Arrowie Basin
Petroleum and Geothermal in South Australia 7
FIGURES 1. Arrowie Basin, South Australia. Wells and seismic lines. (204548-033)
2. Regional seismic section across the Moorowie Syncline, line 30ar02, Geoscience Australia L164 survey. (204548-034)
3. Geological summary of the central region of the Adelaide Geosyncline. (204548-035)
4. Geological summary of the Arrowie Basin. (204548-036)
5. Wireline log correlation of Arrowie Basin sediments, Moorowie 1 to BWMIA 1. (204548-037)
6. Palaeogeographic reconstruction of sequence C1.1 (Early Cambrian). (204548-038)
7. Arrowie Basin, South Australia. Petroleum and geothermal tenements. (204548-039)
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Frome 10
Amelia 1
Annie 1
Lily 1
Frome 13
Frome 7
Steven 1
Kylie 1
Nicolin 1 Frome 14
Mark 1
Peter 1
Follington 1
Melkor 1
Treebeard 1,1AAnduril 1
Strider 1
Faramir 1
Shelob 1
Moria 1
30AR01
Arrowie Basin
ArrowieBasin
BROKEN HILL RAILWAY
STUART
AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY
TRANS
HIG
HWAY
BARRIER HIGHWAY
OlaryQuorn
Hawker
Copley
Marree
BlinmanWoomera
Cockburn
Lyndhurst Arkaroola
Andamooka
Glendambo
Parachilna
B
Olympic Dam
Roxby Downs Leigh Creek
WK 1WK 2
Scyw 1A
Yarrah 1
Tilcha 2Tilcha 1Yerila 1
Emu Dam 1
Edeowie 1,2
Woomera 1 Motpena 1,2Blinman 2Blinman 1
WWD 1 DW1
Blanche 1
Telechie 1
Moorowie 1Yalkalpo 1
Mudguard 1
Wooltana 1
Paralana 1
Skeleton 2
Yalkalpo 2
Lake Frome 2
Wilkatana 1-19
Bumbarlow 1
Paralana 1B
Paralana 1A
Lake Namba 1Lake Frome 3Lake Frome 1
Mulyungarie 2
Old Motpena 1
Black Range 2
Cootabarlow 3Cootabarlow 2
Cootabarlow 1
Billeroo West 1
Lakeside Bore 1Mount James MJ 1
Stuart Shelf WWD 1
Wertaloona 1Black Oak Bore 1
Stratigraphic Bore 3A
Stuart Creek SCYW-79 1
Vulkathunha - Gammon Ranges (NP)
FlindersRanges (NP)
Frome 8Frome 1,1AFrome 4
Frome 9
Smaug 1Frome 5,5A
Frome 2Frome 6
Frome 3,3A
Anduin 1
SAP 1 DW1
Salamander 1
Balrog 1
Gollum 1Sauron 1
Nazgul 1
Gandalf 1
L164 survey
Leigh Creek
Beverley
White Dam
Honeymoon
Olympic Dam
Beltana
Prominent Hill
Oban
Portia
Reliance
Kalkaroo
Mutooroo
Four Mile
Carrapateena
Pepegoona
Crockers Well
Arckaringa Basin
Lake Torrens (NP)
Lake Gairdner (NP)
Lake Frome (RR)
Bimbowrie (CP)
Strzelecki (RR)
Gawler Ranges (NP)
Ediacara (CP)
The Dutchmans Stern (CP)
Lake Torrens
Lake Gairdner
Lake Frome
Lake Everard
Lake Harris
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DMITRE 204456-033
South Australian Lamberts
Figure 1
0 25 50 kmPipeline licence (PL)Gas pipeline
Liquids pipeline
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ADELAIDE
Olympic Dam
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Siesmic lines (3D excluded)Gawler Curnamona Arrowieseismic survey – 2008Seismic – post 2000
Seismic – 1950–1999
Ì Selected mine
Parks with petroleum exploration access
Parks with no petroleum exploration access
PL12
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Petroleum wells
ª Dry holeª̈ Dry hole with oil shows: Proposed or currently drilling
Geothermal wellsÂ
Abandoned wellØ Proposed or currently drillingÚ Suspended well
WELLS and SEISMIC LINES
Arrowie BasinSouth Australia
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Figure 2 Regional seismic section across the Moorowie Syncline, line 30AR01, Geoscience Australia L164 Survey.
