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Preliminary appraisal of groundwater - part of Wildman River station

Details:

Title

Preliminary appraisal of groundwater - part of Wildman River station

Creator

Qureshi, H.

Issued by

Northern Territory. Department of Transport and Works. Resource Investigation Branch. Water Division

Collection

E-Publications; E-Books; PublicationNT; Report No. 29/1983

Date

1983

Language

English

Subject

Groundwater -- Northern Territory -- Wildman River; Water-supply -- Northern Territory -- Wildman River; Bores -- Northern Territory -- Wildman River; Hydrogeology -- Northern Territory -- Wildman River

Publisher name

Northern Territory Government

Place of publication

Darwin

Series

Report No. 29/1983

Format

1 volume (various paging) : maps ; 30 cm.

File type

application/pdf

Use

Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)

Copyright owner

Northern Territory Government

License

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/228158

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/674506

Page content

Technical Report WRD83029 Viewed at 14:07:56 on 29/07/2010 Page 9 of 11. I I I I I I I I 'I I I I I I I I I I I I Bore RN 22562. A decision was made to investigate the area close to water hole on northwest corner of the area. A similar strata of RN 22561 was encountered in this hole. The drilling was stopped at 92 rn. Bore RN 22598. This bore was sited at the intersection of three lineations and aquifer was expected in fracture at depth. The hole was drilled to a depth of 42 m in sandstone and shales. The bore was abandoned due to insufficient supply and backfilled. 26:INV2