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Open cut coal programme-Newcastle region, Buchanan area Drilling results

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

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A total of 22 "testing and defining" rotary cored drill holes were drilled by the Bureau and J. McD. Royle Ltd., contractor to the Bureau, during the prospecting for reserves of open-cut coal in the Tomago Stage of the Upper Coal Measures near Buchanan. These 22 holes involved 3640 ft. of drilling and indicated possible reserves of 4,200,000 tons of coal suitable for mining by underground and open cut methods. The geology of the area, and the operations carried out, including mining, logging, sampling, analysis, and surveying, are discussed. The results of the drilling programme are shown in the accompanying maps, and graphic and bore logs.

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Title Open cut coal programme-Newcastle region, Buchanan area Drilling results
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/0ead001b-11a8-4511-8250-1c7f7d37cdfb
Contact Point
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Reference Period 20/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Open cut coal programme-Newcastle region, Buchanan area Drilling results". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/open-cut-coal-programme-newcastle-region-buchanan-area-drilling-results