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Farina. Progress reports for the period 28/2/82 to 29/8/82.
An area of approximately 1791 square km located to the north and north-west of the Leigh Creek Coalfield was taken out under licence by ETSA for one year, to enable the conduct of a joint ETSA/SADME coal exploration programme over alluvium-covered...-
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RB 59/00133 Investigation of Lakes Torrens and Gairdner. Part 1 investigation of Lake Torrens.
Lake Torrens, a normally - dry salina whose surface is 112 feet above sea level, has been the site of accummulation of some l,000 feet of continental lacustrine sediments since Eocene times. Sublake sediments encountered in boring comprise in...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1968
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RB 42/00026 Hydrology of the Pirie-Torrens Basin.
The trend in recent years to the raising of extensive crops of garden peas and other vegetables in portions of the coastal region between Port Pirie and Port Augusta has stimulated interest in the role which underground water might play in the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 83/00021 Coal exploration in the Leigh Creek Farina area, South Australia. EL 938, final report.
The subject exploration licence was taken up for a 1-year term to enable ETSA and SADME to jointly conduct exploration for possible Triassic coal basins that might be concealed beneath alluvial cover in sparsely drilled areas to the north and...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1983
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RB 98/00019 Spencer Regions strategic water management study.
The availability of adequate water supplies is crucial to future development, particularly in the arid areas of the State. Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA), as part of the Spencer Regions Strategic Water Management Study, has...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1998
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RB 90/00039 Groundwater and irrigation in the Baroota area, southern Pirie-Torrens Basin.
Aerial photography indicates that irrigation has increased substantially over the last few years. Concern has been expressed by some land-owners, and by the Mount Remarkable District Council, that extraction might be excessive. There is at least a...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1989
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PACE Theme 2 (drilling partnerships with PIRSA and industry): Year 5 partnership DPY5-64, eastern Torrens Basin / Torrens Hinge Zone, Parachilna geothermal play 2-D reflection seismic survey. Project final report.
As part of Torrens Energy' pioneering hot rock geothermal resource exploration in the central part of the Torrens Hinge Zone, a two-dimensional reflection seismic survey traverse was acquired using low-impact Vibroseis signal source equipment in the...-
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Mulgaria (Lake Torrens East Project). Final report at licence surrender for the period 15/3/2007 to 14/3/2008.
In a search for possible economic uranium and/or base and precious metal deposits occurring in an area lying adjacent to the north-eastern shoreline of Lake Torrens, operator UOG, as an agreed option-holder over the subject EL 3725, undertook a...-
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Published: 10 Apr 1908
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Lake MacFarlane. Combined first annual / final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 20/1/2016 to 19/1/2017.
Laboratory analysis of 18 samples of groundwater seepage brine collected from Lake MacFarlane during June-July 2016 indicated that the lake was unlikely to host an economically viable potash resource, and therefore the mineral exploration licence...-
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Published: 30 Nov 1916
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Port Augusta - Lake Torrens area. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 28/11/1979 to 29/10/1986.
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Parachilna, Hookina, Burt Lagoon and Kootaberra (part of the Wilkatana Project). Joint final report at licences' joint full surrender, for the period 26/11/2015 to 18/1/2018.
Following the completion of desktop studies of previous exploration data, and the conduct of a site visit to the Wilkatana Project area, it was decided that the metalliferous mineral prospectivity of basinal sediments underlying the four subject...-
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Published: 23 Jan 1918
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Lake Torrens. Progress reports to licence expiry/renewal for the period 13/4/1973 to 12/4/1975.
Continuing exploration by Delhi of the industrial salt potential of subsurface brines in the Lake Torrens basin aimed to ascertain the potential reserves of NaCl in the southern part of the lake, and to confirm the availability of suitable brine...-
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Uro Bluff. First partial surrender report, for the period 19/4/1982 to 18/4/1984.
A block comprising 727 square km or ~44.5% of EL 1003, being most of its northern portion, has now been relinquished due to its perceived diminished prospectivity for sedimentary copper mineralisation or diamonds. 11 percussion holes which were...-
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Total organic carbon and rock-evaluation pyrolysis data for samples from 11 wells, onshore South Australia.
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Nilpena area. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 26/2/91 to 16/8/91.
Exploration for possible diamonds and base metals in Cambrian sediments of the Beltana Sub-basin, east of the Ediacara Range, consisted of an appraisal of existing geophysical data, and drainage gravel sampling. No encouraging results were obtained.-
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Published: 23 Sep 1991
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Flinders Ranges. Final report.
Licence covering 21,079 square km granted 11/7/84: surrendered 11/4/85. Two reconnaisance geochemical programmes did not detect leakage of light hydrocarbon gases from petroleum fields at depth: 1. A helicopter- borne gas sensor survey over the...-
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Commodore. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 22/9/1980 to 21/10/1986.
Multicommodity exploration undertaken in the Commodore - Parachilna area of the west-central Flinders Ranges, just outside of the western boundary of the newly proclaimed national park and the included Heysen Range, has comprised limited gravel...-
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Lake Torrens, Stuart Creek Homestead, Mount Bayley and Lake Torrens West. Licence-specific progress reports and final reports to licences' respective expiry/full surrender, for the overall period 11/11/1986 to 1/3/1989.
TARGET: In an untested area immediately west of Leigh Creek, extending as far as the eastern side of Lake Torrens, ETSA was aiming to find buried deposits of Late Palaeozoic or Mesozoic coal of a rank at least equal to that of Leigh Creek coal (and...-
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Point Paterson - Port Pirie area. Progress, technical and final reports for the period 22/1/1970 to 10/12/1971.
Reports on the investigation of potential northern Spencer Gulf coastal sites for the solar evaporative production of seawater salt, principally as a feedstock for the proposed petrochemical plant which was being considered by Dow Chemical Corp. for...-
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Published: 10 Dec 1971
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Port Augusta (including Delhi Petroleum's Lake Torrens Salt Project). Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 24/1/1980 to 23/1/1982.
Field tests continued as part of the salt project, to confirm salt crystallization and purification data. Results indicate that brine production rates and quality and quantity of salt output are comparable with the results from previous tests....-
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