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RB 36/00077 Leigh Creek Coalfield. North Field, Lobe C.
Coal has been proved at Lobe C to a depth of 220 feet of overburden in an arcuate area along the southern and western margins of the basin. Within the suggested open cut area the coal seam averages 35 feet in thickness, has a weighted average ash...-
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Published: 26 Oct 1953
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RB 37/00028 Leigh Creek Coalfield: Report on exploration of the north-eastern margin - Telford Basin area 'Telford Opencut, extension east'. (CONFIDENTIAL)
An area located on the north-eastern margin of the Telford Basin, to the east of the present extent of theTelford Open Cut mine main pit, which is known to contain potentially mineable buried coal seams, has been examined geologically and...-
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Published: 03 Mar 1954
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RB 37/00068 Leigh Creek Coalfield, central area - Upper Coal Series. Report on scout drilling.
In the Triassic coal measures of Telford Basin occurring 1000 + (?) feet stratigraphically above the main (Telfod) seam are a number of coal seams - the "Upper coal series" - which further add to the opencut coal reserves at Leigh Creek Coalfield....-
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Published: 19 Mar 1954
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RB 37/00157 Leigh Creek Coalfield - Exploration of the southeastern margin, Telford Basin area (Telford Main Seam eastern margin, southern extension).
The area under review is situated in the south-eastern section of Telford Basin between co-ordinates 8,000 and 34,000, and is a southern extension of the main (Telford) coal seam proved previously on the eastern margin. Coal has been proved by close...-
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Published: 14 Jul 1954
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RB 82/00047 Well completion report. Hydrogeological observation bore 1, Leigh Creek, Lobe B, Upper Series - ETSA.
Groundwater is suitable only for dust suppression or other industrial uses.-
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Published: 01 Dec 1982
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RB 83/00034 Underground gasification of inaccessible Leigh Creek coal measures - A preliminary evaluation of the geological structure of Telford Basin.
The Telford Basin is an asymmetrically shaped synclinal basin containing sediments of upper Triassic-Jurassic age, which cover a 25 square km area. Sub-bituminous coal occurs in three major series of seams which are informally termed the Leigh Creek...-
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Published: 01 Mar 1983
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RB 84/00094 Leigh Creek, Lobe B. Upper Series, groundwater investigation.
Drilling and well completion methods suitable for high yielding production wells in the Upper Series hanging wall sediments have been investigated and 3 successful production wells and series of observation wells have been installed (19 wells...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1984
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RB 78/00140 Correlation and depositional history of the Leigh Creek coal measures.
Attempts have been made previously to correlate coal seams and interpret depositional environments and tectonics relative to the four Triassic coal deposits at Leigh Creek (Parkin 1953; Taylor 1954; Johns 1970, 1975; Johns and Townsend 1975). This...-
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Published: 08 Nov 1978
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RB 95/00028 SAEI Triassic Coal Exploration Program. Exploration Licence Application ELA 382/92, Leigh Creek - Lyndhurst area, South Australia.
A data review undertaken by MESA to assess the prospectivity of the northern Flinders Ranges intramontane basins for concealed Triassic coal, highlighted four main areas as having the best potential for a discovery. Of these, the alluvium-covered...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1996
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Leigh Creek Coalfield. Lobe B mining studies, 1977-1990.
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NERDDC Project 590 : [ Research into the feasibility of ] Underground gasification of [ mining inaccessible ] Leigh Creek coal. Reports on field investigations and geotechnical studies.
During the first few months of 1985, field investigations were undertaken at Leigh Creek by consultants Golder Associates to provide quantitative data on the strength and permeability characteristics of the geological profile of the Main Series coal...-
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Exploratory drilling for coal at Lake Watherston.
Rotary drilling undertaken by ETSA at Lake Watherstone, located ~22 km west of Lyndhurst-
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Published: 01 Jan 1974
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RB 00797 Stratigraphic drilling for coal in the Copley Basin, 1974-75.
The Copley Basin is one of four small Upper Triassic basins occupying a folded Adelaidean depression in the Leigh Creek area. It covers approximately 7 square kilometres. Thirteen rotary drillholes totalling 1810 m were put down in 1974-75, which...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1900
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SADME/Amdel mineral research project : Leigh Creek Coalfield - coal petrology investigations. Progress reports for the period April 1979 to June 1980.
Coal samples collected by the SADME Fossil Fuels Div. from the Leigh Creek Coalfield during its recent drilling programme have been examined and analysed according to preset parameters to allow comparison of average coal quality between this field and...-
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Published: 04 Jul 1980
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Leigh Creek Coalfield. Report on company scout drilling for sedimentary uranium, undertaken during July 1970.
Three scout holes totalling 1245 feet were rotary drilled in Lobe B of the Leigh Creek Coalfield to test for any subsurface extension to a previously identified radioactively anomalous surface area. Although the Late Triassic clastic sediments...-
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South Australia - 1:2 000 000 scale State geological map (first digital edition).
The latest knowledge of the surface geology of South Australia is displayed on the 2020 edition of the state geology map newly released by the Geological Survey of South Australia (GSSA). It is a product of the GSSA’s ongoing statewide geological...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1920
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West of Leigh Creek - Nilpena area. Progress and final reports to licence expiry for the period 19/8/1982 to 18/8/1983.
A programme of exploration was undertaken over an area located to the west of the Leigh Creek and Copley basins, aiming to find possible buried Leigh Creek - type Triassic coal measures within the Beltana Sub-basin. Due to sparse information about...-
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SAEI Triassic Coal Exploration Program. Phase 1 - Data review. Summary report.
This report documents the construction for MESA of a technical database on the potential for undiscovered Triassic coal within small intermontane basins of the north-central Flinders Ranges region, addressing all alluvium-covered areas that lie within...-
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AnnRep 1955 South Australia. Annual report of the Director of Mines and Government Geologist for 1955.
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