Water Supply Bore Site Inspection for Bathurst Island Mission

An inspection report for selecting a domestic water bore site on Bathurst Island. The document describes a low, flat laterite plateau over Cretaceous mudstone, noting the mudstone is at least 1,000 feet thick and a poor aquifer. Recommendations include deepening existing wells and drilling radial horizontal holes to intersect water-bearing cavities in the laterite, which is slightly more than ten feet thick in most places.

Use Cases

• Assessing groundwater potential based on described geological layers of laterite and Cretaceous mudstone.
• Planning well construction and remediation strategies based on recommendations to deepen wells and drill horizontal holes.
• Evaluating pollution risks for water sources in areas with described contamination concerns.
• Studying aquifer characteristics in laterite formations based on the described thickness and water-bearing cavity potential.

Strengths

• Provides specific geological measurements, including a mudstone thickness of at least 1,000 feet and a laterite thickness of slightly more than ten feet.
• Contains concrete engineering recommendations for well improvement and pollution mitigation.
• Focuses on a specific, defined geographical area around the Bathurst Island Mission.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is presented in PDF/HTML report format, not as structured, machine-readable data.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Field inspection report.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-19 22:36:04.297580; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Bathurst Island Mission area, Australia.