RB 79/00082 Geological results from the 1977/78 drilling programme, Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits.
Published: 01 Feb 1992 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024

Between December 1977 and February 1978, 103 coal exploration and development holes were drilled in the Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits, 100 km north of Adelaide. These Tertiary deposits, in the northern extremity of the St. Vincent Basin,...

Between December 1977 and February 1978, 103 coal exploration and development holes were drilled in the Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits, 100 km north of Adelaide. These Tertiary deposits, in the northern extremity of the St. Vincent Basin, contain low-rank brown coal seams. The drilling was financed and controlled by the Electricity Trust of South Australia (ETSA) while the South Australian Department of Mines and Energy (SADME) was involved in planning and co-ordinating field activities and in assessing the geology of the area. The object of the programme was to determine suitability of the area for possible open-cut coal mining. Brown coal resources in this area had not been fully delineated by previous work (Meyer, 1976), and therefore the latest programme also attempted to define the coal limits, particularly toward the north. Previous investigations (Meyer, 1976) had shown that the coal has a high sodium/ash ratio and sulphur content, and might therefore cause major boiler fouling and pollution problems during combustion. Acoordingly, a site was to be selected in the most coal prospective area indicated by the new drilling, from which to take a large (over 500 tonnes) bulk sample for coal combustion tests. Overseas shipment of such a bulk sample to the US and West Germany, for optimum testing in pilot scale furnaces, was under consideration.

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Record No rb7900082
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication
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Sponsor
Tenement EL 422
Tenement Holder Electricity Trust of South Australia
Operator
Geological Province St Vincent Basin
Mine Name Wakefield Coal Deposit;Clinton Coal Deposit
Stratigraphy
Commodity coal
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Geographic Locality: Wakefield;Clinton
Doc No: RB 79/00082
Drillhole: V180;V201;V227;V243;V255;V258

Geographic Locality: Wakefield;Clinton Doc No: RB 79/00082 Drillhole: V180;V201;V227;V243;V255;V258

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/rb7900082
Citation Meyer, G.M. 1992. RB 79/00082 Geological results from the 1977/78 drilling programme, Wakefield and Clinton coal deposits. Departmental Publication - Geological Survey Geoscience Publication. Government of South Australia.
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb7900082

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