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RB 60/00107 Stuart Range no. 3 bore, Coober Pedy, stratigraphy and micropalaeontology.
Published: 26 May 1965 Created: 05 Nov 2024 Revised: 05 Nov 2024
Author: Ludbrook, N.H.

Stuart Range No.3 bore, which was deepened by rotary drilling during January-March 1965 in a search for additional underground water supplies for the Coober Pedy Opalfield, and which was completed as a stratigraphic bore (with some bottomhole...

Stuart Range No.3 bore, which was deepened by rotary drilling during January-March 1965 in a search for additional underground water supplies for the Coober Pedy Opalfield, and which was completed as a stratigraphic bore (with some bottomhole rotary core retrieval), intersected a 584 feet thickness of Lower Cretaceous shales and Cretaceous-Jurassic sandstones overlying a sequence of Lower Permian shales, silty sands, and boulder clays that is at least 1459 feet thick. The marine interval drilled between 1020 and 1660 feet depth contains the most fossiliferous Permian sediments yet intersected in South Australia, with foraminifera as well as rare gastropoda, ostracoda, and vertebrate fragments. The bore was completed in boulder clay at 2043 feet.

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Record No rb6000107
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
Contributor South Australia. Department of Mines;Geological Survey of South Australia. Palaeontology Section
Sponsor South Australia. E&WS Department
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    Notes: Published by SADM in: Mining Review, Adelaide. No. 122 (1967); p: 28-32. 63/01802
Geographic Locality: Coober Pedy
Doc No: RB 60/00107
Drillhole: Stuart Range 3 [water bore];(6889)
Drillhole Unit No: 5839 00068
    Notes: Published by SADM in: Mining Review, Adelaide. No. 122 (1967); p: 28-32. 63/01802
Geographic Locality: Coober Pedy
Doc No: RB 60/00107
Drillhole: Stuart Range 3 [water bore];(6889)
Drillhole Unit No: 5839 00068
    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/rb6000107
    Citation Ludbrook, N.H. 1965. RB 60/00107 Stuart Range no. 3 bore, Coober Pedy, stratigraphy and micropalaeontology. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb6000107

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