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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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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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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
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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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Boorthanna 001 Well completion report.
Boorthanna 1 was drilled as a combined mineral/petroleum exploration hole and stratigraphic test in the southern section of the Boorthanna Trough, 29 km west of William Creek township, to: (1) penetrate the Devonian section in the search of potash...-
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GEL 257 Annual and Technical reports.
GEL 257 was one of 6 geothermal licences granted to Proactive Energy Developments Ltd (PED) covering areas of the central and northern Gawler Craton during 2006/2007. In early 2007 PED changed their name to Granite Power Ltd. GEL 257 was granted 22nd...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Arckaringa Creek. Annual reports for the period 27/4/2015 to 11/5/2022.
Two separate areas in the Arckaringa Basin, designated as EL 5598 Areas 'A' and 'B', have been taken up to allow for a fresh assessment of the development potential of the large East Wintinna and Weedina coal deposits, respectively. During the first...-
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Published: 09 May 1918
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Painted Hill. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/7/1982 to 11/7/1987.
Stockdale's diamond exploration work included reconnaissance stream sampling, and photogeology and Landsat interpretation. Ground magnetic surveys were run over aeromagnetic anomalies interpreted from the previous nickel exploration (Mount Purvis)...-
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Noorina Dam [part of Getty's Arckaringa Basin Coal Project]. Progress and final reports for the period 23/12/84 to 31/5/90.
TARGET: Economic sub-bituminous Permian coals in the Mount Toondina Formation, similar to those found by Getty in the Weedina Coal Deposit to the north. EXPLORATION: A review of existing seismic, gravity and magnetic data, aerial photograph...-
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Nilpinna Springs. [Farminee's diamond exploration] Progress report for the period 13/7/1986 to 12/1/1987.
TARGET: Diamondiferous kimberlites in the Boorthanna Trough region (near Nilpinna Springs). EXPLORATION: A literature review, the reprocessing and re-interpretation of data from BHP's 1983 Peake Creek Aerial Magnetic Survey flown by Aerodata /...-
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Mount Dutton. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 13/7/1985 to 29/1/1990.
TARGET: Sub-bituminous coal seams within the Early Permian Mount Toondina Formation in the Mount Dutton - Nilpinna Springs region, these possibly being similar to, or forming an extension of, the large Weedina coal deposit recently discovered 20 km to...-
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Geology and hydrocarbon prospects of the Arckaringa Block.
Due to its thin sequence and shallow depth of burial, most of the Arckaringa Basin is predicted to be immature for hydrocarbon generation in traditional terms. Source rock and vitrinite studies in the Boorthanna Trough however indicate that the basal...-
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Arckaringa Block. Farmout block progress reports from November 1982 to January 1989.
Exploration from 1982 includes: Christmas Creek - ARC Seismic Survey (see Envs 4808 and 5064),. Hogarth - ARC Seismic Survey, . Morphett - ARC Seismic Survey,. drilling of 2 wells (Birribiana 1 and Hans Knob 1), (see Envs 7034/6 and 7043/6)....-
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Published: 01 Jan 1989
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Report on Pexa Oil's 1971 geophysical evaluation of the Arckaringa Block [farmout] area.
The structural relationships of the sediments of the Boorthanna Trough are discussed. This feature has an areal extent of approximately 6480 square miles, with dimensions of 32 miles by 180 miles north to south. The structural limits of the trough...-
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Gravity interpretation of PEL 24, South Australia.
Different ages are indicated for the three sedimentary troughs in PEL 24 delineated by the previous magnetics interpretation. The Tallaringa Trough has a basal unit of Cambrian limestones which thicken to the southwest. This is overlain by Permian or...-
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Organic petrology of samples from a selected group of wells in or near the Arckaringa Block.
34 selected drill core and cuttings samples from six wells were assessed by petrographic methods for their degree of organic maturation and petroleum source potential. The sampled sequence ranged in age from ?Devonian through to Permian, Jurassic and...-
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Regional Arckaringa 2D seismic survey (11AK01).
Linc Energy (formerly known as SAPEX Ltd) licence holders of PEL’s 117, 121, 122 and 123 contracted Terrex Seismic Services to record the 2011 Regional Arckaringa 2D Seismic Survey during May to August 2011. This survey was designed to delineate and...-
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Analysis of bitumen from three water bores in the Eromanga Basin.
Composite drill cuttings from 3 Eromanga Basin water bores were sampled by Delhi over shallow intervals within which residual hydrocarbon shows had been reported by earlier visual logging, and were submitted to Amdel for geochemical confirmation of...-
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Cadaree Hill (part of the Stuart Range Joint Venture Project). Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 11/8/1977 to 10/8/1978.
Following the first public announcement on 18/11/1976 by Western Mining Corp. of its giant Olympic Dam copper, gold and uranium discovery on Roxby Downs Station, Newmont Pty Ltd began a detailed assessment of the Stuart Shelf region of South...-
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