The Reputed Petroliferous Area of the Warren River District (South-west Division) |
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albite altered dolerite amphibolite analyses Annual Progress Report Apatite asphaltum Assistant Geologist Assistant Government Geologist Auvergnose biotite bitumen Boorara Bore Bulletin calcite carbonated cent ceratophyres chlorite Coal Components Coolgardie Coolgardie Goldfield Creek deposits depth District dolerite Dolomite Dongara Dyke east Epidiorite epidote feet felspar Feysville Field Geologist Geological Survey Gibb Maitland Gold Golden Ridge goorlie granite Graphitic greenstone H. P. Woodward H₂O Hill hornblende igneous rocks ilmenite K₂O Kalgoorlie kaolin Kurrawang Lake Laterite Lease leucoxene Locality Location 50 lode magnetite Metasomatic miles Mineral Mining Murchison Goldfield N.W. Div Na₂O Nil Nil Nil Nil Trace Norseman North occur outcrop petroleum phenocrysts porphyry Price pyrites quartz quartz porphyry quartzite reef sand sandstone schists Seam sedimentary sericite shaft Shale sheared Silica SiO2 slates South Southern Cross TABLE Trace Nil Trace Trace Trace Warren River Western Australia zoisite
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Page 53 - Nitrates are usually regarded as evidence of pollution in waters, but they do not necessarily indicate pollution. In arid regions, where nitrification goes on rapidly, nitrates may occur in considerable amounts; some of the underground waters of Arizona contain as high as 160 parts per million of nitrogen in this form.
Page 129 - II.—REPORTS. Reports by the Government Geologist in connection with the Water Supply of the Goldfields, containing—(a) Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie
Page 62 - The Geology and Mineral Industry of Western Australia : by A. Gibb Maitland and A. Montgomery. Price. 2s. 6d. 1912.
Page 129 - Goldfleld ; Gold Finds on the Preston and Ferguson Rivers ; The Present Condition and Future Prospects of the Greenbushes Tinfleld ; Boring for Coal near Albany ; North Lead, Kanowna ; Bulong Deep Leads : Coolgardie Deep Leads ; Alluvial Deposits, Donnybrook Goldfleld ; Subsidy to the Norseman Gold Mines, Ltd. ; Gascoyne District; Extension of Artesian Watercarrying strata from South Australia.
Page 5 - GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. LIST OF OFFICERS. Government Geologist .. .. .. .. .. A. Gibb Maitland (Director of the Survey.) FIELD STAFF. Assistant Government Geologist • .. .. HP Woodward
Page 53 - Although waters containing small quantities of nitrates, borates or phosphates are not uncommon, waters in which these compounds are conspicuous are rare.
Page 3 - GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. LIST OF OFFICERS. Government Geologist .. .. .. .. .. A. Gibb Maitland (Director of the Survey.) FIELD STAFF. Assistant Government Geologist
Page 22 - his opinion, that the occurrence of asphalt and similar substances on the coast is purely accidental, and that there is not the slightest evidence of their having been derived from local subterranean sources.!
Page 58 - of print.) 1910. Annual Progress Report for the Year 1910, containing— Results of Boring for Artesian Water on the Eucla Plateau ; The Geology of the Country between Sandstone and Lawlers, East Murchison Goldfleld, from the point of view of Railway Communication ; The Prospects of obtaining a. Water Supply for Geraldton, either Artesian, Sub-artesian, Wells or Catchment Areas ; The Mount
Page 133 - LXV. Reputed Petroliferous Area of the Warren River District, South-West Division : by HP Woodward, Assistant Government Geologist. Price, 2s. 6d. 1915