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RB 72/00171 Tarcoola to Alice Springs railway : ballast supplies, Tarcoola - Mabel Creek section.
Published: 01 Jan 1972 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024
Author: Pain, A.M.

The regional distribution of rock types suitable for use as ballast in the Tarcoola to Mabel Creek section of the railway is discussed. Suitable material occurs in the Precambrian basement, and diamond drilling has proved substantial reserves....

The regional distribution of rock types suitable for use as ballast in the Tarcoola to Mabel Creek section of the railway is discussed. Suitable material occurs in the Precambrian basement, and diamond drilling has proved substantial reserves. Other investigations have shown that most of the local deposits of silcrete are too small, but there is a possibility of obtaining low grade material suitable for sub-ballast from gravels in Long Creek, south-west of Coober Pedy.

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Record No rb7200171
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Departmental Publication - Hydrogeological Publication
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Sponsor Commonwealth Railways
Tenement
Tenement Holder
Operator
Geological Province Gawler Craton
Mine Name
Stratigraphy Gawler Range Volcanics
Commodity
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    Geographic Locality: Tarcoola - Alice Springs Railway;Mabel Creek;Birthday Hill;Perfection Well;Long Creek
Doc No: RB 72/00171
    Geographic Locality: Tarcoola - Alice Springs Railway;Mabel Creek;Birthday Hill;Perfection Well;Long Creek
Doc No: RB 72/00171
    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/rb7200171
    Citation Pain, A.M. 1972. RB 72/00171 Tarcoola to Alice Springs railway : ballast supplies, Tarcoola - Mabel Creek section. Departmental Publication - Hydrogeological Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb7200171

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