Hydrology of the Eastern Barkly Tableland Borehole Data, 1961

125 bores were surveyed in 1961 to evaluate the underground water resources of the Ranken and Avon Downs sheet areas. The Bureau of Mineral Resources collated information on these bores, with 96 currently operating and tapping sub-artesian water from Lower Palaeozoic aquifers. This data forms part of a 1962 progress report on the region's present and future development.

Use Cases

• Evaluate groundwater resource potential based on borehole locations and aquifer information
• Analyze sub-artesian water availability based on data from 96 operating bores
• Study regional geology and hydrology based on the mapping of the 1:250,000 sheet areas

Strengths

• Contains data from 125 surveyed bores
• Specifies that 96 bores are currently operational
• Identifies aquifer depth range between 245 and 635 feet above sea-level

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au

Provenance

Source

Bureau of Mineral Resources / Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Field survey and data collation during a mapping project

Time Range

1961

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:25:13.292915; freshness should be verified

Geography

Ranken and Avon Downs 1:250,000 Sheet areas, eastern Barkly Tableland, north-eastern Georgina Basin, Australia