RB 24/00241 Use of water from the Great Artesian Basin for the Leigh Creek Coalfield.

Published: 25 Jan 1949 Created: 17 Nov 2024 Revised: 17 Nov 2024

Author: Ward, L.K.

Report discusses the newly proven anomalous fluorine levels naturally pertaining to GAB groundwater of the Marree district (being 10+ times background levels found elsewhere in the region), in the context of whether this potentially harmful water can be treated in some way to provide a safe as well as abundant water supply for drinking use by the Leigh Creek Coalfield operators and onsite residents.

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Record No	2019d019786
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Built Environment And Design Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Drilling Engineering Earth Sciences Energy Energy Exploration Engineering Environmental Management Environmental Monitoring Environmental Science And Management Environmental Sciences Exploration Geochemistry Geochemistry Geology Geophysics Hydrogeochemistry Hydrogeology Mineral Exploration Mineral Resource Geology Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources) Physical Geography Policy And Administration Resource Geology Resources Engineering Soil Science Surfacewater Hydrology Urban And Regional Planning
Document Type	Departmental Publication - Hydrogeological Publication
Contributor	South Australia. Department of Mines;Government Geologist
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Tenement
Tenement Holder
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Geological Province	Eromanga Basin
Mine Name
Stratigraphy
Commodity	fluorine
Notes	Geographic Locality: Marree district portion of the Great Artesian Basin Doc No: RB 24/00241 Drillhole: Marree railway bore;(37984);Marree [township] East bore;(263218);Marree [township] North bore;[synonym Abdul bore];(37986);Marree [township]... Geographic Locality: Marree district portion of the Great Artesian Basin Doc No: RB 24/00241 Drillhole: Marree railway bore;(37984);Marree [township] East bore;(263218);Marree [township] North bore;[synonym Abdul bore];(37986);Marree [township] South bore;(37985);Lake Billy bore;(37992);[Mundowdna] Station [Homestead] spring;(37996);2 Mile spring;(37995);Callanna bore;(25422);Lake Letty Station bore;(25517);Crow's Nest bore;(13792);[Lake Letty No. 3/ River Frome] Big bore;(25514);Peters [Camp] bore;(38053);Marion bore;(38049);Lake Harry Homestead bore;(38050);[River] Clayton bore;(38047);Sinclair bore;(69869) More +
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2019d019786
Citation	Ward, L.K. 1949. RB 24/00241 Use of water from the Great Artesian Basin for the Leigh Creek Coalfield. Departmental Publication - Hydrogeological Publication. Government of South Australia. https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2019d019786

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