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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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Kadlongaroo Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/8/1981 to 10/8/1982.
Drilling of a 196 m deep vertical diamond hole to further investigate the oil shale potential of Permian strata in the axis of the Boorthanna Trough, north of Billa Kalina Homestead, intersected only Lower Permian glacial sediments below 30 m thick...-
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Published: 02 Jun 1982
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Mount Willoughby, Marla, Nicholson Hill, Hope, Manya, Emu, Moorefield, Lake Meramangye, Dingo Claypan and Alinya (Officer Basin). Progress, technical and partial relinquishment reports for the period 20/8/1980 to 19/8/1985.
TRONA EXPLORATION: Of the 9 rotary/diamond holes drilled, only the first, Meramangye 1, intersected a unit equivalent to the Observatory Hill Beds, which was the target horizon for trona. Drillholes Manya nos 2-6 and Marla 7 intersected Cambrian red...-
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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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Solid geology interpretation (draft) of the GCAS 9A area.
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Published: 01 Dec 1919
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RB 55/00132 Permian plant macrofossils, Toondina 1-mile sheet.
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 58/00120 Summary of recent investigations in the Mount Toondina area of the Arckaringa Sub-basin.
Detailed mapping, drilling of 2 shallow stratigraphic wells, gravity and seismic surveys were carried out over inlier within Mesozoic sediments. Aim of drilling was to test for coal seams and describe Permian strata, but only Cretaceous / Jurassic...-
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Published: 18 Jun 1964
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RB 60/00076 Mount Toondina Beds. Permian sediments in a probable piercement structure.
Mount Toondina lies near to the centre of the Arckaringa Basin, herein redefined somewhat provisionally, on seismic evidence, as a significantly thicker development of Upper Palaeozoic sediments. The Mount Toondina Beds are herein formally described....-
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Published: 07 Apr 1965
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RB 60/00107 Stuart Range no. 3 bore, Coober Pedy, stratigraphy and micropalaeontology.
Stuart Range No.3 bore, which was deepened by rotary drilling during January-March 1965 in a search for additional underground water supplies for the Coober Pedy Opalfield, and which was completed as a stratigraphic bore (with some bottomhole rotary...-
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Published: 26 May 1965
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RB 84/00024 Palynology of trench samples from the region of Millers Creek Woolshed, KINGOONYA 1:250 000 sheet.
Late Palaeozoic age is suggested for 1 of 2 samples (mudstones) containing sparse microflora and underlying Cadna-owie Formation.-
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Published: 01 Apr 1984
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RB 78/00152 Murnaroo 1. Well completion report.
During September-December 1976, Murnaroo 1 was drilled by the SA Department of Mines to TD 627.5 m near Observatory Hill in the central southern part of the Officer Basin, to investigate the local subsurface stratigraphy and economic potential, and...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1979
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RB 81/00022 Carboniferous and Permian sediments in South Australia and their correlation.
In the past 25 years, late Palaeozoic sediments in South Australia have generally been assigned entirely to the Permian. Recent investigations especially by Balme (1980) suggest that a significant part of this succession, including most of the glacial...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1981
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RB 82/00045 Late Palaeozoic palynology of SADME Konkaby Bore 2, Mulgathing Trough.
Latest Carboniferous and earliest Permian ages are determined for 3 drill core samples.-
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Published: 01 Jun 1982
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RB 82/00085 Late Carboniferous and Early Permian stratigraphy and microfloras in eastern Australia - Some implications from a study of the Arckaringa Basin.
The Arckaringa Basin is closely related to the Pedirka, Cooper and Galilee Basins, all of which first received glacigene sediments in the Late Carboniferous with subsequent accumulation of coal measures in the Early Permian. Well preserved...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1982
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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 84/00085 Stuart Highway - Gosses to Mirikata section, drilling for construction water.
11 of 16 wells were completed as production water wells. Responses to test pumping were mostly of the Boulton delayed yield type. Yields range from less than 0.5 litres to 3.7 litres and salinities from 4 000 to 1 300 mg. Only 2 wells penetrated...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1984
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RB 86/00088 Permian palynofloras from SADME Bulgunnia 1 and 2 wells, Arckaringa Basin.
Poorly preserved palynofloras in 3 samples are correlated with the Permian Stage 3b of Price (1983) and Interval Zone PP2.2 of Price et al, (1985). The age is Early Permian (Sakmarian).-
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Published: 01 Feb 1987
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RB 82/00022 Arckaringa Basin coal investigation.
Review was made of past exploration and an assessment of the coal potential of portion of the Boorthanna Trough in the Billa Kalina area, where 2 grabens containing shallow Mount Toondina Formation are indicated.-
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Published: 01 Aug 1983
