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Clare Valley groundwater resources. Progress report 4: drilling Phases III and IV.
Two additional phases of the drilling program to assess the groundwater resources in the Clare Valley were undertaken during March 1998 at Wendouree (Phase III), and during July 2000 at Wendouree and Watervale Oval (Phase IV). The Phase III program...-
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Shallow groundwater quality monitoring program for the Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board area.
The Onkaparinga Catchment Water Management Board (OCWMB) is responsible for an area of approx. 920 square km which includes the Onkaparinga Catchment in the Adelaide Hills and the Noarlunga and Willunga sedimentary embayments south of Adelaide, South...-
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Late Proterozoic hydrocarbon potential and its association with diapirism in Blinman 2, central Flinders Ranges, SA.
In early 1991, Blinman 2 wildcat drilled through 2031 metres of sediments of the late Adelaidean Umberatana Group on the flank of the Blinman Diapir. Three small methane shows occurred in fracture zones in the Tapley Hill Formation.Two potential...-
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RB 35/00074 Underground water prospects (at the) Woodside (Army) Camp.
This report covers prospects of obtaining 150,000 gallons per day from underground sources to replace the supply from the Bird-in-Hand Mine in the event of failure of that source. To facilitate distribution it is desirable to locate bores near the...-
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Published: 28 Apr 1953
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RB 37/00055 Investigation of road metal deposit near Tarlee.
50,000 cubic yards of stone suitable for use as road metal is required by the Highways and Local Government Department from this deposit (vide D.M. 864/50). There is a quarry, known as Hogan's, on section 339 from which good road metal has been...-
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Published: 25 Mar 1954
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RB 85/00057 Type curves for recovery tests in leaky strip aquifers.
During pump tests of water wells in completed within fractured rock aquifers, the amount of drawdown to the standing water level frequently increases linearly with the square root of pumping time. Long-term, however, the drawdown will depend on the...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1985
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RB 77/00084;Amdel 01174 SADM/Amdel Project no. 1/1/198. Mintaro slate.
Late in 1976, the Mintaro Slate and Flagstone Company approached the South Australian Department of Mines seeking assistance to enable it to improve the efficiency of its operation and so enable it to operate more profitably in the face of competition...-
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Published: 01 Jul 1977
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RB 80/00076 South Eastern Freeway. Glen Osmond to Crafers re-alignment. Feasibility study of Wylie Ridge tunnel.
A geological mapping and drilling programme has shown that the making of a tunnel through Wylie Ridge is geologically feasible. The route will pass through folded quartzite and siltstone, and the rock mass possesses various discontinuities which will...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 98/00007 South Australian experience in aquifer storage and recovery.
It is estimated that 390 000 ML of storm water/effluent is generated in South Australia annually. Most is discharged, with less than 5% being reused. In recent times attitudes have changed and the resource potential of this water is being...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1998
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RB 98/00014 Clare Drilling. Phase 2 - June 1997.
Phase Two of a drilling program at Clare, South Australia was undertaken in June, 1997. A total of 6 bores were drilled, 4 of these at existing locations established during Phase One drilling in January, 1996, and a further 2 at Watervale Oval as...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1998
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RB 98/00031 Mount Lofty Ranges groundwater assessment - Brownhill Creek Catchment.
The Brownhill Creek Catchment can be divided into two main zones - the Hills Zone (rural catchment) and the Plains Zone (urban catchment). The Hills Zone is underlain by fractured rock aquifers which contain good quality groundwater (salinities...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1998
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RB 99/00018 Mount Lofty Ranges groundwater assessment - Tookayerta Catchment.
The Tookayerta Catchment is an area which is increasingly coming under pressure from its landowners for the development of local groundwater resources to irrigate dairy pastures, berry plantations and vineyards. The catchment encompasses two...-
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Published: 01 Oct 1999
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RB 93/00053 South Australian resources. Technical sessions. Abstracts.
Abstracts include: Conference presentation summary for the 1993 MESA BARTON and Colona drilling programmes (both forming part of the South Australian Exploration Initiative) - [technical rationale, planned drillholes and preliminary results]....-
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Published: 03 Dec 1993
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Willouran Ranges (part of the SAMAG Project). Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 19/11/1998 to 18/11/2003.
Known magnesite beds existing within the Adelaidean Skillogalee Dolomite in the far north-western Flinders Ranges, and extending into the Willouran Ranges over a strike distance of 120 km heading north-westwards from Leigh Creek South township, have...-
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Willow Springs. Annual reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 1/12/2011 to 30/11/2016.
An area centred ~65 km north-east of Hawker in the Central Flinders Ranges, and located adjacent to the eastern side of the Oraparinna Diapir, has been explored for possible buried economic epigenetic copper, gold and uranium mineralisation. During...-
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Published: 03 Jan 1917
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Anabama North and Anabama (the Anabama JV Project). Data release made at licences' joint full surrender: joint annual reports for the period 1/5/2008 to 18/12/2014.
An area centred ~50 km south-east of Manna Hill township on the Barrier Highway was taken up to explore for possible economic buried epithermal, VHMS style copper-gold or other base and precious metal mineralisation which could have formed within...-
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Stansbury Basin, South Australia. The Marsden Trend and Investigator prospect.
The Stansbury Basin is a relatively unexplored Cambrian sedimentary basin in South Australia. Good quality seismic data has defined a large untested prospect, the Investigator prospect, which has the potential to contain 200 to 300 mmbbl of oil, or...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1991
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Assessment of the resource potential of leases held by Frontier Exploration in the Central Flinders Zone, Adelaide Geosyncline, South Australia.
Report presents a consultant's independent assessment of the petroleum potential and risked prospect status for PEL 41, using data provided by the licensee.-
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Central Flinders Ranges - Adelaide Geosyncline problem.
A Frontier Exploration internal memorandum in which Professor Rudd expounds his interpretation of, and seeks discussion on, the apparently unique geological conditions which exist in the Central Flinders Zone and are related to the testing of the...-
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Minlaton South 1, 3.75 miles south of Minlaton Township. Well completion details and related reports.
Minlaton South 1 was a shallow stratigraphic test well drilled by Beach Petroleum to investigate a possible ?Archaean basement high subcropping 3.75 miles south of Minlaton township, as suggested by SADM regional mapping observations made during 1961....-
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Published: 15 Jun 1966
