Nullarbor. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/5/1972 to 17/11/1972.

Created: 28 Oct 2024 Revised: 18 Dec 2024

Author: Fakhry, B.

In a search for carbonate mineral bulk raw materials suitable for use at the BHP Whyalla blast furnace as fluxes in steel-making, 5 exploratory vertical rotary cored holes totalling 189 m were drilled on the Nullarbor Plain near the coast just west of the Head of the Bight, close to the proposed route of the new Eyre Highway. The drill cores were geologically logged and representative samples were taken for materials testing at BHP's Newcastle laboratory. Results of the analyses have been reported, but no conclusions were provided.

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Record No	mesac1677
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Biogeochemistry Civil Engineering Drilling Engineering Earth Sciences Engineering Geochemistry Geochronology Geology Geomatic Engineering Geomechanics And Resources Geotechnical Engineering Geophysics Hydrogeology Marine Geoscience Mineral Exploration Mineral Resource Geology Mineralogy And Crystallography Paleontology Petrology Petrophysics Physical Geography Quarry And Extractive Resource Geology Resource Geology Resources Engineering Sedimentology Stratigraphy Surfacewater Hydrology
Document Type	Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement	SML 699
Tenement Holder	Dampier Mining Co. Ltd
Operator	The Broken Hill Pty Co. Ltd, Exploration Div.
Geological Province	Eucla Basin
Mine Name
Stratigraphy	Abrakurrie Limestone Mullamullang Member Nullarbor Limestone Wilson Bluff Limestone
Commodity	carbonaceous material industrial material phosphorous sulphur
Notes	Notes: See also related reports on Dampier's contemporary adjoining SMLs 700 and 701, held in Envs 2086 and 2087 respectively. Geographic Locality: Nullarbor Plain;Nullarbor Station Doc No: Env 02090 Drillhole: NDH11 - NDH15;(292492 - 292496) Notes: See also related reports on Dampier's contemporary adjoining SMLs 700 and 701, held in Envs 2086 and 2087 respectively. Geographic Locality: Nullarbor Plain;Nullarbor Station Doc No: Env 02090 Drillhole: NDH11 - NDH15;(292492 - 292496)
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac1677
Citation	Fakhry, B. Nullarbor. Progress reports to licence expiry/full surrender, for the period 18/5/1972 to 17/11/1972. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac1677

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