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The Arcadia bore, Queensland

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 19/11/2025

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No. 1 Bore, Arcadia is situated in the parish of Arcadia, county of Westgrove, 85 miles north of Roma and 40 miles north-north-east of Injune, the nearest rail town. Drilling operations extended from 1936 to 1939. The Arcadia bore it the second deep bore in Queensland (the first being Hutton Creek bore) from which a comprehensive series of samples has been examined for their micro-faunal content. This examination was carried out on 1,256 samples consisting of drill cuttings taken over every five feet and of cores taken at numerous depths below 4,112 feet.

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Title The Arcadia bore, Queensland
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/b032bc54-6ea9-4278-ab6d-b57f8c7db9a6
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Reference Period 17/11/2025
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "The Arcadia bore, Queensland". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/the-arcadia-bore-queensland