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RB 45/00076 Diamond drilling of limestone for building stone, near Morgan.
Published: 01 Jan 1959 Created: 04 Nov 2024 Revised: 04 Nov 2024
Author: Whitten, G.F.

Three diamond holes totalling 29.03m tested a fine grained sandy limestone in the Pliocene Loxton Sand. The drilling indicated approximately 6000 cubic metres of fine grained building stone, underlain by a similar amount of shelly limestone also...

Three diamond holes totalling 29.03m tested a fine grained sandy limestone in the Pliocene Loxton Sand. The drilling indicated approximately 6000 cubic metres of fine grained building stone, underlain by a similar amount of shelly limestone also probably suitable for building.

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Record No rb4500076
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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Tenement
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Geological Province Murray Basin
Mine Name
Stratigraphy Loxton Sand
Commodity limestone
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Notes: Published by SADM in: Mining Review, Adelaide. No. 107 (1959); p: 102-109
Geographic Locality: Morgan;Hd Cadell, secn 131
Doc No: RB 45/00076
Notes: Published by SADM in: Mining Review, Adelaide. No. 107 (1959); p: 102-109
Geographic Locality: Morgan;Hd Cadell, secn 131
Doc No: RB 45/00076
Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb4500076
Citation Whitten, G.F. 1959. RB 45/00076 Diamond drilling of limestone for building stone, near Morgan. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb4500076

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