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RB 72/00183 Mount Willoughby limestone deposit at Ethel Well.
Published: 01 Jan 1975 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024
Author: Nichol, D.;Pain, A.M.

Geological mapping and drilling of two exploratory diamond core holes near Ethel Well led to the selection of an area of Mount Willoughby Limestone potentially suitable for the development of a ballast quarry. Twenty-five rotary air holes were...

Geological mapping and drilling of two exploratory diamond core holes near Ethel Well led to the selection of an area of Mount Willoughby Limestone potentially suitable for the development of a ballast quarry. Twenty-five rotary air holes were drilled which showed the presence of some 100,000 cubic metres (130,000 cubic yards) of material lying within 4 metres (13 feet) of the surface. Additional reserves exist outside of the area tested by drilling. The material is of very low grade and would be suitable only as preliminary or bottoming ballast. Following consultation with Commonwealth Railways engineering personnel it was concluded that the site was not worth development.

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Record No rb7200183
Topic Geoscientific Information
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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    Stratigraphy Mount Willoughby Limestone
    Commodity industrial material
    Notes 
    Notes: Published in Mineral Resources Review, South Australia, no=137, p: 123-127
Geographic Locality: Tarcoola Alice Springs Railway;Ethel Well;Ethel well
Doc No: RB 72/00183
    Notes: Published in Mineral Resources Review, South Australia, no=137, p: 123-127
Geographic Locality: Tarcoola Alice Springs Railway;Ethel Well;Ethel well
Doc No: RB 72/00183
    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/rb7200183
    Citation Nichol, D.;Pain, A.M. 1975. RB 72/00183 Mount Willoughby limestone deposit at Ethel Well. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb7200183

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