ExpNotes STRZELECKI: Explanatory Notes STRZELECKI
Created: 15 Nov 2024 Revised: 17 Mar 2025

The STRZELECKI 1:250 000 map area lies adjacent to the NSW border in the centre of the Strzelecki Desert, and covers some of the main hydrocarbon producing areas in SA around Moomba. Most of these oil and gas fields are located in the northern...

The STRZELECKI 1:250 000 map area lies adjacent to the NSW border in the centre of the Strzelecki Desert, and covers some of the main hydrocarbon producing areas in SA around Moomba. Most of these oil and gas fields are located in the northern half of the map area. The notes describe stratigraphy and tectonism for the early Palaeozoic eastern Warburton Basin, middle Palaeozoic intrusive Big Lake Suite, late Palaeozoic Cooper Basin, Early Permian and Late Triassic sedimentary sequences, Mesozoic Eromanga Basin, Tertiary Callabonna Sub-basin of the Lake Eyre Basin, and the Cainozoic cover. The Pando Formation and Yandruwantha Sand are newly defined stratigraphic names, and the Namur Sandstone, Murta Formation and McKinlay Members are revised. Discussion of the economic geology includes sections on exploration history, distribution and production of hydrocarbons (gas, gas liquids, oil, ethane), and a summary of celestite, heavy minerals, clay, construction sand and road ballast occurrences.

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Record No 2018d040131
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
Contributor Geological Survey of South Australia;South Australia. Department of Mines and Energy. Oil, Gas and Coal Div.
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Geographic Locality: Strzelecki Desert;Strzelecki Regional Reserve;Strzelecki Creek;Moomba;Merty Merty Station;Bollards Lagoon Station;Lake Hope Station
Doc No: ExpNotes STRZELECKI
Drillhole: Pando 1;Moomba South 1;Grystes 1;Tarwonga 1;Caraka...

Geographic Locality: Strzelecki Desert;Strzelecki Regional Reserve;Strzelecki Creek;Moomba;Merty Merty Station;Bollards Lagoon Station;Lake Hope Station Doc No: ExpNotes STRZELECKI Drillhole: Pando 1;Moomba South 1;Grystes 1;Tarwonga 1;Caraka 1;Bungee 1;Bungee 2;Waukatana 1;Kirralee 1;Moomba 10;Strzelecki 4;McKinlay 1;Burruna 1

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Language English
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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2018d040131
Citation Gravestock, D.I.;Callen, R.A.;Alexander, E.M.;Hill, A.J. ExpNotes STRZELECKI: Explanatory Notes STRZELECKI. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2018d040131

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