Mannum area (including the Anna and Sedan coal deposits). Data release at licence expiry/renewal : coal exploration progress reports and data, plus Sedan coal deposit mine planning management progress reports, for the period 13/11/1978 to 20/8/1992.

Created: 13 Nov 2024 Revised: 13 Nov 2024

Author: Roach, C.;Rau, G.L.;Jones, G.;Bulcock, A.R.;Lonergan, T.;Thrift, J.;Dodds, A.R.;McCarthy, A.;Harrison, P.;Coxhead, B.A.;Broadley, R.;Goscombe, P.W.;Boyd, G.L.;Bos, F.

TARGET: Possible Tertiary brown coal deposits near Sedan, in the western Murray Basin. EXPLORATION: Evaluation of data as obtained earlier by SADM/SADME drilling and more recently by subject licensees Thiess/CSR from rotary mud vertical open hole and core drilling, with attendant drill core sample analyses and downhole geophysical logging [comprising data from 41 older SA Government drillholes, and from 239 new company exploratory/stratigraphic drillholes completed on the licence between January 1979 and March 1987, in 5 separate drilling campaigns; the latter comprising 26,071.03 m of open hole drilling, plus 1439.26 m of BQ and NQ coring, and also another 57.9 m of Caldwell rig 1-metre diameter coring]; preceded by the acquisition of sub-basin fill mapping gravity, resistivity and Sirotem surveys. RESULTS: Delineation of the previously discovered Sedan and Anna coal resources, and preliminary evaluation studies to assess their suitability for possible mining. An in-situ Measured plus Indicated coal resource at Sedan of 219.9 Mt @ <50% ash (on a dry basis) was declared in May 1988. 185.6 Mt of this are of Measured status. The Measured coal resource at Anna is 58.4 Mt. A detailed conceptual mining study for the brown coal at the Sedan deposit was completed by Coleman and Associates for ETSA and SADME during 1982-83. A proposed open pit mining operation was designed that could supply either a 500 MW or a 750 MW onsite coal-fired electrical power generation station.

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Record No	mesac32759
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Basement Geology Basin Analysis Chemical Engineering Drilling Engineering Earth Sciences Electrical And Electromagnetic Methods In Geophysics Energy Energy Exploration Engineering Environmental Management Environmental Monitoring Environmental Science And Management Environmental Sciences Exploration Geochemistry Geochemistry Geology Geomatic Engineering Geophysics Gravity Hydrogeology Mineral Exploration Mineral Processing/Beneficiation Mineral Resource Geology Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources) Mining And Extraction Of Energy Resources Petrology Petrophysics Physical Geography Policy And Administration Preparation And Production Of Energy Sources Primary Mining And Extraction Of Mineral Resources Radiometrics Resource Geology Resources Engineering Soil Science Stratigraphy Surface Processes Surfacewater Hydrology
Document Type	Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor	Solo Geophysics and Co.;Murdoch Geophysics (Aust.) Pty Ltd;Geoex Pty Ltd;Laurie, Montgomerie and Pettit Pty Ltd;Coffey and Partners Pty Ltd;ERM Consultants Pty Ltd
Sponsor	Thiess Bros Pty Ltd;CSR Ltd
Tenement	EL 429 EL 609 EL 998 EL 1419 MC 1558
Tenement Holder	Thiess Bros Pty Ltd;CSR Ltd;The Shell Co. of Australia Limited
Operator	Thiess Bros Pty Ltd, Mining Div.;CSR Ltd, Coal Div.;The Shell Co. of Australia Limited, Coal Div.
Geological Province	Murray Basin
Mine Name	Sedan Coal Deposit;Towitta seam;Lake Moodie seam;Anna Coal Deposit
Stratigraphy	Blanchetown Clay Ettrick Formation Kanmantoo Group Loxton Sand Mannum Formation Norwest Bend Formation Warina Sand
Commodity	coal
Notes	Notes: Includes: - Orientation resistivity survey over the Anna lignite deposit on EL 429, Mannum, South Australia. (Appendix 1 to progress report to 12/6/80). - Reconnaissance resistivity survey at Mannum, South Australia for Thiess Bros Pty... Notes: Includes: - Orientation resistivity survey over the Anna lignite deposit on EL 429, Mannum, South Australia. (Appendix 1 to progress report to 12/6/80). - Reconnaissance resistivity survey at Mannum, South Australia for Thiess Bros Pty Ltd. (Appendix 3 to progress report to 12/9/80). - Report on retrieval operations during attempted recovery of a lost geophysical probe containing a radioactive source from borehole R0193 in EL 609, Mannum, SA. - Mannum Project - Sedan coal deposit. Coal quality and combustion testing. Volume 7. - Mannum Project - Sedan coal deposit. Geology and reserves (Volume 4). Parent company CSR Ltd (CSR) took over operating the subject tenement from its subsidiary Thiess Bros in January 1982, during the term of EL 609. CSR transferred ownership of the licence (now EL 1419) to The Shell Co. of Australia Limited (Shell) on 10/10/1988. Tenure of a reduced part of the subject area has now bOrientation resistivity survey over the Anna lignite deposit on EL 429, Mannum, South Australia. (Appendix 1 to progress report to 12/6/80).een renewed by Shell under EL 1807. Geographic Locality: Mannum;Sedan;Cambrai;Kanappa;Punthari;Underwoods Hill;Sandleton;Red Creek;Palmer Fault;Florieton Fault;1978 Long Ridge (Sedan) Gravity Survey;1980 Anna Lignite Deposit Orientation Resistivity Survey;1980 Mannum Reconnaissance Resistivity Survey;1982 Sedan Trial Ground EM (Sirotem) Survey Doc No: Env 03345 Drillhole: [ Hole ID prefixed 'C' (cored) or 'R' (open/chip sampled) ];R0001 - R0007;C0008;R0009 - R0016;(253435 - 253438);C0017;(253428);R0018 - R0022;(253429);(253430);(253432);C0023;C0024;(253431);R0025 - R0036;(253434);(72455);(72456);(72468);(72491);(72514);(72522);(72528);(72529);R037 - R0050;C0041;C0051;C0053;R0052 - R0059;C0060;R0061 - R0066;(253465 - 253467);C0066;C0067;(253560);R0068;(253561);C0069;(253562);R0070 - R0076;(253563);(253578 - 253581);C0074;C0074a;C0077;(253582);R0078;R0079;(253583);C0080;(253464);C0081;R0082 - R0096;(253585 - 253591);R0097 - R00149;C0098;C0101;C0103;C0103a;C0103b;C0118;C0136;R0150 - R0238;C0160;C0178;C0227;C0234;C0238;C0242;C0245;C0328;C0362;C1001;C1002;C1004;WW1;WW2;hydrogeological monitoring piezometer holes P1 - P8 More +
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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Citation	Roach, C.;Rau, G.L.;Jones, G.;Bulcock, A.R.;Lonergan, T.;Thrift, J.;Dodds, A.R.;McCarthy, A.;Harrison, P.;Coxhead, B.A.;Broadley, R.;Goscombe, P.W.;Boyd, G.L.;Bos, F. Mannum area (including the Anna and Sedan coal deposits). Data release at licence expiry/renewal : coal exploration progress reports and data, plus Sedan coal deposit mine planning management progress reports, for the period 13/11/1978 to 20/8/1992. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac32759

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