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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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Proposal to the Electricity Trust of South Australia for the supply of thermal coal for power generation.
This proposal being made to ETSA, for the supply of 1.3 Mt of thermal coal per year over 25 years for electrical power generation at the new Northern Power Station currently being built at Port Augusta, is intended to allow that utility to make an...-
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Windy Valley. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 25/1/2010 to 24/1/2015.
An area centred over the south-central Coober Pedy Ridge tectonic feature, 55 km south-southeast of Coober Pedy township, is being explored for possible economic buried massive haematite and magnetite within either Proterozoic banded iron formation...-
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Published: 17 Mar 1915
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Data release - as updated : England Hill, Arckaringa and Copper Hill (the Arckaringa Coal Project). Joint annual reports and joint final report to licences' expiry/full surrender, for the period 7/6/2005 to 6/6/2019.
Under a new strategic focus, three licence areas covering three Early Permian buried coal deposits located at Wintinna, Westfield and Murloocoppie in the northern part of the Arckaringa Basin, ~120 km north of Coober Pedy, have been evaluated both for...-
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Published: 29 Aug 1919
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Arckaringa [North-east]. Annual reports to licence full surrender, for the period 13/4/2005 to 3/6/2014.
An area of 185 square km was taken up by SAPEX to allow it to evaluate afresh known sub-bituminous coal measures in the Permian Mount Toondina Formation that constitute the East Wintinna coal deposit. This deposit had been discovered by Meekatharra...-
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Published: 11 Jul 1914
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Phillipson. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 27/4/2000 to 8/8/2010.
During the sixth licence year, on renewed EL 2717 covering the same area as previously, the licensee, now a wholly owned subsidiary of AuIron Energy Limited (formerly Meekatharra Minerals Limited), progressed its investigations of the geology of the...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Phillipson. Annual reports to licence expiry/renewal, for the period 9/8/2010 to 8/8/2015.
During licence Year 16, on its renewed EL 4534 over the period October to December 2010, South Australian Coal Limited (SA Coal) undertook a drilling campaign of 15 rotary mud partly cored vertical holes for 2871 m which included 2064.7 m of coring,...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1916
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Lake Phillipson. Annual report for the period 24/3/1995 to 8/8/2018.
During the twenty-first licence year, now under tenure as EL 5719 covering the same area as former EL 4534, no new work was done. During the twenty-second licence year SA Coal commenced field work on their IOCG style mineralisation exploration...-
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Published: 29 Aug 1918
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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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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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ExpNotes WINTINNA: Explanatory Notes WINTINNA
A new generation, first edition WINTINNA 1:250 000 scale geological map and explanatory notes have been published. These documents represent the conclusion of the Geological Survey of South Australia's geological mapping program undertaken in the...-
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Margaret Creek and Francis Swamp (part of the Billa Kalina Project). Joint first partial surrender report, for the period 23/2/2006 to 22/2/2009.
Within the now relinquished portions of the subject licences, as part of a regional search across several tenements in the Billa Kalina district for possible kimberlites or diamonds, Flinders Mines carried out scout exploratory drilling in two...-
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Data release - as updated : Robin Rise. Annual reports plus final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 9/5/2005 to 20/6/2019.
The Robin Rise exploration licence, centred approximately 35 km south-southwest of Coober Pedy, covers portions of the Palaeoproterozoic basement domain known as the Coober Pedy Ridge, an east-northeast trending magnetic block of variable magnetic...-
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Published: 30 Jul 1919
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Mount Barry. Annual reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 1/11/2011 to 2/9/2014.
Appraisal drilling of the previously defined south-eastern portion of the Wintinna Coal Deposit was undertaken by the licensee to try to better determine in situ resources of Permian sub-bituminous coal which might potentially be useable for coal seam...-
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Published: 28 Nov 1914
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Murangoona. Progress reports and final report to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 16/1/1980 to 15/1/1982.
A small graben indicated by regional geophysical data from an area north of Mount Woods was investigated for its Permian coal potential. A semi-detailed gravity survey of three NW-SE lines totalling 57 km at 200 m station spacing was conducted, and a...-
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RB 2014/00005 WINTINNA, South Australia, [geological map] sheet SG53-14. South Australia. Geological Survey. 1:250 000 Series - Explanatory Notes.
The WINTINNA 1:250 000 mapsheet area lies between latitudes 27° to 28° South and longitudes 133°30’ to 135°00’ East. This ~16 400 square km area includes the Marla and Cadney Park settlements, and is crossed by the Stuart Highway and Adelaide to...-
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Published: 01 Mar 2015
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Report of investigations for coal in the Arckaringa Basin, [conducted during the period] September to December 1974.
TARGET: Lower Permian coal of steaming or coking grade, suitable for open cut development. EXPLORATION: Rotary drilling of 42 open and partly cored holes totalling 5122 m, including 105 m of coring, with follow-up geophysical logging. RESULTS: 7...-
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Wirrangula Hill. Progress and final reports for the period 16/11/81 to 15/6/82.
Investigations into the coal prospectivity of the buried Permian sedimentary sequence within the northern Arckaringa Basin, 70 km north-east of Coober Pedy, included an extensive data review, 6-line gravity survey, and reconnaissance drilling of 4...-
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Published: 15 Jun 1982
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Garford. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 12/1/1981 to 11/1/1983.
Scout drilling of gravity low anomalies in the eastern half of the buried Permian Wallira Trough (11 rotary mud holes totalling 1135 m), in a search for possible economic Upper Permian coal seams which might extend westward from those discovered in...-
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Published: 07 Dec 1982
