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Merlinleigh Basin

Shire of Carnarvon

Merlinleigh Basin is a coal exploration project in the Shire of Carnarvon, Western Australia. Its 6 WAMEX reports were lodged by Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd between 1974 and 1976.

Reports
6
Operators
1
Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd
Worked
3yrs
1974 to 1976, 50 years ago
Main target
Coal
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Merlinleigh Basin in the Shire of Carnarvon
Ground extent26 × 60 km
Report areas mapped3

Who has explored here

Companies that lodged reports over Merlinleigh Basin , most active first.

Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd 6

Who controls this ground today

Today 3 live and pending tenements sit over the Merlinleigh Basin ground, held under 2 names.

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Exploration record on Merlinleigh Basin

Local government
Shire of Carnarvon
Commodities targeted
Coal 6
Work on record
Diamond drilling 6 · Proximate analysis 2 · Radioactivity logging 2 · Resistivity logging 2 · Sp logging 2 · Ultimate analysis 2 · Coal graphic logs 1
Resource declared
Never on this record
Report types
Final Surrender 3 · Annual 3

Exploration reports

6 WAMEX reports filed over Merlinleigh Basin .
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Most recent reports
ReportYearOperatorTitle
A35880 1976 Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd Temporary Reserve 5951H Merlinleigh Basin, Western Australia Final Report.
A35885 1975 Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd Temporary Reserve 5953H Annual Report for the year ended 22nd August, 1975.
A35883 1975 Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd TR 5952H Annual report for year ended 22/8/75
A35882 1975 Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd Temporary Reserve 5952H Merlinleigh Basin Gascoyne Goldfield, WA Final Report
A35881 1975 Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd Temporary Reserve 5951H Annual Report for the year ended 22nd August, 1975
A35884 1974 Broken Hill Pty Co Ltd Merlinleigh Basin Project, Final Surrender Report, June 1974, TR70/5953H.

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Tenure data sourced from the DMPE public registers and SLIP WA (© Government of Western Australia, CC BY 4.0). Compiled by NextMaps. Verify against primary sources before reliance.