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Lake Frome Group Wirrealpa Lst
Moorowie Fm
Base Cambrian
Unknown horizon
Unknown horizon
Unknown horizon (unconformity)
Unknown horizon
Mesoproterozoic
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Lake Frome 2
Lake Frome 3Lake Frome 1
Billeroo West 1
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Frome 9
Frome 5,5A
Frome 2
Frome 6
Frome 3,3A
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ARROWIE BASIN
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DMITRE 204456-035
ROCK UNIT
ARROWIE BASIN
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Rawnsley Quartzite
Bonney Sandstone
CanyonsWonoka Formation
Bunyeroo Formation
ABC Range Quartzite
Brachina Formation
Nuccaleena Formation
Elatina Formation
Tapley Hill Formation
Wilyerpa Formation
Tindelpina Shale
Appila
Tillite
BURRA
GROUP
CALLANNA
GROUP
Crystalline Basement
(GAWLER AND CURNAMONA CRATONS)
Balcanoona FmBrighton Limestone
Trezona Formation
Angepena FormationEtina Formation
Enorama Shale
Cambrian transgression approx 540 Ma
Postglacial transgression
Fault - controlled depocentres.
Glaciomarine diamictite and distal turbidites.
Local ironstone development (?condensed –
sequence).
Carbonaceous – TOC 1.1%, VR =2%�
Shallow marine clastics.
Renewed marine transgression.
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Skillogalee Dolomite TOC 1.3% but overmature
in places. Potential seal.
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Fluviomarine sandstone, distal silts and dolomite.
Gawler Craton intruded by mafic dykes
(1100–1050Ma) extension produced by initial
rifting and graben development.
Subaerial mafic volcanism.
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Rift volcanism – flood basalts and rhyolite.
Initiation of rifting approx 850 Ma.
Brief marine incursions.
Evaporites and halite – source of diapirs
(gypsum, anhydrite and halite psuedomorphs).
Shallows upwards to stromatolitic limestone.
Transgressive shale deposited in starved basin
Redbeds, carbonate platform and slope.
Possible play in the Moorowie Syncline.
Fluvioglacial outwash and aeolian sandstone.
Glaciomarine diamictite.
Prograding delta into shallow marine shelf.
Tidal bars.
Shallow marine sands. Ediacara fauna
Shelf carbonates – storm reworking
Kilometre deep submarine canyons.
Rapid transgression
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Figure 3 Geological summary of the central region of the Adelaide Geosyncline.
Grindstone Range Sandstone 600m
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>540m
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MAJOR ROCK RELATIONSHIPS COMMENTSSEQUENCE
STRATIGRAPHYAGE
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Pantapinna Sandstone
Balcoracana Formation
Moodlatana Formation
Wirrealpa Limestone
Nepabunna Siltstone
Wirrapowie Limestone
Parachilna FormationUratanna Formation
Woodendinna Dol.
Midwerta Shale
WILPENA GROUPPRE
CAMB
Billy Creek Formation
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Moorowie
Formation
upper
Wilkawillina
Limestone
Bunkers
Coads Hill Mbr
Sandstone
upper
Wilkawillina
Limestone
lower
Wilkawillina
Limestone
lower
Wilkawillina
Limestone
Woodendinna
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Warragee Member
Narina Greywacke
upper Mernmerna
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lower Mernmerna Form
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Oraparinna Shale
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SEQUENCES
NOT YET
IDENTIFIED
Highstand
Lowstand
No lowstand
deposits
Highstand
tract
Highstand
tract
Highstand
Highstand
Lowstand-transgr.
