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Open cut coal scout drilling, West Wallsend, Newcastle region, New South Wales

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 10/01/2026

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Three widely separated scout holes totalling 566 feet of drilling were drilled to investigate the possibilities of open-cut mining sites on the Australasian Seam immediately to the west and south-west of West Wallsend, a suburb of the city of Newcastle. Only one hole intersected the Australasian Seam. This hole indicated that the seam was much banded and of inferior quality - below present open-cut coal standard. Analyses suggested that it may be possible to mine a section of coal 8 feet 7 inches thick excluding non-coal bands, and that this coal would have an ash content of about 29% and calorific value of 10,000 B.Th.U. per lb. after the exclusion of bands.

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Title Open cut coal scout drilling, West Wallsend, Newcastle region, New South Wales
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/08bc33c9-d656-49a5-9245-bf9c53abe86a
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 23/11/2025
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Open cut coal scout drilling, West Wallsend, Newcastle region, New South Wales". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/open-cut-coal-scout-drilling-west-wallsend-newcastle-region-new-south-wales