Geology of the old Motpena area.
Published: 01 Jan 1956 Created: 13 Nov 2024 Revised: 13 Nov 2024

60 square miles covered between Motpena (8 miles WSW of Parachilna) and Lake Torrens. No pre-Quaternary outcrops. Quaternary: yellow brown dune sand and clay, travertine up to 40 thick near margins of Lake Torrens. Nilpena area (see also envelope...

60 square miles covered between Motpena (8 miles WSW of Parachilna) and Lake Torrens. No pre-Quaternary outcrops. Quaternary: yellow brown dune sand and clay, travertine up to 40 thick near margins of Lake Torrens. Nilpena area (see also envelope 130). No photo coverage. Grey limestone underlain by sandstones and quartzites (including Mount Michael trig. station), underlain by grey argillaceous limestone and calcareous shale, with purple slates near the top of the group. Flat topped hills capped with 10 of conglomerate with well rounded pebbles in calcareous cement occur west of Nilpena H.S. The conglomerate is underlain by travertine and gypsum, and is assumed to be of Pleistocene age.

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Record No mesac33697
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Energy Company Report - Annual licence or technical report
Contributor Geosurveys of Australia Ltd
Sponsor
Tenement OEL 7
Tenement Holder Santos Ltd
Operator Santos Ltd
Geological Province Torrens Basin
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Stratigraphy
Commodity
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    Geographic Locality: Motpena
    Doc No: Env 00133

    Geographic Locality: Motpena Doc No: Env 00133

    Language English
    Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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    License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac33697
    Citation Rowe, S.M.;Hess, A. 1956. Geology of the old Motpena area. Energy Company Report - Annual licence or technical report
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac33697

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    Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
    Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[138,-31.5],[138.5,-31.5],[138.5,-31],[138,-31],[138,-31.5]]]}
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