Lowstand
Transgressive
Transgressive
tract
Transgressive
tract
Transgressive
Aroona Creek
Limestone
C3-
SB1
SB2SB1
SB1
SB1
SB1
SB1
- C2.2
- C1.3
- C2.1 - C
2- C
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- C1.2
Potential sandstone reservoirs, but lack regional seal
PROBABLE GLOBAL REGRESSION
PROBABLE GLOBAL TRANSGRESSION
PROBABLE GLOBAL TRANSGRESSION
TECTONIC AND VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
Redbeds, thin carbonates. Limited source potential. Regional
seal to Wirrealpa Limestone
Widespread transgressive-regressive sequence recorded in all
Australian Cambrian basins. Potential source and reservoir
Redbeds, minor sandstone. Regional seal
Deep-water shale (Oraparinna) and lime mudstone (Mernmerna)
with source potential
First phase of major reef growth on central platform. Sandy oolite
shoals on east platform
First differentiation of platform margin with distinct shelf-slope break
High energy bioclastic deposits with small bioherms
Local deep marine intrashelf depressions
Peritidal facies deepening north on carbonate ramps
Widespread shoreface sands, thickening and fining northwards to
transgressive subtidal deposits
Localised submarine channels, chiefly in western region
Upper levels quartzitic in outcrop. Limited reservoir potential.
Lower levels shaly
DMITRE 204456-036
Widespread subaerial exposure. Potential karst reservoirs on
carbonate shelves
Subaerial exposure, extensive meteoric diagenesis, Bunkers
lowstand wedge is potential reservoir
Progradational-aggradational. Extensive dolomite, evaporites.
Second phase of reef expansion. East platform dissected by sand
filled channels
Figure 4 Geological summary of the Arrowie Basin. NB: average thickness is from outcrop.
Figure 5 Wireline log correlation of Arrowie Basin sediments, Moorowie 1 to BWMIA 1.
204456-037
OFFICER
BASIN
BASIN
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WARBURTON
ARROWIE
STANSBURY
BASIN
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KILOMETRES
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Mount Gambier
Port Augusta
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CYMBRIC VALE
FORMATION
MOUNT
WRIGHT
VOLCANICS
WILLYAMA
INLIERS
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lowerWilkawillinaLimestone
WirrapowieLimestone
Fork TreeLimestone
PararaLimestone
lowerWilkawillinaLimestone
MidwertaShale
MernmernaFormation
OuldburraFormation
ReliefSandstone
ParachilnaFormation
WangkondaFormation
Mount TerribleFormation
WinultaFormation
Sellick HillFormation
WoodendinnaDolomite Woodendinna
Dolomite
UratannaFormation
KulparaFormation
STANSBURY BASIN
ARROWIE BASIN
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ROCK RELATIONSHIPS
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Broken Hill
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Figure 6 Palaeogeographic reconstruction of sequence C1.1 (Early Cambrian).
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Arrowie Basin
ArrowieBasin
BROKEN HILL RAILWAY
STUART
AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY
TRANS
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BARRIER HIGHWAY
OlaryQuorn
Hawker
Copley
Marree
Blinman
Woomera
Cockburn
Lyndhurst Arkaroola
Andamooka
Glendambo
Parachilna
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Leigh Creek
Arckaringa Basin
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Lake Torrens (NP)
Lake Gairdner (NP)
Lake Frome (RR)
Bimbowrie (CP)
Strzelecki (RR)
Gawler Ranges (NP)
Ediacara (CP)
The Dutchmans Stern (CP)
Vulkathunha - Gammon Ranges (NP)
Flinders Ranges (NP)
The Dutchmans Stern (CP)
Lake Torrens
Lake Gairdner
Lake Frome
Andamooka Island
Lake Everard
Lake Harris
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DMITRE 204456-039
PETROLEUM and GEOTHERMALENERGY ACT TENEMENTS
Arrowie BasinSouth Australia
South Australian Lamberts
Figure 7
0 25 50 km
Pipeline licence (PL)Gas pipeline
Liquids pipeline
"
"
ADELAIDE
Olympic Dam
NEW
SO
UTH
WA
LES
PL1PL2
Petroleum tenementsPetroleum exploration licence application (PELA)
Petroleum exploration licence (PEL)
Geothermal tenementsGeothermal exploration licence application (GELA)
Geothermal exploration licence (GEL)
Parks with petroleumexploration access
Parks with no petroleum exploration access
PL12
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
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