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RB 82/00068 Hawker Marree road, Nilpena to Beltana Siding. Drilling for construction water.
7 cable tool wells drilled in 1980 were unsuccessful. In 1981 5 rotary holes were drilled. 2 of 3 wells drilled in fractured Pound Quartzite and Wilkawillina Limestone were successful, but 2 drilled in Tertiary sediments were unsuccessful.-
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Published: 01 Sep 1982
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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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Point Paterson - Port Pirie area. Progress reports on work carried out prior to grant of a special mining lease, for the period June 1962 to November 1969.
The applicant proposes during the two year SML period to undertake a work and study programme to determine the economic feasibility of developing a seawater salt recovery complex on the areas applied for, which will be capable upon completion of the...-
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Published: 07 Nov 1969
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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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Redcliff. Progress reports to licence surrender, for the period 12/1/1976 to 21/10/1977.
Reports provide a history of the assistance given by the licensee and State Government officials to Dow Chemical Co. to enable their re-assessment of the viability of the proposed Redcliff Petrochemical Plant and associated raw material sources.-
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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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Woomera 1. Geological sample inspection and drilling progress reports, plus well test technical data.
There is no abstract created for this record-
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Published: 17 Feb 1981
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Eucla Basin Stratigraphic Drilling Project. Well sample test reports.
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Bull 014 Geological Structure and other factors in Relation to Underground Water Supply in Portions of South Australia
The development of the pastoral industry of South Australia hinges on the provision of adequate and reliable water supplies, as the vegetation of the interior, though sparse, is largely edible, and practically any of the country could, in normal...-
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RB 73/00094 Construction materials of the Adelaide area - Production, restraints and resources.
Analysis of present production and estimated future requirements shows that available reserves in existing quarry areas will be depleted around the year 2010. Ownership of mineral deposits does not bestow statutory rights for working and legislative...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1975
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Lake Torrens Areas 1 and 2, Lake Torrens South and Lake Torrens North (the Lake Torrens Brine Potash Project). First joint annual report plus final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 5/1/2015 to 16/6/2016.
Much of the eastern side of the very large, 5,745 square km saline playa Lake Torrens, which occupies one of the most arid parts of Australia, was taken under licence by a Northern Territory - based company with the intent of systematically sampling...-
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Published: 14 Jun 1916
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Lake Torrens East - Nilpena Creek area. Annual reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 4/11/2009 to 3/11/2014.
An area bordering the central eastern side of Lake Torrens was taken up to cover a large amplitude, deeply sourced twin peak magnetic anomaly with poorly defined coincident elevated gravity features, which it was thought could have potential for...-
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Published: 30 Jan 1915
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Monument Hill sand and clay quarry area EMLs. Data.
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Published: 05 Nov 1984
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Mount Michael. Annual report and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/9/1997 to 6/9/1999.
Interpretation of magnetic and gravity data, together with calcrete and MMI sampling, were carried out adjacent to a southerly extension of the Ediacara Fault, 25 km north-west of Parachilna. Low order Pb-Zn-Ag anomalism was located, coincident with...-
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Published: 10 Nov 1999
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Lake Torrens East. Progress reports to licence expiry for the period 15/1/79 to 14/10/79.
A planned 48-hole stratigraphic/exploration shallow RC drilling programme on the surface of eastern Lake Torrens was aborted due to heavy rainfall before commencement making lake site access impossible. The intended drill targets were possible trona...-
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Published: 15 Nov 1979
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Woolly Dam. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/1/1978 to 8/1/1980.
Exploration undertaken in an area of practically no outcrop that is situated north and north-west of the Ediacara Range, on the eastern side of Lake Torrens, has aimed primarily at investigating the mineral potential of a large, low amplitude...-
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Published: 05 Jun 1980
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Andamooka Island. Final report at licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 2/6/1972 to 1/10/1972.
An strong total count radiometric anomaly (to 10 x background), encountered by Minad on the shore of Lake Torrens about 20 miles south-east of Andamooka during aerial reconnaissance surveying, was investigated by drilling 3 shallow vertical open...-
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