RB 79/00086 Stuart Highway, Bookaloo to Mount Gunson section. Drilling for construction water.
Published: 01 Jan 1979 Created: 06 Nov 2024 Revised: 06 Nov 2024

Six holes totalling 659 m were drilled at four locations on the Bookaloo - Mount Gunson section of the Stuart Highway. Supplies of construction quality groundwater were obtained at three of the locations. There is some evidence to suggest that the...

Six holes totalling 659 m were drilled at four locations on the Bookaloo - Mount Gunson section of the Stuart Highway. Supplies of construction quality groundwater were obtained at three of the locations. There is some evidence to suggest that the optimum depth for water wells in this environment is of the order of 150 m.

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Record No rb7900086
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
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Document Type Departmental Publication - Hydrogeological Publication
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Tenement
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Geological Province Stuart Shelf
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    Geographic Locality: Bukaloo;Stuart Highway;Mount Gunson
    Doc No: RB 79/00086

    Geographic Locality: Bukaloo;Stuart Highway;Mount Gunson Doc No: RB 79/00086

    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/rb7900086
    Citation Read, R.E. 1979. RB 79/00086 Stuart Highway, Bookaloo to Mount Gunson section. Drilling for construction water. Departmental Publication - Hydrogeological Publication. Government of South Australia.
    https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/rb7900086

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    Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
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