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RB 80/00056 Report on the relinquished areas of EL 280, outside the area of EL 434.
Report summarises drilling and geology. Regional drilling programme included rotary drilling near Lock coal deposit. Only P21 intersected coal.-
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Published: 01 Aug 1980
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RB 81/00019 Tuckey no. 1 well completion report.
Tuckey 1 intersected 16 metres of Bridgewater Formation, 110.3 metres of Tertiary Poelpena Formation and 87.2 metres of Jurassic Polda Formation, which was not fully penetrated. Within the Jurassic, 4 intervals of clay and carbonaceous clay,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1981
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RB 80/00145 Mucka Cudla no. 1 well completion report.
Based on results of SADM seismic refraction surveys Mucka Culda no. 1, 17 km NE of Colton, was drilled on shotpoint 6W of the Mount Wedge seismic traverse, for coal potential of the Polda Basin. Lignite was found in the thick Tertiary section. Absence...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1980
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RB 81/00078 Colton no. 1 well completion report.
The aim of drilling this stratigraphic hole was to evaluate the western end of the north-western lobe of the onshore Polda Basin for its stratigraphy and coal potential. Existing seismic information from this area was very poor. In terms of actual...-
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Published: 01 Sep 1981
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RB 79/00093 Lock Coalfield hydrogeological study - Progress report no. 1 (Volume 1 of 2).
Hydrogeological investigations undertaken by SADME at the Lock Coalfield have shown that significant aquifer systems occur above and beneath the coal, and that the coal itself has negligible permeability. Permeability of both aquifers is low,...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 81/00109 Lock no. 1 well completion report.
The aim was to core Palaeozoic units occurring between Late Jurassic (Polda Formation) and Precambrian basement rocks. The hole was abandoned at 369 metres well before the prognosed basement depth of 650 metres. Intersected were : 2 metres of...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines’ discretion] : Karkarook. Combined annual and annual reports to licence expiry/renewal/full surrender, for the period 24/6/2004 to 1/9/2014.
A area centred ~ 25 km west of Cleve is being explored for possible buried economic sediment-hosted or basement unconformity - related uranium mineralisation. The tenement covers part of the Driver River and Driver River Pan which contains a...-
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Published: 26 Sep 1914
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Venus Bay. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 9/1/1991 to 9/7/1992.
TARGET: Diamonds in 3 areas, one west of Lock, another east of Elliston, and the third surrounding Venus Bay. EXPLORATION: Heavy mineral sampling, airborne magnetic and multichannel radiometric surveys, ground magnetic surveys, and selected anomaly...-
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Lock. Progress and final reports for the period 20/8/79 to 14/9/84.
A large coalfield exists in the Polda Basin, west of Lock, on central Eyre Peninsula. One Jurassic coal deposit in the Polda Formation and 2 discrete Tertiary deposits have been recognized, containing reserves of over 300 million tonnes of Jurassic...-
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Published: 26 Sep 1984
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Kolballa. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 31/8/1990 to 15/7/1992.
TARGET: (Stockdale) Diamonds in the Elliston region, related to possible kimberlite primary sources that may be associated with the deep-seated Polda Trough structural feature; (BHP) Mineral sands in Tertiary sediments. EXPLORATION: Stockdale...-
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Lock Coal Deposit. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 24/1/1977 to 20/10/1978.
The 1976-1978 drilling programme carried out in the Lock district was designed to establish the quantity, quality and extent of the known brown coal occurrence there. Exploration Licence (EL) 280, taken out by the Director-General, SA Department of...-
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RB 72/00045 Review of geophysical work in the Polda Basin, KIMBA and ELLISTON 1:250 000 sheets.
A summary of all geophysical work done in the area around the Polda Basin in Eyre Peninsula is presented. Electrical resistivity soundings originally made for hydrogeological purposes have been reinterpreted in terms of depth to infinitely resistant...-
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Published: 05 Apr 1972
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Combined report on the full surrender of Sheringa EL 688 and partial surrenders for McLachlan EL 670 and Tuckey EL 687, Polda Basin, South Australia, 17th May 1982.
Relinquishment of parts of the licenses held in the Lock, Tuckey and Tooligie area was made following drilling (31 holes totalling 2 960 metres) to investigate lignite occurrence in the Polda Basin. Possible reserves of Jurassic and Eocene coals in...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1982
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Verran. First partial surrender report for the period 29/4/2005 to 28/4/2008.
As part of a search for possible economic Alligator Rivers or McArthur River (NT) style epicratonic, unconformity - related sedimentary uranium deposits in an area located west of Rudall on central Eyre Peninsula, the licensee conducted 3190 line km...-
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Wombat Flat. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 19/2/1980 to July 1982.
The subject area, which covered the western onshore portion of the Polda Trough, was initially acquired to explore buried probable Carpentarian sediments for base metals and uranium, but a subsequent review of available information suggested that...-
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Lock. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 8/2/1973 to 7/4/1974.
TARGET: Possible sedimentary uranium deposits in the Jurassic Polda Formation and Tertiary Poelpena Formation. EXPLORATION: To reconnoitre contemporary soil radiometry in the area, the near-surface sediments penetrated by 135 auger holes (all drilled...-
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Lock. Progress and final reports to licence surrender for the period 1/10/1970 to 19/9/1971.
As part of a regional search for possible economic deposits of sedimentary uranium in the central Eyre Peninsula region, a reconnaissance open hole rotary drilling programme (8 holes for 1715 feet) was undertaken in November 1970 along the eastern...-
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