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RB 38/00128 Willochra Basin survey test bores 1 to 3 palaeontology. Appendix 1 in: O'Driscoll, E.P.D. - The hydrology of the Willochra Basin.
At the request of the Senior Geologist (Hydrology) rotary drill core from Bore No. 1 and sludges from Bores 2 and 3 were examined for microfaunas with a view to establishing the age of the sediments, to determining the sedimentary environment, and to...-
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Published: 04 Jan 1955
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RB 39/00060 Hydrology of the Willochra Basin.
Relocation by the Commonwealth Railways of part of the north south railway line has involved the by-passing of the township of Quorn, and the present hydrological survey has been undertaken in an endeavour to determine the possibility of developing...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1956
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RB 47/00138 Melrose water supply.
Though a considerable amount of geological and hydrological investigation and some test boring has been done in the past, it has not proved possible to obtain a satisfactory water supply for the township of Melrose to date. Three bores were drilled by...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1958
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RB 77/00079 Geophysical exploration of the Willochra Basin.
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Published: 01 Jan 1977
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RB 78/00059 Regional water well survey of the Willochra Basin and neighbouring areas.
Survey of 1000 water wells.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1978
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RB 79/00068 Uncontrolled flowing wells in the Willochra Basin.
A survey made of the Willochra groundwater basin has located 16 uncontrolled artesian wells, flowing at a total estimated rate of 150 Ml per year. This discharge is approximately 15% of the estimated total annual use of local groundwater. Scant...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 79/00095 Palynology of Lower Tertiary sediments, southeastern Australia.
From a biostratigraphic study of the distribution of dispersed fossil spores and pollen in the Lower Tertiary sediments of southern Australia, six zonules have been recognised. These have been correlated with the succession of foraminiferal zones in...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1970
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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 95/00030 SAEI Triassic Coal Exploration Program. Exploration Licence Application ELA 228/93, Hawker - Quorn area, South Australia.
The results of a data review by MESA in 1992 to assess the prospectivity of the northern Flinders Ranges for concealed Triassic coal highlighted four main areas as having the best potential for a discovery. Following exploration for coal by MESA/ETSA...-
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Published: 01 Jun 1996
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RB 91/00079 Melrose town supply no. 5 well.
A new well was drilled to replace a 21 year old well (No. 3) in which the casing had corroded and which was producing sand. The well-field taps aquifers in weathered Adelaidean sandstones beneath low permeability sediments of the Willochra Basin. The...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1991
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Glen Oak (part of Flinders Ranges Project). First partial surrender report for the period 3/12/1997 to 19/3/2004.
Diamond exploration over two relinquished part EL areas located between Quorn and Hawker in the southern Flinders Ranges has comprised kimberlite indicator mineral and geochemical sampling of drainage channels situated on the eastern margins of the...-
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Data release [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Boolcunda and Hawker (part of the Springfield Project). Annual and joint annual reports to licences' respective expiry/renewal, for the period 22/7/1991 to 7/8/2002.
Exploration for diamonds and also for possible ultramafic igneous intrusion - related base metal mineralisation is being conducted in the area surrounding the small Permo-Triassic fluvioglacial sedimentary basin at Springfield in the southern Flinders...-
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Hammond. First partial surrender report, for the period 25/6/1979 to 24/6/1980.
Grid-based ground magnetic surveys, 10 stream sediment samples for heavy mineral analysis, and 1 rotary drillhole to 40 m total depth were acquired in the relinquished area of the licence, in a search for possible diamondiferous kimberlites. Two...-
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RI 007 The Hydrology of the Willochra Basin.
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RB 76/00005 Refraction seismic survey results, Willochra Basin 1975.
Seven days refraction seismic work. Results from three different locations indicate that the eastern and western margins of the basin may be faulted. Displacements of the Adelaidean sediments are 50 metres on the eastern margin and 120 metres and 130...-
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Published: 13 Jan 1976
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The Springfield Project. Data release at licences' partial relinquishment / full surrender: licences' combined annual reports re. diamond exploration activities for the period 1/1/2001 to 1/8/2011. [Index Part 1 of 2].
In ongoing diamond exploration of the Flinders Diamonds Ltd (FDL) Springfield Project tenement group, the licensee undertook exploratory drilling for kimberlite in the Springfield and Boolcunda Basins, and at the former Eurelia prospect of Stockdale...-
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Published: 09 Nov 1911
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The Springfield Project. Data release at licences' partial surrender/ full surrender: licences' combined annual reports re. diamond exploration activities for the period 1/1/2001 to 1/8/2011. [Index Part 2 of 2].
During 2005, consultant geomorphologist Richard Russell was contracted by FDL to undertake a study of existing 'unsourced’ kimberlite indicator mineral (KIM) anomalies that occur in the northern part of the Springfield Project area. The initial aim of...-
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Published: 09 Nov 1911
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RB 2005/00001 Palynological analysis and dating of sediments from the Fossil Hill outcrop, Willochra Basin, South Australia
Palynological analyses of samples from the Fossil Hill area [of Flinders Diamonds' Calabrinda diamond exploration prospect], in the northern Willochra Basin, have indicated the presence of Late Miocene to Early Pliocene sediments correlated with the...-
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Published: 01 Jan 2005
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Willochra. First partial surrender report, for the period 22/6/1994 to 21/12/1997.
35 square km or ~33.3% of the former area of EL 1940, comprising a single block in the south, has recently been relinquished due to its now perceived diminished prospectivity for base metals and for diamonds. Seismic and gravity surveys were employed...-
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Palaeodrainage and Cenozoic coastal barriers of South Australia (2nd edition).
Since the first edition of this map was released in May 2007, the collection by the Department's Geological Survey of much new geoscientific data and interpretations arising from South Australian regional surveys and exploration activities has...-
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Published: 01 Aug 1912
