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This report refers to a seismic reflection survey conducted near the town of Muttaburra in Queensland, between 16th October and 12th December, 1959, by Geoseismic (Australia) Ltd, for the Artesian Basin Oil Company Pty Ltd. The purpose of the survey was to determine the nature of any structures present and the thickness of the sedimentary rocks. A number of isolated reconnaissance lines were laid and the shot-points were placed at one or two mile intervals. The records were computed by jump correlation. One structural feature found as a result of the reconnaissance traverses was investigated by more detailed work. A northerly plunging anticline, with easterly dip contrary to the regional westerly dip was delineated on two reflecting horizons. The relief due to the easterly dip is approximately 250 feet on the deeper horizon and 200 feet on the shallower horizon. To investigate the area fully, it would be necessary to carry out a further seismic reflection survey using the continuous profiling method of recording and computing.

A reflection seismic survey was conducted in 1959-60, east of Roma, Queensland, on Authority to Prospect 55P, by Austral Geo Prospectors Pty Ltd for Associated Australian Oilfields N.L., through their management affiliate, Mines Administration Pty Ltd. The primary purpose ofthe survey was to locate positions most favourable for the accumulation of oil and gas. One well, Timbury Hills No. 2, was drilled on a structure indicated by this survey and produced 1,250,000 cubic feet of gas per day. A second well, Pickanjinnie No. 1, tested 6,500,000 cubic feet of gas per day. The seismic survey indicated several possible positions for future bore-holes, and there are indications of structures near the edge of the area. In order that these may be investigated fully, more extensive seismic work should be carried out.

A reflection seismic survey was conducted in late 1959 on Authority to Prospect 55P by Austral Geo Prospectors Pty Ltd for Associated Australian Oilfields N.L. (A.A.O.) through A.A.O. 's management affiliate, Mines Administration Pty Ltd, in an area south of Roma, Queensland. The primary purpose of the survey was to determine the subsurface conditions producing the gravity maximum mapped by the Bureau of Mineral Resources in 1947-1948. No structural features worth drilling were found by the survey, but significant information regarding the geology of the area was obtained. A summary of the conclusions, using data from both the East Roma area (A.A.O., in preparation) and the South Roma area, is given below. (a) The Cretaceous or Upper Jurassic strata thicken toward the south. (b) The Lower Triassic or Permian strata become thinner toward the south and, in spite of the thickening of the formations near the surface, basement should be encountered at depths equivalent to those of the central portion of the East Roma area.

A gravity survey was conducted by Mines Administration Pty Limited for The Papuan Apinaipi Petroleum Company Limited between May and August 1959. The survey took place over seven separate areas within Authority to Prospect 54P in north-western Queensland. The areas surveyed are partly within the Georgina Basin and partly within the Diamantina Basin. These Basins contain Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks. Sedimentary rocks of the Great Artesian Basin overlap the whole of the Diamantina Basin and part of the Georgina Basin. The survey results, together with data obtained previously by the Bureau of Mineral Resources, indicated four distinct zones of gravity "highs" which all trend northnorth-west. Most and perhaps all of these zones coincide in the north with structural features in the Proterozoic sediments. The gravity anomalies associated with these Proterozoic structural features continue southward, where the Proterozoic rocks' are overlain by later sediments, with little or no decrease in absolute gravity. In some areas these Proterozoic structural features have influenced structural development in the Palaeozoic and Cretaceous sediments. The four zones of gravity "highs" are therefore regarded as areas of structural interest that are worthy of further exploration.

A reflection seismic survey was conducted in 1959-1960 by Geophysical Service International, S.A. for West Australian Petroleum Pty Limited. The survey took place within the Canning Basin in Western Australia. The purpose of the survey was to investigate certain anomalies which had been indicated by a previous refraction seismic survey. The reflection seismic survey consisted of 63 miles of continuous profiles, and the interpretation of the results obtained over part of the prospect was controlled by three closed loops. Four anticlinal structures were located in an area where the thickness of pre-Permian sediments is believed to be between 4000 feet and 5000 feet. One of these structures is in the form of an anticlinal nose plunging to the south-west with the open end facing northeast. The other three structures are anticlinal structures closed by faults.

Phillips Petroleum Company-Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Company Buckabie No. 1 Well was drilled from 1st May to 25th July, 1961 to a total depth of 9,070 feet. A normal Mesozoic section was penetrated from the Winton Formation on outcrop through the Walloon Formation, which at 5,216 feet lies unconformably on a series of continental clastic strata of undetermined age, here referred to as the 'Buckabie beds'. The well was completed as a dry hole after penetrating dense, steeply dipping, slightly metamorphosed mudstone at 8,810 to 9,070 feet. Twenty-three cores were cut and the well was logged with electric, radiation, and acoustic tools. No appreciable shows of oil or gas were obtained and five drillstem tests failed to recover formation fluids of any kind.

A reflection seismic survey was conducted in 1959 on Authority to Prospect 55P by Austral Geo Prospectors Pty Ltd for Associated Australian Oilfields N.L. (A.A.O.), through A.A.O.'s management affiliate, Mines Administration Pty Ltd. The survey was made in the vicinity of the Arcadia Anticline, about 90 miles north of Roma, Queensland. Two exploratory bores had been drilled on the Arcadia Anticline, the first by Oil Search Ltd in 1936, and the second by Associated Australian Oilfields N.L. in 1957. The Oil Search test yielded a gasflow, mainly of carbon dioxide, of 3,000,000 cu.ft per day from the Staircase Sandstone. Shows of oil and gas encountered in the Associated Australian Oilfields bore were insignificant. The purposes of the seismic survey were as follows:- (1) To outline subsurface structural conditions; (2) To indicate whether a more detailed reflection seismic survey might locate drilling sites more favourable for the accumulation of oil or gas than those of the O.S.L. No.3 and A.A.O. No.7 Bores. The three horizons that were mapped showed a general conformity of structure but the maps showing the intervals between the mapping horizons indicated a lack of conformity in thickness of the strata. These results led to the conclusion that the Arcadia Anticline is a fold of recent geological age. The seismic data indicated that the Oil Search No. 3 Bore was drilled on the crest of the Arcadia Anticline. Additional seismic work would be necessary to determine the most favourable location for further investigation.

Wolframite is the commonest source of tungsten, but scheelite is present in some mines. Minerals of bismuth, copper, molybdenum, lead, tin, and iron have been identified in association with the tungsten minerals. Minor amounts of gold are also present. The Hatches Creek Wolfram Field is situated near the north-eastern end of the Davenport Range in the Northern Territory. The Stuart Highway, a bitumenized road linking the port of Darwin with Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, crosses the Range at the north-western end. Wolfram deposits are present at Wauchope, The Devil's Marbles, Moscluito Creek, Kurunelli, Epenarra, Elkedra, and Hatches Creek; only the Wauchope and Hatches Creek deposits have proved to be economically important. The Wauchope deposits have been investigated by Sullivan (1952). The Hatches Creek Wolfram Field is defined for the purpose of this report as a roughly triangular area bounded by Hatches Creek, Mia Mia Creek, and the Hit or Miss Gully (Pl. 2). The area extends roughly seven miles in a northerly direction and is about three miles across at the base. Only two small tungsten bearing reefs and some reefs reputed to carry gold lie outside this area.

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