RB 72/00007 Reconnaissance survey of ballast sources Tarcoola Alice Springs standard gauge railway Mount Willoughby, Northern Territory - Commonwealth Rail.

Published: 18 Jan 1972 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024

Author: Firman, J.B.

This report describes potential ballast sites on the Mount Willoughby - Northern Territory Border section of the proposed Tarcoola -Alice Springs standard gauge railway. Sedimentary rocks of Mesozoic and Tertiary age south of Marla Bore do not provide suitably large amounts of rock which could be classified as ballast. Crystalline rocks and sedimentary rocks of Precambrian and Palaeozoic age provide a number of potential ballast sites north of Marla Bore. Of these, the deposits at Mount Chandler, Granite Downs, Olgas Bore, Eagle Hawk Dam and Calamity Bore have the greatest potential for a suitable quantity of hard rock. Los Angeles Abrasion and Sodium Sulphate Soundress tests are included in support of geological opinion regarding the suitability of materials. A report on petrography of selected material is also provided.

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Record No	rb7200007
Topic	Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource	Document
Category Type	Civil Engineering Earth Sciences Energy Energy Exploration Engineering Geochemistry Geology Mineral Exploration Mineral Resources (Excl. Energy Resources) Quarry And Extractive Resource Geology Resource Geology Resources Engineering
Document Type	Departmental Publication - Hydrogeological Publication
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Tenement Holder
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Geological Province	Musgrave Province Officer Basin
Mine Name	Mount Howe Deposit;Mount Chandler Deposit
Stratigraphy
Commodity	granite industrial material sandstone
Notes	Notes: 71/01025 Geographic Locality: Tarcoola;Alice Springs Doc No: RB 72/00007 Drillhole: Marla 1 Notes: 71/01025 Geographic Locality: Tarcoola;Alice Springs Doc No: RB 72/00007 Drillhole: Marla 1
Language	English
Metadata Standard	ISO 19115-3

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Persistent identifier	https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb7200007
Citation	Firman, J.B. 1972. RB 72/00007 Reconnaissance survey of ballast sources Tarcoola Alice Springs standard gauge railway Mount Willoughby, Northern Territory - Commonwealth Rail. Departmental Publication - Hydrogeological Publication. Government of South Australia. https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb7200007

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Geographic Reference	GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
Geo bounding box	{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[133,-27.5],[133.5,-27.5],[133.5,-26],[133,-26],[133,-27.5]]]}
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