-
Geological investigation of the Bowmans trial pit.
The sediments exposed in the Bowmans trial pit were mapped and sampled in detail. The oldest formation recognised is the mid to late Eocene Clinton Coal Measures, which is represented by low rank, soft brown coal and unconsolidated, medium grained...-
Document
Published: 03 Mar 1981
