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RB 00506 Palaeontology of Australian Oil and Gas Corporation's Loxton oil bore 1, Hundred Bookpurnong, part section 6B. Progress report no. 5.
Published: 01 Nov 1900 Created: 15 Nov 2024 Revised: 15 Nov 2024
Author: Ludbrook, N.H.

Three samples of diamond drill core from 1550, 1570 and 1590 feet depth were examined. All are Cretaceous sediments, the lowest at 1590 feet being a glauconitic shale of marine origin, with Cretaceous foraminifera. This is the first record of...

Three samples of diamond drill core from 1550, 1570 and 1590 feet depth were examined. All are Cretaceous sediments, the lowest at 1590 feet being a glauconitic shale of marine origin, with Cretaceous foraminifera. This is the first record of marine Cretaceous in the Murray Basin.

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Record No 2020d036575
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Departmental Publication - Energy Geoscience
Contributor South Australia. Department of Mines
Sponsor Australian Oil and Gas Corp. Ltd
Tenement OEL 11
Tenement Holder Australian Oil and Gas Corp. Ltd
Operator
Geological Province Murray Basin
Mine Name
Stratigraphy Kanmantoo Group
Commodity
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    Geographic Locality: Loxton;River Murray;Hd Bookpurnong, pt secn 6B
Doc No: RB 00506
Drillhole: Loxton 1
Drillhole Unit No: 7028 00001
    Geographic Locality: Loxton;River Murray;Hd Bookpurnong, pt secn 6B
Doc No: RB 00506
Drillhole: Loxton 1
Drillhole Unit No: 7028 00001
    Language English
    Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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    Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2020d036575
    Citation Ludbrook, N.H. 1900. RB 00506 Palaeontology of Australian Oil and Gas Corporation's Loxton oil bore 1, Hundred Bookpurnong, part section 6B. Progress report no. 5. Departmental Publication - Energy Geoscience. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/2020d036575

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