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Lake Cadibarrawirracanna. Progress and final reports to licence expiry/full surrender for the period 3/6/1980 to 2/12/1980.
Thirty-two shallow auger holes up to 2.76 m deep were drilled into the floor of Lake Cadibarrawirracanna, situated 70 km west of William Creek, in a search for possible potash-rich brines trapped by the lake sediments. The lacustrine sediments were...-
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RB 55/00033 Material from the southern margin of the Great Artesian Basin and the Frome Embayment.
One hundred and six samples collected mainly from spoil heaps of bores were examined. Their ages range from Proterozoic to Recent. A section through deep bores in the Frome Embayment is appended.-
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Published: 01 Jan 1962
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RB 60/00040 Geology of the MARREE 1:250 000 map area.
The MARREE mapsheet area lies in arid country about 400 miles north of Adelaide, South Australia. It includes the town of Marree, on the Alice Springs railway line, and part of the Birdsville and Strzelecki tracks. The area is covered mainly by flat...-
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Published: 03 Mar 1965
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RB 42/00023 Gravity and magnetic traverses in the far northwest of South Australia.
Almost six weeks were spent with the Far North-West party at Granite Downs Station in conducting magnetic and gravity traverses. Work was curtailed before sufficient results could be obtained for an accurate picture of subsurface structure. Gravity...-
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Published: 08 Feb 1954
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RB 47/00086 Outline of the biostratigraphy of Andamooka Opalfield.
Four faunal assemblages are present in the Lower Cretaceous shales and sandstones at Andamooka. Abundant Aptian foraminifera occur in the "toe dirt" immediately below the opal horizon. A notable discovery from recent sampling is that of late...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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RB 79/00066 Sampling and measurement of mound springs, Great Artesian Basin, South Australia. Progress report no. 3, WARRINA, OODNADATTA, BILLAKALINA, CURDIMURKA sheets.
This report virtually completes a systematic survey of mound springs around the south-western edge of the Great Artesian Basin in South Australia. There are as yet about 20 springs left unsampled, mostly on BILLAKALINA, in the Francis Swamp and...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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GEL 265 Annual and Technical reports.
GEL 264 (497.1km2) and GEL 265 (497.2km2) were both granted to Tri-Star Energy Company on 14th August 2007 for an initial period of 5 years. Both licences cover the area of mound springs that occur along the south western edge of the Great Artesian...-
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Marree, Mount Alford, Meta Hill and Etadunna. Joint first progress and joint final report to licences' joint full surrender, for the period 20/6/1980 to 19/12/1980.
An assessment of the oil shale potential of marginal Great Artesian Basin sediments in South Australia was carried out, due mainly to their perceived stratigraphic and lithological similarity to Cretaceous strata in Queensland which host the very...-
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Published: 25 Nov 1980
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Seismic exploration, Oodnadatta area.
Details of available plans and maps; topography, access; topographical control. Geology: Basement Archaean gneisses, schists and igneous rocks, Proterozoic dolomites, slates and quartzites 0-2,000' below surface. Older Palaeozoic, possibly...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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Seismic review relating to Boulia-Innamincka areas of southwest Queensland and northeast South Australia.
A review interpretation of an extensive seismic survey conducted by SA Mines Dept in NE of South Australia and SW Queensland to illustrate structural configuration on a regional basis, as well as obtaining stratigraphic information. Plans include:...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1961
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Great Australian Artesian Basin in South Australia.
The Great Artesian Basinis the largest single geological entity on the Australian continent, and it ranks among the largest topographical features of the world. There is an overall simplicity in surface expression but it conceals a complexity in depth...-
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Published: 01 Jan 1957
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Billa Kalina Homestead. Progress reports and final report to licence full surrender, for the period 30/6/1977 to 14/2/1979.
Airborne and ground geophysical surveys were undertaken in the Billa Kalina area, prior to commencing to drill in a search for Olympic Dam type Cu-U-Au mineralised haematitic breccias, in order to delineate and detail several broad magnetic anomalies...-
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Bull 041 Geology and Mineral Resources of the Andamooka and Torrens Area
Regional geological mapping of the area was initiated in 1959 and was completed in 1964. All tracks in the area were traversed and detailed mapping confined to critical localities and to areas where this was considered desirable. Geological boundaries...-
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RI 028 The Geology of the Marree 1:250,000 Map Area
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Tertiary geology of the Coward Cliff area, between Lake Eyre and Lake Torrens, South Australia.
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Published: 01 Jan 1979
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RB 00651 Boring on mound springs near Coward Springs.
Following a reconnaissance of mound springs in the Great Artesian Basin, two mounds about 3 1/2 miles north-west of Coward Springs were tested by percussion drill with sampling tube for possible fluorine deposits. No economic deposits were found, but...-
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Published: 01 Dec 1900
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RB 00757 Report on Explanatory Notes for a structural contour map of portion of the Great Artesian Basin, revised Jan. 1968.
The accompanying contour map was prepared by using a Cretaceous structural datum which covers most of the Great Artesian Basin in South Australia. The present edition of the map includes information available to January 1968 and represents a second...-
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Published: 01 Nov 1900
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RB 00759 Basin study of [sub-basins to] the Great Artesian Basin, South Australia: Palaeozoic and Triassic [sediments].
Report discusses via a series of maps the subsurface geology of the Cooper and Pedirka regions underlying the Great Artesian Basin in South Australia. A general tectonic and depositional environmental framework is delineated for each of 3 layers of...-
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Published: 31 Dec 1899
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RB 00737 Explanatory Notes for a base of Mesozoic structural contour plan related to Permian basins beneath the Great Artesian Basin, SA.
This structure map of north-eastern South Australia using the base of the Mesozoic as reference horizon, is based mainly on the seismic 'F' reflector and a few oil exploration wells. The map serves as a guide to the depth, areal extent and attitude...-
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Published: 01 Apr 1900
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RB 00751 Explanatory Notes for a structural contour plan of portion of the Great Artesian Basin using the major pre-Permian unconformity as datum.
The contour map is a compilation of data from the S.A. Department of Mines and oil exploration companies working in the south-west part of the Great Artesian Basin. The datum for the plan is the pre-Permian angular unconformity, and is largely...-
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Published: 01 May 1900
