Strat Unit Name
no sample
Strat Unit Description
No sample: lost in drilling, cavity; sea if offshore.
GIS Code
------ns
3.81
14.02
TQ
SAND
Yellow fine well sorted unconsolidated sand with thn ferruginous bands below white fine well sorted cross bedded micaceous sandstone with thin limonitic partings
Strat Unit Name
Tertiary-Pleistocene rocks
Strat Unit Description
Undifferentiated Tertiary to Pleistocene rocks.
GIS Code
aI
14.02
79.25
Topn
CLAY (UNDIFF. ORIGIN)
SILT
Grey-(green-black) silty clay & clayey silt, locally limonitic, minor local sand
Strat Unit Name
Namba Formation
Strat Unit Description
Sand, fine to medium-grained, poorly sorted, angular, silt, thin dolomite, oolitic dolomite interbeds. Shallow, brackish to fresh water lakes.
GIS Code
op---n
79.25
129.84
Taee
SAND
CLAY (UNDIFF. ORIGIN)
Unconsolidated quartz sand, grainsize to 0.5mm; silty clay interval 270'-278'
Strat Unit Name
Eyre Formation
Strat Unit Description
Pyritic, carbonaceous sand, grain-size ranges from silt to small cobble, with beds of lignite and clay. Clays are montmorillonite, kaolinite and illite. Braided streams.
GIS Code
ae---e
129.84
142.04
Krm
CLAY (UNDIFF. ORIGIN)
SILT
Green-grey silty clay, clayey silt, blue-grey silt, gravel, sand, carbonaceous material; locally fossiliferous
Strat Unit Name
Marree Subgroup
Strat Unit Description
Shale, dark grey, bioturbated, fossiliferous; sandstone, fine to very fine grained, calcareous, clayey.
GIS Code
K--rm